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Climate change law and policy at Viridios Capital. Recovering investigative reporter. Formerly @bakermckenzie @rewire_news @propublica.

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Program: Politics and the Internet

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By Sharona Coutts
| Background Briefing
No one really knows if the Internet will be a force for a new kind of democracy, or just another (albeit miraculous) technology. Shifting sands in demography, voter behaviour, and the world wide web, are all challenges for political campaigners. Pitfalls and successes abound. Reporter Sharona Coutts. Government and Politics, Information and Communication, Computer Science THEME Sharona Coutts: This is Background Briefing, and you're with ABC Radio National. Hello, I'm Sharona Coutts.
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Program: Getting smart: the Access Card

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By Sharona Coutts
| Background Briefing
The government is bringing in a new national card, called the Access Card. Everyone who uses Medicare, Centrelink, or any government service, will have one. And they're not just normal cards. They have mini-computers inside them that can store data about your name, address and anything else. The government says they're like mp3 players, and big business loves them, but opponents say they're a new version of the Australia Card - an ID card in disguise. And they say that privacy is in peril.
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Program: Patient responsibility and self care

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By Sharona Coutts
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In the health industry and government circles patient responsibility and self care are the new buzzwords. It's all about getting people out of the expensive end of medical care, and into self care groups much earlier. It may come to mean if you're a smoker, you won't get surgery. Reporter Sharona Coutts.
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