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Canberra leaps into AI without a working safety net

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In the era of AI-generated news, readers value trust over customised content

Governments are hiding data, threatening democracy. Here’s how it affects you

AI and the news: How it helps, fails, and why that matters

Insecure and overworked: how it’s getting harder to pursue an academic career

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Breaking the billion-dollar addiction to consultants in government

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