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'It’s easy to see how agentic AI could play a role (and undoubtedly already is) in how we interface with health care,' says Ben O'Shea

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Dr Google has its place but be sure to get a second opinion

Unfortunately there aren’t many jobs that require a worker to count to 100, so we still haven’t discovered a career that is future-proof in the age of AI.

Ben O'Shea

Ben O'Shea

Where does this all end? What’s next? Does Mr Albanese go on and play truth or dare?

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Albo’s sex quiz raises questions about modern politics

Where does this all end? What’s next? Does Mr Albanese go on and play truth or dare?

Pat Conroy’s description of Liberal hero Robert Menzies as a ‘nazi appeaser’ has reignited the history wars.

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Conroy’s ‘nazi appeaser’ Menzies smear a simple distraction

Curtin or Menzies: who’s your favourite wartime PM? Within the halls of Parliament, this is a question taken very, very seriously.

Andrew Greene

Andrew Greene

Where was the outrage from the Labor women who have berated any signs of sexism from the other side of the chamber?

OpinionVideoCommentsWhere are all the Labor feminists after PM’s Kylie comment?

The PM’s ‘apology’ for saying he’d shag Kylie Minogue was more than simply crude. But where was the outrage from the Labor women who have berated any signs of sexism from the other side of the chamber?

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Latika M Bourke

It’s telling that Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has decided on this occasion to “unequivocally” apologise.

OpinionVideoCommentsKylie not only one who deserves apology from ‘creepy’ Albo

CAMERON MILNER: The Prime Minister has finally discovered the word ‘sorry’. There’s plenty of other people who deserve an apology, even more than Kylie.

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President Donald Trump (right) and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

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Viruses don’t care whether you die — we need leaders that do

Let the US’ chaotic Centre of Disease Control be a lesson to any Australian wannabe influencers who solicit political and financial support from vaccine sceptics and their libertarian travelling companions.

Niall Mc Ilroy

There are a few services that taxpayers expect will be provided for their families. To know that our kids can get a good education should not be underestimated.

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Public schools need to be brought into the modern age

There are a few services that taxpayers expect will be provided for their families. To know that our kids can get a good education should not be underestimated. 

If a simple sneeze once sent people rushing to Dr Google and spiralling through webpage after webpage of online medical advice, the latest health hazard is even more unsettling. 

OpinionCommentsPremiumWhen AI plays doctor, diagnosis gets dangerous

If a simple sneeze once sent people rushing to Dr Google and spiralling through webpage after webpage of online medical advice, the latest health hazard is even more unsettling. 

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Roger Cook (left) has a big decision to make on who replaces Paul Papalia in Cabinet - if, as expected, he quits politics.

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Roger Cook’s cabinet headache as Papalia retirement looms

With speculation mounting Paul Papalia will call time on his career this week, Roger Cook could be announcing a new minister. Who will get the golden cannoli (Joe Spagnolo’s nickname for Cabinet promotions)?

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Nat Locke

THAT’S LIFE My latest episode in Things I’ve Observed in Other Countries

This time I’m in South Korea and seeing as I’ve been here for, like, days now, I feel qualified to wax lyrical about the things I’ve seen. Let’s call it cultural exchange.

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Former SAS commander Ben Pronk pictured at his Mosman Park home, Perth, on Wednesday. Ben has written a book on happiness titled ‘We’re All Going to Die’. Carwyn Monck

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What a former SAS commander can tell us about happiness

Ben Pronk is an annoying over-achievers who blows the grade curve for the rest of us. He is a former SAS commander who now runs a successful corporate advisory business, sketches and reads about philosophy.

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Ben Harvey

Australians are right to be proud of our Socceroos. Pictured: Cristian Volpato.

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Australians right to be proud of our heroic Socceroos

Against buoyant co-hosts USA, a more star-studded Turkey line-up and feisty South Americans Paraguay, the World Cup was never going to be easy. But from the outset, the Aussie fighting spirit came to the fore.

Andy Burnham, Labour MP for Makerfield, takes a "Selfie" with the Parliamentary Labour Party.

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Burnham the ‘messiah’ for Britain with no solution

Britain is going through a slow-motion bloodless coup that points ominously to the continuing deterioration of the established system of western democracy.

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Paul Murray

Caleb Serong of the Dockers thanks fans during the round 16 AFL match between Fremantle Dockers and Gold Coast Suns at Optus Stadium.

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Many reasons to get on board new Flagmantle

For those who are not on board, it is time to get your ticket.

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Ben Stokes celebrates hitting the winning runs for England to win the Third Test against Australia at Headingley in 2019. Opposite page: Andrew Flintoff, Shane Warne and Ian Botham.

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Ben Stokes shattered me, but I’ll never stop admiring him

Heroes are not only born in moments of triumph, but they are forged in the quiet refusal to accept that all is lost, even when the odds are stacked impossibly high. 

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Opposition Leader Basil Zempilas.

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State Government has it all wrong on hospitals and housing

West Australians don’t begrudge major events. What they begrudge is a Government that can always find millions for another event but refuses to tell taxpayers the real cost.

Niall Mc Ilroy

Member for Canning Andrew Hastie and the Leader of the Opposition Angus Taylor arrive at the House of Representatives on Thursday.

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Why Angus Taylor’s winter of discontent is about to deepen

ANDREW GREENE: The Opposition Leader’s ‘memorably bad’ Midwinter Ball speech has sparked more Liberal Party soul searching as rival Andrew Hastie issues a defiant poll pledge.

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Leader of the Opposition Angus Taylor.

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The phrase a week is a long time in politics seems dated

The Liberal leader is set to head around the country on a winter break blitz in a bid to drum up support.

Labor strategists seem convinced voters will eventually get on board with their tax reform. That may be a severe miscalculation, writes Mark Riley.

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Labor burning through store of goodwill as grievances grow

Labor strategists seem convinced voters will eventually get onboard with their tax reform. That may be a severe miscalculation.

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Letters to the editor must contain the author’s full name, address and daytime contact number.

Letter to the EditorLetter to the Editor: Anniversary of Albany submarine tests

June 20 marked the anniversary of a little-known World War II breakthrough in Albany that involved submarines, torpedoes, and a fishing net, writes Commodore Bob Trotter. 

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The current subdivision rules in R20 zoned areas make little sense considering blocks as small as 120sqm are already being sold in new estates in outer lying areas.

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Moves to boost housing density in Perth long overdue

About 50,000 families will wake up in a year’s time and be hundreds of thousands of dollars richer.

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Kim Macdonald

The Australind Train leaving Pinjarra Station.

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Full steam ahead with our locally made trains and buses

Fantastic news as we unveiled the first of four new trains for the Australind service, providing a more comfortable and convenient journey for passengers between Perth and our South West.

Rita Saffioti

Anthony Albanese is taking credit for the impact his Budget is having on the housing market.

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Is it too harsh to call Labor’s housing policy a punt? Maybe. But it is clearly a leap of faith — Mr Albanese has nailed his colours to the mast, and he is taking credit for what is unfolding.

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Budget victory lap by Labor is pure Canberra

Inside the Canberra bubble, the Government is celebrating a Budget many Australians are still struggling to make sense of.