By Mirella Atherton, Lecturer in Law, University of Newcastle
“Cashback” apps make an enticing promise. You download an app or click on a web browser extension. You go about your online shopping as usual, spend money, but then get some cash back. It sounds simple, right?
In recent years, cashback programs have made a serious splash with online shoppers.
The Singapore-based company ShopBack, for example, currently has more than 55 million customers worldwide and was last…
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By Jessica Genauer, Academic Director, Public Policy Institute, UNSW Sydney
As Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan show, the US can’t win wars against insurgent tactics. So, Iran just has to survive longer than the US political will to fight.
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By Liz Evans, Adjunct Researcher, English and Writing, University of Tasmania
Two powerful fragmented memoirs by Australian women writers: Erin Vincent’s 14 Ways of Looking and Gemma Parker’s The Mother is Restless and She Doesn’t Know Why.
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By Heather Douglas, Professor of Law and Deputy Director of the Centre of Excellence for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (CEVAW), The University of Melbourne
Allanah Colley, PhD Candidate, Faculty of Law, The University of Melbourne
For victim-survivors, court orders can help save their lives. But the system can be messy, open to abuse and the orders aren’t always enforced.
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By Dylan A Mordaunt, Research Fellow, Faculty of Education, Health, and Psychological Sciences, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington; Flinders University; The University of Melbourne
Across child protection services, frontline staff are often making decisions in the hardest possible conditions: under time pressure, with incomplete information and high stakes on every side.
Get it wrong and the consequences are serious. A child may remain in danger. Or a family may be disrupted unnecessarily, with harms of its own.
There is also a triage problem. Some families need urgent intervention. Some need support. Some need monitoring. And some need less intrusion, not more.
In practice, those judgements already rely on reading signals from fragmented…
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By Chanae Ihimaera, Senior Lecturer/Kaiwhakaako Oral Health, Auckland University of Technology
If the dental bill has ever made you gulp, you’re far from alone. Around three in ten Australian adults say they avoid or delay dental care due to costs. In Aotearoa New Zealand, almost half of adults overall have unmet dental needs due to cost.
Dental pain or symptoms of infection…
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By Yang Xiang, Professor, Computer Science, Swinburne University of Technology
Every smart device can also be a way for cyber attackers to get into your home. Some simple steps can help keep you safe.
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By Judy Ingham, Newsletter Producer, The Conversation
On the cost of life’s essentials when you live in the desert, and the true number of people using negative gearing: an edited selection of your views.
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By Nicole Kimball, Casual Academic, School of Humanities, Creative Industries and Social Sciences, University of Newcastle
Morgan’s powers fall under two key branches of natural philosophy: the science of medicine, and the science of necromancy according to physics.
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By Kevin Veale, Senior Lecturer in Media Studies, School of Humanities, Media and Creative Communication, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
Because of the way generative AI works, there is no real way to prevent false information being presented as truth – or to correct it permanently.
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