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Brandis mishandles a fight he should never have had

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

The dramatic break between the Attorney-General and the Solicitor-General – which culminated spectacularly in Justin Gleeson’s resignation on Monday – was a saga of misjudgments and mismanagement.

It has cost George Brandis reputation, lost the services to the Commonwealth of a highly respected law officer, and seen Gleeson out of...

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How can doctors use technology to help them diagnose?

  • Written by: David Tuffley, Senior Lecturer in Applied Ethics and Socio-Technical Studies., Griffith University
imageIf artificial intelligence can scan thousands of medical papers at the click of a button, will we need doctors in the future?from www.shutterstock.com.au

In Japan’s first reported case of artificial intelligence saving someone’s life, an AI has succeeded where a team of skilled human doctors did not. A woman with a rare type of...

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Melanesia's oceans are worth US$5.4 billion but are at environmental crossroads

  • Written by: Tyrone Ridgway, Healthy Oceans Program Manager, Global Change Institute, The University of Queensland

Earth is distinguished from all other known planets by the presence of a warm, salty ocean that covers over 70% of its surface. The ocean puts food on the table, provides jobs, and underpins trillions of dollars of economic activity worldwide.

In a new report for the WWF, we looked in particular at how Melanesia’s ocean economy is fairing....

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Change Agents: Stuart Morris and Leonie Hemingway on Australia's most radical reform of local government

  • Written by: Andrew Dodd, Program Director - Journalism, Swinburne University of Technology
imageStuart Morris QC (left) and Leonie Hemingway (formerly Leonie Burke) led the Labor and Liberal governments' attempts at reforming local government.Andrew Dodd, CC BY-ND

Victoria’s council reforms in 1994 remain Australia’s most radical restructuring of local government.

The changes under the Kennett government reduced the number of...

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