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3 July 2018
Advance Australia where?
We could learn from China's boldness. Instead, we show no signs of even thinking about our future....
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Recent articles
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Should we be worried about artificial intelligence?
Not really, but we do need think carefully about how to harness, and regulate, machine intelligence.
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Are white policymakers maintaining the Indigenous gap?
Despite greatly increased effort in recent years, the policies of Australian governments towards Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders continue to fail on many levels. According to the latestC…
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Upstream, downstream: water politics in the Murray-Darling
On the face of it, the Murray-Darling basin plan has all the hallmarks of a "good policy". It has a clear objective: to cap extractions from the river system, so as to ensure the basin's long-term eco…
Jenny's Blog
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Home and away
If you are a fan of British comedy, you will no doubt recall that memorable episode of Fawlty Towers, when Basil, the crazed Torquay hotel-keeper played by John Cleese, welcomes some German …
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The glittering prizes
The first time I missed out on promotion (a type of prize, I guess), a wise old academic said to me that it was always tempting to reject a system that had rejected you. It’s a fair point.…
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The nature of healing
Having injured my shoulder while travelling a few months back, I find myself contemplating the nature of healing. While at the time, the degree of pain was not severe, it turned out that, in this case…
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