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Robots don't just take jobs, they can help a new business grow

  • Written by: Kate Letheren, Postdoctoral research fellow, Queensland University of Technology
imageRobots can help a new business deal with all the mundane tasks.Shutterstock/Ociacia

“Make an appointment for 4pm today with Gary,” I say to my assistant as I hang up from a promising phone call with a potential client. There was a time when you had to be high up in an organisation to have an assistant.

My assistant is an artificially...

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Understanding the NDIS: the scheme does not yet address all the needs of Indigenous people with disabilities

  • Written by: John Gilroy, ARC Research Fellow in Indigenous Health, Disability and Community Development, University of Sydney
imageThe individual centred NDIS model can help service providers ensure their dealings with Indigenous Australians are culturally appropriate.Barbara Dieu/Flickr, CC BY

On July 1 2016, the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) moved from a trial phase to a full national roll-out. In this series on Understanding the NDIS, we explore how the scheme...

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Vital Signs: goodbye AAA Australia?

  • Written by: Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW Australia
imageAustralia is one of a small number of countries that enjoy a AAA rating.Image sourced from shutterstock.com

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...

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  2. Grattan on Friday: Coalition gets nasty reminder debt and deficit are important, like it once said
  3. When Australia goes to war, public trust depends on better oversight
  4. Electronic voting may be risky, but what about vote counting?
  5. Friday essay: the voyage of Nicolas Baudin and 'art in the service of science'
  6. Has New Zealand lost its way in tobacco control?
  7. Katter backs Turnbull, as credit agency puts Australia on notice
  8. Now you're laughing: the unhappy state of Australia's political satire
  9. One Nation, Climate Denial and those Jewish Bankers
  10. Chilcot’s lessons for Australia
  11. News of Zika vaccine might be reassuring, but it's too late for Rio, and do we really need it anyway?
  12. Australia must act now to secure economic ties with a rising Indonesia
  13. Australia could be about to lose its AAA rating, and here's why
  14. Please don’t explain: Hanson 2.0 and the war on experts
  15. Cheerleaders of the press don't win elections like they used to
  16. There's still much to learn by visiting the giant planet Jupiter
  17. Understanding the NDIS: many eligible people with disabilities are likely to miss out
  18. Understanding the NDIS: will parents of newly diagnosed children with disability be left in the dark?
  19. Co-living is demolishing the line between work and life
  20. Why Australians should care about the South Pole
  21. Bloody good TV: how Rake changed Australian television
  22. Barnaby Joyce gives some protection on Turnbull's vulnerable right flank
  23. Queensland postal votes could give Coalition majority government
  24. The lessons to be learned now the ABC's pulled its 'inaccurate' Wi-Fried program
  25. Weekly Dose: ice and speed, the drugs that kept soldiers awake and a president young
  26. Workers are taking on more risk in the gig economy
  27. Renewable jet fuel could be growing on Australia's iconic gum trees
  28. Why drug-detection dogs are sniffing up the wrong tree
  29. Explainer: why stock market panic can signal a good time to buy
  30. Facing bumps, but on the right track: Indonesia's democratic progress
  31. Understanding the NDIS: a history of disability welfare from 'deserving poor' to consumers in control
  32. Understanding the NDIS: how does the scheme work and am I eligible for funding?
  33. Defiant Hanson will test a Coalition government
  34. Business Briefing: are Hanson, NXT and the Nationals bad for business?
  35. Research fraud: the temptation to lie – and the challenges of regulation
  36. Christos Tsiolkas, the 'blasphemous' artist and Barracuda
  37. If machines can beat us at games, does it make them more intelligent than us?
  38. Koalas are feeling the heat, and we need to make some tough choices to save our furry friends
  39. Turnbull remains less than pitch-perfect
  40. By Jupiter, what we know of the gas giant so far
  41. We must convince people we believe in Medicare: Turnbull
  42. From scolds to talking underwater : Policing women's voices
  43. Are shipping containers really the answer for affordable housing? Time for a reality check
  44. Labor's 'Mediscare' campaign capitalised on Coalition history of hostility towards Medicare
  45. Politics podcast: James Pearson on the knife-edge result and business confidence
  46. How Uber opens cities only to close them
  47. In a world of low rates, what else can the RBA and central banks do?
  48. In rare cases, a dog's lick can carry more than just love
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