Public Discourse
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Politics & Society
How disinformation is undermining our cities
Disinformation is a modern reality. It sows distrust and division in communities, but it’s also affecting our cities’ ability to function
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Politics & Society
I guess she won’t be writing the memoir
Defamation laws are having a chilling effect on non-fiction so those keen to get behind a story like Depp v Heard are likely to be left wanting
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Politics & Society
The undoing of Roe v. Wade
The US Supreme Court decision may embolden conservative grassroots activists to continue campaigning to overturn other liberal decisions
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Sciences & Technology
Is sentience really the debate to have?
While debate over the alleged sentience of the LaMDA chatbot continues, there are bigger questions about AI’s overall lack of transparency
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Politics & Society
Overturning history
This month could see the US Supreme Court overturn the 50-year-old Roe v. Wade precedent which gave American women control over their fertility, bodies and lives
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Health & Medicine
Why are we so vulnerable to bad information?
Identifying misinformation is difficult for all of us, but we can make it easier by being aware of our biases and wary of strong emotions
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Politics & Society
Our government must trust the experts
The pandemic saw a rise in anti-expert sentiment, including from government, but does the public really distrust the advice of experts?
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Politics & Society
Podcast
What does our constitution say about freedom of speech?
Professor Adrienne Stone discusses the differences between the Australian and US constitutions on freedom of speech and why asserting a right to free speech doesn’t make it true
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Politics & Society
Australia’s universities need to be free to engage globally
Legislation allowing the Minister for Foreign Affairs to veto universities’ international agreements puts the student, research and societal benefits of international cooperation at risk
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Politics & Society
The ‘Decade of Disruption’ is a taste of the future
When we join the dots on the upheavals of our time it becomes clear we are in a transformational era – order vs freedom, adaption vs nostalgia