Opinion
Dialogue –
Open letter to Americans about Turkey’s bullying of Greece and Cyprus
Dear Americans, Turkey has a large population and a large economy. Recep Tayyip Erdogan is planning the future very carefully, boosting the defence industry, and preparing to celebrate the 100th …
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Religious concerns over vaccine production methods needn’t be an obstacle to immunisation
We tend to assume disseminating public health messages is solely the role of public servants such as Victorian chief medical officer Brett Sutton and his former federal counterpart Brendan Murphy, …
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Parliament an instrument that ensures the ultimate safety of citizens
Victoria’s Premier Daniel Andrews wants parliament to agree on a 12-month extension of the state’s emergency powers. This is unlikely to pass the Legislative Council. These powers have made the …
Life –
Aristotle and the chatbot: how ancient rules of logic could make artificial intelligence more human
Many attempts to develop artificial intelligence are powered by powerful systems of mathematical logic. They tend to produce results that make logical sense to a computer program — but the …
Dialogue –
Panhellenion: saying ‘meh’ to SAE, tasked with bringing Greeks from around the world together
In 131AD, while on tour in Greece, Philhellenic Roman emperor Hadrian, who like all emperors since Augustus revered classical Greek culture and appropriated it in order to legitimise and provide …
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Some Aged Care homes and the Federal Government must share the blame for coronavirus crisis
Victorian communities have seen their elderly suffer immensely with a large number of deaths. But before we lay the entire blame for these failures at the feet of the Andrews …
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Whitewash on the box: how a lack of diversity on Australian television damages us all
Australia prides itself on being a successful multicultural society. Yet Australian television does not reflect the make-up of the wider community. This in turn means many stories of multicultural Australians …
Aged Care debacle: Saving lives and livelihoods – not profits
The drama and tragedy of the coronavirus victims – deaths, inflictions, agony and terror – swiping millions of people, even in our own Melbourne, could have been avoided or at …
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Turkey-Greece conflict in eastern Mediterranean is less about gas than vacuum left by Trump
The worsening stand-off in the eastern Mediterranean, frequently described as a gas conflict, has been gaining momentum. Yet it is a strange time to be fighting over gas when prices …
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Community and catastrophe: Jenny Mikakos on Pontians, Parliament and principles
In 2006, Victorian Member of Parliament and then parliamentary secretary for justice Jenny Mikakos did an inordinately brave thing. She stood on the floor of the Upper House and spoke …