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Where to next for arts philanthropy in Australia?

  • Written by: Wendy Scaife, Associate professor and director, Australian Centre for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies, Queensland University of Technology
imageBangarra Dance Theatre has been very successful at building relationships with donors.AAP/Bangarra Dance Theatre, Edward Mulvihill

The arts perennially faces the problem of scant public money and competition for the donated dollar. But today, ever more individuals and organisations are in the donation hunt. It is timely to ask what is the state of...

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Are we ready for Robotopia, when robots replace the human workforce?

  • Written by: Sean Welsh, Doctoral Candidate in Robot Ethics, University of Canterbury
imageRobot workforce at the ready.Shutterstock/Palto

Automation has disrupted work for centuries. Two hundred years ago in Britain, the Luddites rose in rebellion, smashing the machines that made their weaving skills obsolete.

Today it’s high status cognitive jobs that are under threat. Earlier this year ROSS, a legal version of IBM’s Watson,...

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The 2016 Eureka Prizes showcase the best in Australian science

  • Written by: Tim Dean, Editor, The Conversation
imageMelissa Little (right) and Minoru Takasato (centre) from the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute won the 2016 UNSW Eureka Prize for Scientific Research for work on growing kidney tissue from stem cells.MCRI

Regenerating kidneys, smart plastics, artificial memory cells and a citizen science network that tracks falling meteors. These and many other...

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Climate Change Authority suggests emissions trading but no new climate targets

  • Written by: Michael Hopkin, Environment + Energy Editor, The Conversation

An “intensity-based” emissions trading scheme for the electricity sector, to begin in 2018, is among a “toolkit” of policies recommended by the Climate Change Authority in a report setting out how Australia can meet its obligations under the Paris climate treaty.

The scheme, similar to a plan proposed by Labor at the last...

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