How can French authorities prevent a terrorist attack during Euro 2016?
Jun 10, 2016 14:47 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
As the UEFA European Championship kicks off in France, the memory of last Novembers terrorist attacks on the Stade de France and other venues across Paris looms large. French authorities will be examining the previous...
Euro 2016 could turn EU referendum result upside down
Jun 10, 2016 14:44 pm UTC| Insights & Views Sports Politics
When historians look back at the fact that the Euro 2016 group phase ended the day before the UKs Brexit vote on June 23, they will think it almost deliberately mischievous. These could turn out to be the finals where...
Official data this week show the UK economy is holding up despite Brexit uncertainty
Jun 10, 2016 11:13 am UTC| Insights & Views
Data from the Office for National Statistics released on Friday showed UK construction output rising 2.5% in April, the biggest monthly increase since January 2014. The reading beat economists expectations for a 1.7...
Vital Signs: central bankers longing for growth that may not come
Jun 10, 2016 09:20 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy Central Banks
Vital Signs is a weekly economic wrap from UNSW economics professor and Harvard PhD Richard Holden (@profholden). Vital Signs aims to contextualise weekly economic events and cut through the noise of the data impacting...
Why the voice of Big Business is facing its biggest test
Jun 10, 2016 09:18 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
If the Coalition loses this election there will be some insiders pointing fingers at the Business Council of Australia. There have been times in the last three years when the Coalition has held the line on policies that...
Social Media Revolution Series
Removing social media hate speech within 24 hours sounds like a good idea, but...
Jun 10, 2016 09:17 am UTC| Insights & Views Law Technology
In a bid to fight escalating anti-migrant propaganda, the European Commission this month released a blueprint for regulating online hate, which requires social media companies to take down racist material within 24...
Social Media Revolution Series
Scouring social media on EU referendum – will it be more accurate than polls?
Jun 10, 2016 09:15 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Voters cant be trusted to reveal their true voting intentions to pollsters. You only have to look at what happened in the 2015 UK general election to realise how badly wrong the polls get it from time to time. Even...
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Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
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