One Nation is on the brink of overtaking Labor on primary votes, according to the latest Capital Brief/Demos AU findings.
In the same week, Australia’s first major AI-related job cuts landed as a viral “AI doomsday” blogpost rattled Wall St.
Host Harshdeep Kaur is joined by editor in chief John McDuling and ideas editor James Hennessy for this week’s conversation.
We discuss:
- What the latest Capital Brief/Demos AU poll shows about One Nation's continued rise.
- Whether or not this polling surge is merely a "protest vote".
- The role of immigration policy in driving voters to the right.
- How One Nation is picking up votes from the Greens
- AI skepticism amongst Australians.
- Wisetech attributing its job cuts to AI.
- Safety Culture founder returns as CEO to rebuild the company as AI threat on SaaS ramps up.
- Citrini Research's viral blogpost and "ghost GDP"
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