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Canavan staggeringly wrong on working holidaymakers

Nationals’ Leader Matt Canavan’s recent statements about working holiday makers are so stag ...  
Business pushes trickle-down myth then blames government for its inevitable failure

Historic economic growth and productivity gains have largely failed to translate into broadly ...  
Australia’s extraction machine goes digital

Australia’s colonial extraction economy has gone digital, using fear, AI hype and worker expl ...  
AI near misses: The space between potential and catastrophe

The goal is enough AI near-miss transparency to show what went wrong, who noticed, who acted and ...  
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EDITORIAL: Big Tech — When 1984 meets The Godfather

It's obvious that technology will evolve and that the development of artificial intelligence is i ...  
AI job applicant screening — the law still applies

We were promised the machine would make hiring fairer. Instead, it made the unfairness quieter.  
Australia's biggest companies still fall short on gender equality

A new benchmark of Australia's largest listed companies reveals a persistent gap between gend ...  
Australia's workforce crisis starts with unpaid placement

Australia says it desperately needs teachers, nurses, social workers and care professionals, yet ...  
Skilled visa invites reveal Australia's workforce priorities

Australia's latest skilled visa invitations reveal which occupations the Government considers most ...  
The economic problem AI can't solve on its own

Artificial intelligence may boost productivity and profits, but without sufficient demand in the ...  
Forced labour tariffs: U.S. hypocrisy writ large but don't make a diplomatic fuss

Forced labour rhetoric is being weaponised as trade tariffs by the Trump Administration.  
AFR Rich List offers a scorecard of Australian inequality

The Rich List reveals a system that concentrates wealth and narrows the pathways to economic ...  
Lucky for some: Australia’s per capita recession

Despite economic growth and rising profits, many Australians have experienced a decade of stagnant ...  
The richer Australians get, the sadder they become, data shows

While the economy recorded its best year ever in 2025, life dissatisfaction hit a new low.  
Suggested Cabinet submission for 2026-27 migration and humanitarian program

The Albanese Government is about to consider a cabinet submission on the 26-27 migration program. ...  
Should the ABC be privatised? A modest (re-e)valuation

ABC staff walked off the job last week and the public broadcaster instantly switched to BBC pr ...  
Stiff penalties for workplace deaths are doing their job

Controversial initiatives to curb worker fatalities appear to be effective. Alan Austin reports ...  
Australia rejoins the global economic elite

The 2025 fourth quarter results confirm Australia’s economy is again among the world’s best ...  
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