Group-think: what it is and how to avoid it Dominic Cummings has made waves by suggesting the UK government’s response to the COVID-19 crisis was 'a classic historic example of group-think'.
Australia’s international education sector faces major slump, with students snubbing online learning Sunday May 16, 2021 By Melissa Coade Education Dr Peter Hurley's modelling shows the sector will shrink by over 50% to $20.5 billion by the end of 2022, and 'the trend is strongly…
Making privacy a priority in a new COVID normal: Privacy Awareness Week 2021 Thursday April 29, 2021 By Sven Bluemmel The assumption of public trust can result in the failure of digital government initiatives. Transparency about the intended use and disclosure of citizens’ personal information…
COVID-19 cost more in 2020 than the world’s combined natural disasters in any of the past 20 years Tuesday April 20, 2021 By Ilan Noy and Nguyen Doan By adding the dollar value of asset damage to the “priced” value of life lost (or injured), the overall cost of an adverse event (such…
Premium Insights and analysis Right of return is paramount for Australians, but citizenship laws don’t see it that way Monday April 19, 2021 By Binoy Kampmark Editors' Picks The prospect of closed borders for another 18 months is not unrealistic, given the law is ambiguous on citizenship while the Australian constitution, for the…
Dance troupe at centre of Navy ship furore speaks out Thursday April 15, 2021 By Melissa Coade Defence 101 Doll Squadron says it is shocked about the public attack and media harassment, which, it says, results from the dance being portrayed out of…
Premium Columnists Human rights and lockdown challenges in Melbourne Wednesday April 7, 2021 By Binoy Kampmark Residents in Melbourne’s North Melbourne and Estate Towers sue the state government, alleging human rights violation in Stage 4 lockdown.
The government’s private tender process for government business contracts is a classic rort Thursday March 25, 2021 By Jacqui Lambie Taxpayers pay the $1.5 billion price for busted political processes that leave small businesses locked out of chances to put in a tender, writes Senator…
#DeepNostalgia – how animating portraits with an AI app is both bolstering and undoing historic painted lies Friday March 12, 2021 By Madeleine Pelling An app allows users to animate photographs from the past. Run a document through the app and it will seemingly bring a portrait to life.
‘He had hundreds of pictures of me’: female teachers’ tales of sexism in elite boys’ schools Friday March 12, 2021 By George Variyan I interviewed 32 teachers in three elite private boys’ schools, in two capital cities. I was unprepared for what the teachers relayed.
Premium Insights and analysis If you’re tracking employee behaviour, be transparent about it Friday January 22, 2021 By Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic and Richard Buchband There’s a tricky balancing act between showing empathy for your employees and respecting their privacy. Now more than ever, managers should understand not just the…
After two decades, the national electricity market is on its way out, and that’s alright Thursday December 10, 2020 By Bruce Mountain Politically, reductions in the costs of wind and solar generation has meant decarbonisation is increasingly seen as a way to cut electricity prices. But in…
How to be an imperfectionist Monday November 16, 2020 By Rell DeShaw Don’t prepare, begin — and always finish what you start.
Premium Case studies How human-centered design helped Services Australia deliver when COVID-19 shredded the playbook Friday November 13, 2020 By Matthew Elmas As a million newly unemployed Australians flooded into Centrelink offices, phone lines and web pages in March, Services Australia was without a playbook for dealing…
Opinion: Time for smart masking Friday November 13, 2020 By Nathan Grills The fact that the Victorian government is sticking by its arbitrary compulsory mask-wearing strategy instead of moving to ‘smart masking’ is a case of ‘once…
