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Protesters outside the Australian embassy in Dili, Timor-Leste, in 2016, demanding a settlement of the border dispute between the nations.
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Since Timor-Leste’s independence, relations with Australia have been undermined by contentious negotiations over oil and gas fields. But a new maritime border may mean brighter days ahead.
GetUp has been in the Coalition’s firing line for a number of years now, which is not surprising, given its lobbying efforts for left-wing causes.
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GetUp is already subject to the same type of regulation as a political party. By challenging its links to left-wing parties, though, the Coalition is seeking to strip away its claim of independence.
A Twittter storm erupted after journalist Laura Hayes tweeted the alleged assailant had shouted “Allahu Akhbar”.
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As a crisis unfolded in the Sydney CBD, a journalist tweeted what she saw and heard, and was criticised for doing so. Here’s why she was right to report what she did.
Shared houses work well for 82% of people living in them in their early 20s, but only 25% see this as a long-term option.
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The housing aspirations of young Australians change as they enter their late 20s and early 30s. But having somewhere safe and secure to call home is the top priority for all young adults.
Barneys, Madison Avenue, New York. Department stores that were once the pinnacle of middle-class aspiration are losing out to discount shops and luxury retailers.
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Most older Australians want to live in a home they own, preferably in the middle and outer suburbs of a city. But increasing numbers look unlikely to realise their housing aspirations.
In low-rent outer suburbs, almost one in six households could not afford to keep their house cool and went without meals.
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Alan Morris, University of Technology Sydney; Hal Pawson, UNSW Sydney; Kath Hulse, Swinburne University of Technology, and Violet Xia, University of Technology Sydney
While politicians ignore calls to raise Newstart, alarming levels of financial stress among private renters, particularly in low-rent outer suburbs, show why current welfare payments are too low.
Vietnamese migrants at a multicultural event near Perth. Migrants in our survey who assimilated to Australian culture reported having higher personal well-being than those who didn’t.
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A resent research survey found assimilation can not only help migrants be happy in the short term, but it can help combat social isolation in their old age.
Children quickly took to the robot and developed a relationship with it.
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Maitland Lutheran School, of 240 students in rural South Australia, found a way to teach children programming code and an old Aboriginal language. The answer was Pink, the robot.
Guidelines advise children under two shouldn’t have any screen time, but most do anyway.
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Most Australians exceed the guidelines for screen time, and most parents feel guilty about the time their child spends on the screen. But not all screen time is bad. Content matters.
Children’s engagement with digital devices is often driven by their desire for creative expression, entertainment and social interaction.
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Milovan Savic, Swinburne University of Technology and Kath Albury, Swinburne University of Technology
In order to reach younger audiences, social media apps must get past the gatekeepers of preteen online engagement: the parents.
Being a company committed to ‘family-friendly values’ and corporate social responsibility does not sit well with profits from drinking and gambling.
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Losing revenue from hotels and liquor retail outlets will hurt Woolworths Group, but not too much. The long-term reputational benefits are considerable.
In 1924, Canberra’s civic planners placed a ban on front fences to stop people forming ghettos.
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In a time of populist momentum to ‘build a wall’, your front fence says more than you think.
News Corp Executive Chariman Michael Miller (left), Nine Chief Executive Officer Hugh Marks (centre) and ABC Managing Director David Anderson (right) stressed unity in their fight for press freedom.
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The heads of News Corp, Nine and ABC talked tough on the need for stronger legal protections for journalists. But unity is meaningless unless it brings meaningful action from the government.
The act of repairing material objects generates a deep sense of care, pride, belonging and civic participation.
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Facebook is built on harvesting platform data about its users, crunching that to predict behaviours and allegiances and then selling this package to advertisers. That hasn’t changed yet.
In future we will not necessarily be at war with China, but we may live segregated from them in terms of innovation.
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Choices the US, Australia and other nations make around how they set up 5G will determine how we use technology for collaboration, innovation and global business into the future.
Jeremy Lee, a sawmill worker in Imbil, Queensland, refused to have his fingerprints scanned for a new security system introduced by his employer to replace swipe cards.
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Homelessness in Australia is increasingly concentrated in the capital cities, where nearly two in every three people without a home are now found. That’s the finding of a study of the data since 2001.
Innovation means more than just robots in factories.
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The overall level of funding for innovation system programs in Australia still remains low. Most programs are so small they essentially constitute pilots.
Professor of Media and Communication and Associate Investigator, ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making + Society, Swinburne University of Technology