Opinion Pieces

In the 1980s and 1990s, Labor governments under Bob Hawke and Paul Keating confronted an uncomfortable reality: Australia could not drift into prosperity. The old economic settings — protection, inertia and closed markets — were failing Australia. So Labor floated the dollar, rewired the economy, opened Australia to the world and reimagined us as a competitive, outward looking nation.

This week, I’m lucky enough to be in New Delhi, attending one of the world’s biggest events – the AI Impact Summit.