Month: April 2025

Paranoia manifests in various ways. It can eat away individuals in desperate solitude, whittling away sanity and balance. It can be enlisted in the making of policy. The latter can be particularly dangerous, notably when readying […]

Winston Smith opened his eyes and focused on the drab room that he called his home. Chanting from the streets below reminded him that it was Liberation Day – a euphemism referring to the population […]

Continued from Part 1 In Part 2, I explore hypothetical scenarios, so think of this article as a mix of personal opinions and potential outcomes. Australia’s Potential Response Australia is in a tricky spot with […]

Monash University Media Release Dr Isaac Gross, Department of Economics, Monash Business School suggests that: “The RBA held interest rates steady today as they await for the next set of quarterly inflation figures to see […]

By Maria Millers When was the last time you had a meaningful conversation with a friend or relative over coffee or over a drink with a mate while watching football? In previous generations, political discussions […]

There has been a fascinating, near unanimous condemnation among the cognoscenti about the seemingly careless addition of Jeffrey Goldberg of The Atlantic to the chat chain of Signal by US National Security Advisor Michael Waltz. […]

In this hallowed land downunder, where change is underway, Lies a spark, untamed and fierce, that will not fade away. It’s a flame that feeds on anger, on the wrongs we can’t ignore, It’s a […]

Monash University Media Release The generation of deepfakes during election campaigns is becoming more sophisticated, with advanced techniques in: Human-centred artificial intelligence Audio-visual deepfakes Computer vision Associate Professor Abhinav Dhall from Monash University’s Department of […]