By Jago Dodson, Professor of Urban Policy and Director, Urban Futures Enabling Impact Platform, RMIT University
Liam Davies, Lecturer in Sustainability and Urban Planning, RMIT University
Capital gains tax is once again the subject of parliamentary debate, with Treasurer Jim Chalmers declining to rule out options for reform.
Along with negative gearing, the capital gains tax discount has long been suggested as one cause of Australia’s housing affordability crisis.
The tax applies to the capital gain when an asset is held…
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By Keiran Hardy, Associate Professor, Griffith Criminology Institute, Griffith University
Australia’s definition of terrorism was created in 2002. Since then, the threat landscape has changed dramatically, and it’s time for the term to be revised.
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By Jaithri Ananthapavan, Associate Professor in Health Economics, Deakin University
Gary Sacks, Professor of Public Health Policy, Deakin University
Vicki Brown, Research Fellow, Deakin Health Economics, Deakin University
Preventing disease is clearly worthwhile. So why is the future of a key Australian health promotion agency, VicHealth, in the balance?
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By Simon Coghlan, Senior Lecturer in Digital Ethics; Deputy Director, Centre for AI and Digital Ethics, The University of Melbourne
Sometimes criticism of vets is unfair – and harmful. But a new book urges us to reflect deeply on ethics in veterinary services.
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By Lukasz Swiatek, Lecturer, School of Arts and Media, UNSW Sydney
The head of the International Monetary Fund, Kristalina Georgieva, has warned young people will suffer the most as an AI “tsunami” wipes out many entry-level roles in coming years.
Tasks that are eliminated are usually what entry-level jobs do at present, so young people searching for jobs find it harder to get to a good placement.
Georgieva is not alone. Other economic and business
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By Larissa Hjorth, Professor of Mobile Media and Games., RMIT University
Katrin Gerber, Research Fellow in End-of-life and Grief Studies, RMIT University
The violence we’re witnessing on our phones impacts us on both on an individual and societal scale. This grief needs to be processed.
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By Judy Ingham, Newsletter Producer, The Conversation
On the risks of AI afterlives, ditching good character references and the survival of mountain ash forests: an edited selection of your views.
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By Adam Karg, Professor, Deakin University
Australian sports may need to follow the NFL when it comes to capturing fan interest, with new research showing the US league is gaining ground.
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By Frédéric Prost, Maître de conférences en informatique, INSA Lyon – Université de Lyon
A relatively simple experiment involving asking a generative AI to compare two objects of very different sizes allows us to reflect on the limitations of these technologies.
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By Cody Dunne, Emergency Medicine Physician and PhD Candidate, University of Calgary
Andrew McRae, Associate Professor, Departments of Emergency Medicine and Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary
Khara Sauro, Associate professor, Cumming School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, University of Calgary
New research suggests back blows cleared choking obstructions in 72 per cent of cases, superior to both abdominal thrusts (59 per cent) and chest thrusts (27 per cent).
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