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The end is nigh for Opec

The end is nigh for Opec

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) choosing to quit the Opec oil cartel after nearly 60 years of membership is, to use President Trump’s parlance, ‘bigly’ big. The UAE’s departure removes around 15 per cent of the cartel’s production capacity, with some analysts already describing the move as ‘the beginning of the end of Opec’. Established in 1960 by Iran, ...
Why are women so anti-nuclear?

Why are women so anti-nuclear?

When I was a teenager, I became mildly obsessed with The Darwin Awards. The Darwin Awards, in their own words, ‘salute the improvement of the human genome by honoring those who accidentally remove themselves from it in a spectacular manner.’ They include a man who tested a supposedly broken detonator in his mouth (it wasn’t broken)  and a bloke who ...
The productivity problem hiding in plain sight

The productivity problem hiding in plain sight

On the back of a year-long ‘AI in Government’ benchmarking initiative in collaboration with The Mandarin, Liquid last week released ‘Speed. Safety. Scalability. A roadmap for responsible AI adoption in Australia’s public service’. In this article, Liquid Partner Steven Marrinan focuses on why leaders need to first understand where friction
Is ChatGPT losing its shine?

Is ChatGPT losing its shine?

Sam Altman has always been a charmer. At school he revelled in the art of persuasion, joining a school debate team and taking part in national tournaments. After charming his teachers, Altman graduated into charming investors, launching a startup at just 19 before working his way up to become president of Silicon Valley’s premier startup incubator, Y ...
Was King Charles’s Congress speech a success?

Was King Charles’s Congress speech a success?

President Trump lavished praise upon King Charles from the Oval Office at the outset of his four-day state visit to the United States. He called the monarch ‘a man of class’ and said ‘it’s great to have a king in here’. A conspicuous absence of ‘No Kings’ protests in the presence of a real king had not gone unnoticed. But it was Charles’s address to a ...
Tertiary education steward opens for business

Tertiary education steward opens for business

The federal government is one step closer to fulfilling the promise of the Universities Accord, with the formal opening of a guiding body for the higher education sector. Legislation establishing the Australian Tertiary Education Commission (ATEC) came into force on April 29, following the passage of legislation last month. ATEC

The end is nigh for Opec

The end is nigh for Opec
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) choosing to quit the Opec oil cartel after nearly 60 years of membership is, to use President Trump’s parlance, ‘bigly’ big. The UAE’s departure removes around 15 per cent of the cartel’s production capacity, with some analysts already describing the move as ‘the beginning of the end of Opec’. Established in 1960 by Iran, ...

Why are women so anti-nuclear?

Why are women so anti-nuclear?
When I was a teenager, I became mildly obsessed with The Darwin Awards. The Darwin Awards, in their own words, ‘salute the improvement of the human genome by honoring those who accidentally remove themselves from it in a spectacular manner.’ They include a man who tested a supposedly broken detonator in his mouth (it wasn’t broken)  and a bloke who ...

The productivity problem hiding in plain sight

The productivity problem hiding in plain sight
On the back of a year-long ‘AI in Government’ benchmarking initiative in collaboration with The Mandarin, Liquid last week released ‘Speed. Safety. Scalability. A roadmap for responsible AI adoption in Australia’s public service’. In this article, Liquid Partner Steven Marrinan focuses on why leaders need to first understand where friction

Is ChatGPT losing its shine?

Is ChatGPT losing its shine?
Sam Altman has always been a charmer. At school he revelled in the art of persuasion, joining a school debate team and taking part in national tournaments. After charming his teachers, Altman graduated into charming investors, launching a startup at just 19 before working his way up to become president of Silicon Valley’s premier startup incubator, Y ...

Was King Charles’s Congress speech a success?

Was King Charles’s Congress speech a success?
President Trump lavished praise upon King Charles from the Oval Office at the outset of his four-day state visit to the United States. He called the monarch ‘a man of class’ and said ‘it’s great to have a king in here’. A conspicuous absence of ‘No Kings’ protests in the presence of a real king had not gone unnoticed. But it was Charles’s address to a ...

Tertiary education steward opens for business

Tertiary education steward opens for business
The federal government is one step closer to fulfilling the promise of the Universities Accord, with the formal opening of a guiding body for the higher education sector. Legislation establishing the Australian Tertiary Education Commission (ATEC) came into force on April 29, following the passage of legislation last month. ATEC