Sainsbury’s-Asda merger: failed big bet has serious strategic consequences

Apr 27, 2019 06:05 am UTC| Insights & Views Business

The problem with big bets is that sometimes they dont pay off. While a lot of attention is often paid to successful mergers and acquisitions (MA) deals, little attention is paid to the dark side of MA what happens to a...

The circular economy: building an economy on the template of nature

Apr 27, 2019 06:05 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy

The earth is a closed system. Apart from the energy we receive from sunlight, everything produced and consumed on earth is based on its own resources. It is also a special planet. One of the Fridays for Future kids wrote:...

Message to the EU: you have the chance to stop fuelling devastation in the Amazon

Apr 27, 2019 06:04 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy

The effects of European consumption are being felt in Brazil, driving disastrous deforestation and violence. But the destruction can end if the European Union demands higher environmental standards on Brazilian goods....

Think you're allergic to penicillin? There's a good chance you're wrong

Apr 27, 2019 06:04 am UTC| Insights & Views Health

Are you allergic to penicillin? Perhaps you have a friend or relative who is? With about one in ten people reporting a penicillin allergy, thats not altogether surprising. Penicillin is the most commonly reported drug...

Why the idea of alien life now seems inevitable and possibly imminent

Apr 27, 2019 06:03 am UTC| Insights & Views Science

This article is an edited extract from an essay, The search for ET, in The New Disruptors, the 64th edition of Griffith Review. Were publishing it as part of our occasional series Zoom Out, where authors explore key...

Zero inflation means the Reserve Bank should cut rates as soon as it can, on Tuesday week

Apr 27, 2019 06:03 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy

What do US pizza executive Herman Cain, US conservative commentator Stephen Moore, US Chief Justice Earl Warren, and Australias Reserve Bank governor Philip Lowe have in common? More than you might think. The...

Lies, obfuscation and fake news make for a dispiriting – and dangerous – election campaign

Apr 27, 2019 06:02 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics

The integrity of Australias electoral processes is under unprecedented challenge in this federal election. The campaign has already been marred by fake news, political exploitation of social media falsehoods and...