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When a machine invents things for humanity, who gets the patent?
27 May 2022
The day is coming – some say has already arrived – when artificial intelligence starts to invent things that its human creators could not. But our laws are lagging behind this technology, UNSW experts say.
What would a First Nations Voice to Parliament actually look like in practice?
27 May 2022
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced Labor’s commitment to the Uluru Statement from the Heart. This means there may soon be a First Nations Voice to Parliament. However, there is a journey ahead.
Labor must come clean about the future for coal and gas
27 May 2022
Winning the election might be the easy part for Labor compared to weaning Australia off fossil fuel exports. But it must be done.
UNSW joins $2.2m State Government initiative to build ‘smart spaces’ in regional NSW
26 May 2022
The project will upskill regional councils to reap benefits of ‘smart places’.
Five drug-induced deaths per day among Australians in 2020, report finds
26 May 2022
The latest Drug Trends report from UNSW’s National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre shows more than 1800 drug-induced deaths in Australia in 2020.
‘Australia is ready’: Five years after Uluru, path to referendum becomes clearer
26 May 2022
Architects of the Uluru Statement from the Heart say they look forward to working alongside the new Government to confirm a timeline for a referendum on a Voice to Parliament.
Wait times balloon as scarce social housing is ‘rationed’
26 May 2022
Australian state governments are struggling to meet growing demand for low-cost housing as cost-of-living pressure rises.
Two UNSW academics named 2022 Australian Academy of Science Fellows
26 May 2022
UNSW Sydney professors from UNSW Science and UNSW Medicine & Health have been recognised among the nation’s most distinguished scientists.
The importance of fighting inequality: Julia Gillard on lessons learnt from the pandemic
25 May 2022
Former Prime Minister Julia Gillard speaks of how addressing inequitable access to advances in healthcare can help prevent the cracks of inequality in society.
When a pandemic brings a rugby star back to education
25 May 2022
International sport was an impossibility at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic and, for Tokyo Olympian Henry Hutchison, brought the importance of study back into focus.