Should you mind your Ps and Qs?

While being polite to AI chatbots doesn’t really spike their energy use, data centres already account for a significant share of global electricity consumption, with demand rising rapidly as AI workloads grow.

Driving in circles

Australia’s reluctance to recognise foreign accreditations means that immigrants are often relegated to semi-skilled tasks despite labour market shortages across the country.

Will the new ‘hate speech’ law work?

The government has responded to the horror of the Bondi terror attack and public demands to address rising antisemitism by proposing new laws curbing racial vilification, so what are they and will they work?

The narcissism of conspiracy thinking

New research shows correlation between narcissistic personality traits and beliefs in conspiracy theories and misinformation, regardless of people’s levels of education.

6-7

The strange words, nonsensical games and creative play of childhood might seem ridiculous but there’s real value in these hidden worlds.

Understanding antisemitism

The newly announced Royal Commission on the horrific Bondi massacre shouldn’t shy from the social divisions which motivated the murders and must offer practical recommendations which are acted upon to ensure this outrage never happens again.

The ancient roots of modern ennui

The loneliness, moral confusion and ennui reported by many young people today may stem from a fundamental mismatch between modern society and human psychological traits which evolved to fit very different conditions.

Six questions for the Royal Commission

After weeks of mounting pressure, the government has called a Royal Commission to look into antisemitism and social cohesion in Australia – here are six questions it might ask.

If parents designed the new ‘Thriving Kids’ program, it’d look like this

The new Thriving Kids programme needs a broad, flexible menu of supports that help children participate and feel safe at home, in early learning, at school and in the community.

See no evil

We can no longer live with tenuous polite fictions obfuscating the more profound national security consequences of laissez faire immigration settings, a lack of proactive national integration, and the coddling of political extremism and violence since 7 October 2023.

A royal commission for Bondi?

The Federal government remains reluctant to call a Royal Commission to investigate the Bondi terrorist attack or accept the root cause of violent hostility to Jews within Australia’s large and growing Muslim population.

5 futures for Venezuela

What are the possible consequences for the U.S. and Venezuela after the predawn U.S. military operation that spirited Nicolás Maduro and his wife out of Venezuela and into U.S. custody.