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The federal government's response to the ACCC's Digital Platforms Inquiry is a let down

  • Written by: Katharine Kemp, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, UNSW, and Co-Leader, 'Data as a Source of Market Power' Research Stream of The Allens Hub for Technology, Law and Innovation, UNSW
The federal government's response to the ACCC's Digital Platforms Inquiry is a let downOf the 23 recommendations made in the ACCC's final report, the government supported six in their entirety, ten "in principle", "noted" five and rejected two. shutterstock

Today, the federal government responded to the recommendations of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s (ACCC) “world-leading” Digital Platforms...

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what actually works to protect us from bushfire smoke?

  • Written by: Lidia Morawska, Professor, Science and Engineering Faculty; Director, International Laboratory for Air Quality and Health (WHO CC for Air Quality and Health); Director - Australia, Australia – China Centre for Air Quality Science and Management (ACC-AQSM)

Bushfire smoke has now been blanketing parts of Australia for months. This week the air quality in Sydney reached new lows, reported to be 12 times hazardous levels in some parts of the city on Tuesday.

Beyond being stifling and unpleasant, people are experiencing irritated eyes and breathing difficulties.

Statistics emerging from hospital records...

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how a small island nation found itself in the grips of an outbreak disaster

  • Written by: Katherine Gibney, NHMRC early career fellow, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity
how a small island nation found itself in the grips of an outbreak disasterLow immunisation coverage among young children in Samoa allowed a measles outbreak to take hold.From shutterstock.com

The pacific island nation of Samoa has been making headlines over the past month due to a significant measles outbreak. At last count, 4,995 measles cases had been recorded, and 72 people, mostly young children, had died.

The actual...

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As weary Britons head to the polls again, parties seem incapable of handling the nation's problems

  • Written by: Rob Manwaring, Senior Lecturer, Politics and Public Policy, Flinders University

The cost of running the 2017 UK general election was estimated at £140 million (A$270 million). It’s likely to be higher this time. In 2017, the Conservatives, Labour and the Liberal Democrats spent nearly £38 million (A$73 million) on their campaigns, much of it on social media, and again it’s likely to be higher this time....

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  5. What limits shareholder activism as a force for good: the free-rider problem
  6. How New Zealanders miss out on hundreds of thousands in retirement savings
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  8. Australian law doesn't go far enough to legislate affirmative consent. NSW now has a chance to get it right
  9. riders daring to fly in a crazy desert race
  10. Now Australian cities are choking on smoke, will we finally talk about climate change?
  11. ancient penguins were as tall as people. We've discovered the species that started the downsizing trend
  12. Private health premium increases might be the lowest in years, but that doesn't mean they're justified
  13. So your kid's finished their first year of school. Here's what they should have learnt
  14. 5 human rights issues that defined 2019
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  16. Expect family talks about climate change this Christmas? Take tips from Greta Thunberg
  17. Don't blame the Murray-Darling Basin Plan. It's climate and economic change driving farmers out
  18. seven reasons to be wary of waste-to-energy proposals
  19. In our time of climate crisis, the exhibition Water is a subtly crafted plea
  20. We're still fighting city freeways after half a century
  21. Why were tourists allowed on White Island?
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  23. To save koalas from fire, we need to start putting their genetic material on ice
  24. (Almost) everyone's a winner? Art is meant to break rules and prizes must adapt
  25. Unlawful metadata access is easy when we’re flogging a dead law
  26. Why the profit motive fails in education
  27. a particle new to physics might solve the dark matter mystery
  28. The water crisis has plunged the Nats into a world of pain. But they reap what they sow
  29. 2019 was a year of global unrest, spurred by anger at rising inequality – and 2020 is likely to be worse
  30. Key trade rules will become unenforceable from midnight. Australia should be worried
  31. Antibiotic resistance is an even greater challenge in remote Indigenous communities
  32. PISA doesn't define education quality, and knee-jerk policy proposals won't fix whatever is broken
  33. Toxic sport cultures are damaging female athletes' health, but we can do better
  34. How our screen stories of the future went from flying cars to a darker version of now
  35. The problem with transport models is political abuse, not their use in planning
  36. Work is a fundamental part of being human. Robots won't stop us doing it
  37. Why White Island erupted and why there was no warning
  38. Job losses expected as NZ's broadcasting sector faces biggest overhaul in a decade
  39. Can Indigenous Australians be deported as 'aliens'? A High Court decision will show us the strength of modern colonial power
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  41. Andrew Hastie on foreign influence, security and veteran mental health
  42. Litigation is the real reason financial reports are becoming harder to read
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