Will AI become conscious? Or, at least, the version that has appeared in news headlines this year. Any minute now, we are ...

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The prime minister forcing the treasurer to backdown on proposed superannuation changes shows this government’s direction – ...

Tax reform isn’t about economics, it’s about democracy. While introductory economics teaches us that we should tax things we want less of and subsidise things we want more of, it is silent about how ...

John Anderson is a sixth-generation farmer and grazier from New South Wales, who spent 19 years in the Australian parliament including six years as deputy prime minister.

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Both Nettle and Brereton are entitled to judicial pensions – Nettle of about $366,000 a year and Brereton about $298,500. It is not clear whether they are receiving those on top of what they are being ...

Does a New Zealand start-up hoping to revolutionise the car-parts supply chain demonstrate how best to use AI? The story of New Zealand AI-based start-up Partly ticks a lot of the usual tech start-up ...

Wahidullah Waissi, Australian ambassador for Afghanistan, at the G7+ Ministerial Meeting in Dili, Timor-Leste, April 2025 As Taliban consular officers are permitted to enter Germany, attention turns ...