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Data availability report presents compromised rights for consumers

  • Written by: Jessica Lake, Lecturer in Law, Swinburne University of Technology
imageAustralians should be able to do more than just access and transfer their own consumer data.www.shutterstock.com

A promising inquiry into how data is used in Australia has proved disappointing, with consumers being offered few new protections.

Released this week, the Productivity Commission’s final report, titled Data Availability and Use,...

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Life after redundancy: what happens next for journalists when they leave newsrooms

  • Written by: Lawrie Zion, Professor of Journalism, La Trobe University
imageWith every round of redundancies, significant questions arise around the long-term viability of mainstream news media in Australia.AAP/David Moir

The planned 125 editorial job redundancies at Fairfax Media is a huge blow to those working within some of Australia’s most established newsrooms, to their readers, and to the capacity of...

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Why Birmingham's performance funding plan won't improve Australian universities

  • Written by: Margaret Gardner, President and Vice Chancellor, Monash University

One aspect of the federal budget that hasn’t attracted the attention it should is the government’s plan to introduce “performance” funding for universities.

Performance funding isn’t new to Australia’s universities - funding for research has long been tied to performance measures. Between 2005 and 2009, there was...

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Has the print book trumped digital? Beware of glib conclusions

  • Written by: Nick Earls, PhD Candidate in Creative Writing, The University of Queensland
imageWhat will an eBook be 20 years from now? What will a book be?Voyagerix/shutterstock

While just a few years ago, headlines predicted eBook supremacy and the demise of the paper book, that’s now reversed. They’re now saying the Kindle is clunky and unhip and paper books are cool and selling well as eBook sales crash. But are today’s...

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  2. Government spending explained in 10 charts; from Howard to Turnbull
  3. Viewpoints: is saturated fat really the killer it's made out to be?
  4. Changes to school funding - your questions answered
  5. Naming suspects in criminal cases opens up ethical minefield
  6. Tax on 'unearned gains' is the missing piece of the affordable housing puzzle
  7. Whiteley: a seductive cinematic portrait of a serious artist
  8. Global warming could accelerate towards 1.5℃ if the Pacific gets cranky
  9. Pilot study on why academics should engage with others in the community
  10. Latham to fight for 'western civilisation' from the Liberal Democrats' kennel
  11. Julie Bishop keeps Abdel-Magied on Australian-Arab board
  12. Therapy for life-threatening eating disorders works, so why can't people access it?
  13. Politics podcast: Andrew Giles on schools funding
  14. TPG bid for Fairfax: what usually happens when private equity meets media?
  15. Discovering Charles Meere: an intriguing, subversive artist
  16. What are 'fasting' diets and do they help you lose weight?
  17. The Conversation chatbot launches in Facebook Messenger
  18. Government out of touch on housing policies ahead of budget: poll
  19. Macron crushes Le Pen 66-34 in French Presidential runoff
  20. The picture of who is affected by 'revenge porn' is more complex than we first thought
  21. Live odds ban debate exposes sport and gambling's uncomfortable mutual dependency
  22. How the politics of the budget might play out for a government in trouble
  23. Turnbull government aims to distance itself from its predecessor with the 2017-18 budget
  24. The future of flying cars: science fact or science fiction
  25. Ten years after the crisis, what is happening to the world's bees?
  26. Junk food packaging hijacks the same brain processes as drug and alcohol addiction
  27. Guide to the classics: the Epic of Gilgamesh
  28. Off the plan: shelter, the future and the problems in between
  29. Technology, once thought the enabler of democracy, is threatening to kill it off
  30. Catholics vow to go hard in schools fight with government
  31. The agile working style started in tech but it could work for banks
  32. The great climate silence: we are on the edge of the abyss but we ignore it
  33. Obamacare repeal vote shows power of US hard right
  34. Gene drives may cause a revolution, but safeguards and public engagement are needed
  35. Vaccinate your puppies – a new strain of parvo has been found in Australia
  36. What happens when scientists stand up for science
  37. The strange accounting behind the proposed HECS changes
  38. Leave budget forecasting to Treasury: economists
  39. For cities, hosting major sporting events is a double-edged sword
  40. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the government's education reforms
  41. World Trade Organisation gives Australia's plain tobacco packs the (draft) thumbs up
  42. Beware the hype – springy soles won’t make you run much faster
  43. Weekly Quiz: which Australian author wrote The Spare Room?
  44. Why older Australians don't downsize and the limits to what the government can do about it
  45. Sustainable shopping: here's how to find coffee that doesn't cost the Earth
  46. Le Pen vs Macron: after an acrimonious debate, the French will now choose their next president
  47. Vital Signs: why the government still thinks it can 'grow away' the deficit
  48. Friday essay: caring for country and telling its stories
  49. Food as medicine: how what you eat shapes the health of your lungs
  50. The rise of the pro-player as Australia hosts its richest computer gaming event

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