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What could a My Health Record data breach look like?

  • Written by: Cassandra Cross, Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Queensland University of Technology
What could a My Health Record data breach look like?Health information is an attractive target for offenders.Tammy54/Shutterstock

Last week marked the start of a three-month period in which Australians can opt out of the My Health Record scheme before having an automatically generated electronic health record.

Some Australians have already opted out of the program, including Liberal MP Tim Wilson and...

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The shaky case for prosecuting Witness K and his lawyer in the Timor-Leste spying scandal

  • Written by: John Braithwaite, Professor, School of Regulation and Global Governance, Australian National University

Much of the media commentary on the government prosecution of Witness K and his lawyer Bernard Collaery has focused on government duplicity in suppressing the trial until it had its oil and gas treaty signed with Timor-Leste.

But this focus on government hypocrisy has neglected the accountability of the director of public prosecutions, Sarah...

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Melancholia artfully brings the end of the world to the stage

  • Written by: Sandra D'urso, Researcher, The Australian Centre, University of Melbourne
Melancholia artfully brings the end of the world to the stageEryn Jean Norvill as Justine in Melancholia: the play echoes and resonates with details of its cinematic predecessor.Pia Johnson

Rewiew: Melancholia at the Malthouse, Melbourne.

Melancholia is based on Lars von Trier’s 2011 film of the same title but has been adapted for the stage by writer Declan Greene and director Matthew Lutton. The...

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Taking on big tech: where does Australia stand?

  • Written by: Caron Beaton-Wells, Professor, Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne
Taking on big tech: where does Australia stand?How will Australia rule when it comes to big tech?shutterstock

Big tech is under fire in Europe. In its latest sting, the European Commission has slapped Google with an eye-watering €4.3 billion (AU$6.8 billion) fine for anti-competitive tying of its Android operating system to its in-house search engine and web browser.

The decision follows...

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  1. CEO pay is more about white male entitlement than value for money
  2. Gardening improves the health of social housing residents and provides a sense of purpose
  3. UN delivers strong rebuke to Australian government on women's rights
  4. is cheese bad for you?
  5. Australian Ninja Warrior and the death of style and grace in sport
  6. how digital tools are revolutionising patient care
  7. Why the world should be worried about the rise of strongman politics
  8. Migrants are still buying into the dream of home ownership, but it's becoming more elusive
  9. How the 'yeah-but' mentality stalls progress on bag bans and other green issues
  10. what if it is wrong?
  11. killing rabbits to conserve native mammals
  12. University students aren't reporting sexual assault, and new guidelines don't address why
  13. how long should you stay away when you have a cold or the flu?
  14. Why Australia needs its own torture report
  15. Australia's French Impressionist maps artistic connections
  16. Five steps business can take to ensure aggressive performance targets don't drive bad behaviour
  17. what's at stake on Super Saturday
  18. Curious Kids: Why do volcanoes erupt?
  19. What should be done with the NBN in the long run?
  20. Women who have heart attacks receive poorer care than men
  21. Migration helps balance our ageing population – we don't need a moratorium
  22. The Tale of Genji, a 1,000-year-old Japanese masterpiece
  23. Remembering Antarctica's nuclear past with 'Nukey Poo'
  24. how physical activity at school helps the mind (as well as the body)
  25. Leaders seek underdog status in byelection battle to be top dog
  26. As Super Saturday nears, Labor gains poll lead in Braddon, but trails in Longman, while UK Tories slump
  27. Government report provides important opportunity to rethink Australia's relationship with India
  28. Capturing the shadow of Saturn's moon Titan from right here on Earth
  29. Battle scars reveal the life of 'Mephisto', a WW1 German tank from a century ago
  30. are phone-obsessed teens at greater risk of ADHD?
  31. Is the 'Zero Hour' youth climate march a turning point, or more of the same?
  32. Michelle Grattan on the Mayo byelection and crossbenchers in the parliament
  33. do neckties reduce blood supply to the brain?
  34. booming jobs numbers, but dig deeper and it's not all rosy
  35. Universities can help recruit more science and maths teachers, but they can't do it alone
  36. Empty car parks everywhere, but nowhere to park. How cities can do better
  37. AEMO's 'cohesive' energy plan falls short because it omits two key economic facts
  38. Friday essay: why YA gothic fiction is booming
  39. Technology doesn't have to be lonely: encouraging dialogue over diatribe
  40. is glucosamine good for joints?
  41. When whistleblowers are prosecuted, it has a chilling effect on press freedom in Australia
  42. Disillusioned voters find it easy to embrace a crossbencher like Rebekha Sharkie
  43. what is parricide and how common is it in Australia?
  44. Rising reliance on personal income tax signals need for bolder reforms
  45. Sign up to Thrive and learn to live well
  46. can comedy really change our environmental behaviours?
  47. The winners and losers in the 2018 World Cup broadcast battle
  48. how Tasmania's Aboriginal people reclaimed a language, palawa kani
  49. Tech innovators start to see old-fashioned benefits of collective bargaining
  50. a fishy tale much more primitive than we thought

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