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Regulating Facebook, Google and Amazon is hard given their bewildering complexity

  • Written by: Zac Rogers, Research Lead, Jeff Bleich Centre for the US Alliance in Digital Technology, Security, and Governance, Flinders University
Regulating Facebook, Google and Amazon is hard given their bewildering complexityGovernments are attempting to regulate tech giants, but the digital disruption genie is already out of the bottle.Shutterstock

Back in the 1990s – a lifetime ago in internet terms – the Spanish sociologist Manuel Castells published several books charting the rise of information networks. He predicted that in the networked age, more...

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on the 'creeping crisis' in the public service

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
on the 'creeping crisis' in the public serviceBeth Noveck and Rod Glover argue that to reverse the 'creeping crisis' faced by the public service, the government must train public servants to use creative problem-solving methods.Shutterstock

Scott Morrison has voiced his intention to shake up the federal public service - seeking to make it more efficient in implementing the government’s...

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Memory and attention difficulties are often part of a normal life

  • Written by: Jacqueline Anderson, Senior Lecturer in Clinical Neuropsychology, University of Melbourne
Memory and attention difficulties are often part of a normal lifeCan't remember what you came for? Don't worry – you probably have a lot going on.Andrey_Popov/Shutterstock

From young adults to people in their 60s, everyday functioning in today’s world can place high demands on our attention and memory skills.

Memory lapses such as forgetting an appointment, losing our keys, forgetting a distant...

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Why an Australian charter of rights is a matter of national urgency

  • Written by: Gillian Triggs, Emeritus Professor, University of Melbourne
Why an Australian charter of rights is a matter of national urgencyAustralia is the only Western democracy without some form of charter of rights legislated by parliament or entrenched in the constitution.Lukas Coch/AAP

If anyone doubts the need for a charter of rights in Australia, the Banerji decision of the High Court handed down last week demonstrates why legislative protection for our common law freedoms has...

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  2. Snow at the footy? Just how unusual was last weekend’s weather?
  3. Contemporary and medieval women's voices collide in My Dearworthy Darling
  4. coal is on the road to becoming completely uninsurable
  5. Queenslanders are among our heaviest drinkers on nights out, and changing that culture is a challenge
  6. How Indigenous fashion designers are taking control and challenging the notion of the heroic, lone genius
  7. Red tape in aged care shouldn't force staff to prioritise ticking boxes over residents' outcomes
  8. why don't people fall out of bed when they are sleeping?
  9. To restore trust in government, we need to reinvent how the public service works
  10. it’s time whistleblowers had better protection
  11. Australia has too few home-grown experts on the Chinese Communist Party. That's a problem
  12. helping former Colombian guerrilla fighters to become citizen scientists
  13. Here's why there should be no gestational limits for abortion
  14. you're probably worse at it than you realise
  15. Australia urgently needs real sustainable agriculture policy
  16. Dutton directive gives journalists more breathing space, but not whistleblowers
  17. If you have a low ATAR, you could earn more doing a VET course than a uni degree – if you're a man
  18. Here's how tech giants profit from invading our privacy, and how we can start taking it back
  19. Chinese propaganda goes tech-savvy to reach a new generation
  20. Why women are more likely to have dodgy hip implants or other medical devices
  21. Environmental destruction is a war crime, but it's almost impossible to fall foul of the laws
  22. Lessons from Queensland on alcohol, violence and the night-time economy
  23. It's not in the 'national interest' for the backbench to shut up about China
  24. Government tells police to lay off journalists in investigating leaks
  25. Governor Lowe points to even lower rates
  26. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the High Court's free speech ruling
  27. The meat-eating bladderwort traps aquatic animals at lightning speed
  28. what does this mean, and what are the challenges?
  29. Why is the Australian energy regulator suing wind farms – and why now?
  30. What is sepsis and how can it be treated?
  31. Millions of Muslims prepare to perform the hajj amid calls for a boycott
  32. Grandmother's case raises question whether NZ should adopt defence of 'diminished responsibility'
  33. Ooshies – a cautionary toy story about cashing in on childhood innocence
  34. Vegan food's sustainability claims need to give the full picture
  35. Are Trump's tariffs legal under the WTO? It seems not, and they are overturning 70 years of global leadership
  36. As Australia looks to join a coalition in Iran, the risks are many
  37. One in 10 Aussie kids care for someone with a disability or drug dependence – they need help at school
  38. why do I sometimes forget what I was just going to say?
  39. Vital Signs. Blame Trump, not China for the looming trade and currency war
  40. WA's take on assisted dying has many similarities with the Victorian law – and some important differences
  41. If we want liveable cities in 2060 we'll have to work together to transform urban systems
  42. revisiting the Dark Man – a journey into Queensland's shadow country
  43. Morrison can learn a lot from the public servants, but will he listen?
  44. land clearing and farming contribute a third of the world's greenhouse gases
  45. Cricket Australia’s new gender rules give much-needed clarity to athletes and clubs
  46. Morrison looking at details for commitment to protect shipping
  47. New ASIO head, Mike Burgess, is moving from one security agency to another
  48. what are CPAC's aims in Australia?
  49. Don't count on freezing ovarian tissue to delay menopause or stop your biological clock
  50. Pacific Undertow is a playful exercise in artistic rule-breaking

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