Jun 25, 2018 08:13 am UTC| Technicals Digital Currency Insights & Views
Last year, the journey from $735.3 to a whopping $19,891. (at BITFINEX exchange), or 2,605% surge was commendable. However, on the contrary, the Bitcoin bears have held steady from the last couple of months trading...
Nationalism and piety dominate Turkey's election
Jun 24, 2018 04:28 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Turkey goes to the polls to vote for president and parliament on Sunday. As a scholar of the history and politics of the Middle East, I believe the most striking feature of the campaign is the ideological uniformity...
Driverless cars offer new forms of control – no wonder governments are keen
Jun 24, 2018 02:22 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Imagine a state-of-the-art driverless car is zipping along a road with a disabled 90-year-old-passenger. A young mother with a toddler steps into the road. The car must make a decision: drive into the mother and child and...
Empire Windrush: how the BBC reported Caribbean migrants' mixed reception in 1948
Jun 24, 2018 02:17 am UTC| Insights & Views
Amid the celebrations to mark the 70th anniversary of the arrival of Empire Windrush from the Caribbean in 1948, much has been made of the warm welcome that once greeted those migrant men and women in Britains hour of...
Jun 24, 2018 02:15 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
The Windrush scandal of recent months, alongside revelations of the appalling conditions in immigration detention centres in the UK, have highlighted serious issues with the way migrants are treated in Britain. To...
Jun 24, 2018 02:14 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Michelle Grattan discusses the week in politics with University of Canberra Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Vice-President Academic Professor Nicholas Klomp, including, the governments income tax package success, the Liberals...
Feeding frenzy: public accuse the media of deliberately fuelling shark fear
Jun 24, 2018 02:12 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature
Are you scared of sharks? If you never read or watched the news, would you still be? Last years Senate inquiry on shark mitigation and deterrent measures heard evidence that media coverage has contributed to...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects