In the past decade, the Australian government has commissioned data analytics projects worth more than A$200 million. We have little information about what they involved.
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Privacy laws in Australia need to be reformed, and fast, to stop governments bullying people through publication of personal information.
Measurement matters, especially when it comes to health care and how well we are treated if we get sick or have to go to hospital.
Activists today are racing to save climate records from the Trump administration. Secret archives were a powerful way to fight hostile political climates throughout history – from the Nazis to the Islamic State.
The problems with Centrelink's data-matching system stem from reconciling datasets held by different agencies. What if we used a blockchain to create a single source of data?
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Assistant Professor, School of Law, University of Canberra
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Stephen Duckett is a Friend of The Conversation.
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