Newsletter of The Greens (WA)

Vol. 35, No. 5

October 2026

Articles

Send in the Clowns

Don’t blame AI if things go awry but the people who set the parameters in formulating the model

Supervised Ethical AI

Introducing the concept of maximised, integrated cognitive ergonomics between a human Supervisor (legal entity) and AI

Immigration - Oh Dear!

A race to the bottom in migrant bashing

Cities on Heat

Keeping city people safe and healthy is becoming a huge challenge in an overheating world; our Greens Sustainable Cities policies suggest solutions

FiTs and FOMO

Should high night time FiTs be used to stimulate battery investment?

From our MPs

Sophie McNeill's October Update

Opposing militarisation in WA, calling out WA’s climate inaction and arguing against the proposed merger of WA universities

Tim Clifford’s October Update

Confronting ongoing homelessness, Airbnbs vs. long term rentals, quality affordable housing options, housing ideas from Albany and scrutinizing the AI tsunami

Jess Beckerling’s October Update

Some progress on the banning of forest logging, and promoting stronger action in preventing violence against women and children

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