NewsOpinion Off the Record: militant unionism returns to the red dirt battleground At their core, unions exist to protect worker’s rights and, more often than not, persuade employers to do things they don’t want to.
NewsOpinion Off The Record: To back Browse, we must believe we are doomed either way With a final recommendation on its Browse proposal looming, Woodside recently commissioned Deloitte to assess the project’s economic impacts.
NewsOpinion Off the Record: BHP’s decarb gap is getting harder to ignore Mining is still at times a dirty business that is, especially in Australia, frequently given a pass even in times of crisis.
NewsOpinion Off the Record: Labor may not get a chance to prove us wrong about the Budget The political establishment is cracking, in Australia and abroad. We should have listened when the US first warned us during the rise of Trump, and we should be taking notes now as party control diversifies in places like the UK.
NewsOpinion Off the Record: Circling the drain of centrism Bipartisanship is threatening to replace bravery in Parliament House. Consensus now serves as the mark of good politics. But reform does not begin with unanimity.
NewsOpinion Off the Record: What does the ‘kill chain’ have to do with your groceries? Palantir says it’s just a software company. Its manifesto suggests something much worse.
NewsOpinion Off the Record: The panic buying paradox Humans innately desire predictability. During times of crisis, it’s only natural to seek a sense of control in an unpredictable environment.
NewsOpinion Off the Record: Prediction markets, plastic straws and the new panopticon On Polymarket, crises are no longer lived realities; they are odds to watch and positions to take.
NewsOpinion Off the Record: A lack of curiosity killed the cat If you find that after less than a minute of mental effort your subconscious is nagging you to “just ask ChatGPT”, you may be letting go of your cognitive wheel and becoming a passenger to the “thoughts” of your LLM of choice.
NewsOpinion Off the Record: Do space barons dream of electric fleets? Our traditional industries are scrambling to keep the lights on. Ordinary people are weighing the gamble of filling a tank. And even Elon Musk, long fixated on building a “self-growing city” on Mars, has pulled his gaze back to the Moon.
