Wrote about Josh Papalii, the last player the Raiders will ever have who is older than me. Doesn't have anything to do with him breaking the appearances record but I've been thinking about it a lot. abc.net.au/news/2025-06-0…

The bravery and commitment of these officers chasing these offenders moments after they allegedly pumped a house full of bullets is truly amazing #NoOrdinaryDay in policing.

Great to talk to James Riley on AI and the future of work.

It would be nice if it were true. Employers DO NOT automatically transfer extra money they get from higher productivity to workers. In fact they have been keeping most of it for decades now.

We need to ensure that we have a pro-job, pro-growth, pro-worker agenda with the adoption of AI. This starts by making sure we have the settings right, that AI is safe and deployed in a way that is transparent and fair. theage.com.au/politics/feder…

AI companies are targeting universities but uni staff, who are best placed to understand its pedagogical implications, are rarely consulted about its use. Time to embed AI regulation in uni enterprise agreements. ⁦NTEU⁩ theguardian.com/technology/202…

MEDIA RELEASE: Workers from across Australia’s media, creative and entertainment sectors are calling on the government to introduce regulation of Artificial Intelligence, amid widespread concerns about stolen work and future job losses. meaa.io/46A34Mo

The overwhelming majority of respondents to our AI: Stop the Theft survey believe technology companies, such as Meta, Open AI, and Amazon, should be forced to pay for the work they steal to train their increasingly profitable AI models. #stopaitheft

Program: Unions push for AI protections abc.net.au/listen/program…

The ACTU will take to the economic roundtable tax proposals: - limit neg gearing & cap gains to 1 property and grandfather existing for 5 years - 25% min family trusts - 25% min for all ppl with income over $1mil/pa - 25% on gas export revenue - limit fuel rebate to $20mil

PRESS RELEASE: Productivity Commission’s shortsighted recommendations are a blueprint for theft of nation’s creative and cultural assets meaa.io/41fM7n1 #StopAITheft

Unions and media bosses align on protecting creative workers and their industries

Last year, I chaired a Senate inquiry into adopting AI, and one of our key recommendations was clear: Australia’s copyright laws must be enforced to ensure big tech fairly licenses and compensates artists, writers, and other creatives when their work is used to train AI models.