Victims of the green energy boom? The Indonesians facing eviction over a China-backed plan to turn their island into a solar panel 'ecocity'

Oct 24, 2023 09:44 am UTC| Business Insights & Views

I first visited Rempang island in Summer 2022. Greeting me were lush fields lined with coconut and banana trees, picture-book fishing villages with houses jutting into the water on stilts, and boats carrying people between...

Accidental managers: why people who are great at their job can fail when they get promoted

Oct 24, 2023 09:29 am UTC| Life Business

Theres a saying that people dont quit their job, they quit their boss. And poor management certainly has a lot to answer for in the UK workplace. A staggering 82% of new managers in the UK are what the Chartered Management...

How Australian companies can fudge their numbers to show social and environmental progress

Oct 24, 2023 09:28 am UTC| Business

Whats the easiest way to improve a companys social and environmental performance? The unfortunate answer, from our analysis of Australian public companies, is to change the way you measure it. In particular, by changing...

Decontaminating Fukushima: have the billions spent been worth it?

Oct 24, 2023 09:28 am UTC| Business Life

The Chernobyl and (to a lesser extent) Fukushima nuclear accidents contaminated large areas of land with low-level radioactivity. After both accidents, huge efforts were taken to decontaminate the affected areas. But a...

What would a levy on international student fees mean for Australian universities?

Oct 24, 2023 09:27 am UTC| Business

A major higher education review is considering putting a levy on international student fees in Australia. The idea is universities would pay some of the fees they receive from international students into a central fund...

Global Geopolitics Series

From messages on bombs to keychains made from downed Russian jets: Crowdfunding the war in Ukraine

Oct 24, 2023 09:26 am UTC| Business

When Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, its expectations of a quick and decisive victory evaporated quickly as Ukrainian Territorial Defence Forces proved more capable and resilient than...

Digital Currency Revolution

Fallen crypto king Sam Bankman-Fried was 'perfectly positioned to make a religion of himself'

Oct 24, 2023 09:25 am UTC| Business Digital Currency

A year ago, Sam Bankman-Fried (often called SBF) was on top of the world. He had been on the covers of Forbes, which dubbed him the richest twentysomething in the world, and Fortune the equivalent, for a business leader,...