The government’s plan to fund Australian journalism through a levy on digital platforms rests on a sound premise: a healthy democracy depends on reliable information. But this latest attempt — following the shortcomings of the News Media Bargaining Code — is a high-risk move. We live in an era
Early voting is now in full swing for the coming Farrer election on May 9. The by-election is being framed as a temperature check of the right in federal politics, given the rise of One Nation and the collapse of the Liberal and National parties. The competition in the
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
We can't keep treating scams as private misfortunes in a digital marketplace that is increasingly complex, profitable and interconnected. read now...
Last February the White House released photos styling President Donald Trump as a king on social media. This week he got to host a genuine king, for the state visit of Charles III and Queen Camilla. During this week, the royals have been paraded around Washington and New York as
Tolga Akmen/ POOL EPA, Alex Brandon AP, The ConversationThere was a time when Elon Musk and Sam Altman were friends. But the two tech billionaires are now embroiled in a bitter legal battle in the United States that could reshape not just OpenAI, the artificial intelligence (AI) firm behind ChatGPT
By cracking down on protest and edging toward heavy-handed enforcement, NSW risks turning its police into politicised enforcers — a dangerous drift toward I.C.E.-style tactics. read now...
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
Fabrice Coffrini / Getty ImagesEarlier this month, multibillion-dollar US tech company Palantir posted on X a summary of its chief executive Alex Karp’s recent book, the portentously titled The Technological Republic: Hard Power, Soft Belief, and the Future of the West. The book and the post offer a kind
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi suffered a rare defeat last week after a bill to reserve one-third of seats in the lower house of parliament for women failed to get enough support. The bill was paired with another piece of legislation that would have set in motion the process
TkKurikawa/GettyAustralia’s inflation rate surged 1.1% in March, driven by a record jump in fuel prices, making an interest rate hike next Tuesday more likely. The consumer price index (CPI), released today, rose to 4.6% in the year to March, the first major economic indicator to show the impact of the
Pablo Vivaracho Hernandez/GettyAustralians are installing home batteries at a record rate. Since July 2025, more than 260,000 households, businesses and organisations have installed home batteries under the federal government’s Cheaper Home Batteries Program. The program offers a discount of about 30% on the upfront cost of installing eligible ...
The government’s plan to fund Australian journalism through a levy on digital platforms rests on a sound premise: a healthy democracy depends on reliable information. But this latest attempt — following the shortcomings of the News Media Bargaining Code — is a high-risk move. We live in an era
Early voting is now in full swing for the coming Farrer election on May 9. The by-election is being framed as a temperature check of the right in federal politics, given the rise of One Nation and the collapse of the Liberal and National parties. The competition in the
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
We can't keep treating scams as private misfortunes in a digital marketplace that is increasingly complex, profitable and interconnected. read now...
Last February the White House released photos styling President Donald Trump as a king on social media. This week he got to host a genuine king, for the state visit of Charles III and Queen Camilla. During this week, the royals have been paraded around Washington and New York as
Tolga Akmen/ POOL EPA, Alex Brandon AP, The ConversationThere was a time when Elon Musk and Sam Altman were friends. But the two tech billionaires are now embroiled in a bitter legal battle in the United States that could reshape not just OpenAI, the artificial intelligence (AI) firm behind ChatGPT
By cracking down on protest and edging toward heavy-handed enforcement, NSW risks turning its police into politicised enforcers — a dangerous drift toward I.C.E.-style tactics. read now...
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
Fabrice Coffrini / Getty ImagesEarlier this month, multibillion-dollar US tech company Palantir posted on X a summary of its chief executive Alex Karp’s recent book, the portentously titled The Technological Republic: Hard Power, Soft Belief, and the Future of the West. The book and the post offer a kind
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi suffered a rare defeat last week after a bill to reserve one-third of seats in the lower house of parliament for women failed to get enough support. The bill was paired with another piece of legislation that would have set in motion the process
TkKurikawa/GettyAustralia’s inflation rate surged 1.1% in March, driven by a record jump in fuel prices, making an interest rate hike next Tuesday more likely. The consumer price index (CPI), released today, rose to 4.6% in the year to March, the first major economic indicator to show the impact of the
Pablo Vivaracho Hernandez/GettyAustralians are installing home batteries at a record rate. Since July 2025, more than 260,000 households, businesses and organisations have installed home batteries under the federal government’s Cheaper Home Batteries Program. The program offers a discount of about 30% on the upfront cost of installing eligible ...