Authoritarian bans on AI won’t work
Artificial intelligence is evolving at an unprecedented pace, raising urgent questions about its impact on society. One of the latest …
Intergenerational Commentaries
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Banning under 16s? Maybe we could try literally any less draconian measure first
Australia has become the first country in the world to attempt banning social media for children under 16.
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Aged care deal a small step to fairer system for young workers
The move toward greater self-sufficiency from aged care recipients is a commendable, albeit incomplete, step towards sustainability and generational equity. …
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Sceptical public pulling the plug on corporate virtue-signalling
There was a time when creating jobs, and creating wealth, and keeping consumers happy was all businesses needed to do …
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Why centre-right parties are failing Gen Z, millennial litmus test
Political failures are combining with increasingly progressive younger generations to present a clear danger for centre-right parties. It is well …
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Facts of life are conservative, but younger voters are lurching left
Margaret Thatcher said the facts of life are Conservative. Even Labor icons Bob Hawke and Paul Keating agreed with the …
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The Coalition can create generational voting change by tackling housing affordability
Australia’s centre-right political movement is in trouble. This may have seemed obvious from the fact that the Coalition lost elections …
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Coalition can’t bypass Gen Z, millennial challenge
Despite having been in office for 20 of the last 27 years, predictions of the Coalition’s political death have proliferated …
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Covid-era policies cost young people $116bn
Our policymakers have yet to apologise for or even recognise the scale of the damage that government Covid-era policies have …
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Why we need to track intergenerational school performance
The notion of the ‘fair go’ is meant to be central to Australia’s national ethos. It’s not easy to define, …