Bernard Keane

The Albanese government gives the appearance of governing, but look closely and there's nothing there except absurdities. It's the AI slop of governments.

Young people are suffering from 'brain rot', claims the AFR, and it's all due to social media. But there's another reason why young people are so unhappy.

The problem with AI is no-one is quite sure what its impacts will be. They could be positive or negative, significant or colossal. So how do governments prepare?

In a reversal from April, ratings agency S&P says Australia's fiscal position is sound. But cheerleaders for austerity and a punitive economy don't want to know about it.

Individual taxpayers kept last year's budget deficit down to a small number. But one form of organised crime is paying less and less tax.

Yet again, the government is handing taxpayer money to a company steeped in Palestinian blood: Elbit Systems. It's quite a contrast to Anthony Albanese's posturing on recognising Palestine.

Andrew Hastie is nostalgic for when we had a car industry — but is too young to know it was all about grubby bribes to multinationals. Too bad Labor has the same obsession.

On defence and climate, the Albanese government can only double down on policies that clearly aren't working. It appears incapable of understanding the real challenges Australia faces.

America is fast becoming a fascist autocracy; some argue it already has. Are Australian policymakers grappling with what this means for our security?

While it's plenty of fun to watch the Liberal Party implode, the racism displayed by some of the party's supporters is no laughing matter.