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New law will force some (but not all) organisations to reveal data breaches

  • Written by: Jai Galliott, Lecturer in Cyber Security, UNSW
imageChanges to the way some organisations must reveal a data breach on personal information.Rawpixel com

We live in an era of big data stored digitally, and some of that data is about you. For example, the government keeps your social security and tax data, banks keep your financial data and your phone provider stores your metadata.

There is probably...

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VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the Western Australian election

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

University of Canberra Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) Frances Shannon and Professorial Fellow Michelle Grattan discuss the week in politics, including the upcoming Western Australian election, One Nation’s controversial campaign, and preference deals.

The authors do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company...

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Goodbye glamour-puss and rugged hero: smokers lose brand identity with plain cigarette packaging

  • Written by: Hugh Webb, PhD candidate (submitted), Australian National University
imagePeople’s sense of self is partly determined by the groups to which they belong: "I'm a smoker". moriza/flickr , CC BY-NC-SA

Plain cigarette packaging has been a great Australian success story. There’s now strong evidence that a record decline in smoking rates occurred soon after plain packaging was introduced in Australia in 2012. In...

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So long, Climate Institute – too sensible for the current policy soap opera

  • Written by: Marc Hudson, PhD Candidate, Sustainable Consumption Institute, University of Manchester

The Climate Institute, which was among the first Australian NGOs to focus solely on climate change, is to shut down at the end of June after 12 years.

It was born into an era when politicians and voters were finally waking up to the importance of climate policy. But now, its self-described “centrist, pragmatic advocacy” has run out of...

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  1. Contested spaces: living off the edge in a city mall where design fuels conflict
  2. Why is it still so hard for patients in need to get medicinal cannabis?
  3. Not 'all is forgiven' for asylum seekers returned to Sri Lanka
  4. Children prefer to read books on paper rather than screens
  5. Friday essay: video games, military culture and new narratives of war
  6. Five myths about the new cervical screening program that refuse to die
  7. Young workers expect their older colleagues to get out of the way
  8. Faking it: we should make manipulating algorithms for political purposes a crime
  9. Why 'green-black' alliances are less simple than they seem
  10. Grattan on Friday: One Nation blows WA campaign but will Hanson’s supporters care?
  11. Politics podcast: WA election – Mark McGowan accuses Turnbull of bluffing
  12. Research Check: will using lice products give my children behavioural problems?
  13. Australians' attitudes to vaccination are more complex than a simple 'pro' or 'anti' label
  14. What our backyards can tell us about the world
  15. The daily life of a Neanderthal revealed from the gunk in their teeth
  16. Democracy needs more trees and less Trump
  17. Weekly Dose: while the media panic about ice, we should worry about carfentanil
  18. FactCheck: does Western Australia have the highest unemployment in the country?
  19. The great movie scenes: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
  20. Contested spaces: we need to see public space through older eyes too
  21. Face Value: sentiment analysis shows business leaders are positive about the year ahead
  22. DNA reveals Aboriginal people had a long and settled connection to country
  23. Roe 8: Perth's environmental flashpoint in the WA election
  24. Indonesia vows to tackle marine pollution
  25. Selective schools increasingly cater to the most advantaged students
  26. Banning orders won't solve alcohol-fuelled violence – but they can be part of the solution
  27. Here's Looking at: Brook Andrew's Sexy and dangerous
  28. Health Check: do men really sweat more than women?
  29. Politics podcast: WA poll – Kim Beazley on One Nation
  30. ATNIX: Australian Twitter News Index, February 2017
  31. Warm for the human form, from Rodin's bronzes to stone slabs
  32. Why 'digital gold' won't ever kill off the real thing
  33. Here's how citizen power can drive mental health reform
  34. Contested spaces: a user's guide to shared paths
  35. WikiLeaks Vault 7 reveals staggering breadth of 'CIA hacking'
  36. Why we're marching for science in Australia
  37. FactCheck Q A: are there laws to protect against 'revenge porn' in Australia?
  38. The Science of Leading
  39. The fragility of women's rights: how female guilds wielded power long ago
  40. Unconscious bias is keeping women out of senior roles, but we can get around it
  41. Girls with early first periods become women with greater risk of gestational diabetes
  42. Contested spaces: you can't stop the music – the sounds that divide shoppers
  43. Speaking with: Peter Green on saving the Christmas Island red crab
  44. The eyes have it: how vision may have driven fishes onto land
  45. Snapchat's share price already fading as fast as one of its user's photos
  46. Politics podcast: election report from the West
  47. Is there a test your child can take before getting vaccinated, as Pauline Hanson said?
  48. ABC restructuring: leaner, but hopefully not meaner
  49. Explainer: what are chemical weapons and how do soldiers guard against them?
  50. Why do specialists get paid so much and does something need to be done about it?

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How to Rent a Car for Uber in Melbourne: What Every New Driver Needs to Know

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When Should You Speak to a Lawyer About a Legal Issue?

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Correct Sleeping Posture to Minimize Back Strain

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Why Product Longevity Matters for Sustainable Australian Buildings

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Cosmetic Dentistry Options From a Brisbane-Based Dental Team

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