Ideas for Australia: Consensus versus the culture wars – getting the balance right
Apr 12, 2016 05:05 am UTC| Insights & Views
In recent years, political point scoring and wedge politics have made it hard to have a calm, reasoned political debate on a range of issues from same-sex marriage to refugees or climate change. However, potentially...
Why Australia does not need a royal commission into the banking industry
Apr 12, 2016 04:54 am UTC| Insights & Views
Is a Royal Commission into banking required? I think not. There have been many problematic incidents adversely affecting customers in the banking and financial sector in Australia although whether they are more frequent...
Lessons from semi-arid regions on how to adapt to climate change
Apr 12, 2016 04:50 am UTC| Insights & Views
Rising temperatures and more extreme, unpredictable climate events are making sustainable livelihoods tough for many people living in semi-arid regions of the world. To adapt, local communities, and especially farmers, use...
Investing in big data could improve research quality in Australia
Apr 12, 2016 02:12 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
The Productivity Commission is running an inquiry into whether the government can provide better access to the data it collects for universities and other groups. Commercial and public sector innovation alike can...
Does the NHS really face a £30 billion funding gap?
Apr 12, 2016 02:02 am UTC| Insights & Views
It has been accepted without question that the NHS faces a funding gap of 30 billion by 2021-21. This was the figure quoted in NHS Englands Five Year Forward View. The reports authors claim that the figure was calculated...
Banking royal commission should be paid for by banks
Apr 12, 2016 01:30 am UTC| Insights & Views Business
There are cultural and ethical malpractices prevalent in Australian banks which our regulations do not address, and which our regulators have struggled to contain. Those malpractices appear to be spreading, and our banks...
Apr 11, 2016 15:08 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technicals
CNBs (Czech National Bank) latest board minutes confirm that the CB has actively been debating negative interest rates. The bulk of board members still ponder that there is no need for this tool and that it could...
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’
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects