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Older people’s “technostress”
Melanie Stowell | June 18, 2026From personal health portals to AI assistants that draft emails, the digital age has simplified endless everyday tasks but for many older people, the rapid march of technology has built more walls rather than opened doors.
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Awkward questions and divisive debates
Michelle Grattan | June 17, 2026When the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion holds its final public hearings between late June and the end of August, they are likely to trigger some awkward questions and divisive debates.
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Staying the course
Chris Wallace | June 17, 2026After a quiet first term during which he was consistently criticised for not being bold enough on policy reform Prime Minister Anthony Albanese may be wondering whether the bigger moves of Labor’s second term are worth it.
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Does your AI want to hang out with my AI later?
Tom Montefiore | June 17, 2026The undisclosed use of generative AI in writing business reports, emails to a friend or your father’s eulogy is certainly deceptive, but is it morally wrong?
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Healing the regional-metropolitan divide
Rochelle Jones | June 16, 2026Can we please mend the growing rift between regional and metropolitan Australia? Australian politics shouldn’t pit city against country and the language designed to divide us doesn’t help anyone.
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Lessons to be learned
Andrew Forrest | June 16, 2026A national curriculum for year 8 to year 10 students that explains Australia’s place in the world and the patterns shaping international events would arm young people against misinformation.
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Stepping off the carousel
Michelle Grattan | June 16, 2026Opposition frontbencher Jonno Duniam’s decision to step away from a promising career is a product of the frenetic pressure of modern politics.
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Why you have to prove you’re human
Yang Xiang | June 15, 2026CAPTCHA tests are everywhere on the internet to protect sites from AI bots and as AI-generated traffic continues to grow, proving we are human online may become an even more common part of everyday life.
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Spyware as a tool of coercive control
Fitriani | June 15, 2026Spyware, once primarily used by intelligence agencies and nation-states, has become a tool of intimate partner abuse, quietly deployed against people – mostly women – who have no idea they are being watched.
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New AI infrastructure to help robots and machines learn in real time
Open Forum | June 15, 2026CSIRO’s Vetra AI infrastructure enables faster, safer learning for robotics and other AI-powered technologies by processing data on site rather than in distant cloud systems
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Australia’s fight for algorithmic sovereignty
Muhammad Amir | June 14, 2026Australia’s defence debate is about more than ships, aircraft and missiles as competitive advantage increasingly depends on the software, data and AI systems embedded within them.
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Bouncing back
Open Forum | June 14, 2026A new analysis of 24 years of Australian data found a long-term trend of deteriorating mental health among adolescents and young adults is now beginning to rebound.
