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Even me and Eric Abetz can agree, this system is broken

Even me and Eric Abetz can agree, this system is broken

It's not often I find myself agreeing with Tasmania's Liberal Treasurer Eric Abetz, but debate on GST distribution places us on the side of...

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Chris Steel

Beyond the contract: I'm a public servant. What are my rights at work?

Beyond the contract: I'm a public servant. What are my rights at work?

Modern society has inherited much from ancient Greece, but our system of public sector employment is an exception. Subscribe now for unlimited access....

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Kieran Pender

'He died in my lap': why the National Police Memorial is so important to Mick Keelty

'He died in my lap': why the National Police Memorial is so important to Mick Keelty

On January 2, 1989, NSW Homicide Squad detective Risto Baltoski and I were driving in separate police cars to Adelaide to continue an investigation...

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Mick Keelty

To err is human, to AI is not

To err is human, to AI is not

The headlines were impossible to miss: Subscribe now for unlimited access. Login or signup to continue reading "Rogue AI hacks Medicare"....

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Zoë Wundenberg

Shouldn't we be living on the moon and Mars by now? What happened?

Shouldn't we be living on the moon and Mars by now? What happened?

As a precocious young lad in the late 1960s I was mightily influenced by a book called Facing the Atomic Future by Sir Ernest William Titterton, a...

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David Ellery

It's about time Australia stood up to Uncle Sam

It's about time Australia stood up to Uncle Sam

Opposing American lawlessness is a patriotic act with less downside than the government realises. Just ask voters. Subscribe now for unlimited access....

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Mark Kenny

Ian Warden's head is killing him - and One Nation might be to blame

Ian Warden's head is killing him - and One Nation might be to blame

Take the hair of a virgin kid [a young goat], Subscribe now for unlimited access. Login or signup to continue reading Let a wise woman spin [it] on...

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Ian Warden

Why the Australian War Memorial Act desperately needs an amendment

Why the Australian War Memorial Act desperately needs an amendment

Kym MacMillan thinks that the Australian War Memorial Act is "clear enough" (Letters, September 24), and that the institution should limit...

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Letters To The Editor

The ACT tried to revolutionise education. Now it's paying the price

The ACT tried to revolutionise education. Now it's paying the price

Three things are true of the ACT public school system at the moment. Subscribe now for unlimited access. Login or signup to continue reading First, it...

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Dylan Fox

Sure, AI can generate songs - but it can't win over a rowdy crowd

Sure, AI can generate songs - but it can't win over a rowdy crowd

Artificial intelligence is pouring into streaming music, forcing Spotify and the wider industry to decide what an artist actually is. But the best...

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Andrew Clarke

When it comes to international law, we can talk the talk, but can we walk the walk?

When it comes to international law, we can talk the talk, but can we walk the walk?

Australia is once again pushing for a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council, alongside Finland and Mongolia, because "a safer world is...

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Ebony Bennett

When rogue AI agent 'scaled a fence', it reinforced Albanese's case for tough guardrails

When rogue AI agent 'scaled a fence', it reinforced Albanese's case for tough guardrails

The revelation that an AI agent turned rogue and breached a firewall to get at Medicare statistics has strongly reinforced Anthony Albanese's...

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Michelle Grattan

Australia is showing some small signs of independence from the US

Australia is showing some small signs of independence from the US

America has been a particularly annoying notional ally and former friend over recent months. But what would be the point of complaining? President...

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Jack Waterford

How many fans do you actually win with this smug moral superiority?

How many fans do you actually win with this smug moral superiority?

Poor bloke. He's lost so much it's almost too awful to contemplate. Subscribe now for unlimited access. Login or signup to continue reading...

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Garry Linnell

Why our casual approach to AI is dangerous

Why our casual approach to AI is dangerous

They called it "misaligned model activity", when perhaps it's better to just call it what it is - "hacking". Subscribe now...

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The Canberra Times

Unpaid, overworked, and scraping by: welcome to the future of family life

Unpaid, overworked, and scraping by: welcome to the future of family life

That Intergenerational Report scared the bejesus out of me. Here's what frightened me most. Subscribe now for unlimited access. Login or signup...

