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Australia's privacy laws gutted in court ruling on what is 'personal information'

  • Written by Jake Goldenfein, Lecturer, Swinburne University of Technology
imageNot all the data captured by Telstra on how you use its technology is considered 'personal information'.Shutterstock/blurAZ

In possibly Australia’s most important privacy case to date, the Federal Court today severely gutted Australia’s information privacy laws by narrowing the definition of “personal information”.

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Aussie rules football still has a way to go to be considered 'feminist'

  • Written by Michael Burke, Researcher, Institute for Sport, Exercise and Active Living and Senior Lecturer, College of Sport and Exercise Science, Victoria University
imageEstablishing unique voices from various female perspectives will help create a united front on issues of specific female concern.Dean Lewins/AAP

There was some unwitting irony in the commentary about the growth of women’s AFL in 2016, when Penny Cula-Reid was given credit for her contribution. Herald Sun journalist Paul Amy explained:

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Why don't we know how many people die in our hospitals?

  • Written by Philip Clarke, Professor of Health Economics, University of Melbourne
imageIt's pretty astounding to know we don't know how many people die in our hospitals. from www.shutterstock.com.au

About this time last year, Australia’s National Health Performance Authority (NHPA) decided not to release data on death rates across Australia’s hospitals. This is the type of scandal we should be concerned about, rather than...

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Baird's early exit means NSW loses a leader whose best years were yet to come

  • Written by Gregory Melleuish, Professor, School of Humanities and Social Inquiry, University of Wollongong
imageMike Baird is to resign as NSW premier and retire as a state MP.AAP/Paul Miller

It used to be the case that participation in political life was considered to be a vocation, and that those who chose it were in it for the long haul, through thick and thin. The most prominent example of this in Australian history was Billy Hughes. Even after he lost...

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  1. 2016 crowned hottest year on record: Australia needs to get heat smart
  2. Australian science making some progress amid the march of ministers
  3. Is 2017 the year to ditch the term 'innovation'?
  4. Clemency for Chelsea Manning – but will Assange or Snowden also find the US merciful?
  5. Physical health ignored in people with mental illness
  6. The world's best wildlife photography reveals a fragile, beautiful realm
  7. Printing more money isn't the answer to all economic ills
  8. Australia needs stricter rules to curb air pollution, but there's a lot we could all do now
  9. If we scrapped the states, increasing Canberra's clout would be a backward step
  10. Explainer: Why the human voice is so versatile
  11. The search for MH370 is over: what we learnt and where to now
  12. Stinking dead fish portend major problem with carp herpes release
  13. University completion rates won't be improved by looking at isolated causes
  14. Celebrating the songs of Australia's civil rights movement
  15. Do 8 men really control the same wealth as the poorest half of the global population?
  16. What's in store for new health minister Greg Hunt?
  17. How professional sport handicaps youth sporting culture
  18. What next for the ASX and Blockchain in 2017?
  19. FactCheck: what are the facts on rising child care prices?
  20. Xi Jinping may be preaching trade, but China's opening up has slowed
  21. When gentrification lacks empathy: a case study
  22. A genuinely believable CGI actor? It won't be long
  23. Ways to spend spare time online
  24. Unpaid work experience is widespread but some are missing out: new study
  25. Murky waters: why is Japan still whaling in the Southern Ocean?
  26. Turnbull makes a good start on expenses, but needs to go further
  27. Taking a VR trip in Shaun Gladwell's floating planetoid skull
  28. What’s the point of sex? It frames gender expression and identity – or does it?
  29. Why learn spelling or maths if there's an app for that?
  30. Brexit, Trump and the TPP mean Australia should pursue more bilateral trade agreements
  31. Australia needs to make sport a more equal playing field: here's why
  32. When politicians become pundits
  33. When the pressure is on, some riders breach the whip rules in horse racing
  34. The trouble with 'microaggressions'
  35. Let's kill the Australian identity card zombie once and for all
  36. Sit on hands or take a stand: why athletes have always been political players
  37. Elevated lead levels in Sydney backyards: here's what you can do
  38. When care becomes control - financial abuse cuts across cultures
  39. What's the point of sex? It's good for your physical, social and mental health
  40. Who was Mary? And how plausible is Colm Tóibín's reconstruction of her?
  41. Explainer: what is phonics and why is it important?
  42. A new twist on fusion power could help bring limitless clean energy
  43. What we can all learn from the VW emissions saga
  44. Scents, sensibility and the smell of a city
  45. ASIC needs a win in 2017, but it's not likely to come from the banks
  46. How wearable devices are reinventing our cities as open-air gyms
  47. Health Check: is snoring anything to worry about?
  48. The Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder finally hits the big-data highway
  49. Heed Hawke's call – Australian federalism is an idea whose time has ended
  50. The mosquito-borne Zika virus can also be transmitted by sexual activity

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