Sanction screws tightened against Moscow, Australia announces NATO collaboration Defence New financial sanctions and travel bans to Australia will be made against 67 individuals for their role in ‘Russia’s unprovoked, unjust and illegal invasion of
Craig Kelly’s unsolicited vaccine texts draw ire of TGA September 17, 2021 By Melissa Coade Federal Lawyers for the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) have claimed that the mass text-messaging campaign by federal member of parliament Craig Kelly must stop distributing incomplete
Minister tries to map path to boost vaccine rates among Indigenous Australians September 7, 2021 By Melissa Coade Community & Social First Nations stakeholders met with minister for Indigenous Australians Ken Wyatt on Friday to identify ways to build community trust about being vaccinated against the
Premium Insights and analysis Peter Doherty on being an influencer during a plague August 11, 2021 By Melissa Coade Federal He’s the octogenarian Nobel prize winner speaking common sense and science to a country in crisis, and the namesake of a building that houses a
Promoted It STILL takes a village to beat COVID-19 August 10, 2021 By Jason Perelson A lifetime ago in April of 2020, we wrote about how “In uncertainty, trust, relationships, and community are front of mind.” It feels all too
Twitter partners with ABS to support ‘healthy’ census conversation August 2, 2021 By Shannon Jenkins Communications & Technology The Australian Bureau of Statistics has teamed up with Twitter ahead of the 2021 Census, in a bid to drive participation and combat misinformation. This
Academic journals, journalists perpetuate misinformation in their handling of research retractions, a new study finds May 24, 2021 By Denise-Marie Ordway Editors' Picks Academic journals and journalists both perpetuate misinformation about academic research, a new study finds. Journals can take months to years to retract unreliable research while
Want to save the children? How child sexual abuse and human trafficking really works May 11, 2021 By Alexandra Baxter Editors' Picks Millions of kidnapped children are imprisoned in underground tunnels, being sexually abused and tortured by a shadowy global cabal of paedophiles. That, at least, is
Craig Kelly quits Liberals to speak ‘fearlessly’ about unproven COVID-19 treatments February 23, 2021 By Shannon Jenkins Federal Craig Kelly has resigned from the Liberal Party and moved to the crossbench. The federal member for Hughes has been widely criticised in recent months
Health department no longer advertising on Facebook February 22, 2021 By Shannon Jenkins Federal The commonwealth Department of Health will not roll out paid advertising campaigns on Facebook until the social media giant lifts its ban on news content
Australians want Morrison to publicly call out Craig Kelly and Trump, think tank finds January 19, 2021 By Shannon Jenkins Federal Most Australians think Prime Minister Scott Morrison has a duty to publicly denounce colleagues who post misinformation online, according to research released by the Australia
How public servants can use behavioural insights to combat misinformation August 17, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Health The NSW Department of Premier and Cabinet’s Behavioural Insights Unit has released a guide to help public servants address damaging myths and misinformation online. The
Nine ways to talk to people who spread coronavirus myths March 3, 2020 By Claire Hooker Editors' Picks The spread of misinformation about the novel coronavirus, now known as COVID-19, seems greater than the spread of the infection itself. The World Health Organisation
Fake department claims stack up as state authorities call out attempts to foster fears January 29, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Health The New South Wales Department of Health has come out against widespread social media posts claiming to be issued by the “Department of Diseasology Parramatta”.