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Jenna Price

Stop giving the public service impossible jobs and then blaming them when the system collapses

Stop giving the public service impossible jobs and then blaming them when the system collapses

Bureaucrats are easy scapegoats for the ills that come with governments supplying thousands services. Sure they make some ridiculous and identifiable...

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Amanda Vanstone

Why one dedicated Canberra teacher is abandoning her dream career

Why one dedicated Canberra teacher is abandoning her dream career

This ACT government has done some stupid things in its time, but cutting education spending must be up there for the craziest. Subscribe now for...

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Letters To The Editor

The invasion of the body snatchers: a history darker than any fiction

The invasion of the body snatchers: a history darker than any fiction

First of all, my humble thanks for the warm reception my first essay in this forum on Tuesday received from Echidna readers. Subscribe now for...

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David Ellery

We need transparency over school budgets

We need transparency over school budgets

The majority of ACT public school principals are facing difficult choices as they grapple with their school budgets for 2027. Subscribe now for...

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Front up and explain to public school families why you're making these cuts

Front up and explain to public school families why you're making these cuts

Education Minister Rachel Stephen-Smith says principals "should not have been surprised" to see changes to their budgets, as the Education...

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Angela Burroughs

Magna Carta Place marks 25 years alongside a new tourist gateway

Magna Carta Place marks 25 years alongside a new tourist gateway

Magna Carta Place was opened on September 26, 2001, and this week it will be the 25th anniversary of the opening by John Howard, the prime minister of...

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Letters To The Editor

The real reason Albanese's UN Security Council bid could backfire

The real reason Albanese's UN Security Council bid could backfire

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has launched a bid for Australia to secure a temporary seat on the United Nations Security Council for 2029-2030,...

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The Canberra Times

Don't worry, be happy. The world isn't going to blow up

Don't worry, be happy. The world isn't going to blow up

The many ponderous pundits, armchair analysts, talking heads and paid-up members of the commentariat who have spent the last few days critiquing the...

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David Ellery

Legacy of loss haunts raw debut by Canberra author Jacob K Gallagher

Legacy of loss haunts raw debut by Canberra author Jacob K Gallagher

I was born in Gunnedah, on the Liverpool Plains in north-central New South Wales - a small farming town with a population of about 10,000 people,...

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Jacob K Gallagher

I was indoctrinated from a young age. But I have changed my mind on 'frontier wars'

I was indoctrinated from a young age. But I have changed my mind on 'frontier wars'

Subscribe now for unlimited access. Login or signup to continue reading Having been born at the tail end of the baby boom, it was inevitable I would...

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David Ellery

How we can free ourselves from the Axis of Autocracy

How we can free ourselves from the Axis of Autocracy

The proposal that Canada could become an associate member of the European Union is of historic moment and something which Australia should take heed....

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Crispin Hull

Challenges loom in a tough Assembly. But there are opportunities, too

Challenges loom in a tough Assembly. But there are opportunities, too

The ACT government was left hanging by a thread last week, with Labor clinging on to minority rule despite no longer having formal agreements in place...

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The Canberra Times

Canada is managing migration without a sledgehammer. Here's how Australia could do it too

Canada is managing migration without a sledgehammer. Here's how Australia could do it too

Australia's migration debate is at fever pitch, with both the government and One Nation announcing policies on the subject in the past week....

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Alan Gamlen

Here's who is ripped off the most out of the Big Splash debacle

Here's who is ripped off the most out of the Big Splash debacle

Ask Canberrans why they're angry about Big Splash and you'll hear about slides, summers and school holidays. Subscribe now for unlimited...

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Jo Clay

'How do we tell Mum?': those were the words that will haunt me forever

'How do we tell Mum?': those were the words that will haunt me forever

"How do we tell Mum?" I whispered over the phone. Subscribe now for unlimited access. Login or signup to continue reading Those were the...

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Rachael Houlihan

Is the government moving fast enough on AI threats?

Is the government moving fast enough on AI threats?

The Albanese government has set out the most comprehensive statement on AI any Australian government has made. Subscribe now for unlimited access....

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Rob Thorne

Slopaganda and hate bait prey on our frustration

Slopaganda and hate bait prey on our frustration

You're riled up. It might be the overnight 30 cent hike in the price of a litre of petrol. Or the half day wasted waiting for the plumber to turn...

