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Business Briefing: Trusting business to take care of your data

  • Written by: Jenni Henderson, Melbourne Editor, Business and Economy, The Conversation
imageBusinesses need to consult customers to work out what is reasonable when it comes to using and securing their data.www.shutterstock.com

Former ACCC chief Graeme Samuel is calling on businesses to take a closer look at their data management practices in a bid to increase public trust in their ability to handle it. Samuel says if they don’t...

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Trimming the excess: how cutting down on junk food could help save the environment

  • Written by: Michalis Hadjikakou, Postdoctoral Research Associate in Environmental Sustainability, UNSW Australia
imageBad for you, bad for the environment. Junk food image from www.shutterstock.com

Looking for a new reason to cut down on “junk” food? Besides the obvious health-related benefits, I showed in a recent study that discretionary or junk foods make up a significant proportion of food-related environmental impacts.

For an average Australian...

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Lessons from South Australia's blackout: we need to make infrastructure more resilient to climate change

  • Written by: Mark Gibbs, Director: Knowledge to innovation. Chair: Green Cross Australia, Queensland University of Technology

Last week’s storm and subsequent state-wide blackout in South Australia reminds us how important the electricity grid – and other infrastructure – is for our communities.

Immediate analysis suggests the blackout was caused by the collapse of transmission infrastructure in South Australia. Australian electricity networks, like...

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Philanthropic foundations cost taxpayers – and so should be made accountable

  • Written by: Elizabeth Cham, Honorary Fellow, UTS Business School, University of Technology Sydney
imagePhilanthropic foundations are unlike other charities and not-for-profit organisations.shutterstock

There are varying levels of understanding about philanthropy’s role and accountability requirements – particularly in Australia.

Since organised philanthropy plays a significant role in democratic societies, answering the philosophical and...

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  1. US election: what impact do celebrity endorsements really have?
  2. Mellow yellow? The mood and cognitive effects of curcumin from turmeric
  3. Opening doors and minds: the Open House phenomenon
  4. New VET loan scheme to exclude shonky providers
  5. Bank inquiry won't take royal commission off the political agenda
  6. AFL and NRL grand final TV ratings show codes still rely on their traditional heartlands
  7. Big four bank chiefs face parliamentary committee: experts react
  8. The uncanny and Changwon Sculpture Biennale
  9. Has auto-translation software finally stopped being so useless?
  10. South Australian blackout: renewables aren't a threat to energy security, they're the future
  11. Inconsistency bedevils Australia's prosecution of war criminals
  12. What's the link between hay fever and asthma, and how are they treated?
  13. Australian corporate social responsibility reports are little better than window dressing
  14. Victoria needs a big-picture transport plan that isn't about winners v losers
  15. Simpler account switching would help keep our banks honest
  16. Governments and central banks should stop trying to stimulate the economy
  17. Women should be told about their breast density when they have a mammogram
  18. Marine parks and fishery management: what's the best way to protect fish?
  19. Why ‘green cities’ need to become a deeply lived experience
  20. Is protectionism a 'siren song' to the poor or to the wealthy?
  21. Why health implants should have open source code
  22. From Shakespeare in Hindi to tackling human trafficking: the best of OzAsia festival
  23. 'No jab, no pay' disadvantages migrant children
  24. Consumers don't understand smartphone contracts
  25. How to Think About 1.5 Degrees
  26. Health Check: what should breastfeeding women eat?
  27. The Conversation working with The ABC
  28. R D tax incentives need to be simple and underpin investor confidence
  29. Shrinking Mercury is all it's cracked up to be
  30. Yes, some Australian private schools are overfunded – here's why
  31. Art for innovation's sake? Lessons from our Canadian cousin
  32. Volatility, thy name is Trump
  33. 'We must keep the lights on': how a cyclone was used to attack renewables
  34. Wyatt Roy's trip to Iraq was nothing short of irresponsible
  35. How can Australia build on a century of struggle over Indigenous citizenship?
  36. 20 years on, what impact has the Nobel Prize for medicine had on our immune systems?
  37. The Nobel Prizes’ controversial push for popularity
  38. The story behind Australia's marine reserves, and how we should change them
  39. The superannuation myth: why it's a mistake to increase contributions to 12% of earnings
  40. Religion and the US election: does faith matter anymore?
  41. Cities in the sky: how do we decide where this urban journey is taking us?
  42. It's never been more important to keep an eye on space weather
  43. Trump, the media, and the populist politics of the pogrom
  44. The human clitoris is an object of beauty, pleasure and intrigue
  45. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the South Australia blackout
  46. SA blackout politics overshadow the real issues on power generation
  47. What's happening when our joints crack and is it bad?
  48. Why do we need 'Pokie-Leaks'? We already know how pokies work
  49. Friday essay: talking, writing and fighting like girls
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