Between AI and humanoid robots, we could be at a turning point in history What makes the AI-driven stock market bubble unique in history is that if it's not a bubble, the impact on humanity could be far more challenging than any previous technology.

My final ABC column for the year, on what I think were the biggest stories of 2025 - the stockmarket bubble, and what's behind it - AI and robots, which have brought humanity to a turning point in history.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...

Liberals aren't alone as net zero sceptics — but the data doesn't lie The strange macho appeal of fossilised vegetation means that 30 years of annual United Nations meetings to stop the planet heating any more have been a bust.

Today's column for ABC news: the strange macho appeal of fossil fuels.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...

We've seen a magnet shock in 2025. Is Australia part of the solution? Anyone who controls the supply of magnets controls the future, and China has been quietly working on this under America's nose for decades. Can Australia muscle in?

After the magnet shock of 2025, who gets to have the rare earths version of the North Sea (the oil shock of 1973 led to North Sea oil, enriching Norway). Will it be Australia this time?
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...

Deb Forster has published another short story on her website, called Wings. It's wonderful imho
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Deb Forster - @Oliveforster - has posted another short story on her website, called Butter Menthols. It's a story about a mother who takes her kids to a refuge to escape a violent drunk, for a better life. It's great.
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Australia's emissions target is a laugh-or-cry-o-metre or maybe a tax-o-metre Australia's emissions reduction number is, in short, a laugh-or-cry-o-metre, or perhaps more accurately, a tax-o-metre.

In this week's ABC column I preview the Government's 2035 emissions reduction target: if it's worthwhile, we'll need a carbon tax, and probably nuclear generation as well.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

Deborah Forster (@Oliveforster) has published a new work of fiction on her website. It's called "Ozone", a story about a girl growing up.
deborahforster.com.au/stories/cate...

My wife Deb has decided to post some of her fiction for you to read. The first is a short story called Ada Sharon Adams, and like most of her work is about the lives of girls and women.
deborahforster.com.au

Will the Reserve Bank cut rates in August? News from the world of finance and business. Top stories in text, video and audio. Business video news bulletin. Features and analysis.

Last night's piece for ABC TV news previewing tomorrow's RBA interest rate decision.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...

Amid Trump's tariffs, Chalmers must repeat what Keating did in the 80s Treasurer Jim Chalmers must find a way to repeat what Paul Keating did in the 1980s and 90s, and lift productivity. Good luck with that.

This week's column for ABC News - In the early 1980s, Australia had as big a trade deficit as the United States has now — around 3 to 4 per cent of GDP. But the two solutions to the same problem could not be more different. Read on...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...

Australia's illegal tobacco problem has jumped from tragedy to farce We can now conclude that the strategy of taxing and banning nicotine addiction out of existence is a complete failure. The result is organised crime making about $10 billion a year in revenue.

This morning's column for the ABC: Australia's illegal tobacco problem has made the proverbial transition from tragedy to farce.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...

Carbon emissions aren't falling, but who is to blame? Follow the latest news headlines from Australia's most trusted source. Read in-depth expert analysis and watch live coverage on ABC News.

My video piece for last night's @abcnews: we're not going reach net zero by 2050 and we won't prevent global warming in time. It's China's fault.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...

Wednesday finance with Alan Kohler News from the world of finance and business. Top stories in text, video and audio. Business video news bulletin. Features and analysis.

Last night's @abcnews finance report, in case you missed it
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...

Monday finance with Alan Kohler News from the world of finance and business. Top stories in text, video and audio. Business video news bulletin. Features and analysis.

Last night's @abcnews finance bit, icymi
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...

US, China in battle to own first artificial general intelligence The AI battle between China and the US is less about profits and return on investment, and more about geopolitics — national machismo, security and defence.

This morning's @abcnews column, in which I discuss how AI has become part of the geopolitical contest between China and America, not just a race to AGI among a few billionaires.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...

Why Albanese tried to do a Hawke during last week's China trip Four Ts dominated the conversation about Anthony Albanese's China trip: Trump, tariffs, Taiwan and trade. But look a little deeper and it's clear green iron was a key talking point, too.

This week's column for ABC , on Anthony Albanese's green iron sales pitch in China last week and why it's a big deal.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...

Wednesday finance with Alan Kohler News from the world of finance and business. Top stories in text, video and audio. Business video news bulletin. Features and analysis.

Last night's ABC news finance bit, ICYMI
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...

'Real men burn stuff': America's embrace of coal just one in a series of colossal acts of self-harm It's entirely appropriate that Albanese is meeting Xi again before he meets Trump for the first time. Xi is more important than Trump now.

"Real men burn stuff": America's acts of self-harm while China - a ruthless autocracy - builds the future. This week's column for the ABC
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...

Tuesday finance with Alan Kohler News from the world of finance and business. Top stories in text, video and audio. Business video news bulletin. Features and analysis.

Last night's @abcnews finance bit in case you missed it
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...

Where is Australia going to build thousands of new homes? To meet the government's housing target every year there will need to be infill land created about 26 times the size of Melbourne's CBD across Australia.

My column for @abcnews - where are we going to find 34 sq kms of land per year in the suburbs to build houses? Golf courses? Parks? Race tracks? Boosting supply alone is not the answer to affordability.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...

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My Two Cents: Alan Kohler - ABC listen In "My 2 Cents", we're asking those questions you'd rather not answer about money. What can we learn from how ABC finance guru Alan Kohler manages his money?

did a "My 2 Cents" for Life Matters on Radio national.
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

Deb's @debfor.bsky.social‬ winter solstice column: Our new garden is a bog, the dullness of puddles has taken it and sunken it into wet grass, but there are three foxgloves shooting up and two pink dogwoods and a crab-apple all doing well. So come on spring!
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This week Deb @Oliveforster has written about dullness, and it's not dull!
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Deb @Oliveforster has written about a beloved friend who died recently. It moved me to tears.
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There's a 'nasty' new nickname for Trump, but it gets something wrong Donald Trump's team is fighting one of the most consequential legal cases in the US history, but there are plenty more where that came from: 250 lawsuits are currently featuring his administration.

It looks like only the courts will hold Trump to account... if his regime chooses to obey them, which it probably won't. My column for @abcnewsbot.bsky.social
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06...

How household batteries overcome energy transition obstacles | Alan Kohler | ABC NEWS YouTube video by ABC News (Australia)

Last night's @abcnews piece on the transmission cost blowout, and the need to shift the energy transition to more rooftop solar, with batteries.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCjb...

Who pays tax in an automated workforce? Follow the latest news headlines from Australia's most trusted source. Read in-depth expert analysis and watch live coverage on ABC News.

Last night's TV piece for @abcnews, in which I wonder who pays tax ion an automated world, and suggest that the extra tax on $3m+ super balances is a toe in the wealth tax water.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...

History is repeating and house prices are set to rise — again With housing affordability now improving as interest rates come down, housing accessibility is likely to worsen further as prices again rise.

My column for @abcnews : history is repeating on housing. Interest rates are coming down, affordability is improving and prices are rising. Accessibility is getting worse.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...

Some reflections on life, death and getting old, from Deborah Forster @Oliveforster
deborahforster.com.au