About this episode

Parnell Palme McGuinness discusses her insights on politics, the economy, and the impact of AI on journalism in modern Australia.

Parnell is an insights and advocacy strategist and a senior fellow at the Centre for Independent Studies, an Australian classical market think tank. She also writes a weekly column for the Sun-Herald and the Sunday Age on politics, policy and culture. Today we discuss: Her well-known columnist father, his political transformation, and whether her views have changed over the years Whether there needs to be an update to the Howard era right thinking on trade and immigration How young people (25-34) in Australia are feeling about the economy based on her recent research Whether AI is going to kill journalism and all white collar jobs within 18 months as the head of Microsoft AI recently claimed And much more https://www.cis.org.au/person/parnell-palme-mcguinness/

People in this episode

Host: Dan Ryan

Guest: Parnell Palme McGuinness

Topics covered

• politics
• economy
• youth perspectives
• trade
• immigration
• AI and journalism

Keywords

• politics
• economy
• youth
• AI
• journalism
• trade
• immigration

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Centre for Independent Studies, Sun-Herald, Sunday Age, Microsoft

Places: Australia, Howard era

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