By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Labor is putting pressure on Peter Dutton to reveal the oppostions costings after showing savings of more than $6.4 billion in it’s costing compared to PEFO
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image © 2025 Brian Stauffer for Human Rights Watch (New York, April 28, 2025) – Autonomous weapons systems pose grave risks to human rights during both war and peacetime, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Governments should tackle the concerns raised by such weapons systems, known as “killer robots,” by negotiating a multinational treaty to address the dangers. April 28, 2025 A Hazard to Human Rights Autonomous Weapons Systems and Digital Decision-Making Download the full report in English Download the Summary & Recommendations…
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By Balkan Diskurs
Almir Agić, a 22-year-old Roma man from Ilijaš, near Sarajevo, fights prejudice with poetry and art, giving a voice to those who are invisible in society in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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By Stephen Bartos, Professor of Economics, University of Canberra
Even when parties release their costings, voters may not get the full picture. Parties may omit particular items that might attract criticism.
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By James J Bell, Professor of Marine Biology, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
We still know very little about the ecology of mesophotic ecosystems, but they support long-lived protected species that form an essential part of the food web.
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By Stephen Bartos, Professor of Economics, University of Canberra
Even when parties release their costings, voters may not get the full picture. Parties may omit particular items that might attract criticism.
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By Daniel Angus, Professor of Digital Communication, Director of QUT Digital Media Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology
Christine Parker, Professor of Law, The University of Melbourne
Giselle Newton, Research Fellow, The Centre for Digital Cultures and Societies, The University of Queensland
Kate Clark, Node Administrator, ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making & Society, Monash University
Mark Andrejevic, Professor of Media, School of Media, Film, and Journalism, Monash University
New data shows how groups with benign-sounding names like ‘Mums for Nuclear’ are running political ad campaigns online. But they don’t even have to be truthful.
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By Intifar Chowdhury, Lecturer in Government, Flinders University
Gen Z and Millennial women are more likely than men to be undecided voters. They’re also more likely to vote based on cost-of-living concerns.
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By Ali Asgary, Professor, Disaster & Emergency Management, Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies & Director, CIFAL York, York University, Canada
At least 11 people died in a Vancouver SUV attack deemed to have a ‘low threat level’ by police. What goes into making that calculation, and is a public event ever truly low-risk?
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By Eike Schneiders, Assistant Professor, School of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton
Joshua Krook, Research Fellow in Responsible Artificial Intelligence, University of Southampton
Tina Seabrooke, Lecturer in Psychology, University of Southampton
People who aren’t legal experts are more willing to rely on legal advice provided by ChatGPT than by real lawyers – at least, when they don’t know which of the two provided the advice. That’s the key finding of our new research, which highlights some important concerns about the way the public increasingly relies on AI-generated content. We also found the public has at least some ability to identify whether the advice came from ChatGPT or a human lawyer.
AI tools like ChatGPT and other large language models…
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