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As live streaming murder becomes the new normal online, can social media be saved?

  • Written by: David Glance, Director of UWA Centre for Software Practice, University of Western Australia
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The Facebook Live video of the murder of 74 year old Robert Godwin Sr. by Steve Stephens has been watched at least 1.6 million times.

It took Facebook 3 hours to take the video down, and by that time it had been copied and circulated repeatedly by Facebook users.

In Sweden, three men were arrested after streaming the sexual...

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Turnbull talks tough on foreign workers – deer farmers and historians off welcome list

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

Whatever the arguments for the changes governing foreign skilled workers announced by Malcolm Turnbull, make no mistake – this is about an embattled government wanting to send a strong political message.

One clue was Turnbull’s reference to placing first not just Australian jobs, but “Australian values”. He made mention of...

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Exquisite prose, with rare and subtle insight

  • Written by: Camilla Nelson, Associate Professor of Writing, University of Notre Dame Australia
imageHeather Rose, the 2017 Stella Prize winner.The Stella Prize

Heather Rose has won the 2017 Stella Prize for her novel The Museum of Modern Love, a fictional exploration of the power of art to transform individual lives, written in exquisite prose, with rare and subtle insight.

Brenda Walker, Chair of the judging panel, said:

It is rare to encounter a...

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Australian government axes 457 work visa: experts react

  • Written by: Chris F. Wright, Senior Lecturer, University of Sydney
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The Turnbull government is axing the 457 visa program and replacing it with a new Temporary Skill Shortage Visa. This comes after a history of problems with the 457 program, including uncovered abuse of workers.

The new scheme will be made up of two streams, one short term (issued for two years) and one medium term (issued for up to four years for...

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