Giving environmental water to drought-stricken farmers sounds straightforward, but it's a bad idea

Sep 18, 2018 12:40 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature

Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack last week suggested the government would look at changing the law to allow water to be taken from the environment and given to farmers struggling with the drought. This is a bad...

Joint-venture of blockchain-backed data companies ‘Streamr and Fysical’ to trace real-time aggregate location for shaping traffic models

Sep 18, 2018 12:40 pm UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views Commentary

In order to utilise real-time aggregated location to more precisely notify and shape traffic models, Zug, Switzerland-based blockchain-backed data platform, Streamr has entered into a partnership with decentralized...

Rising cyclist death toll is mainly due to drivers, so change the road laws and culture

Sep 18, 2018 12:40 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law

Recent reporting paints a picture of surging road deaths and failing safety strategies for cyclists. The Australian Automobile Associations Benchmarking report records 1,222 road deaths in the year ending June 2018. And...

Genes, joules or gut bugs: which one is most to blame when it comes to weight gain?

Sep 18, 2018 12:40 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy Health

With obesity on the rise, so too is the diet and weight loss industry, currently valued at US$70 billion in the US alone. But most of us are still confused about the factors that lead to weight gain. Three commonly...

It's hard to make money in aged care, and that's part of the problem

Sep 18, 2018 12:39 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life

Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced a Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety on Sunday, responding to concerns about the sector one day before an ABC Four Corners program which was to air them. Aged care...

New research shows Australian teens have complex views on religion and spirituality

Sep 18, 2018 12:39 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life

The 2016 Census suggested about a third of Australian teens had no religion. But ask a teenager themselves about religion, rather than the parent or guardian filling in the census form, and the picture is slightly...

Politics and paper towels: Disputing disaster death tolls

Sep 18, 2018 12:37 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature Politics

Hurricane Florences battering of the southern United States has brought natural disasters and their devastating impacts back into the daily news cycle. The Atlantic hurricane season is in full swing and while earlier...