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Changes to contract laws could give small farming businesses more control of data and innovation

  • Written by: Leanne Wiseman, Associate Professor, Griffith Law School, Griffith University

New laws that are designed to protect small businesses from falling victim to unfair contract terms may help tip the balance of power back in favour of smaller farmers, especially when it comes to innovations involving data.

In November 2016, Australia’s current regime of protection against unfair contract terms for consumers will be extended...

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Reinventing density: bending the rules can help stop urban sprawl

  • Written by: Jennie Officer, Senior Lecturer in Architecture, University of Western Australia
imageA quirk in the planning rules enabled the Primaries Warehouse in Fremantle to be redeveloped as a model of progressive higher-density design.Stuart Smith/Panoramio, CC BY-NC-SA

This is the fourth piece in our series, Reinventing density, co-published with Future West (Australian Urbanism).

The story of Perth’s low-density composition and...

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Friday essay: the loss of music

  • Written by: Peter Godfrey-Smith, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, City University of New York
imageA saxophone player busks in New York: as technology transforms their industry, quite a lot of musicians are leaving the field.Michael Tapp, CC BY-NC

In New York City, a classical saxophone player I know was asked to play some live music for an event at a large, successful store that sells computers, phones, and other electronic equipment. The...

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Vital Signs: construction slump points to cooling economy

  • Written by: Richard Holden, Professor of Economics and PLuS Alliance Fellow, UNSW Australia

Vital Signs is a weekly economic wrap from UNSW economics professor and Harvard PhD Richard Holden (@profholden). Vital Signs aims to contextualise weekly economic events and cut through the noise of the data impacting global economies.

This week: Construction slumps to its lowest level since 2010, and the US Fed remains divided on its next...

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  1. Can the way we move after injury lead to chronic pain?
  2. 2050 climate targets: nations are playing the long game in fighting global warming
  3. Pink balls in day-night cricket could challenge players at sunset
  4. Grattan on Friday: The government is compromising Malcolm Turnbull's commitment to inclusion
  5. Politics podcast: Jenny Macklin on Labor's approach to welfare
  6. The limits of Silicon Valley: how Indonesia’s GoJek is beating Uber
  7. Bright city lights are keeping ocean predators awake and hungry
  8. Why the Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage report is still largely a story of failure
  9. Explainer: what is exposure therapy and how can it treat social anxiety?
  10. Early childhood educators rely on families to prop up low income, research finds
  11. Race to the bottom on company tax cuts won't stop tax avoidance
  12. ARIA there yet? Causes galore and some poop talk at the music industry awards
  13. Now we can edit life itself, we need to ask how we should use such technology
  14. Arrests and uncertainty overseas show why Australia must legalise compensated surrogacy
  15. Sydney needs higher affordable housing targets
  16. The key to future food supply is sitting on our cities' doorsteps
  17. There are 14 wild orange-bellied parrots left – this summer is our last chance to save them
  18. Reinventing density: co-living, the second domestic revolution
  19. Is it OK for medical students to practise on themselves?
  20. Long before Europeans, traders came here from the north and art tells the story
  21. Facebook's accidental 'death' of users reminds us to plan for digital death
  22. Three important wins for addressing obesity
  23. One Nation chaos causes government to lose departure tax vote
  24. What can obesity control learn from tobacco control’s success?
  25. Noel Pearson and White Masochism
  26. Echo Chamber? What Echo Chamber?
  27. There's hope for Tasmania in the post-mining boom era
  28. Schoolies risking health with alcohol and energy drink mix: report
  29. Could 'whale poo diplomacy' help bring an end to whaling?
  30. Trump, the unspeakable and democracy in America
  31. Politics podcast: Barnaby Joyce on the state of the National Party
  32. The price of culture: some thoughts from the Adelaide Festival of Ideas
  33. Why Trump is right, and wrong, about killing off the TPP
  34. Lessons from ancient Athens: the art of exiling your enemies
  35. Cryonics: hype, hope or hell?
  36. Dutton's attack on Fraser shows how low our politicians are willing to go on refugees
  37. How Western Australia is handling the end of the mining boom
  38. A flawed system delivered Trump victory – and now we brace ourselves for what's next
  39. Labor maintains steady 53-47 Newspoll lead, but Turnbull's ratings improve
  40. Can billions of litres of coal seam gas water be safely reinjected into the ground?
  41. Is Fukushima still safe after the latest earthquake?
  42. 'Fake news' is poison for the body politic – can it be stopped?
  43. Business Briefing: fixing culture in banking and finance
  44. What is critical thinking? And do universities really teach it?
  45. A sugary drinks tax could recoup some of the costs of obesity while preventing it
  46. Star Wars goes Rogue – but will this risky move backfire?
  47. Asking users to tag fake news isn't going to work if they don't know what it is
  48. Men who want power over women likely to have poorer mental health: study
  49. Japan's latest tsunami reaction shows lessons learned from previous disasters
  50. Why China and Europe should form the world's most powerful 'climate bloc'

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