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Say yes to your census data being shared in 99 years – for Australian history, and for your children
The census gives you the option to preserve your records, to be released after 99 years. We should all consent.
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The key Hormuz question that everybody is avoiding
Special Correspondent When you hear “Iran” and “Strait of Hormuz” in the same sentence, what comes to mind? Tensions? Threats? Chaos? …That’s exactly what the MSM news media want you to think with their headlines.
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Why the Pentagon is suddenly interested in a tiny town in NSW
With a half-billion-dollar loan, the US hopes to cut its reliance on Chinese supplies of scandium, a crucial mineral for aerospace. But China still has leverage.
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The census will ask about your sexual orientation. What should you write?
Maybe you live with your parents. Maybe you’re unsure. Here’s what to keep in mind if sharing your sexuality in a census question feels tricky.
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Australia is home to the only mass cuttlefish gathering in the world. This year these giants didn’t return
By late June, the animals should be well and truly aggregating. In short, the cuttlefish have simply failed to turn up.
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Vietnam wants to harness its diaspora in Australia and NZ to boost its growth. It may face strong opposition
As Vietnam’s top leader visits Australia this week, he may struggle to convince a distrustful diaspora to engage deeply with the communist government in Hanoi.
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Voter beware: how electoral commissions are powerless to stop deliberately misleading party names
The deliberately misleading “Free Palestine” party was established by a pro-Israeli YouTuber to swing votes from left to right. And it’s perfectly legal.
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Local governments are using AI more and more. But are they doing it wisely?
AI systems can already monitor traffic lights, scan for potholes and answer residents’ questions – the hard part is making sure people can trust them.
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Solomon Islands PM urges ‘no more secrecy’ over treaties with other countries
RNZ Pacific reporters Solomon Islands Prime Minister Matthew Wale has announced that a review of his country’s security agreement with China has begun. Wale has said he was only permitted to read the 2022 agreement one day before an official meeting in Canberra in May this year, shortly after he was elected prime minister. Highlighting
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No degree is AI-proof. But delaying specialisation may offer students an edge
As AI transforms graduate careers, universities should rethink when students specialise and how they combine disciplinary expertise with broader skills.
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First Nations peoples are often undercounted in Australia’s Census – here’s why that is a problem
Australia’s Census has a complicated history with Indigenous peoples. One major issue is an ongoing undercount of First Nations people.
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Ashneel Jaynesh Prasad: Fiji’s flag – a conversation we must have
COMMENTARY: By Ashneel Jaynesh Prasad There are some conversations a nation keeps postponing because they are uncomfortable. Changing Fiji’s flag is one of them. We came close to having that conversation in 2015 and 2016. A nationwide design competition was launched, thousands of submissions poured in, opinions were fierce, and for a brief moment it