Posts tagged "inequality"

Gender bias in funding opportunities echoes the gender bias we see in employment and carries the same missed opportunities for growth and success. 

The Sex Discrimination Commissioner shares why she believes 2021 will be a turning point in championing gender diversity and ending sexual discrimination.

There are numerous examples of algorithms doing harm. So has data science reached the point at which an ethical pledge is deemed necessary?

We’ve become used to each new generation of Australians enjoying a better standard of living than the one that came before it. Until now.

While some in the C-suite are finally starting to think long term when it comes to hiring executives, many others aren’t feeling so confident.

Leah Callon-Butler, an intimate.io co-founder, reveals Web Summit didn't allow adult industry-focused cryptocurrency to exhibit in 2017.

The archbishop of Canterbury's recent speech was forcefully pro-union and strongly disapproving of corporations, a profit motive and the wealthy.

By Somwrita Sarkar, Peter Phibbs and Roderick Simpson, University of Sydney

Australia’s global cities are a very large part of the na…

Over the past year, Australian startups hacked into everything from fintech, fashion and farming to education, security and even sex toys.
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Internet and broadband connectivity are the foundation of the networked economy. But to ensure the benefits of the networked economy are eve…

The federal government has awarded $3.4 million in funding to 24 innovative projects around the country that support women in science, techn…

As algorithms become entrenched into society, the debate about their effects rages on.

In essence, algorithms are sequences of instructio…