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Calls to end forced sterilisation of women with disability unanswered

Women and girls in Australia living with disability can still be forced into sterilisation, after the Disability Royal Commission failed to act on calls from the body representing people with a disability to bring an end to this practice. Women with Disabilities Australia, has described it is another form of gender-based violence that women living …

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AI Increasingly Uncooperative as it Becomes More Complex

AIs which train on large datasets alongside other AIs are increasingly producing behaviours unintelligible to humans. There is a growing concern that human-machine cooperation will break down as AI becomes more complex and it develops behaviours amongst itself. In controlled experiments in popular games such as Chess to Poker to Go, AI develops intricate solutions …

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Labor’s response to the Disability Royal Commission “Disappointing”

The Labor Government’s response to last year’s disability Royal Commission has been met with disappointment from disability advocacy groups, who say that not enough has been done to follow through with the recommendations made by the Commission. The response is aimed at improving job pathways and employment opportunities for people with disabilities, but seems to …

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Paralysed Indian student granted permanent residency in Australia

An international student has been granted permanent residency after an alleged assault in Hobart last year left him paralysed. Outgoing Immigration Minister Andrew Giles has granted Devarshi Deka permanent residency, allowing the 33-year-old Indian national to gain much needed support from the NDIS. Devarshi, known as Dev, was with his friend, Rick Kaushik, when they …

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