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AI electricity use: a lot or a little

One big grift

Scrap the National Anti-Corruption Commission*

"Entrepreneurs" should pay the same tax as the rest of us

A bit more on the decline of maritime power

I wrote a book today

The lessons of Project Freedom

Pet Haidt

Is that all there is ?

Albanese's second term: one year in (Part 2)

Albanese's second term: one year in (Part 1)

An off-ramp from the Middle East

Remembering a tragedy

What if we just stopped hyperscaling

Bobby, I Hardly Knew You

The court ruling in Gina Rinehart’s mining dispute reveals a lot about the nation’s inherited wealth

How many babies do we want ?

Good news from Hungary

Older Australians are healthier than ever, but this hasn’t changed the way we talk or think about over-70s

Robots and ravens

What now for Labor and the Greens ?

The Davidson window closes

The breakup of the Liberal Party

The four corners of the world

AI job layoffs are here: it’s time to revive the push for shorter working hours

What does Labor stand for? Itself

Fifteen years after Fukushima

Time to break with Trump and Albanese

Every child should be wanted

Scattered thoughts on Trump and Netanyahu's war against the Iranian regime

Fixing the National Electricity Grid

Economic possibilities for my grandchildren

LLMs reaching the tipping point

The US state has proved itself dispensable

Coles’ shameless ‘Down Down’ promotions have been exposed. So why aren’t they even trying to rebuild trust?

Sleepless in suburbia

Solar PV: Has the irrestible force run out of power?

TUSNACO

False Alarm

Liberals polling in single digits

A New Hope

A sad Day for Australia

The teen social media ban that wasn't

Utilitarianism: it all went wrong with Sidgwick

Australia dreams away Asia Pacific realities

What are the odds of US democracy surviving Trump?