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Illustration: John Shakespeare.

If Paul Keating was Placido Domingo, Jim Chalmers is more Michael Buble

After only a year and a half as treasurer, Chalmers shows promise. So far, however, he has only just cleared his throat.

  • Peter Hartcher

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Gen Next gaining the upper hand in arm wrestle between young and old

As younger Australians in cities increasingly decide who governs, they will earn the right politically to also decide what taxes they pay and what services they fund.

  • George Megalogenis
Only 35.4 per cent of teachers would recommend the profession to others.

Our future report card shows the writing’s on the wall, but can we read it?

Younger Australians are being told to expect a tougher future than previous generations on housing, education, income and climate. That gloomy picture demands action.

  • David Crowe
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‘A lot of nonsense’: It’s time to call out LinkedIn

The self-congratulatory world of LinkedIn throws an upbeat veneer over the corporate world’s lack of virtue.

  • Lucinda Holdforth
Facial recognition is just one area where AI presents a major ethical challenge for our society.

The ‘world’s most controversial company’ and the double-edged power of AI

Facial recognition is a particularly fraught application of AI.

  • Campbell Wilson
Australia On The Brink by Ian Lowe.

Why Australia needs to change its thinking on growing the economy

There are two groups who are critically affected by what we do to the natural environment but cannot possibly reflect their wishes in the market: all future generations, and all other species.

  • Ian Lowe
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A march for makarrata from Sydney’s Hyde Park to NSW parliament in 2018.

We need to have a talk about Reconciliation and what it means

If we are to have justice, there must also be a sharing of wealth and power, truth-telling and a recognition of sovereignty.

  • Inala Cooper
The pandas Xiao Xiao and Fei Fei, loaned to Australia by China for our Bicentenary celebrations; Scott Morrison speaking to the press in Canberra.

What two pandas can teach us about dealing with China

Australia needs to put to one side the more difficult issues in the relationship, and to learn that megaphone diplomacy is entirely counterproductive.

  • Carrillo Gantner
Are we a good corporate citizen?

The case for decency: Are we a good global citizen?

Australia likes to think of itself as a good international citizen but our overall record has been patchy at best, lamentable at worst, and is presently embarrassingly poor.

  • Gareth Evans
ABC boss David Anderson with fan favourites Gardening Australia host Costa Georgiadis and Bluey.

ABC can take hits and still make hits, as long as you’re in its corner

The ABC is under political and commercial pressure, but its managing director says it’s well-placed to weather the storm.

  • David Anderson

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