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The federal government's response to the ACCC's Digital Platforms Inquiry is a let down

  • Written by: Katharine Kemp, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, UNSW, and Co-Leader, 'Data as a Source of Market Power' Research Stream of The Allens Hub for Technology, Law and Innovation, UNSW
The federal government's response to the ACCC's Digital Platforms Inquiry is a let downOf the 23 recommendations made in the ACCC's final report, the government supported six in their entirety, ten "in principle", "noted" five and rejected two. shutterstock

Today, the federal government responded to the recommendations of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s (ACCC) “world-leading” Digital Platforms...

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what actually works to protect us from bushfire smoke?

  • Written by: Lidia Morawska, Professor, Science and Engineering Faculty; Director, International Laboratory for Air Quality and Health (WHO CC for Air Quality and Health); Director - Australia, Australia – China Centre for Air Quality Science and Management (ACC-AQSM)

Bushfire smoke has now been blanketing parts of Australia for months. This week the air quality in Sydney reached new lows, reported to be 12 times hazardous levels in some parts of the city on Tuesday.

Beyond being stifling and unpleasant, people are experiencing irritated eyes and breathing difficulties.

Statistics emerging from hospital records...

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how a small island nation found itself in the grips of an outbreak disaster

  • Written by: Katherine Gibney, NHMRC early career fellow, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity
how a small island nation found itself in the grips of an outbreak disasterLow immunisation coverage among young children in Samoa allowed a measles outbreak to take hold.From shutterstock.com

The pacific island nation of Samoa has been making headlines over the past month due to a significant measles outbreak. At last count, 4,995 measles cases had been recorded, and 72 people, mostly young children, had died.

The actual...

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As weary Britons head to the polls again, parties seem incapable of handling the nation's problems

  • Written by: Rob Manwaring, Senior Lecturer, Politics and Public Policy, Flinders University

The cost of running the 2017 UK general election was estimated at £140 million (A$270 million). It’s likely to be higher this time. In 2017, the Conservatives, Labour and the Liberal Democrats spent nearly £38 million (A$73 million) on their campaigns, much of it on social media, and again it’s likely to be higher this time....

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