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Vapes, pills and policy drift
Analysis of regulatory inconsistency across vaping, medicinal cannabis and pill-testing policy
When Systems Decide: Responsibility in the Age of Automated Governance
How automated systems in Australia are reshaping accountability without removing human control
Public Safety and the Limits of Youth Justice Policy
Analysis of youth crime, policy responses and public anxiety
2026 and Still Squeezed
Analysis of why full-time work no longer guarantees financial security in Australia
How Suburban Voices Get Filtered Out
Analysis of representation, planning systems and political attention in Australia’s suburbs
Policy Paralysis: Australia's Structural Decline Under Albanese
Analysis of structural policy constraints facing Australia as 2026 begins
The Bureaucratic Toll: Why Australia’s Cannabis Gatekeeping Is Failing
Analysis of how Australia’s medicalised cannabis framework creates cost, legal risk and unequal access while lagging international reforms
The Cost of Globalism: Australia’s Self-Inflicted Internal Collapse
Analysis of how international ambition has outpaced domestic delivery in housing, energy and basic governance
The 2026 Momentum Map: Tech's High-Beta Open
Nvidia remains liquidity king as momentum hunters eye Micron, Palantir, Tesla, and Apple for high-volatility trades to start 2026.
Time, not just money
Analysis of time, not just money
The Vanishing Weekends
Analysis of shrinking discretionary time and rising time pressure in Australia
Law After Bondi: Safety vs Civil Liberties
How one terror incident reshapes migration, policing and surveillance debates in Australia
The Silent Health Rationing
Analysis of how access to healthcare in Australia is increasingly shaped by cost, delay and geography
Super, Side Hustles and ETFs
Analysis of super, side hustles and ETFs
Insured or On Your Own? Climate Risk Is Quietly Rewriting Australia's Housing Map
Insured or On Your Own? Climate Risk Is Quietly Rewriting Australia's Housing Map
US Chip Giants Drive Global AI Demand
Australian tech exposure rides on Nvidia and Micron through data centers and networks
Generation squeeze
Analysis of generation squeeze
From Gaza to the CBD: What the Palestine Protests Really Tell Us About Australia
From Gaza to the CBD: What the Palestine Protests Really Tell Us About Australia
Digital dependence
Analysis of digital dependence
Climate anxiety vs climate action
Climate anxiety vs climate action
Nasdaq Tech Stocks: Growth or Overvaluation?
AI-driven gains push valuations to extremes as investors question which names deliver real earnings
Banks in an age of AI and high rates
Banks in an age of AI and high rates
Net-Zero Rules Are Steering Australian Money
Climate alignment requirements shape where super funds and regulators invest member savings
Australia’s cannabis sector sits in an odd spot
Australia’s cannabis sector sits in an odd spot
Healthcare's comeback trade
Analysis of healthcare's comeback trade
Australian Tech, Minus the Hype: Infrastructure, Science and the Reality Check
A look at where Australia’s technology growth is substantive, and where expectations often run ahead of outcomes
The New Energy Bill Shock
Analysis of the new energy bill shock
ASX 2026 playbook: materials, banks or tech – which sectors actually justify the risk?
ASX 2026 playbook: materials, banks or tech – which sectors actually justify the risk?
Resources, China and the 'de-risking' dilemma
Resources, China and the 'de-risking' dilemma
AI at Work: Which Australian Jobs Are Actually on the Line?
AI at Work: Which Australian Jobs Are Actually on the Line?
The Rent Trap: How Housing Costs Are Rewriting the Australian Life Plan
The Rent Trap: How Housing Costs Are Rewriting the Australian Life Plan
The mental health backlog
Analysis of Australia’s mental health backlog and the systems that sustain it
The "working poor" in a rich country
The "working poor" in a rich country
Post‑election fatigue
Analysis of post‑election fatigue
Housing as a political fault line
Housing as a political fault line
Dividends vs growth in a fragile world
Dividends vs growth in a fragile world