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The Privacy Paradox

Future Tense a look at how we might be revealing more private details online than we think and the value in the information that’s being mined - and you’ll hear how you could protect your data by actually revealing more than you already are.



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Street art – the next space race?

Street artists are busy commandeering as many city surfaces as their paints will allow, authorities are trying to neutralise the threat, while advertising agencies are keen to clone the potency of hand painted art.




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Blockchain Democracy, business advocacy and the return of human curation

Blockchain is a much-hyped technology that underpins the cryptocurrency Bitcoin.  Enthusiasts believe its potential to transform other areas of business is huge. But what if Blockchain is really just a solution in search of a problem? Also in this episode: are businesses becoming political advocates? And why are we seeing a return from algorithmic to human curation?




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3D printing to be used in surgery to repair teenager's shattered skull after Cape Byron cliff accident

Fifteen-year-old Connor Meldrum, who was badly injured in a cliff accident, will undergo surgery to have fitted to his skull a custom-printed polyethylene material that mimics the properties of living bone.






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Parachutists forced to jump early after plane engine stopped mid-air, ATSB report finds

Four parachutists were forced to make an emergency jump from a light plane over a popular skydiving region south of Adelaide earlier this year when the engine cut out, according to an Australian Transport Safety Bureau report.




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Myki ticket machines to stop producing unwanted receipts after software upgrade

A software upgrade to more than 500 Myki ticket machines fixes an issue that has baffled Victorians for years and also caused littering problems and security concerns.





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Father of missing backpacker Theo Hayez pleas to press for information on missing son




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Health Department executives accused by CCC of corruption may leave with $600,000 in payouts

The WA Attorney-General casts doubt on whether more than $600,000 worth of severance payouts, made to former Health Department employees embroiled in a decades-long corruption scandal, will be recovered.





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Opposition Leader Liza Harvey attacked by Chamber of Commerce over Liberal policies

WA's Chamber of Commerce and Industry releases a damning assessment of newly-elected Opposition Leader Liza Harvey's economic policies, saying they put the state's budget repair at risk.




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Father of missing backpacker appeals to WhatsApp for co-operation in police investigation

Laurent Hayez, father of missing Belgian backpacker Theo Hayez, supported by his sons Godfather JP Hayez and cousin Lisa Hayez.








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Missing backpacker Theo Hayez's WhatsApp messages could be key to police breakthrough

The father of missing Belgian backpacker Theo Hayez says unlocking his son's last WhatAsapp messages could be key to find him alive. But a leading expert says the tech giant is incapable of unjumbling the "garbled" encrypted messages.



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Lawyer X royal commission: Ex-detective Paul Dale accuses Victoria Police of corruption over Nicola Gobbo

Ex-detective Paul Dale tells a royal commission he has waited years to expose "corruption" within Victoria Police over the use of Nicola Gobbo as an informer, and that his sexual relationship with the woman known as Lawyer X has been exaggerated.




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Brothers appear in court charged with allegedly attacking senior Melbourne police officer

Two brothers charged with intentionally causing serious injury over an alleged attack on a a senior Victoria Police officer displayed aggressive and threatening behaviour and were "attempting to engage in a fight" a Melbourne court is told.




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Jury takes 15 minutes to acquit high school teacher who had sex with student

A high school teacher who had sex with a 16-year-old student from a North Queensland school is found not guilty of procuring a young person for carnal knowledge.




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Queensland woman seeks access to dead husband's sperm to have second child

The Queensland Supreme Court will decide whether to allow a widow to use her dead husband's sperm to give her young son a sibling, as they were planning to do so before he died.




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Mascot Towers residents locked out for fifth day as engineers struggle to find cause of cracks

There is a "crisis of confidence" in the NSW building industry following the second emergency evacuation of an apartment block in Sydney in six months, the Insurance Council of Australia and Federal Government warns.




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Love Machine nightclub shooting investigators release CCTV footage of car believed involved

Police release CCTV footage of a car believed to be linked to a drive-by shooting at Melbourne's Love Machine nightclub in April, which left two people dead and four others injured.




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Tasmania news: Health Minister hits back at union 'ambush', accused murderer 'on the trail' of alleged victim

MORNING BRIEFING: Michael Ferguson says union bosses have hit a 'new low' and a court hears that a Launceston man accused of murder said his alleged victim "is going to pay".




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Sydney news: Murder charge expected in high-rise death, concerns over missing backpacker delay

MORNING BRIEFING: The ex-girlfriend of a woman who fell to her death from a Sydney apartment block is expected to be charged with her murder, while a backpacker says the alarm about Theo Hayez's disappearance should have been raised much earlier.





