After only a year and a half as treasurer,Chalmers shows promise. So far,however,he has only just cleared his throat.
As younger Australians in cities increasingly decide who governs,they will earn the right politically to also decide what taxes they pay and what services they fund.
Younger Australians are being told to expect a tougher future than previous generations on housing,education,income and climate. That gloomy picture demands action.
The self-congratulatory world of LinkedIn throws an upbeat veneer over the corporate world’s lack of virtue.
Facial recognition is a particularly fraught application of AI.
There are two groups who are critically affected by what we do to the natural environment but cannot possibly reflect their wishes in the market:all future generations,and all other species.
If we are to have justice,there must also be a sharing of wealth and power,truth-telling and a recognition of sovereignty.
Australia needs to put to one side the more difficult issues in the relationship,and to learn that megaphone diplomacy is entirely counterproductive.
Australia likes to think of itself as a good international citizen but our overall record has been patchy at best,lamentable at worst,and is presently embarrassingly poor.
The ABC is under political and commercial pressure,but its managing director says it’s well-placed to weather the storm.
There needs to be a genuine public debate about what Australians want more and less of - and an end to our politics of fear around public spending.