All posts by Jack Aldane

About Jack Aldane

Jack is a British journalist, cartoonist and podcaster. He graduated from Heythrop College London in 2009 with a BA in philosophy, before living and working in China for three years as a freelance reporter. After training in financial journalism at City University from 2013 to 2014, Jack worked at Bloomberg and Thomson Reuters before moving into editing magazines on global trade and development finance. Shortly after editing opinion writing for UnHerd, he joined the independent think tank ResPublica, where he led a media campaign to change the health and safety requirements around asbestos in UK public buildings. As host and producer of The Booking Club podcast – a conversation series featuring prominent authors and commentators at their favourite restaurants – Jack continues to engage today’s most distinguished thinkers on the biggest problems pertaining to ideology and power in the 21st century. He joined Global Government Forum as its Senior Staff Writer and Community Co-ordinator in 2021.

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  Australia urged to set ‘rules of the game’ to harness the productivity potential of AI

  The Australian government must set clear rules on the use of artificial intelligence if it wants to secure the consumer and productivity benefits of the technology, the Australian Productivity Commission

  • Posted August 13, 2025
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  Australia sets out standards for government AI alongside new collaboration tool

  Australia’s Digital Transformation Agency has published an AI technical standard for the government, along with ‘GovAI’, a platform designed to foster collaborative use of the technology across departments. The new

  • Posted August 6, 2025
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  UK and Australia sign 50-year AUKUS defence partnership treaty

  Australia and the UK have signed a fresh AUKUS defence treaty to develop and sustain nuclear-powered submarine programmes in both countries until 2075. The Geelong Treaty – named after the

  • Posted July 31, 2025
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  US federal government launches action plan to ‘win AI race’

  The US federal government has published its artificial intelligence action plan, building on an executive order signed by president Donald Trump in January to drive AI innovation across the country.

  • Posted July 30, 2025
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  New Zealand launches its first national AI strategy

  The government of New Zealand has published a national artificial intelligence strategy in a bid to drive AI adoption across the economy. Shane Reti, the government’s minister of science, innovation

  • Posted July 17, 2025
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  UK government agrees deal with Google to tackle legacy tech

  The UK government has agreed a deal with Google Cloud to phase out old public service contracts and to provide civil servants with the technology skills they need. The partnership

  • Posted July 15, 2025
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  BRICS leaders urge richer nations to fund global energy transition

  Wealthy nations should fund the mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions in developing countries, BRICS leaders reiterated at a summit in Rio de Janeiro on 7 July.   BRICS is an

  • Posted July 8, 2025
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  UK government launches GOV.UK digital services app for smartphones

  The UK government has launched the first version of its GOV.UK app to provide citizens with digital access to government services and benefits.   The app’s initial release to British

  • Posted July 2, 2025
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  AI makes water shortages harder to predict, says UK Environment Agency

  Advancements in artificial intelligence have created a blind spot for the UK government over future water shortages in England, the Environment Agency has said. Data centres used to power AI are

  • Posted July 2, 2025
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  G7 launches AI innovation challenge to transform public services

  Members of the G7 are creating an innovation challenge with the goal of unblocking AI adoption in the public sector. The G7 comprises Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK,

  • Posted June 23, 2025
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