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In the third instalment of Little Red Podcast's series on the Chinese criminal pig butchering scams enslaving people from at least 66 different countries, Graeme is joined by Jason Tower, director of the Burma Program at the United States Institute of Peace, and Greg Raymond from the ANU Strategic and Defence Studies Centre. They also identify a shift in which countries are the most profitable choice for scammers.
There has been plenty of media coverage about the Labor government asking Treasury to review negative gearing and capital gains tax rules. So how did we get here? What are the political sensitivities and missed opportunities in tackling these housing tax concessions? On this episode of Democracy Sausage, Brendan Coates and Peter Martin join Professor Mark Kenny to discuss housing policy.
How does Australia’s conception of critical minerals differ from its partners? How do critical minerals lists reflect how those states view resource supply chains and vulnerabilities? With China currently dominating the rare earths value chain, how can Australia protect its interests in this space? In this episode of the National Security Podcast, Hayley Channer and John Mavrogenes join David Andrews to discuss critical minerals.
An outright ban on social media for children younger than 16 is too blunt an instrument to effectively address online harm, according to Associate Professor Faith Gordon from ANU College of Law. "'A ban could place a lot of responsibility on parents to provide consent. Asking them to do this without adequate guidance and support is unfair, when they may not be experts in the digital space", Associate Professor Gordon said.
"Regardless of whether their actions are by Beijing’s design, China stands to benefit from the international spread of its AI firms. As well as the increased international influence that Beijing is likely to reap thanks to the expanding role of Chinese technology companies in overseas markets, the reach of its firms is normalising China’s preferred AI standards and potentially its approach to governance more generally."
In this episode of Tech Mirror, Professor at the ANU School of Cybernetics Angie Abdilla and co-author of the Indigenous Protocols for Artificial Intelligence joins Johanna. They discuss the value of seeing technology from with a non-western worldview, Indigenous Knowledge systems, Deep Time technologies, Country Centred Design Practices, and Indigenous data sovereignty, especially in the context of the Closing the Gap reforms.
"I am surprised that the new Development Partnership Plans contain so little reflection on what we know about how change happens, and the barriers to change, in two of Australia’s most enduring and largest development partners, Papua New Guinea and Indonesia. This is particularly surprising given the reams of reports, reviews, research, data and evaluations the aid program has commissioned on both over the decades."
In this episode of Australia in the World, Darren is joined by Ian Hall, Professor of international relations at Griffith University and an Academic Fellow at the Australia India Institute to discuss the trajectory of India’s democracy. They discuss whether India ought to be seen as a ‘normal’ rising power, and the nature and limits of responses to China as a core organising principle of Australia's cooperation with India, with a focus on the Quad.
"AI podcasts will only get better at mimicking existing podcasts, even allowing for customisations such as using a researcher’s own voice or adjusting for emotional tone and speaking speed ... This raises a whole new range of questions. Who controls the stories that shape our understanding of science? And how do we assign responsibility when these podcasts lead to societal harm? Just imagine if it had been possible during the pandemic."
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