Opinions
OPINION
New gas won’t fix a broken system. It’s time to phase out fossil fuels
Climate impacts ranging from fires, floods, heatwaves, extreme cyclones and drought are already reshaping communities, livelihoods, and insurance policies across Australia.
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Students are only fake learning because universities are fake teaching
Artificial Intelligence is improving exponentially. There is a real threat that it could upend employment, security, art and even what it means to be human.
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Albanese wants universal childcare. How about paying mothers directly?
Anthony Albanese wants universal childcare to be his legacy. But, amidst the growing childcare crisis, many have questioned whether the sector is ready.
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Watered-down superannuation reform to go back to Parliament
Superannuation is supposed to be for retirement. Unfortunately, it has become like Australia’s own internal tax haven and inheritance scheme for wealthy people.
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Labor’s $100k dash to New York has already been vindicated
In early December, the papers raged at politicians’ use of travel entitlements. The media has a short memory.
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Harcourt fires show need for disaster levy
Those responsible for the climate crisis must be made to pay for the mess they have made.
OPINION
The unfair burden we put on our independent writers
Independent writers ventilate what is bubbling under the surface and, through their work, provide an agora for modern Australia. Without the input of creative thinkers, Australia would be a duller place. It would be less representative, and less safe.
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Why I withdrew from Adelaide Writers’ Week
Authoritarianism and its brutal brother fascism are rising all around us. They thrive on controlling, squashing and censoring ideas they do not like. I refuse to participate in that.
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Engaging with people you disagree with is part of democracy. Silencing authors is not.
The Australia Institute’s decision to withdraw its involvement in, and sponsorship of, Adelaide Writers’ Week was easy to make but raises difficult questions. As a research-based think tank, we thrive in the cut and thrust of disagreement, and we regularly participate in events, debates, and conversations with people we disagree with.
OPINION
Five lessons for the world from Australia’s battle with tech giants
Big technology companies, including Facebook, Google and Elon Musk’s X, have proven difficult for national governments to control. The Internet has been treated as a “Wild West” beyond government authority.
