Sexual deepfake abuse silences women, causing lasting harm, and laws to protect them are inconsistent. A global approach is vital if society truly wants to address the problem.
Cancelling Crown’s licence would have sent a very clear message that no entity is too big to fail. The achievement of effective regulation, including effective protection for vulnerable people, remains some way off.
Mike McColl Jones began writing comedy in the early 1960s, and for the next 40 years worked continuously at the epicentre of the Australian entertainment industry through the golden age of television.
In assessing Scott Morrison’s prime ministership, several factors need to be taken into account. On many of them, his record is poor.
In the aftermath of a disappointing Voice referendum, Indigenous politicians are looking to the United Nations Declaration for the Rights of Indigenous Peoples as a potential way forward.
It was the comic strip and movies that unleashed the legendary Australian comedian, and many of his characters, on the world.
This Voice referendum slogan wasn’t about facts; it was about emotion. And it targeted some vulnerable groups we don’t talk about nearly enough.
A healthy retreat or a slippery slope? Experts from Monash and beyond discuss how escapism, from LARPing to video games to binge-watching, affects our lives.
If the Voice referendum is lost on 14 October, the Prime Minister will have to confront some diabolically difficult challenges, and quickly pivot to the role of healer-in-chief.
Trace the increasingly blurred line between man and machine in the world of transhumanism on our “What Happens Next?” podcast.
Jacinta Walsh’s great grandmother navigated oppressive policies her entire life, and didn’t have a public voice. Now, however, through the family’s storytelling, she does.
It appears to have become more prevalent, visible, and possibly also more politicised in post-pandemic times, as general trust in governments and mainstream media declines.
We hear a lot about the negative impact of rate rises on mortgage repayments, while little is made of the benefits of high interest rates.
We need to move beyond whether cancel culture is good or bad, and understand in more nuanced terms what it means, especially given the political weaponising of it.
In a new book, Melissa Castan and Professor Lynette Russell write that the proposed Voice to Parliament will enhance, not damage, our democratic institutions.
Does our inherent embrace of technology that makes our lives easier have the potential to threaten our very way of being?
As the Voice to Parliament referendum draws closer, it’s worth noting the main regulations relating to matters such as advertising, authorisation, and financial disclosure.
Parliament missed an opportunity to ban misinformation and disinformation during the referendum campaign.
Could our fascination with objectivity be the Pied Piper that led us to develop a machine some of us now fear and avoid?
Paying for a tattoo and then paying again to have it removed may be expensive, but living with regret is enduring.
Truth-telling may have spoiled the enjoyment of the royal event for some, but could also be received as an opportunity for learning, and coming together.
Through characters such as Bazza McKenzie, the late comedian promoted Australian vernacular – the witty, the crude, and both – to new audiences.
New research shows if we know more about what groups of people think, real science can be communicated in better ways, and more will accept the facts.
We all face it – whether we invite it in or not. From our workplaces to the societies within which we live, uncertainty is everywhere.
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