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Governance

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Send young offenders to bush locations to learn skills
Mount Isa's state MP, Robbie Katter, describes the government's current approach as "madness"."Any practical person you would talk
6 August 2023 by IdeaSpies

AgTech

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Where's Wolly? - a tree conservation project
Only 100 adult Wollemi pines survive in the wild in a secret canyon near Sydney.When they were found in 1994, these unusual pines
5 August 2023 by IdeaSpies

Governance

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AI captures $billions from tax cheats
The Australian Taxation Office has used artificial intelligence on an industrial scale to identify more than $530 million of unpaid tax bills and stop $2.5 billion being fraudulently claimed.ATO deputy commissioner Marek Rucinski said the agency’s deep learning models had helped his staff identify $295 million in superannuation guarantee underpayments, and natural language models had scoured leaked documents, such as the Panama Papers, to detect $242 million owed by tax evaders since 2018.https://www.afr.com/technology/ato-captures-billions-of-dollars-from-tax-cheats-with-ai-20230727-p5drnf?btis
2 August 2023 by IdeaSpies

AI

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Social Networks based on Trust
Jimmy Wales, Founder of Wikipedia,  joined Matt Romania, our IdeaSpies NFP Editor, for a conversation on artifici
31 July 2023 by IdeaSpies

Wellbeing

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Prevent high blood pressure with a plank
The plank, an isometric core-strength exercise that involves maintaining a position similar to a push-up for the maximum possible
31 July 2023 by IdeaSpies

Wellbeing

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Women's Safety as a Man's Issue
Violence against women is a pervasive issue that demands collective efforts to address and eliminate it.  White Ribbon Australia is engaging men to make women's safety a man's issue too. Transforming men from passive observers to change agents requires a multi-faceted approach that combines education, awareness campaigns, community engagement, and policy reform.White Ribbon has Community Partner and Community Action Group Models that equip and empower Australian men with a peer network, education and practical ways to unleash change in their communityhttps://www.whiteribbon.org.au
30 July 2023 by IdeaSpies