Government backflip on ASIC could be too little too late
Apr 21, 2016 06:31 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
In announcing new money for the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, the Treasurer and the Minister responsible Kelly ODwyer executed a synchronised back flip with tuck, declaring that The broad reform...
How to pick Australia's health and medical research priorities
Apr 21, 2016 06:29 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
Earlier this month, Health Minister Sussan Ley announced the board of the Australian Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF). It is led by Professor Ian Frazer, one of Australias most innovative and successful researchers who...
Building cool cities for a hot future
Apr 21, 2016 06:27 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature
Another hot and humid day in Sydney tomorrow with a maximum of 32 degrees in the city and 38 in the western suburbs. How many times have we heard that on TV or radio weather reports? But what would you think about...
It is a great deal easier to eviscerate an arts sector than it is to build one up
Apr 21, 2016 06:15 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
In Adelaide on Tuesday, a hundred-plus arts practitioners of different backgrounds rallied on the steps of Parliament House to protest one thing they all have in common: poor future prospects. In the lead up to the...
Stronger role for ombudsman is the key to protecting bank customers
Apr 21, 2016 06:14 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
The federal government responded to calls for a banking royal commission with a raft of changes to the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) but for consumers, who bore the brunt of the recent financial...
Where do record rental prices leave low-income earners?
Apr 21, 2016 06:05 am UTC| Insights & Views Real Estate
Average house rents in metropolitan Melbourne have increased by 5.3%, with apartment rents growing by 2.8%, over the last three months. A lack of affordable rental properties is a problem in Sydney too. This has fuelled...
Climate justice and its role in the Paris Agreement
Apr 21, 2016 06:01 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature
Climate change is one of the principal threats to quality and equality of life on our planet. Beyond environmental problems, climate change threatens food security, water availability, health, housing and...
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