Esther Anatolitis
While responses to the prime minister’s AI speech have largely focused on the new Office of AI and its regulatory agenda, it was his recognition of AI as pivotal to a successful democracy that has the greatest cultural impact on Australia’s future.
Australia’s climate policy is back in the spotlight after the 'shameless' New South Wales Government was given the greenlight to use carbon credits to help fund its long-promised Great Koala National Park – a move critics argue relies on dodgy offsets.
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The Australian Labor Party looks set to include a new tax regime for the export gas industry in their party platform at next week’s ALP National Conference in Adelaide, according to reporting in the Australian Financial Review over the weekend.
The New South Wales Government has been accused of orchestrating “one of the bigger environmental frauds in Australian history” by using a new carbon credits method to fund a long-promised national park.
Former defence minister Christopher Pyne has declared the $368 billion AUKUS nuclear-powered submarine program “unstoppable”, telling a public inquiry Parliament should have no role in deciding Australia’s national security arrangements.
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Australia's largest super fund answered just 1 in 10 calls during an independent mystery shopper study that found none of Australia's major funds are delivering an acceptable standard of customer service.
Australia has spent decades giving away its gas for free because politicians and senior officials have been unwilling to admit they were "conned" by the industry, according to Australia Institute co-CEO Dr Richard Denniss.
A court battle over a climate protest at Woodside Energy’s Perth headquarters has reignited calls for Australian governments to introduce laws to prevent large corporations from using costly legal action to silence critics.
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