Public trust is a vital condition for artificial intelligence to be used productively.

It is important to recognise that, alongside the huge benefits that artificial intelligence offers, there are potential ethical issues associated with some uses.

As medical data has such power to deliver better understanding of disease and better patient outcomes, it is important we find the best way of sharing it.

We may know the chemical structure of medicinal drugs, but we frequently have a very incomplete understanding of how they work.

All the conservation efforts in the world won't be enough to make a dent in the oncoming sustainability crisis our planet faces.

Every week in the Senate, I give a speech telling my colleagues it is time to wake up to the reality of a changing climate.

As an issue, climate change was unlucky: when nonspecialists first became aware of it in the 1990s, environmental attitudes had already become tribal political markers.

We won't be able to stop disasters from happening. On the contrary, climate change may increase the frequency and severity of floods, droughts and storms. But we are better equipped today to prepare for them and reduce their impact.