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Sat Jun 4

The trolley dilemma: would you kill one person to save five?

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It's out of control and heading for five unsuspecting bystanders!Shutterstock

Imagine you are standing beside some tram tracks. In the distance, you spot a runaway trolley hurtling down the tracks towards five workers who cannot hear it coming. Even if they do spot it, they won’t be able to move out of the way in time.

As this disaster looms,...

Sat Jun 4

While governments talk about smart cities, it's citizens who create them

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Rather than create regulatory frameworks that allow innovations to thrive, governments have created hurdles to transformative applications like Uber or Airbnb.Torrenegra/flickr, CC BY

The Australian government recently released an ambitious Smart Cities Plan, which suggests that cities should be first and foremost for people:

If our cities are to...

Sat Jun 4

Election FactCheck Q A: was Jacqui Lambie right about apprenticeships and 457 visas?

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Jacqui Lambie said on Q&A that apprenticeship numbers were going 'wayside'.Q&A

The Conversation is fact-checking claims made on Q&A, broadcast Mondays on the ABC at 9:35pm. Thank you to everyone who sent us quotes for checking via Twitter using hashtags #FactCheck and #QandA, on Facebook or by email.

Excerpt from Q&A, May 30, 2016.

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Fri Jun 3

Melbourne wastes 200 kg of food per person a year: it's time to get serious

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You know that feeling when you open the fridge and are met with something “on the nose”. We all know what food waste looks and smells like.

But food waste stinks in more ways than one. It is expensive, costing the average household over A$2,200 a year, and it undermines the resilience and sustainability of our food supply.

A new report fr...