In this week's SBS News/The Conversation offering, we'll be bringing some clarity to the debate over school funding and the Gonski recommendations, looking at what seems to be a spike in racism on public transport - or at least media coverage of it - and taking a look at a court case which could make you rethink any plans to sell on - or hand on - your digital collection of music.
School funding, public transport racism and the looming second-hand digital music battle by SBS News
The debate over federal Labor's plans to fund schools has been filling news bulletins lately, but, it's a complex beast.
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Who better to explain than Bronwyn Hinz, an Academic at Melbourne University who is completing a PhD on federalism and school funding reform
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Next, it seems in recent months like there have been almost weekly cases of racism on public transport, if videos posted to Facebook and Twitter are any guide
Amelia Johns is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Citizenship and Globalisation at Deakin University - she argues that the majority of people will be silent no longer when witness to such attacks.
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Finally today, from online videos to online music collections - and presumably various other forms of digital media.
If you've ever thought of selling on your digital music collection, a new company by the name of ReDigi could help you do that. But not for long, if a New York court sets the terms.
Professor Anne Fitzgerald is an intellectual property and e-commerce lawyer, and she teaches at The Queensland University of Technology.
So listen up and let us know what you think!
