James Thompson

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5,322 appearances 17 recordings 2 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 11 Sep

James Thompson’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 17 in all, peaking in Jul 2026 with 5.

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Chanticleer · Housing recession’s long shadow, Apple iPhone flip out & Trump’s insane cash splash · 11 Sep 2026 podcast

If you've got a question you want to send in, you can email us at shontaclear at AFR.com. voice-verified

And we also love it when you send us an audio question. voice-verified

Just record a voice memo on your phone, include your name and where you're from and email it to us. voice-verified

Or you can always submit a question via the widget at the bottom of all our Chontaclear articles at AFR.com. voice-verified

And Brian send voice-verified

Anthony, this is a really interesting question. voice-verified

Brian does make a good point that jobs in the care economy don't particularly add a lot to productivity growth. voice-verified

But that's not to say that they aren't important, and it's not to say that their productivity can't be improved over the next little while, including by AI. voice-verified

I mean we're all thinking about AI mainly as large language models on the screen, but if you talk to Elon Musk, AI is all voice-verified

about humanoid robots, which should be able to help productivity in the care economy as well. voice-verified

And then on top of that, we should get this broader boost from AI that can work across the public sector too. voice-verified

I mean, there's no reason that governments can't start using AI on their vast pools of data to make better informed decisions, to do better planning. voice-verified

to uh you know make sure that Australia's taxpayer dollars are allocated as effectively as they can. voice-verified

We can see this melding of AI, productivity and parts of the economy like the care economy that are really important. voice-verified

We just got to lean into this, don't we? voice-verified

Yeah, totally. voice-verified

I mean I've got a a place where AI could really make a difference and probably should. voice-verified

You know, w we're always talking about how painful the planning process is. voice-verified

You know, we we don't have enough resources in in local councils, state governments, federal governments around planning. voice-verified

Let's get AI working there. voice-verified

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