Labor searches for savings amid family benefits reform
Jun 10, 2016 08:16 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Labor is trying to find savings by targeting the family tax benefit as part of its plan for budget repair. Even though its measures dont go as far as the Coalitions, outlined in the budget, its cuts will hurt families with...
Jun 10, 2016 08:10 am UTC| Technicals Insights & Views
Technically, USDKRW takes support at 1152.32 levels cushioned by BoKs unexpected rate cut event. The duos (leading indicators) that signal momentum in Bull Run is converging ongoing price rallies (observe daily chart...
Coal and industrial relations: how miners secured workers' rights
Jun 10, 2016 02:32 am UTC| Insights & Views
Coal mining, major industrial disputes, and the coal miner himself, are iconic representations of the industrial age. Demand for coal came from expanding urban centres as a result of the Industrial Revolution, and new...
Does tourism really suffer at sites listed as World Heritage In Danger?
Jun 09, 2016 23:55 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
In 2014, 1.88 million tourists visited the Great Barrier Reef, bringing an estimated A$5.17 billion into Australias economy and helping to employ some 64,300 tourism workers. With those numbers, its easy to see how...
New technology offers hope for storing carbon dioxide underground
Jun 09, 2016 23:50 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature
To halt climate change and prevent dangerous warming, we ultimately have to stop pumping greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. While the world is making slow progress on reducing emissions, there are more radical options,...
Putting CO2 away for good by turning it into stone
Jun 09, 2016 23:41 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature
We seriously need to do something about CO2 emissions. Besides shifting to renewable energy sources and increasing energy efficiency, we need to start putting some of the CO2 away before it reaches the atmosphere. Perhaps...
FxWirePro: Hedging perspective polish zloty against euro amid reassessing FX mortgage
Jun 09, 2016 14:01 pm UTC| Insights & Views
The expert panel of President Andrzej Duda, who had been re-working the FX mortgage conversion proposal have given interviews individually to the media, which have clarified certain points. The final proposal is still...
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