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Chalmers’ budget giveaway
Stephen Bartos | May 15, 2024Jim Chalmers has produced a benign third budget aimed at soothing hard-pressed voters agitated about their high cost of living and punishing interest rates without making things worse by over-stoking the economy.
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Under siege
Geoff Heriot | May 15, 2024The growing cyber, foreign interference, and disinformation threat from hostile state and non-state actors motivates a call for Australia to use all tools of statecraft to help shape the information space.
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Is there any AI out there?
Michael Garrett | May 15, 2024Every technological breakthrough or environmental issue – from nuclear weapons to climate change – has been trumpeted as the reason we haven’t detected intelligent alien life, and AI isn’t about to miss the party.
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Australia in the global supply chain
Ian Satchwell | May 14, 2024The Albanese government’s “A Future Made in Australia policy” should be understood with a bit more nuance than its name implies.
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Cleaning up the chemical industry
Open Forum | May 14, 2024The global chemical industry is a major fossil fuel consumer and climate change contributor; however, new Curtin University research has identified how the sector could clean up its green credentials by “getting dirty”.
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A bright future for dark matter
Harry Desmond | May 14, 2024While the ‘dark matter’ theory remains unsatisfactory in many ways, recent scientific observations seem to undermine one of its main rivals to explain discrepancies in our view of the universe.
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All’s not well with the Pacific mobility labour scheme
Sarah Gosper | May 13, 2024As Australia seeks to press reset on its relationship with Pacific neighbours, centring the voice, rights, needs and priorities of Pacific countries regarding the PALM scheme will be crucial to maintaining stability and mutual respect in the region.
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Grandmothers could be the answer to adolescent angst
Open Forum | May 13, 2024New research has found that investment by maternal grandmothers into grandchildren who have suffered multiple adverse early life experiences could significantly reduce emotional and behavioural problems in these children.
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Working together
Nilufar Ahmed | May 13, 2024As society becomes more individualised, with many people moving away from their community and family, the workplace has become an increasingly important source of meaning, connection and friendship.
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Apple crush
Kim Watts | May 12, 2024Apple sparked outrage across the internet after releasing an advert for its new iPad Pro which unintentionally served as a dystopian vision for AI and big tech crushing, absorbing and appropriating human creativity.
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Consultancy blues
Marty Bortz | May 12, 2024The drive to privatise everything has led to consultants taking on the work of public servants. But at what cost? The PwC scandal in Australia highlights how the excessive use of consultants has very real implications for democratic decision-making.
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Oysters ahoy
Open Forum | May 12, 2024Dredging and fishing have destroyed thousands of miles of oyster reefs around the Australian coast, but a new project proves they can be restored to provide fresh marine habitat.
