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Citizenship education and the struggle over values
Bede Harris | October 8, 2026The concept of citizenship should encompass both individual liberty and communal responsibility and be taught in schools to inform and elevate political debate.
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Rapid reaction
John Coyne | October 8, 2026Armies have measured advantage through industrial capacity, force structure and technological superiority since the American Civil War but advantage in the future may depend increasingly on how quickly a land force can regenerate combat effectiveness after circumstances, technology or adversaries have invalidated its assumptions.
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Safeguarding agency IT from AI intrusion
Rajiv Shah | October 8, 2026The Government has asked its agencies to identify and manage the security risks posed by intrusive AI agents to legacy IT systems but the hard part will be acting on what the stocktake finds.
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Do schools need a digital detox?
Joanne Orlando | October 7, 2026There is a vigorous debate going on about screen use in Australian schools and how much and what kinds are good for learning, so what does the research say?
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1.5 to stay alive
Wesley Morgan | October 7, 2026Leaders and delegates from countries including Australia, Germany, Nepal and Pacific nations began climate meetings in Fiji on Monday to discuss the threat of climate change to small island nations.
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How pond algae won a Nobel prize
Robert Lucas | October 7, 2026Scientists who worked out how to control brain cells with light have won this year’s Nobel prize in physiology or medicine.
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Buying friends and influencing people
Carlo Edward Caiani | October 6, 2026Canberra can’t outspend Beijing in the region, so Australia’s best bet for lasting influence is to hand Pacific partners real control over how aid is designed and delivered.
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How BYD conquered Australia
Milad Haghani | October 6, 2026Soaring petrol prices have given a boost to electric car sales in Australia and Chinese makers like BYD have reaped full advantage.
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Getting attached to AI
Pascal Vrticka | October 6, 2026AI chatbots are engineered to ape human engagement to maximise the time which users spend with them, exacerbating the emotional as well as intellectual issues caused by increasing human reliance on AI.
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The moral economy of intelligence
Roger Chao | October 5, 2026We do not have to keep finding things that humans can do and machines cannot in order to preserve human moral standing.
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Meta wants to run your life
Rob Nicholls | October 5, 2026Meta’s AI agent Muse has proved an early hit in the race to develop consumer friendly agents able to undertake digital tasks for users.
