'Damoclean sword': Michaela Banerji is still fighting after five years. The former Immigration Department official said her sacking after a tweet "drove a stake" through her. ~news australia Article 1444 words 3 votes
"Xi's world order - July 2024" (Economics and speculative fiction - a sampling from this week's Economist) ~finance economics Article 1717 words, published Jul 7 2018 7 votes
The federal government's My Health Record system is capable of storing genomic information, which could turbocharge medical research but has intensified privacy and security fears ~health healthcare Article 737 words 5 votes
Losing Earth: The decade we almost stopped climate change ~enviro climate change Article 11 146 words, published Aug 1 2018 7 votes
The James Webb Space Telescope and NASA's culture of optimism ~space astronomy Article 1951 words 14 votes
Google struggles to contain employee backlash over China censorship plans ~tech google Article 1196 words 26 votes
Trump and allies seek end to refugee status for millions of Palestinians ~news israel palestine usa Article 1625 words 7 votes
'Insulting': Women's footy pioneer Susan Alberti slams proposed shorter AFLW season ~sports Article 541 words 4 votes
Thailand's cave boys leave Buddhist temple, but stay out of spotlight ~news thailand Article 643 words 5 votes
The rise of the sci-fi novella: All the imagination, none of the burden ~books science fiction Article 1304 words 12 votes
Disney sold streaming/broadcast rights for Star Wars movies to Turner in 2016 and may not be able to offer them on its own service until 2024 ~movies Article 92 words 5 votes
Foodora announced on Thursday it would stop operating in Australia by the end of August ~food restaurants Article 571 words 2 votes
Plastic toys vs plastic bags: Coles' Little Shop drove Australian bag backflip ~enviro plastics.single use pollution Article 486 words 2 votes
Letters to the editor in response to "Motherhood in the Age of Fear" ~life family parenting Article 2185 words 7 votes
My Health concessions 'woefully inadequate', says former Australian Medical Association president ~health healthcare Article 584 words 3 votes
Losing Earth: The decade we almost stopped climate change ~enviro climate change Article 11 146 words 29 votes
Everything bad about Facebook is bad for the same reason ~tech facebook social media Article 2714 words, published Jul 30 2018 17 votes
Australia's Coles caves and will give away free plastic bags indefinitely ~enviro plastics.single use pollution Article 588 words 7 votes
A sociologist examines the “white fragility” that prevents white Americans from confronting racism ~humanities Article 1536 words 23 votes
Ethics questions arise as genetic testing of embryos increases ~science biology Article 1742 words, published Feb 3 2014 19 votes
11,000 Wikileaks Twitter DMs have just been published for anyone to read ~tech social media Article 504 words 10 votes
Australians are 'rightly' concerned about trusting My Health Record, says Privacy Commissioner ~health healthcare Article 1025 words 4 votes
How an ex-cop rigged McDonald’s Monopoly game and stole millions ~news usa crime Article 17 729 words 10 votes
How Aussie flat whites and smashed avocado have taken New York ~food drinks Article 673 words 4 votes
The Arctic is melting. Here’s why cooperation and diplomacy get so complicated. ~enviro climate change energy Article 1176 words 7 votes
Australian drivers in revolt over 'pay cuts' as Uber faces new competition ~finance business Article 594 words 5 votes
How an ex-cop rigged McDonald’s Monopoly game and stole millions ~news usa crime Article 17 729 words 12 votes
Slack is acquiring (and discontinuing) HipChat and Stride from Atlassian ~tech Article 92 words 28 votes
US is unprepared for the health challenges of climate change, experts warn ~health Article 883 words 9 votes
US Congress demands Jeff Bezos explain Amazon’s face recognition software ~tech amazon privacy Article 1007 words 15 votes
Man of letters: What I learned about America, and myself, working as a mail carrier ~life work Article 11 votes
As Carr fire kills two in California, firefighters reflect on a job now ‘twice as violent’ ~enviro Article 1747 words 1 vote
Target’s CBGB tribute draws backlash, followed by an apology ~finance business Article 550 words 3 votes
Facebook is the first company to see its market cap drop by over 100 billion USD in one day ~finance business Article 92 words 16 votes
Koala group to take Queensland government to court over 'politically sanctioned extinction' ~enviro Article 691 words 4 votes