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Consumers need critical thinking to fend off banks' bad behaviour

  • Written by: Carly Sawatzki, Assistant Professor, University of Canberra

The irresponsible (if not predatory) lending and the selling of “junk” financial products highlighted by the Financial Services Royal Commission should raise concerns for regulators, educators and parents interested in financial literacy.

Research shows a strong correlation between financial literacy and literacy and numeracy skills....

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Sarah Hanson-Young on the Greens Batman setback

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young has strongly backed party leader Richard Di Natale’s push to purge those who leaked against candidate Alex Bhathal in the Batman byelection.

Hanson-Young told The Conversation it was clear that the party infighting played on the minds of voters. “I don’t think there’s a place for people who...

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Legal lessons for Australia from Uber’s self-driving car fatality

  • Written by: Sandeep Gopalan, Professor of Law, Deakin University
Legal lessons for Australia from Uber’s self-driving car fatalityThere are calls for strong action, including criminal prosecution, following a fatal accident involving an Uber self-driving car.Uber

Consider this thought experiment: a woman pushes a bicycle across a busy road at 10 pm. She is struck by a car and dies. Would this event usually generate headlines or cause all driving to be halted? No, because...

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Who’s to blame when driverless cars have an accident?

  • Written by: Raja Jurdak, Research Group Leader, Distributed Sensing Systems, CSIRO

The news that an Uber self-driving vehicle has killed a pedestrian in the US has made headlines around the world.

It’s a reminder that the era of self-driving cars is fast approaching. Decades of research into advanced sensors, mapping, navigation and control methods have now come to fruition and autonomous cars are starting to hit the roads...

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  2. it's not because of an ozone hole)
  3. We won't stop lone-actor attacks until we understand violence against women
  4. We need to rethink our moral obligations to create a better world
  5. Why union members earn higher wages than their non-union colleagues
  6. Cycling and walking are short-changed when it comes to transport funding in Australia
  7. New coral bleaching outbreak in NT a worrying sign of our warming oceans
  8. Therapy dogs can help reduce student stress, anxiety and improve school attendance
  9. What does a 'Leb' look like?
  10. #MeToo exposes legal failures, but ‘trial by Twitter' isn’t one of them
  11. Before you write that scathing online review, beware of defamation
  12. half of adults and one-third of kids don't brush twice a day
  13. China's new central bank governor will have to deal with massive debt and an ambitious economic agenda
  14. What happens in the body when we sweat?
  15. How tree bonds can help preserve the urban forest
  16. Peter Dutton’s ‘fast track’ for white South African farmers is a throwback to a long, racist history
  17. MRKH syndrome, when a woman's uterus never develops
  18. towards a digital, proactive emergency response
  19. We must develop 'techno-wisdom' to prevent technology from consuming us
  20. Floods don't occur randomly, so why do we still plan as if they do?
  21. Educational researchers, show us your evidence but don’t expect us to fund it
  22. Why the RBA needs to talk about future interest-rate policy
  23. Sidelining citizens when deciding on transport projects is asking for trouble
  24. The politics of black hair: an Australian perspective
  25. The skin is a very important (and our largest) organ: what does it do?
  26. it has yet to shift the power imbalances that would bring about gender equality
  27. what is differential privacy and how can it protect your data?
  28. Batman is a strong victory for Shorten, but he still has a selling job on tax move
  29. After 16 years, electoral dynamics finally caught up with Labor in South Australia
  30. Liberals win South Australian election as Xenophon crushed, while Labor stuns the Greens in Batman
  31. Labor fends off Greens challenge in Batman
  32. Full response from a spokesperson for Jay Weatherill for a FactCheck on young people in South Australia
  33. is South Australia's youth population rising or falling?
  34. why Wesfarmers is ditching Coles
  35. Gig platforms' claims over worker chat groups: fraught territory indeed
  36. Both Australia and the region would benefit from a single market in Asia
  37. The technology that gave Stephen Hawking a voice should be accessible to all who need it
  38. Sydney Biennale modestly comes of age with moments of curatorial brilliance
  39. PSA testing for prostate cancer is only worth it for some
  40. Michelle Grattan on a 'super Saturday' of elections
  41. Queensland's new land clearing bill will help turn the tide, despite its flaws
  42. Yes it's okay to feed wild birds in your garden, as long as it's the right food
  43. Ged Kearney’s candidacy shows the relationship between Labor and the unions remains mutually beneficial
  44. Homeless numbers will keep rising until governments change course on housing
  45. in defence of beauty in art
  46. As South Australia heads to the polls, the state is at a crossroads
  47. Slow cycling isn't just for fun – it's essential for many city workers
  48. The genius at Guinness and his statistical legacy
  49. Young blood: magic or medicine?
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