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Profile of privacy – higher, but is it sexy?
Richard Thomas CBE | October 16, 2013Data protection is an important issue of public concern. Richard Thomas CBE, former UK Information Commissioner and adviser to the Centre for Information Policy Leadership, documents how the profile of data privacy has steadily grown over the years.
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Investing in Agriculture’s future: The role of natural capital in enhancing productivity
Martijn Wilder | October 14, 2013Baker & McKenzie partner Martijn Wilder was a guest speaker at the IV Global Access Partners National Economic Review: Australia’s Annual Growth Summit on Friday 20 September 2013. He reviewed the economic importance of healthy agricultural landscapes.
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Join the biggest dinner party in the world
Open Forum | October 11, 2013On 18 October at 7pm local time the organisers of The Feast Worldwide ask people around the world to get together with friends and choose one of the following questions to discuss during a dinner party.
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Practical ways to help agriculture thrive
Michael Schaefer | October 11, 2013The government needs to take a practical approach to support the farming sector. Michael Schaefer, a grain producer from South Australia, shares his ideas on what needs to be done.
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Coal Seam Gas and the future of manufacturing in Australia
Tim Mazzarol | October 9, 2013Seen as either environmental hazard or important source of energy, coal seam gas (CSG) development remains a controversial issue. Tim Mazzarol, Winthrop Professor at the University of Western Australia, explores the challenges the government, and Federal Industry Minister Ian Macfarlane in particular, are facing.
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How Australian Universities differ to those in Brazil
Denise Frizzo | October 7, 2013International students have many things they need to adapt to when studying in Australia. Denise Frizzo, Brazilian PhD candidate at Swinburne University, shares how the Australian system has a different sense of responsibility placed on students.
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Project Dinnertime
Open Forum | October 7, 2013The theme for this year’s National Nutrition Week is Project Dinnertime – Cook.Eat.Enjoy. The week runs from 13 to 19 October 2013.
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Why I am a boat person
Shane Conroy | October 4, 2013"Boat Person" has become a sinister term in recent times. Shane Conroy invites you to join a visual petition by uploading a "selfie", holding an ‘I Am A Boat Person’ sign, to his campaign website.
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Food sovereignty
Fiona Simson | October 3, 2013NSW Farmers Association President Fiona Simson was a guest speaker at the IV Global Access Partners National Economic Review: Australia’s Annual Growth Summit on Friday 20 September 2013. She explored the discussion around food sovereignty and foreign ownership of agricultural land.
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Terror on Twitter
Jake Wallis | October 2, 2013Social media, especially Twitter and YouTube, are providing terrorists with the platform to broadcast their violent acts globally. Charles Sturt University lecturer and researcher Jake Wallis explains how new media is being used to spread the word.
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Australia’s approach to asylum seekers
Jo Coghlan | September 30, 2013Australia's approach to asylum seekers has become a strong talking point especially as the Government's stance becomes harsher. Dr Jo Coghlan, lecturer in politics at Southern Cross University, explains the new Coalition Government's policy and the lead up to it.
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Mental Health Week
Open Forum | September 30, 2013Mental Health Week runs from 7 to 13 October. The theme for Mental Health Association Australia’s inaugural Creative Heroes Arts Competition the MHAA 2013 Superhero Grants Program is ‘My Inner Superpower”.
