Fact Check: could someone be extradited without evidence under a European Arrest Warrant?
May 23, 2016 00:31 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
This warrant removes the presumption of innocence before guilt and leaves our nationals vulnerable to being extradited without the production of any prima facie evidence at all. Nigel Farage, leader of the UK...
Delay in getting driving licences opens door to more sustainable travel
May 23, 2016 00:24 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
In early 2015, I wrote about the significant declines in the proportion of young people with a driving licence. However, at the time, significant questions remained unanswered. Were young adults forgoing cars entirely? Or...
Guide to the classics: The Histories, by Herodotus
May 23, 2016 00:19 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
It is easy to see why Herodotus Histories may seem overwhelming. Too much is going on, right from the start. We have only just embarked on the Histories central theme the origins of the conflict between Greeks and...
Newspoll shows ALP ahead, Shorten and Turnbull level pegging in net satisfaction
May 23, 2016 00:16 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Labor has retained its 51-49% lead over the government in the latest Newspoll, which shows Malcolm Turnbull and Bill Shorten now level in their net satisfaction ratings. Going into the third week of the eight-week...
FxWirePro: Mixed bag of EM (BRICS) currency trading baskets and risk profiling
May 20, 2016 13:40 pm UTC| Insights & Views
RUB should be protected by its significant current account surplus (3.5% GDP in 2016), political stability and reduced risk of imminent FX intervention to rebuild FX reserves. So stay short in ZAR/RUB, looking for move...
Bank of Canada to stay pat, maintain a dovish tone at its May policy meet
May 20, 2016 10:31 am UTC| Insights & Views
The Bank of Canada is expected to hold steady on interest rates at 0.5 per cent when it meets next week, but rate cut later in 2016 cannot be ruled out. Energy sector remains the BoCs main concern as rally in oil price is...
If this is the Facebook election, the major parties should be a little concerned
May 20, 2016 10:11 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics Technology
Every Australian federal election since Kevin 07 has been hailed as an internet or social media election. The 2007 campaign was branded the YouTube election and the Google election, while the 2013 campaign was described as...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects