While noting the bravery of the police officers involved in the 2014 Sydney siege, a NSW coronial inquest also highlighted that mistakes were made.
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Policing culture is often associated with a lack of transparency and a resistance to external examination.
President Donald Trump greets Director of the FBI James Comey in January.
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Past presidents have made strange requests of the FBI, some of which were documented by J. Edgar Hoover.
How does bad data affect predictive policing algorithms?
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Crime data reflect only what crimes are identified by the police – not all the crimes that occur. So decisions based on crime data are necessarily biased and incompletely informed.
The LinkedIn Terms of Service include elements that prevent scholars from doing research on the site’s algorithms.
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Algorithms can have enormous consequences on people’s lives, yet a federal law prevents us from studying whether they may be biased, unfair or discriminatory.
Dr. Ellen Wright Clayton, who has worked with those who have Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, spoke to an open committee at the Institute of Medicine in February 2015 about the biomedical nature of CFS.
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A study that suggested Chronic Fatigue Syndrome was more psychological than physical has been debunked. How did the data get doctored?
Protesters post a hashtag to social media together to make it trend as they denounce policies of President Donald Trump at the Not My President’s Day Rally in Los Angeles, California February 20, 2017.
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Can social media create opportunities to identify and challenge government pitfalls and problematic policies?
Cory Bernardi was recently caught up in a dispute over whether he had correctly disclosed a property he owns.
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Politicians should be subject to a penalty regime similar to the far more stringent one that applies to company directors.
Can an algorithm explain itself?
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A European Union law will require human-understandable explanations for algorithms’ decisions. A team of researchers has found a way to provide that, even for complex calculations.
Workers walk past a Lonmin Marikana platinum mine, a site that represents industrial strife in South Africa.
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South Africa’s mining industry is on an unsustainable trajectory and needs to undergo fundamental transformation that emphasises transparency, equity, and community participation.
Universities will now need to use common language around their admissions processes.
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The government has announced it will accept recommendations to make the university admissions process more transparent. But that alone isn’t enough.
FBI Director James Comey on Capitol Hill explaining his why he won’t prosecute Hillary Clinton.
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A historian and biographer of J. Edgar Hoover answers questions on how FBI director James Comey is handling a position with a dark past.
Chinese premier Li Keqiang and Russian prime minister Dmitry Medvedev shake hands at a Shanghai Cooperation Organisation meeting, which will help facilitate transparent economic cooperation between Asian countries.
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China will have to play by international rules on transparency and accountability if it wants to secure its place as a leader for economic development in Asia.
World Bank president Jim Kim was recently appointed for a second term, but there are questions about the transparency of this process.
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The World Bank risks looking hypocritical and becoming redundant if it doesn’t improve its own management.
Just like the characters of The Big Short, its time to pick up the warning signs of a global financial crisis.
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The financial products offered by the shadow banking sector allow investors to be further removed from their investments and banks to escape regulation, increasing the risk in the sector overall.
If the government wants to get serious about tax evasion it should create a public register for beneficial owners of companies.
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The government should follow through on setting up a register of beneficial ownership of companies if it wants to get serious about tax evasion.
The Iraqi people continue to call for government reforms cracking down on corruption.
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Why is it that we want strong democracies for ourselves, but “economic czars” for others?
No one will find the report now.
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A new report from Sense About Science reveals the scale of politics before evidence.
How do government agencies make decisions?
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Data-driven algorithms drive decision-making in ways that touch our economic, social and civic lives. But they contain inherent biases and assumptions that are too often invisible to the public.
Want to know how your salary jar stacks up?
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Pay transparency laws are the latest effort to eliminate the still-yawning gap between the salaries of men and women. Do they work?
Most South Africans need serious financial support to make it through university.
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Student funding processes must be opened up to public scrutiny and participation if they’re to succeed.