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A plague on both houses
Michelle Grattan | January 24, 2026Sussan Ley may pay the price for the implosion of the Coalition, but the blame rests squarely with Nationals leader David Littleproud whose leadership should also be on the line.
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Lessons in crisis leadership
Toby Newstead | January 24, 2026Macho “can do” leadership appeals to the public in times of national crisis but a more considered values based approach would probably produce better results.
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OpenAds
Raffaele Ciriello | January 24, 2026OpenAI has bowed to the inevitable and announced plans to put adverts into ChatGPT to raise much needed revenue, but this risks eroding user trust and hands the advantage to Google, which can cross-subsidise Gemini from the massive advertising revenue Google secures from search – whose advert ridden interface is the main reason people moved to ChatGPT in the first place.
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Ordering off the menu
Shannon Brincat | January 23, 2026Mark Carney’s speech at Davos offered a refreshing alternative to the insane ravings of Donald Trump and are a wake-up call to Australia and other ‘middle powers’ to stand up for the international order, rather than meekly accommodate the madness of the current American regime.
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Under orange skies
Roger Chao | January 23, 2026Local radio offers a friendly voice and affable company during the day but can become a life saver when disasters such as bushfires strike a region or community.
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Stand up, Australia
Thomas Brough | January 23, 2026While the United States under Donald Trump has emerged as a greater threat to Western unity and territory than China in recent months, Australia must still find some backbone in standing up to its nearest regional challenger.
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The management of not knowing
Roger Chao | January 22, 2026Project Censored’s latest survey of press freedom in the United States offers a snapshot of a country whose long-standing commitment to free speech is under threat from both an autocratic President and oligarchical commercial interests.
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Greenwashing won’t wash
Open Forum | January 22, 2026Companies engaging in ‘greenwashing’ to appear more favourable to investors don’t achieve durable financial stability in the long term, according to a new Murdoch University study.
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A tale of two speeches
Mark Shanahan | January 22, 2026The contrast between the speeches delivered by Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and the bellicose ramblings of American President Donald Trump at Davos couldn’t be wider or more clear.
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Engineering the future
Mark Beeson | January 21, 2026The most productive countries – from the Roman Empire to the British Empire and the USA – tend to dominate the world and a new book outlines how that mantle has passed onto China, whose increasing political and military power is a direct consequence of its overwhelming manufacturing and engineering capacity.
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Prevention is better than cure
Angela Jackson | January 21, 2026A greater focus on prevention and early intervention in the health and social service budgets would improve outcomes for future generations and put our care sector on a more sustainable path.
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Mining the Pacific floor
Viliame Kasanawaqa | January 21, 2026The race to plunder the Earth’s precious mineral resources is moving to the deep sea floor and the Pacific is on the front line of the environmental and geo-political issues which are bound to arise.
