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The best approach to managing the adjustment to the age of artificial intelligence would be for Labor to get the fundamentals of economic management...
The brain drain at the agency is extremely worrying at a time when Australia’s total public debt is soon to pass the $1 trillion mark.
The New Zealand example is a far cry from the secretive way the Albanese government handles the formulation of contentious policies.
Waiting for big military hardware to arrive appears to be preparing to fight the last war, as asymmetric and autonomous weapons revolutionise warfare.
The government is now rightly, if belatedly, seizing the reform opportunity, which hopefully will help return the scheme to something closer to its...
More rigid and fractious labour relations will inevitably make Australia less attractive as a destination for investment.
The travel free-for-all sends exactly the wrong signal to Victorians about what is required to fix the state’s dire budget predicament.
Should Firmus’ float on the ASX proceed, it will be a test of broader market sentiment, and may validate the hype or puncture the bubble around AI...
Should Firmus’s float on the ASX proceed, it will be a test of broader market sentiment, and may either validate the hype or puncture the bubble...
The true test is whether the budget shifts the dial on key policy settings in directions conducive to building a bigger, faster-growing and more...
The execution challenge is to get the full bang for the buck by implementing the strategic review on time and on budget.
The plan to impose a retrospective tax on foreign investors is a politically opportunistic attempt to bail out the budget that sets a dangerous...
The nation must reassert, as a social norm, the expectation that migrants leave ancient hatreds at the border and don’t import such divisions into...
The bottom line is that genuine reform to bend the NDIS cost curve down means some people will miss out. Labor must now do that policy hard yakka in...
Ideally, the government would not rely solely on demand-side pump priming, but would also focus on sharpening productivity and growth incentives.
In today’s era of increasing uncertainty, investing in regional stability isn’t just a prudent policy but the price of preserving our sovereign...
The leader of the free world has agreed to negotiations with an Iranian regime that is still standing, even if it’s on piles of rubble and dead...
Making sure there is bitumen to drive on in the future requires applying a road-user charge to EVs to replace the current source of road funding.
Labor needs to show leadership and set out why a properly run migrant program is in the national interest, rather than resorting to knee-jerk...
Critics tend to reduce Judeo-Christianity to a right-wing slogan arrayed against those associated with multiculturalism, “political correctness”...
It seems the fog of war is being used to rationalise spraying more cash on cost-of-living relief, in alignment with Albanese’s “no one left...
The Albanese government’s prospects of retaining voter goodwill will depend on its ability to look beyond the immediate fire.
Rebuilding our lost sovereignty will require government to rein in profligate spending on industry losers and stop treating the budget as a bottomless...
Australia needs to avoid indulging in political slush funds dressed up as “industrial policy” and pivot towards a smarter, future-looking strategy.
Giants such as Anthropic want to invest fortunes in Australia for infrastructure, and Australia wants their money, but the government must play its...
The EU deal may not be what every sector wanted, but in a world that is more contested and uncertain, it provides a valuable insurance policy for...
To restore confidence the Albanese government must level with the public about the risks facing the country and what it is doing to mitigate them.
The irony of the SA election result is that the grievances driving One Nation supporters are occurring on Labor’s watch, but the Liberals are...
In a free market, the ultimate arbiter of the technology company co-founder’s character will be the prospective investor.
If geopolitics worsens Australia’s pre-existing economic malaise, doing nothing about the condition of the budget could be the biggest risk of all.
Mike Henry’s appetite for change defied initial perceptions. Now Brandon Craig must prepare for gathering storms.
In turning a blind eye to CFMEU misdeeds, the premier failed to uphold proper ministerial and governance standards.
The central bank’s experiment means borrowers face higher mortgage repayments on top of additional cost-of-living pressures imported from the crisis...
Just as APRA is recalibrating financial risk regulation to reflect the changing environment, policymakers need to balance the threats and...
It’s one thing to be hesitant of Australia’s navy joining the US in Iran, it’s another when it lacks the military capacity to protect strategic...
If disruptions intensify, politicians may well find themselves dusting off the emergency playbook of the 1970s, including odd-even number plate...
The hope now is that the commissioner’s vast judicial powers can overcome a disorderly start to provide the forensic accountability the Bondi...
If too much red tape stops AI companies from setting up shop in Australia, we will end up having little to regulate.
Current policy settings may have worked during a more benign era of globalisation, but just-in-time supply chains risk arriving too little and too...
The uncertainty about Australia’s future iron ore riches should serve as a wake-up call about policy complacency.
For Australia, the best hedge against rising strategic risks is to stay focused on the fundamentals.
Modern law expects significantly more from boardrooms than the “languid, listless indifference of gentleman directors” tolerated in earlier eras.
Until we address the bloat in the non-market sector and reject more leave for less work, we are effectively subsidising our own economic sunset.
The nation’s overarching dilemma is a lack of dynamism due to a culture of political caution and red tape. Even in the AI age, the iron laws of...
Companies should prioritise retaining and supporting women in senior roles so that the talent is there when the top job becomes available.
CEOS are increasingly vocal about our economic malaise, and problems that are risking the country’s participation in the global AI data centres boom.
The only way to avoid the revenge that would otherwise be wrought on the regime’s opponents appears to be a protracted civil war.
Despite promising efficiency, artificial intelligence-related crime is bleeding resources, time and trust from bodies such as NDIA and the workplace...
The Anthropic stand-off marks a watershed moment in the escalating clash between Silicon Valley ethics and national security interests.
The obvious sensitivities around disability and mental health accentuate the political challenge of scaling back the insurance scheme.
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