Glenn Connley

April 1, 2026

Anthropic understands perhaps 5 or 10% of how its own model works

Head of the Artificial Intelligence firm Dario Amodei is in conversation with Grattan Institute head Dr Aruna Sathanapally. Mr Amodei points out that Artificial Intelligence…

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Taking Artificial Intelligence seriously at the Anthropic Artificial Intelligence forum

Anthropic, the firm behind the Artificial Intelligence tool “Claude”, has booked out the Great Hall in Parliament House for a forum. I’m…

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Wait! Angus has an idea. We should join the war in the Middle East.

Stop the presses. Angus Taylor has an idea. He reckons we should join stupid Trump’s stupid war. Ok, to be fair he…

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So, what’s on the agenda, PM?

The Prime Minister, who gives regular press conferences and is appearing at the press club tomorrow, has decided the current global debacle…

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PM to “address the nation”

We’re hearing Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will deliver an address to the nation, expected to be broadcast on all tv and radio…

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Faster giving, faster change: billions in philanthropy is moving too slowly to meet the moment

Australia has more than $11 billion sitting in philanthropic funds that have already received generous tax deductions. Much of that money is…

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PALM workers get a (tiny) bit of extra help

The Australia Institute has long campaigned to improve the failing Pacific Australia Labour Mobility (PALM) scheme. It is fundamentally flawed, grossly unfair…

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New research shows CGT discount driving up house prices

New research from the e61 Institute shows that the capital gains tax (CGT) discounting is distorting the housing market, pushing up prices,…

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The view from Mike Bowers

Mike was at the Health Minister and Treasurers’ press conferences this morning – and captured these images….

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Time to end the “generational lottery” – Greens respond to new housing data

Greens Housing spokesperson Senator Barbara Pocock says it’s time to stop cashed-up investors “turbocharging the housing crisis”. Reacting to today’s new data,…

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