Bio

Alan Kohler is a seasoned financial journalist with over five decades of experience, having commenced his career at The Australian and subsequently serving as editor for prominent publications like the Australian Financial Review and The Age. He has been associated with the ABC for nearly three decades as a finance presenter and previously hosted Inside Business. Kohler is also the founder of Eureka Report and Business Spectator, and currently contributes to Intelligent Investor and hosts the Money Cafe podcast.

Articles (30)

• The Farm Kid Behind Virtual Fences

  ABC News • 14 Aug 2026

• Australia is making humanoid robots in the midst of its AI reckoning

  ABC News • 20 July 2026

• Jim Chalmers on Australia’s AI Balancing Act

  ABC News • 17 July 2026

• We're Back to Two Competing Superpowers and China is Pulling Ahead

  ABC News • 13 July 2026

• AI and Iran Will Speed Up the Energy Transition

  ABC News • 29 June 2026

• Anthropic Wants Caution but the Market Wants More AI

  ABC News • 8 June 2026

• Alan Kohler Explains: Could the AI boom be a bubble?

  ABC News • 7 June 2026

• Peter McCrory on Claude and the Big AI Disruption

  ABC News • 29 May 2026

• Is Richard Dawkins Right About AI?

  ABC News • 6 May 2026

• We're Headed Into an AI Fog as the Automation Arms Race Begins

  ABC News • 3 May 2026

• Alan Kohler Explains: Will AI Bring a Jobs Crisis or a Future of Abundance?

  ABC News • 12 Apr 2026

• How AI is Changing the Price of White-Collar Jobs

  ABC News • 29 Mar 2026

• Something Has Changed: Is the Era of AI Job Replacement Here?

  ABC News • 1 Mar 2026

• AI Got Personal Last Week, and It's More Complicated Than We Think

  ABC News • 15 Feb 2026

• AI Platforms Like Grok Are an Ethical, Social, and Economic Nightmare — and We're Starting to Wake Up

  ABC News • 18 Jan 2026

• Is 2025 Ending with an AI Bubble? We Could Be at a Turning Point in History

  ABC News • 21 Dec 2025

• China's Global Technology and Engineering Ascendancy Continues

  ABC News • 6 Dec 2025

• Humanoid Robots Present an Unprecedented Dilemma for the Economy

  ABC News • 22 Nov 2025

• Spooked Investors Worry the AI Bubble Could Pop

  ABC News • 8 Nov 2025

• If AI and Crypto Aren't Bubbles, We Could Be in Big Trouble

  ABC News • 18 Oct 2025

• Economic Reform Round Table Should Discuss AI and Robots, Not Just Tax and Productivity

  ABC News • 28 June 2025

• We Are at a Turning Point in World History but Our Leaders Are Distracted

  ABC News • 22 Mar 2025

• Is Chinese AI About to Crush Silicon Valley?

  ABC News • 12 Feb 2025

• DeepSeek's Emergence Signals the Beginning of the Human-Replacing Phase of AI

  ABC News • 2 Feb 2025

• Alan Kohler: How Large Language Models and Large Money Unite

  The New Daily • 24 June 2024

• Should AI Answer the Phone?

  ABC News • 19 June 2024

• Alan Kohler Explains: AI’s Record Investment Boom is Just Beginning

  ABC News • 1 May 2024

• Craig Scroggie on AI’s Hunger for Power

  ABC News • 1 May 2024

• Alan Kohler Explains: How AI is Changing the Price of White-Collar Jobs

  ABC News • 21 Mar 2024

• Do We Have the Smarts to Handle AI? Don't Bet on It

  The New Daily • 19 Feb 2024