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Indexed articles, last 90 days
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Latest publication
Sep 24, 2026
Outlet visibility, for The Guardian
Top 1K sites
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Jul 14, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 24, 2026 · Van Badham

    OpenAI’s Medicare hack is a bleak opportunity for Australia to address its security shortcomings post-haste | Van Badham (opens the original)

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    All Australians should demand independent means to protect ourselves from Dr Sam Altman Frankenstein and Daddy America Whoopsie! Dr Sam Altman Frankenstein regrets to inform you he’s lost control of his OpenAI monster. It’s roving around doing things that provoke international legal investigation, and Australia has found out in the worst possible way. The prime minister, Anthony Albanese, was obliged to announce from the United Nations summit on Thursday morning Australian time that an agent

  2. Article · Sep 4, 2026 · Van Badham

    As AI madness encroaches, we need human connection more than ever. But we’ll have to fight for it | Van Badham (opens the original)

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    We don’t want the isolating, automated outputs tech lords are selling us. We’re yearning for a shared frame of reference I have a cherished memory of a family trip to the movies. In the Australian tradition, we bought choc-top ice-creams, chattered through pre-show trailers and a hush fell on the full house as the movie started. It was Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, on film, only a couple of weeks ago, months after its release. In an AI-supercharged world of algorithmic recommendations a

  3. Article · Aug 7, 2026 · Van Badham

    When it comes to marriage and divorce, is gen Z the sensible generation? | Van Badham (opens the original)

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    This happily married gen Xer celebrates the fact marriage rates are down. It shows Australians have the freedom and opportunity to make the best decisions for them The Australian Bureau of Statistics reported last month that the marriage rate is declining. As someone who champions marriage, is married and thinks a wedding is lovely, I think it’s great news. According to the data, the crude rate of registered marriages per 1,000 residents aged 16 and over fell from 5.5 in 2024 to 5.3 in 2025, wit

  4. Article · Jul 14, 2026 · Van Badham

    In a world where superyachts are cringe and firing a rocket ship turns you into a dick joke, what’s a poor billionaire to do? | Van Badham (opens the original)

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    Spruiking your billionaire-coded masculinity is now an invitation to feminine mockery. Real social power doesn’t come from trinkets or trophies Consider yourself forewarned, lads; while Reuters has catalogued the toys in the “luxury playbook” being marketed to new squillionaires, social media suggests there’s a new status symbol for the aspirational “alpha male”. And it’s not a Birkin-for-boys – even if Erling Haaland is wearing one. We are in a moment where traditional status sy

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