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Predictive algorithms are no better at telling the future than a crystal ball

  • Written by: Uri Gal, Associate Professor in Business Information Systems, University of Sydney
Predictive algorithms are no better at telling the future than a crystal ballThe global market for predictive analytics is growing. Shutterstock

An increasing number of businesses invest in advanced technologies that can help them forecast the future of their workforce and gain a competitive advantage.

Many analysts and professional practitioners believe that, with enough data, algorithms embedded in People Analytics (PA)...

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Three reasons why the gaps between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians aren't closing

  • Written by: Francis Markham, Research Fellow, College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University
Three reasons why the gaps between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians aren't closingThe targets relating to Year 12 attainment, preschool enrolment, and childhood mortality are on track to be closed, according to the 2018 Closing the Gap report.AAP/Marianna Massey

This year’s Closing the Gap report tells a more positive story than the 2017 report on the seven measurable gaps between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians...

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Fixing cities' water crises could send our climate targets down the gurgler

  • Written by: Peter Fisher, Adjunct Professor, Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University
Fixing cities' water crises could send our climate targets down the gurglerWater treatment plants can't afford not to think about electricity too.CSIRO/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA

Two cities on opposing continents, Santiago and Cape Town, have been brought to their knees by events at opposing ends of the climate spectrum: flood and drought.

The taps ran dry for Santiago’s 5 million inhabitants in early 2017, due to...

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Live from Pyeongchang: how an Olympic broadcast works

  • Written by: Merryn Sherwood, Lecturer in Sports Journalism, La Trobe University
Live from Pyeongchang: how an Olympic broadcast worksSporting events like the Winter Olympics are one of TV's most valuable products.Reuters/Fabrizio Bensch

Most major sports events that appear on our screens follow a similar broadcast model. TV stations pay for the broadcast rights and then employ the production crew – including expert camera operators, producers and talent – to take the...

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  1. Closing the gap on Indigenous education must start with commitment and respect
  2. To close the health gap, we need programs that work. Here are three of them
  3. Why the Commonwealth should resist meddling in schools
  4. Science Meets Parliament doesn't let the rest of us off the hook
  5. Curious Kids: why doesn't lava melt the side of the volcano?
  6. Banks and financial providers one step ahead of consumers who struggle with personal bias
  7. Governments can't be trusted to deliver welfare standards for chickens
  8. The rise and fall of Ben Ean Moselle and what it says about Australian society
  9. King tides and rising seas are predictable, and we're not doing enough about it
  10. US approach to security is deeply troubling – and it's not just about Trump
  11. Closing the Gap results still lag, as Shorten pledges compensation fund for Stolen Generations
  12. Labor moves in on the Barnaby Joyce affair
  13. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the private lives of our politicians
  14. Health Check: how can extreme heat lead to death?
  15. Two Koreas working together on Winter Olympics is a small but important step toward peace
  16. Hidden depths: why groundwater is our most important water source
  17. Five active volcanoes on my Asia Pacific 'Ring of Fire' watch-list right now
  18. Kokoda Track blockade alludes to deeper development issues in Papua New Guinea
  19. How copyright law is holding back Australian creators
  20. Sustainable shopping: your guilt-free guide to flowers this Valentine's Day
  21. Public hospital blame game – here's how we got into this funding mess
  22. Essays On Air: Why grown-ups still need fairy tales
  23. Vital Signs: future expectations causing sharemarket gyrations and interest rate doubts
  24. Proposed new regulations for 3D printed medical devices must go further
  25. The larrikin as leader: how Bob Hawke came to be one of the best (and luckiest) prime ministers
  26. This is how WestConnex can deliver Sydney a better city centre
  27. Friday essay: ‘It’s not over in the homes’ – impotence, domestic violence and former POWs
  28. Grattan on Friday: Is Barnaby's baby a matter of public interest or just of interest to the public?
  29. World-first genetic analysis reveals Aussie white shark numbers
  30. Does a sugar tax cause alcohol sales to spike? The research doesn't give a decisive answer
  31. Whistleblowers still in the firing line from foreign influence and official secrets laws
  32. I've been diagnosed with iron deficiency, now what?
  33. Politics podcast: Mark Dreyfus on changing the government's foreign interference bill
  34. The off-topic Conversation #151
  35. Closing the gap in Indigenous literacy and numeracy? Not remotely – or in cities
  36. CBA's board needs to take ultimate responsibility for the bank's failings
  37. Sense, think, act: the principle that governs everything from rocket landings to interest rates
  38. 2018 Winter Olympics set to begin against the backdrop of warm words and cold politics
  39. Australia's financial regulators need policing
  40. Unions can't just rely on promises of favourable laws to regain lost ground
  41. Labor's 2% cap on private health insurance premium rises won't fix affordability
  42. Listen to abuse survivors and advocates to clear the way to a national redress scheme
  43. How a German migrant planted citizen science in Australia – and why it worked
  44. Australia's jobs and migration policies are not making the best use of qualified migrants
  45. Explainer: the symbolism of The Lady and the Unicorn tapestry cycle
  46. NSW could lead the way in educating students with a disability
  47. Putting the pieces together to create safe public spaces for all
  48. George Brandis warns Liberals against rise of populist right
  49. Government unmoved by Labor MP Susan Lamb's emotional story
  50. Snowboarding and freeskiing got the Olympics by carving their own path

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