Is This Another Watershed Event?
The BSA may be an unwitting catalyst for rolling back the administrative state.
Technology
The Gene Tech Bill: Profit Over People
The implications are chilling: home gardeners saving seeds, small-scale farmers maintaining heritage breeds or families keeping backyard hens could find themselves in breach of new bioengineering compliance rules.
This Is Embedding More Co-Governance
We shouldn’t have a regulatory regime based on race and rent seeking. As it stands, the bill is a recipe for expensive rent seeking from those who will see it as an opportunity to hold up or ‘tax’ applications for gene and crop technology.
The Passage of the Gene Technology Bill
The Health Committee has examined the Gene Technology Bill and recommends by majority that it be passed.
The Tyranny of Digital ID
Digital ID is a trojan horse for an invasive surveillance state.
Happy Birthday, Sputnik!
How a beachball-sized satellite launch in the bucolic ’50s set off the Space Age.
Yes Virginia, AI Is Coming for Your Job
If you’re a middle manager, AI is coming for your job. Who is safe? Tradies and jobs involving some sort of human creativity or judgement beyond what AI can or will ever do. And we will always need people to work one step above AI. But overall, yes, AI is coming for your job.
The Kids Are All Right
How they’re beating government spyware before it’s even in place.
Could Lithium Batteries Be Programmed to Explode?
The lesson for the rest of the world is that we must learn to recognise these new tactics of warfare.
Digital ID: What Is It Good For?
Never mind ‘Smash the gangs!’ when you can smash the glass and deploy the emergency digital ID cards debate instead. Phew, that was close.