Blog
McKell Cybersecurity Policy Luncheon
3 March 2019
A panel and forum on data security, encryption and the Assistance and Access Act 2018.
E&T Review Future Histories
Thursday, February 28, 2019. Book review: ‘Future Histories’ by Lizzie O’Shea.
‘Will robots bring us utopia?’ An end-of-year debate!
7 December 2018
A lively end-of-year debate on the topic of automation and what it will mean for workers and labour.
Australia Wants to Take Government Surveillance to the Next Level
A new bill will help its intelligence agencies circumvent encryption. And what starts Down Under won’t necessarily stay there.
Ireland’s abortion referendum is revolutionary politics, whoever wins
Women’s reproductive rights have been ill-served by top-down politics. The campaign to repeal the eighth should inspire us all
Melbourne Knowledge Week Event: What’s wrong with tech utopias?
10 May 2018
Do we control the tech, or does the tech (industry) control us?
What kind of a person does Netflix favourites think I am?
I look at my algorithm-generated ‘Recommendations for Lizzie’, and I don’t like that person – or the control involved in the process
Time to cut ties with the digital oligarchs and rewire the web
The Facebook scandal shows that the rules of the internet need to be written by ordinary people, not corporations
Large butts, big thighs: how weightlifting empowers women
We’re always told to diet and tone – to take up less space, rather than more. Now I’m pumping iron and proud to be expanding
Tech capitalists won’t fix the world’s problems – their unionised workforce might
Workers in the US tech sector are organising. They, not their billionaire bosses, provide hope that technology will improve the lives of the many









