Hungary's benchmark rate to drop to 0.75% before year-end
Apr 11, 2016 11:46 am UTC| Insights & Views
Data released last week showed that Hungarian CPI re-entered deflation in March, with headline CPI falling by -0.2% y/y. All underlying inflation measures calculated by MNB also dipped, with the main one core inflation...
Cruz sweeps all 34 Colorado delegates, making contested Republican convention more likely
Apr 11, 2016 09:08 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Yesterday, Ted Cruz won all 13 delegates that were awarded at the Colorado Republican state convention; he had earlier won all 21 awarded at Congressional District (CD) conventions. Cruz is also likely to do very well when...
Robots can help young patients engage in rehab
Apr 11, 2016 09:04 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Anyone who has undergone any intensive physical rehabilitation knows the frustration, boredom and discomfort that comes with repeated exercises over days, weeks and even months. For young children and their families,...
Five ideas to help fix Australia's tax system
Apr 10, 2016 23:13 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
Our tax reform debate seems to be stuck. Our federal fiscal system is skewed. What kind of a fiscal bargain can we strike to build a better tax system for the future? A new federal bargain: share income tax and GST...
When measuring research, we must remember that 'engagement' and 'impact' are not the same thing
Apr 10, 2016 23:05 pm UTC| Insights & Views
In the Innovation Statement late last year, the federal government indicated a strong belief that more collaboration should occur between industry and university researchers. At the same time, government, education and...
Could robot submarines replace the ageing Collins class?
Apr 10, 2016 22:50 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology
The decision to replace Australias submarines has been stalled for too long by politicians afraid of the bad media about dud subs the Collins class got last century. Collins class subs deserved criticism in the 1990s....
How 'Asiavision' could be a boon for cultural diplomacy
Apr 10, 2016 22:42 pm UTC| Insights & Views Entertainment
SBSs deal with the European Broadcasting Union to develop a Eurovision Song Contest equivalent in Asia is a welcome chance for Australia to develop stronger ties with the Asia-Pacific region. The development of an Asian...
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