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NZ's fossil fuel investment ban for popular KiwiSaver funds is more political than ethical

  • Written by: Claire Matthews, Director, Academic Quality, Massey University
NZ's fossil fuel investment ban for popular KiwiSaver funds is more political than ethicalShutterstock

New Zealand’s announcement of a fossil fuel ban for default KiwiSaver funds from mid-2021 has left many questions unanswered – including whether it is appropriate for governments to make ethical investment choices on behalf of hundreds of thousands of people, who already have that option.

Climate change minister James Shaw...

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How do we detect if coronavirus is spreading in the community?

  • Written by: Joanne Macdonald, Associate Professor, Molecular Engineering, University of the Sunshine Coast
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The daily number of new coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) cases is now nine times higher outside China than in the country where the disease was first detected.

In Australia, reports this week of local transmission of the coronavirus, which causes the disease now called COVID-19, are a turning point in our disease management.

Our disease...

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what are the Australian government's powers to quarantine people in a coronavirus outbreak?

  • Written by: Amy Maguire, Associate Professor, University of Newcastle
what are the Australian government's powers to quarantine people in a coronavirus outbreak?AAP/Mick Tsikas

The Australian government has announced its intention to use powers under the Biosecurity Act, if needed, in response to the coronavirus outbreak. Attorney-General Christian Porter has described these powers as “strange and foreign to many Australians”, but potentially necessary in the face of a pandemic.

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Australian police are using the Clearview AI facial recognition system with no accountability

  • Written by: Jake Goldenfein, Lecturer, Swinburne University of Technology
Australian police are using the Clearview AI facial recognition system with no accountabilityShutterstock

Australian police agencies are reportedly using a private, unaccountable facial recognition service that combines machine learning and wide-ranging data-gathering practices to identify members of the public from online photographs.

The service, Clearview AI, is like a reverse image search for faces. You upload an image of...

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