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August 1, 2016

#Censusfail or Privacy?


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How has privacy been endangered by the Australian Census? by Ian Woolf
Dr Bernard Robertson-Dunn from the Australian Privacy Foundation talks about the Australian Census 2016.
Honest Australian Census advert by The Juice media
Production checked by Charles Willock,
Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf.

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Bernard Robertson-Dunn

The Problems with the 2016 Census - Australian Privacy Foundation
2016 is census year! But you can stick your census in your ear, you won't get any data here - cartoon
Census 2016 - Electronic Frontiers Australia
#CensusFail
Privacy and the 2016 Census - Bill McLennan
Census scepticism as privacy comes under threat
ABS is behind controversial proposal to axe the 2016 census, not the Abbott government
If you're worried about privacy, you should worry about the 2016 census
Census 2016: Privacy advocates say people's names should not be retained
Australian Bureau of Statistics reports 14 data breaches since 2013
#CensusFail: Why people are worried about the census
Freedom of Information request about uses of Census data - censored by the Australian Government
ABS forced to defend Census website security
Census workers using mobile phone apps - on their own phones
The Australian Census 2016 Controversy
Census chaos feeds pensioner anxiety
The Australian Bureau of Statistics has made a hash of the census
Japan's top court has approved blanket surveillance of the country's Muslims
People Are Completely Flipping Out About The Census And Here’s Why
Pirate Party Calls for Census Boycott Due to Privacy Concerns
Five million Danish ID numbers sent to Chinese firm
What’s wrong with the 2016 Census and what can we do?
IBM wins $9.6m to host eCensus in 2016
SAVE OUR CENSUS - Greens petition
Mark No Religion Census 2016
The consequences of dropping the ball in digital engagement - The ABS and Australian Census 2016
Census Bureau database breached by hackers
Census 2016- the digital Australia Card
How To Dodge Census 2016 To Protect Your Privacy
Hundreds referred for prosecution since 1990 for failure to complete census
Oz stats bureau deploys a bot to harvest Twitter IDs
2015 internal Privacy Impact Statement from the Australian Bureau of Statistics
You share your life on Facebook...and you’re worried about your Government? by Ben Dechrai
ABS quietly drops Census data security claim
Census 2016: Will collecting names result in bad data? - Science Party
Not Home On Census Night? The ABS Will Still Find You
Why I’m taking leave of my Census: a privacy expert’s reluctant boycott
Privacy, confidentiality & security
Why you might want to become a Jedi Knight for this year’s Census
Brenda the civil disobedience penguin stars in census night cage fight!
2016 Census name and address collection: Is it legal?
Privacy, confidentiality & security
DO I HAVE TO PROVIDE MY NAME ON MY CENSUS FORM?
Media coverage of #CensusFail - Little Bird Network
Many People are Very Concerned about the Census of 9 August 2016 - Roger Clarke
Australian Census 2016 - Security myth and function creep
Fake census workers try to trick people into sharing their personal details
Census name generator


Privacy, confidentiality & security


The Juice Media

August 8, 2016

Life, the Universe & Carnivorous plants


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Plants that eat, help you eat wheat by Ian Woolf,
Professor Mark Colyvan talks about the fine tuning of the Universe for Life,
Science is Real by They Might Be Giants,
Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf

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Mark Colyvan


Carnivorous Nutrition in Pitcher Plants (Nepenthes spp.) via an Unusual Complement of Endogenous Enzymes
Enzymes from carnivorous plant could help people digest gluten
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August 15, 2016

Exo-planets - another Earth?


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Has another Earth been discovered? by Ian Woolf
Chris Tinney talks about exo-planets - what they are, and how we find them.
Why is Earth called Earth? by Fred Watson
Production checked by Charles Willock,
Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf

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Chris Tinney
Exoplanetary Science At UNSW

Earth-like planet around Proxima Centauri discovered

Wissenschaftliche Sensation: Mögliche zweite Erde in unserer Nachbarschaft entdeckt

August 22, 2016

My Health Records -private?


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Grow your own rocket fuel, by Ian Woolf
Dr Bernard Robertson-Dunn talks about privacy problems with Australia's national electronic health records.
Production checked by Charles Willock,
Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf

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Dr Bernard Robertson-Dunn

Australian Privacy Foundation: My Health Record
My Health Record 'dumb and useless': Australian Privacy Foundation
Australian Government Digital Agency: My Health Record - Managing access, privacy and security
Millions of Health Records Appear for Sale on Dark Web
eHealth record changes raise ire of privacy advocates
Dead people given e-health records in latest bungle for $1 billion government program
Oz e-health privacy: after a breach is too late
Revamped Australian e-health system passes Parliament

E-health record signup boost on back of public hospital push
Opt-out e-health a 'fundamental breach of trust': Victorian regulator

Anammox synthesizes ‘rocket fuel’ hydrazine with special protein
We're a step closer to powering rockets with bacteria
The inner workings of the hydrazine synthase multiprotein complex
Characterization of anammox hydrazine dehydrogenase, a key N2-producing enzyme in the global nitrogen cycle


August 29, 2016

Frog leg steak art Innovation


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Alcohol causes cancer by Ian Woolf,
Oron Catts talks about Symbiotica and frog leg steak art,
Richard Brophy talks about Innovators Club,
Part 2 of Dr Bernard Robertson-Dunn on electronic health records.
Production checked by Charles Willock,
Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf

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Oron Catts
Symbiotica

MY Health Records - Australian Privacy Foundation
ICIT report outlines ways breaches can ruin patients' lives

The Innovators Club

Alcohol is a direct cause of seven ​​forms of cancer, finds study
Alcohol consumption as a cause of cancer

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