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Lisa Millar replaces Virginia Trioli as Michael Rowland's co-host on ABC News Breakfast

At age seven, Lisa Millar was singing the ABC News theme and practising her interview technique on her little sister. After 25 years of reporting in Australia and overseas, she's now looking forward to the challenge of co-hosting a daily morning television program.




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Canberra's noise laws to face 'protest jam' as musicians band together to 'save' nightlife

Amid plans for a five-star hotel for Canberra's centre, some of the city's biggest music success stories plot to save its nightlife, claiming currently unenforced noise limits could kick into effect and threaten venues when the hotel starts hosting guests.




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Adelaide Hills man who allegedly stockpiled guns and secretly filmed sex acts granted bail

An Adelaide Hills man charged with unlawful firearms possession as well as engaging in indecent filming is granted bail by a magistrate but prosecutors say they will seek a review of that decision.




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Chiropractor who indecently filmed hundreds of clients at Adelaide clinic faces victim in court

One of hundreds of victims of an Adelaide chiropractor who indecently filmed clients, including children, says the man took away her "dignity" and "confidence", but has vowed to move on with her life.




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Paraplegic motocross rider says she is 'better now than before the accident'

Christina Vithoulkas always had a positive outlook on life, but when she crashed her motorbike and broke her spine her positivity only increased.




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Police and SES search Hackham West park following man's suspected murder

Police and State Emergency Service volunteers are scouring the park where Shaun Thomas Russell, 36 was killed in Adelaide's southern suburbs.




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Police identify suspects wanted over alleged bashing murder at Hackham West park

An arrest warrant is issued for a man and a woman wanted in connection with the fatal bashing of Hackham West man Shaun Russell, whose body was found in a park south of Adelaide.




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Bail revoked for man who allegedly stockpiled guns and secretly filmed sex acts

A Supreme Court judge overturns a decision to grant home detention bail to a man charged over a massive weapons haul in the Adelaide Hills last month.




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Police arrest man and woman over alleged murder of Shaun Russell at Hackham West

A man and a woman are arrested in Adelaide's north and will face charges over the alleged murder of Hackham West man Shaun Russell, who was allegedly beaten before he died.




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Pair charged with murder of Shaun Thomas Russell in Hackham West remanded in custody

A man and a woman charged with the murder of a man in a park in Adelaide's southern suburbs will remain behind bars until July, after a magistrate granted an adjournment to allow DNA evidence to be analysed.




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Stabbing investigation leads to discovery of magic mushroom lab inside Hackham West home

Police investigating the stabbing of a 40-year-old man, who was found lying on the road at Hackham West overnight, uncover a drug lab believed to be used for growing magic mushrooms.




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What's it like going back to the place your life changed forever?

Almost 10 years after being thrown from a motorbike and losing the ability to walk, the ABC's Charles Brice is about to return to the crash site for the first time before handcycling more than 300 kilometres to raise spinal research funds.




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Passengers fall ill after sustained gastro outbreak on Indian Pacific train

A sustained gastro outbreak on the Indian Pacific train from Sydney to Perth has left more than 100 passengers sick over the past month, including two who had to be hospitalised.




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Elderly man on mobility scooter dies after falling onto train tracks in Adelaide

Ambulance officers are unable to save a man who tumbled off a train platform and onto the tracks in Adelaide's north-west this afternoon.




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Man feared abducted found 'safe and well' but police to investigate alleged attack

Adelaide man Malcolm Walker is found safe and well, but police say they will continue to investigate witness reports he was attacked and then forced into a car.




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'You can't study chemistry' and other barriers faced by women from non-English speaking backgrounds

Meet the determined young women who are working to break down barriers in the community and workforce, refusing to be defined by a stereotype.




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Background checks for partners with possible domestic violence history sparks 15 interventions

Background checks on people suspected of having a history of domestic violence introduced in South Australia last year are already helping to save lives, a domestic violence support service says.




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Hells Angel bikie faces court charged with murder of Jason De Ieso

A Hells Angels bikie who was this week extradited from Queensland to be charged over the murder of Jason De Ieso in 2012 has appeared in an Adelaide court for the first time.




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Adelaide Crows CEO comments on sacking of Burton and Camporeale

The dismissals come after a review identified poor internal relationships as a major issue affecting the AFL club.




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Woman allegedly hit over the head and sexually assaulted by man wearing a black mask

A woman is allegedly hit in the head with a rock and sexually assaulted in a northern suburb of Adelaide this morning, police say.



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Man who allegedly stole Subaru WRX with owner's 5yo son inside faces court

Police say the 32-year-old man stole the Subaru WRX during a test drive while the owner's five-year-old son was still inside the vehicle. Nicholas Trent Hallett, 32, has been remanded in custody to appear at a later date.