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Ukraine belongs in NATO
John West | August 21, 2024Apologists for Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine point to Ukraine’s aspirations to join NATO as justification, but this argument is as fallacious as Putin’s war is brutal.
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Those who can’t teach
Severine Lamon | August 21, 2024Australian universities focus on developing useful skills in PhD students, but these training opportunities do not usually involve teaching.
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Save the Northern Territory
Open Forum | August 21, 2024The Conservation groups Environment Centre NT and Arid Lands Environment Centre are calling on the Federal Government to establish a Royal Commission into water management, deforestation and impacts on the rights of Traditional Owners in the Northern Territory.
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The “nudge” agenda – certainly oversold and arguably underperforming
Fergus Neilson | August 20, 2024In his latest article for the Journal of Behavioural Economics and Social Systems, Fergus Neilson explores whether nudging has delivered on its promise as a policy tool to influence citizens’ behaviour since the concept was introduced by Thaler and Sunstein 16 years ago.
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Much ado about NAPLAN
Sally Larsen | August 20, 2024Do the recently released NAPLAN results for 2024 mean that Australian students’ literacy and numeracy proficiency have really declined since 2022?
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Beware the gadget
Alan Stevenson | August 20, 2024Our obsession with social media and non-stop immersion in our mobile phones are isolating us off from real human interaction, prompting calls for young people to be protected.
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Spirit levels
Ariadne Vromen | August 19, 2024Understanding the social consequences of rising inequality in Australia demands a broader understanding of how people live.
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Australians remain unsure about AI
Simon Chambers | August 19, 2024Tech companies have invested billions into AI in their bid to hoover up all the money in the world, but the public still isn’t sold on the idea that fake news, fake art and profit hungry companies replacing millions of jobs with algorithms will make the world better.
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Exponential
Sreevas Sahasranamam | August 19, 2024Modern technologies such as computer chips, renewable energy, artificial intelligence (AI) and gene editing are getting cheaper, more powerful, and being adopted at ever faster rates, transforming society, business and politics, though not always for the better.
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Rigging the odds against gambling reform
Ross Gordon | August 18, 2024Gambling, like tobacco and alcohol before it, causes massive social harm, so why is the government so reluctant to ban gambling advertising?
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Who takes charge of terrorism?
Justin Bassi | August 18, 2024The terror threat level in Australia has been raised to ‘probable’, but the government responsibilities for managing the threat has become increasingly muddled.
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ASIC v ASX
Michael Adams | August 18, 2024Why is Australia’s corporate watchdog suing the nations largest stock exchange?
