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The value of unplugging in the Age of Distraction

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imageSmall device, but very demanding. aciej_ie/flickr, CC BY-NC-ND

A common experience: you are walking down the street and someone is walking in the opposite direction toward you. You see him but he does not see you. He is texting or looking at his cellphone. He is distracted, trying to do two things at the same time, walking and communicating.

There...

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Politics podcast: Tim Soutphommasane on 'Team Australia' and racism

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imageTim Soutphommasane announced a new stage in the National Anti-Racism Strategy.Lucas Coch/AAP

Race Discrimination Commissioner Tim Soutphommasane sits down with Michelle Grattan to talk about Dawn Fraser’s comments, “Team Australia”, the government’s approach to terrorism and asylum seekers, and much more.

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