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After the Medicare breach, we should be cautious about moving our health records online

  • Written by: Robert Merkel, Lecturer in Software Engineering, Monash University

The Australian government is digitising the country’s health system, but a serious Medicare security breach suggests we may not be ready.

The Australian Federal Police are investigating after the Guardian discovered that the Medicare card details of Australians were available for purchase on the “dark web”.

The dark web – a...

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E-cigarettes are some young people's training wheels for smoking. Here's the evidence

  • Written by: Simon Chapman, Emeritus Professor in Public Health, University of Sydney
imageA new analysis provides evidence that young people are more likely to graduate from e-cigarettes to smoking.from www.shutterstock.com

I started on mother’s milk, soon graduated to cow’s milk, went onto fizzy drinks, took a liking to beer, moved with gusto onto wine, and in my 30s settled for single malt. So, did my mother’s breast...

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Leaky Liberals spill the beans again

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
imageAnother leaked recording – this time of Tony Abbott – has the Liberal Party under pressure.Brendan Esposito/AAP

For the second time in a little over a week, the Liberal Party has been embarrassed by leaked audio of frank comments from a private event – this time Tony Abbott’s blunt assessment of the party’s position.

Abb...

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Axing the Walkley for international reporting: another nail in the coffin

  • Written by: Helen Vatsikopoulos, Lecturer in Journalism, University of Technology Sydney

The decision by the Walkley advisory board to update Australia’s top journalistic awards in line with a changing media landscape was to be welcomed. But its decision to cut the international reporting category is shortsighted and rams another nail into the coffin of international journalism.

It has infuriated journalists and journalism...

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  1. Suburbs 'swamped' by Asians and Muslims? The data show a different story
  2. Three charts on: the changing face of Australian union members
  3. The West's hyperbole on North Korea will only fuel Kim Jong-un's propaganda
  4. Doctors and nurses can't always tell if someone's drunk or on drugs, and misdiagnosis can be dangerous
  5. Spider-Man: Homecoming spins a web of fact and fantasy
  6. Curious Kids: why do some people find some foods yummy but others find the same foods yucky?
  7. What the rise of daily fantasy sports will mean for problem gambling
  8. City planning suffers growth pains of Australia's population boom
  9. How to tell when the housing market is slowing
  10. Read, listen, understand: why non-Indigenous Australians should read First Nations writing
  11. Jukurrpa-kurlu Yapa-kurlangu-kurlu
  12. Surgery to make intersex children 'normal' should be banned
  13. Land clearing isn't just about trees – it's an animal welfare issue too
  14. SA Galaxy: 50-50 tie. Labor, Greens gain in Essential
  15. Government behavioural economics 'nudge unit' needs a shove in a new direction
  16. Do we claim 'bullying' too often?
  17. Doing away with the annual performance review? More feedback isn't necessarily better
  18. No, nanoparticles in baby formula will not harm your baby
  19. 'Cyber revolution' in Australian Defence Force demands rethink of staff, training and policy
  20. New maps reveal cancer levels across Australia, and across the social strata
  21. How to reduce sexism in screenplays
  22. Bloom and boom: how babies and migrants have contributed to Australia's population growth
  23. Higher education fees are rising – so is it still worthwhile enrolling?
  24. Gig economy businesses like Uber and Airtasker need to evolve to survive
  25. Want a better camera? Just copy bees and their extra light-sensing eyes
  26. Essays on health: microbes aren't the enemy, they're a big part of who we are
  27. Community sector offers a solid platform for fair social housing
  28. Liberal party reform becomes the next proxy battle in Abbott versus Turnbull
  29. The media dangerously misuses the word 'trolling'
  30. Why exploitation and corruption continue to dog Australia's VET sector
  31. Politics podcast: Anna Krien on the climate wars
  32. Who's paying for lunch? Here's exactly how drug companies wine and dine our doctors
  33. Are private patients in public hospitals a problem?
  34. The off-topic Conversation #127
  35. Earth's wildernesses are disappearing, and not enough of them are World Heritage-listed
  36. How an obscure Austrian philosopher saw through our empty rhetoric about 'sustainability'
  37. What we can learn about fighting inequality from Australia's convict past
  38. Long ignored, adolescent family violence needs our attention
  39. On poetry and pain
  40. Australia doesn't have a population policy – why?
  41. Redefining the rock god - the new breed of electric guitar heroes
  42. North Korean POWs seeking last chance to return home after decades in exile
  43. Canada offers Australia a blueprint for protecting and motivating corporate whistleblowers
  44. Explainer: how internet routers work and why you should keep them secure
  45. Indigenous girls missing school during their periods: the state of hygiene in remote Australia
  46. Stuck in traffic: busting Melbourne versus Sydney myths and identifying the worst commutes
  47. Here's what you need to know about exotic pets in Australia
  48. ReachTEL: One Nation voters prefer Abbott to Turnbull by over 3:1
  49. We need more than just extra water to save the Murray-Darling Basin
  50. How web series are shaking up Australia's screen industry

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