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John Hanscombe

Race to the bottom on migration is more politics than policy

Race to the bottom on migration is more politics than policy

Australia's inwardly focused immigration debate is a tawdry exercise heaving with more politics than policy. Subscribe now for unlimited access....

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Mark Kenny

Nobody likes school closures. Teachers say it is necessary

Nobody likes school closures. Teachers say it is necessary

When the Australian Education Union announced this Thursday's two-hour strike, parents braced for yet another disruption. Subscribe now for...

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The Canberra Times

Australia's student behaviour problem is becoming impossible to ignore

Australia's student behaviour problem is becoming impossible to ignore

Every once in a while, we get a planetary alignment of evidence so significant that you have to pay attention. Subscribe now for unlimited access....

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Blaise Joseph

I've got some bright ideas about how to make Floriade great again

I've got some bright ideas about how to make Floriade great again

The flowers that bloom in the Spring - tra la, Subscribe now for unlimited access. Login or signup to continue reading Breathe promise of merry...

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Ian Warden

The overlooked Tasmanian who made Australian military history

The overlooked Tasmanian who made Australian military history

James Saunders's new book, Fighting for Country, a biography of Captain Reg Saunders, an Indigenous soldier in two wars, will no doubt reveal...

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Letters To The Editor

Burke delivers overdue migration baby, but is it sturdy enough to withstand the critics?

Burke delivers overdue migration baby, but is it sturdy enough to withstand the critics?

Tony Burke was late to the National Press Club to announce the government's migration policy on Thursday. Six weeks late, to be precise....

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Michelle Grattan

When will Labor learn? You don't beat Pauline Hanson with facts

When will Labor learn? You don't beat Pauline Hanson with facts

Good policy makes good politics, Paul Keating used to say. The converse is not necessarily true. When the making of policy is subordinated to mere...

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Jack Waterford

Grow up. Stop cancelling each other and have a tough conversation

Grow up. Stop cancelling each other and have a tough conversation

I think I'd love to have philosophers in charge of everything. Subscribe now for unlimited access. Login or signup to continue reading I feel...

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Jenna Price

Catherine King accepts Qantas lifetime perk after $1m in flights

Catherine King accepts Qantas lifetime perk after $1m in flights

Federal Transport Minister Catherine King has accepted a lifetime Platinum status from Qantas. This astonishingly generous perk, accrued over a...

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The Canberra Times

Less gambling harm and viable clubs - the govt must deliver both

Less gambling harm and viable clubs - the govt must deliver both

For an older Canberran living alone, the local club may be the one place they regularly go where someone knows their name. Losing it means more than...

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Craig Shannon

Is there a legal reason why Australia's Frontier Wars can't be recognised and commemorated?

Is there a legal reason why Australia's Frontier Wars can't be recognised and commemorated?

In 1998, the then-prime minister John Howard rejected the idea that the Australian War Memorial should commemorate Aboriginal people who died in the...

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Dr Samuel White

They infiltrate our lives then leave way too soon

They infiltrate our lives then leave way too soon

I've been living under intense surveillance for the past 13 years. Every movement monitored. Every step followed. Every conversation overheard....

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Garry Linnell

How property developers turn cheap community land into profits

How property developers turn cheap community land into profits

We're hoping that the ACT planning minister is brave enough to send a signal to developers that it's not okay to grab community use sites,...

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Letters To The Editor

The Big Splash saga is the farce that keeps on giving

The Big Splash saga is the farce that keeps on giving

Access Canberra, aka the Territory Planning Authority, had all the chance in the world to save Big Splash as a water park for the national capital....

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Megan Doherty

How we measure production is producing problems

How we measure production is producing problems

Gross domestic product (GDP) is a flawed measure. Economists have known this for as long as we've been measuring it. Subscribe now for unlimited...

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Adam Triggs

Someone tell Mr High IQ, 'It's the war, stupid.'

Clinton election strategist James Carville was on the money in 1992 when he coined the phrase "It's the economy, stupid." Subscribe now...

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John Hanscombe

Talk about an AI kill switch might be too late

Who knows when and how the end will come for humanity? Will an overheated climate make life impossible? Or will artificial intelligence (AI) decide...

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John Hanscombe