• 24 October 2023

    What is the potential for AI to automate repetitive, low complexity tasks in knowledge sectors? And what can government do to manage this transition?

    Ian Opperman (with ChatGPT)

  • 18 October 2023

    Grasping the opportunities and managing the risks of generative AI is a generational challenge. The eSafety Commissioner explains how Australia is starting to tackle this issue.

    Julie Inman Grant

  • 25 August 2023

    Australia has joined the race to regulate AI – but we aren’t paying enough attention to the gender-related challenges generated by these systems. Here’s how we can start to fix that.

    Ramona Vijeyarasa

  • 15 August 2023

    Generative AI is here to stay. But with a nuanced understanding of the technology, sophisticated regulation and a long-term view, we can minimise its harms and capitalise on its transformative potential.

    Ian Oppermann

  • 25 October 2022

    Australia has world-leading research on recycling and green manufacturing. Here’s how the right policy settings can harness it.

    Veena Sahajwalla

  • 29 August 2022

    Digital technologies offer an opportunity to tackle Australia’s youth mental health crisis. But effective solutions will require us to think innovatively and listen to the voices of young people with first-hand experience.

    Amira Skeggs

  • 18 August 2022

    While fiscal stimulus applied during the COVID-19 crisis has boosted employment, the much bigger challenge remains productivity and wage stagnation. This will require an ambitious national reform agenda to transform Australian industry.

    Roy Green

  • 9 May 2022

    Australia’s material footprint per capita is rising. But with the right policies, we can break the nexus between depleting our ecological resources and improving economic growth.

    Kar Mei Tang

  • 9 May 2022

    COVID-19 reminded us that insights from the lab and the social world must be considered in tandem to tackle some of our hardest public health challenges.

    Peter Doherty

  • 9 May 2022

    Almost all the materials used for electrification are finite. Waste recycling should play a major role in the transition to a decarbonized economy.

    Veena Sahajwalla