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Monday July 13
“In an article about the Australia-Fiji Defence Pact, the writer states that "Australia has legitimate strategic concerns about China.” But she, like many other geopolitical commentators, does not spell out exactly what these concerns are. Does China have strategic designs on Australia? If so, in what way? Is there a possibility of China strangling Australia by blocking sea access to the rest of the world? If so, how and why? These questions have not been openly addressed or discussed, even though billions are being spent on preventing these unarticulated threats.“
Ranjan Yagoda
"The US aggression in the South China Sea obliged China to show military strength. Donald Trump’s stupid policy of asserting military dominance in the Pacific is only asking China to exert itself. China is our biggest trading partner while the US under Trump is a world financial gangster. Australia should become a non-aligned nation and get on with fighting global warming and get out of AUKUS.”
Raymond Martin, Bomaderry NSW
“Productivity is a euphemism for reduced human labour. Less than a decade ago, futurists were saying the AI would create more high quality job opportunities than it replaced. But only a few years later they had completely reversed that view. Now the combination of increasing use of specialised robotics for repetitive tasks, also in tasks that require exacting precision, plus AI information provision and decision making will massively reduce total working hours.”
Paul Loring
Tuesday July 14
“At the end of Michelle Grattan’s piece regarding Angus Taylor’s views on One Nation, there is Tommy Robinson’s piece extolling the virtues of our own Pauline Hanson. I can’t believe that the mainstream media can dump on Karl Stefanovic, remove him from a popular morning program and cancel his contract, when there has been a deafening silence about Pauline’s meeting with Robinson.”
Mary Goldstiver
“It is no surprise that female graduates are earning less when there is still so little understanding of what misogyny looks like and how pervasive it is. Until workplaces respect part-time requirements, create a less combative workplace and hiring culture then the boys club prevails. Workplaces like to talk up ‘diversity’; at the same time refusing to promote genuine inclusivity and productivity. It should also be said that if women are not safe working in mining, or any industry, then women are not equals in society.”
Jane Davis, Melbourne
“While I can see how a self-driving car would wonderfully enhance the independence of people with severe disabilities, I have serious doubts and fears about our increasing dependence upon AI. Almost every day, I see examples of bad, ignorant or selfish driving. A self-driving car can never safely replace a driver unless they run on rails like trains!”
Bobbie Oliver, Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Western Australia (UWA)
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