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Is corporate Australia ruining NAIDOC Week?
PM with Linda Mottram, ABC, 06 July 2021From Facebook to Australia Post, corporations are flagging their contributions to NAIDOC Week. But First Nations academics want to make sure it is not just lipservice by challenging organisations to stand with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people all year round on the more controversial issues...
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Facebook still allowing hate speech on public pages
Elissa Blake, The University of Sydney News, 05 July 2021Researchers at the University of Sydney and University of Queensland are calling on Facebook to consult more and offer better training for page moderators to proactively respond to online hate speech in the Asia Pacific region. The Facebook-funded regional report into hate speech regulation, Regulating Hate Speech in the Asia Pacific,...
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How blockchain can help dismantle corruption in government services
Matthew Van Niekerk, World Economic Forum, 05 July 2021Governments are regularly making trade-offs between efficiency and fairness in their services. Unfortunately, choosing one over the other often increases the likelihood of corruption. However, new technologies such as blockchain offer the opportunity to increase both efficiency and fairness. Blockchain can be used for a variety of government...
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NAIDOC Week: a time to be proud and celebrate, but also to reflect
Anthony Dillon, The Conversation, 04 July 2021Being NAIDOC Week, it is appropriate to reflect on Aboriginal matters such as achievements, health and well-being, reconciliation, and progress towards closing the gap. While it is important to recognise and celebrate the successes, Anthony Dillon writes that we also need to be aware of those matters which, though important, many are reluctant...
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Litigating our way out of climate change
Future Tense Podcast, ABC, 04 July 2021This episode of ABC’s Future Tense podcast explores how those seeking to end our fossil-fuel dependency are increasingly turning to litigation to force the hands of companies and governments, often on human rights grounds. It investigates whether the courts have a legitimate role to play or whether this is…
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Is the era of globalisation over?
The Economist Asks, The Economist, 01 July 2021This episode of The Economist Asks podcast investigates whether the rise of populism, protectionism and polarisation mean the end of multilateralism and globalisation? The Economist’s editor-in-chief, Zanny Minton Beddoes, is joined by Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), to...
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The internet is rotting
Jonathan Zittrain, The Atlantic, 30 June 2021Underpinning our vast and simple-seeming digital networks are technologies that, if they hadn’t already been invented, probably wouldn’t unfold the same way again. The internet’s distinct architecture arose from a distinct constraint and a distinct freedom. The internet was a recipe for mortar, with an invitation for anyone, and everyone, to...
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Facebook unveils newsletter subscription service ‘Bulletin’
Mike Isaac, The Sydney Morning Herald, 30 June 2021Facebook has launched a newsletter subscription service called Bulletin, which is an attempt to court influential writers to its platform as more creators branch out from traditional to independent publishing. Facebook has recruited writers across different categories, including sports, entertainment, science, and health, to bring...
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Corporations will be allowed to vaccinate their own staff under Australia’s rollout chief’s new plan
David Adams, Business Insider, 30 June 2021Major private enterprises will eventually be permitted to vaccinate their workers against COVID-19, under an extension to the national immunisation scheme. Australia’s new rollout 'tsar', Lieutenant-General John Frewen, said Australia’s banking and resource sectors are “keen” to immunise their own staff, but are “currently not empowered to do...
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Australian vaccine advertising campaign needed now to counter misinformation
Rachel Clun, The Sydney Morning Herald, 29 June 2021Doctors warn a national vaccination advertising campaign is needed now, not when more doses are available, so the Federal Government can combat misinformation being spread across the country. There is no confirmed start date for the new communications campaign aimed at encouraging more people to come forward for vaccinations, but the Federal...
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