The author of this paper argues that Australia must invest in sovereign capability in artificial intelligence (AI), with a public good imperative to service the community’s ongoing needs. Taxing large technology companies appropriately, and generating special levies, or charging them for the datasets they use, could contribute towards developing a sovereign, public AI infrastructure in...

This article describes the tight rope walked by regulators in carefully navigating the need to positively engage with the sector they regulate while also ensuring standards are enforced.

This article argues that to reduce the burden of unhealthy diets, there is a clear need for government-led action to disrupt the balance of power that currently favours commercial interests over public health.

The relationship between a regulator and the organisations it regulates – like any relationship – should never be taken for granted. Much media attention is given to regulators who are too close to the entities they regulate. This article also discusses the opposite end of the spectrum where the relationship is distant, confrontational or non-existent.

This article details how corporate practices have evolved and changed over the past two decades and gives some definition to what this new political economy signifies for the wider behaviours of corporations producing and selling harmful commodities.