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How value-based health care can work in Australia
Alison Verhoeven | August 8, 2019The Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association supports Health 2040’s proposals to shift the focus in the Australian health system from volume to value.
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When does getting help on an assignment turn into cheating?
Peter Hurley | August 7, 2019Students – whether at university or school – can get help from many places. They can go to a tutor, parent, teacher, a friend or consult a textbook, but at which point does getting help cross the line into cheating?
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Should we work with AI – or kill it?
Jeannie Marie Paterson | August 7, 2019Artificial intelligence is already impacting the way we work – but for the next generation of professionals, human-machine collaboration could be the norm. And now is the time to think about the values we want in that relationship.
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Ethics are our best defence
Simon Longstaff | August 7, 2019A strong, resilient society needs ethical, as well as physical and technical, infrastructure to resist the destabilising attacks of authoritarian regimes and terrorist movements.
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Protecting the future from the past, not the past from the future
Ian Dunlop | August 6, 2019Human-induced climate change poses an existential threat to civilization that will render current political priorities irrelevant but our leaders still ignore the need for urgent action.
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Family and foreign policy in the South Pacific
Graeme Dobell | August 6, 2019Australia’s pivot to the South Pacific talks up both personal connections and foreign policy interests. but these different elements can repel as well as attract.
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Australia’s hidden mental illness epidemic
Andrew Trounson | August 6, 2019Mental concerns like depression and anxiety are now the most common serious illness among Australians, with rates among women rising to 20 per cent.
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5G isn’t going to harm our health
Sarah Loughran | August 5, 2019Should we be concerned about the health effects of 5G? The short answer is no – there’s no substantiated evidence that the electromagnetic energy used by mobile telecommunications causes harm.
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Nature inspires visionary research
Open Forum | August 5, 2019Insects are inspiring University of South Australia researchers to create new technology based on their extraordinary vision.
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New database highlights women in STEM
Open Forum | August 5, 2019Australian women in STEM will be more visible thanks to a new resource showcasing the depth of talent of those working in the field.
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Young people’s love-hate relationship with technology
Kate Tilleczek | August 4, 2019Researchers have examined how young people on three continents think about digital technology and discovered their reaction after living without their phones for a week.
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Why Truman stands taller than Trump
Mike Scrafton | August 4, 2019Harry S. Truman was at least 10 centimetres smaller in stature than Donald Trump, but he towers above him as a national and international leader.
