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Fake news is old news
Una McIlvenna | May 24, 2024News has been falsified for as long as it’s been sold and can be traced as far back as the concept of news itself.
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People, get ready
Open Forum | May 24, 2024The future thinking that Australia needs to meet the increasing severity, length and frequency of natural hazards is outlined in a new report by Natural Hazards Research Australia.
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Australia’s crumbling castle
Open Forum | May 24, 2024Australian networks used to produce iconic shows like The Castle, but the amount and quality of home-grown Australian focused drama on our screens is dwindling, according to a new report from QUT.
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Lives of girls and women
Manina Jones | May 23, 2024Alice Munro, who has died at the age of 92, was one of the world’s most beloved writers of tender, insightful short stories, a Nobel Prize winner, and a Canadian national treasure.
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Simple twist of fate
Michael Allen Fox | May 23, 2024While our ‘fate’ is often seen as determined by inevitable events, a higher power or circumstances beyond our control, our fate is largely in our own hands and determined by our actions, choices and character.
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AI goes to war
Niusha Shafiabady | May 23, 2024There is no doubt that the use of AI will become increasingly prominent in armed conflicts, but policymakers need to be aware of its shortcomings as well as its capabilities.
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Maribyrnong River blues
Bernie O'Kane | May 22, 2024Expert commentators are warning of an increasing flood risk along the lower Maribyrnong River in Victoria. Is this a case of the boy “crying wolf” or is there a need for urgent intervention?
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Australia v X
Tanvi Nair | May 22, 2024The Australian news cycle has been dominated by the fight between the Australian eSafety Commissioner and Elon Musk’s X Corp (Twitter). As their battle continues to play out, the question of who controls the internet is thrust into the public debate once again.
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How the cockroach conquered the world
Qian Tang | May 22, 2024German cockroaches – which actually originated in East India – have infested almost the whole world in the last millennium, as anyone who lives in an Australian city will testify.
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RIP Internet?
Vlada Rozova | May 21, 2024The “dead internet” theory argues that AI and bot-generated content has come to dominate content generation and advertising impressions, leaving real people superfluous to its zombie-like functioning.
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Don’t waste this opportunity
Eric Lies | May 21, 2024Australia can play a leadership role in clean energy waste management and in lifting environmental standards throughout the Indo-Pacific.
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Charting inequality
Open Forum | May 21, 2024New research from the Productivity Commission has unpacked changes to income and wealth levels during the COVID-19 pandemic.
