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Starter's gun goes off on new phase of media concentration as Nine-Fairfax lead the way

  • Written by: Tim Dwyer, Associate Professor, Chair, Department of Media and Communications, University of Sydney

The Nine-Fairfax Media deal, billed as the biggest shakeup in the Australian media landscape for decades, was widely anticipated once the Turnbull government repealed the main anti-concentration laws in 2017. It may well result in the loss of a highly respected independent quality media voice. It has certainly fired the starting gun on a new phase...

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The Laos disaster reminds us that local people are too often victims of dam development

  • Written by: Jason von Meding, Senior Lecturer in Disaster Risk Reduction, University of Newcastle

On July 22, the Xepian-Xe Nam Noy hydropower dam under construction in Laos’ Attapeu Province collapsed. Flash flooding inundated eight villages, killing at least 29 people and leaving 131 officially reported missing. The final number of casualties could be much higher.

Disaster response activities are ongoing. The deputy secretary of the...

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What if the companies that profit from your data had to pay you?

  • Written by: Vincent Mitchell, Professor of Marketing, University of Sydney
What if the companies that profit from your data had to pay you?In the largest technology companies, the share of income going to labour is only about 5 to 15%. Shutterstock

When it comes to digital privacy, there are plenty of organisations making money out of using your data – Google and Facebook are just two examples. But what if you were the one making the money?

What if those organisations profiting...

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