• International

    Healing the divide


    Ian Dudgeon |  October 7, 2024


    The Australian government has to find ways to help heal the growing domestic disunity caused by the ongoing middle-east conflict.


  • Artificial Intelligence

    CheatGPT


    Derry Wijaya |  October 7, 2024


    As AI-powered cyber-crime, fraud and malware proliferates, policy makers and internet users will have to balance the benefits of innovation with new threats to their security and privacy.


  • Society

    Ending child illiteracy


    Patrick Walsh |  October 7, 2024


    Education is a key to putting the world on a pathway that generates more economic activity, equity, and sustainability for all.


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  • Stronger together

    Andrew Forrest     |      October 6, 2024

    Australia should develop and clearly communicate a broadened strategic reliance on its Indo-Pacific partners to signal its resolve to defend the region against China.

  • In the wash

    Rebecca Van Amber     |      October 6, 2024

    The fashion industry faces huge sustainability challenges. But the bigger challenge is for consumers to work out who’s genuine and who’s not.

  • Werthermania!

    Eric Parisot     |      October 6, 2024

    This month marks the 250th anniversary of the publication of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s celebrated and controversial novel of unrequited passion “The Sorrows of Young Werther”.

  • On the QT

    Stephan Modest     |      October 5, 2024

    “Greenhushing” is the growing practice of companies keeping their sustainability credentials secret, but it’s not always because they have something to hide.

  • 1923…2024?

    Andrew Bonnell     |      October 5, 2024

    A new book on Hitler’s first attempt to seize power in Germany “offers a powerful reminder that even strong democracies, if they are continually undermined from within, may eventually collapse into authoritarianism.”

  • Introducing Intermezzo

    Orlaith Darling     |      October 5, 2024

    A new novel by the Irish writer Sally Rooney offers a moving story about grief, love and family through the stories of two brothers, Peter and Ivan Koubek

  • What can AI do you for?

    Sandra Peter     |      October 4, 2024

    Amid the excitement around generative AI, it is important to remember that AI is more than chatbots. It impacts many things beyond the flashy conversational tools – often in ways that quietly improve everyday processes.

  • Better messaging for the next pandemic

    Shauna Hurley     |      October 4, 2024

    How can we improve public health messaging for any future pandemics in an age of misinformation and distrust?

  • Manufacturing more resilient supply chains

    John Coyne     |      October 4, 2024

    Australia should define and maintain a minimum manufacturing capacity to enhance its national resilience in an age of continuous, concurrent and cascading crises.

  • Iran gambles on war

    Shahram Akbarzadeh     |      October 3, 2024

    Iran has waged war against Israel through proxy terrorist groups like Hamas and Hezbollah for years, but the barrage of missiles it launched directly against Israel will invite massive retaliation, and perhaps threaten the regime itself.

  • The rise of cube-sats

    Mustafa Aksoy     |      October 3, 2024

    The swift progress and substantial investments already made in CubeSat missions could help make humans a multiplanetary species. But that journey will be a long one – and depends on the next generation of scientists to develop this dream.

  • Australia needs a coast guard

    Nell Bennett     |      October 3, 2024

    Australia should establish a coast guard to counter China’s use of grey zone tactics in expanding its territorial claims in the South China Sea.