The unfortunate events of Thursday 16 September – in which the Queensland Parliament voted through assisted suicide legislation at 61-30 votes –  bring to mind neither blame nor judgement for the foolish supporters of such legislation but instead the words of a penitential prayer: “I have greatly sinned, in my thoughts and in my words, in what I have done and in what…

Traditional regulatory agencies struggle to balance their preventative role with the limitations of their capability (resources, legal powers, and so on). Such limitations reveal themselves in poor decision-making. Historically, regulators have made decisions on what is known – meaning they rely on the data that they hold. But even massive expenditure on data and data analytics can make only marginal differences if the…

Such is the strangeness of the times that the coming federal election is likely to be decided by one issue – the Morrison Government’s ability to successfully manoeuvre the whole of Australia from government-imposed lockdowns to government-imposed freedoms. Australians want their freedoms back and they want to be safe – but the two wishes are not entirely compatible. And some states want to…