Here's the real reason teachers are quitting (it's not just the money)
Mar 01, 2016 16:36 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Michael Wilshaw, the chief inspector of schools has complained about a brain drain of teachers leaving the country to work abroad and, as a teacher and now lecturer, Ive known a number of colleagues who have made that...
Why are so many people still living in flood-prone cities?
Mar 01, 2016 16:34 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature
Over the last 30 years, floods have killed more than 500,000 people globally, and displaced about 650m more. In a recent paper published by the Centre for Economic Performance, we examined why so many people are hit by...
Mar 01, 2016 16:00 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy
Since the election, this government has had spending as a percentage of GDP at GFC levels. - Shadow treasurer, Chris Bowen, media release, February 17, 2016. During an election year, the focus is once again on the...
What changes to Australia's media ownership laws are being proposed?
Mar 01, 2016 15:55 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
Communications Minister Mitch Fifield has announced a shake-up of Australias media ownership laws. So, what rules are being scrapped? And how might their axing affect Australias media sector? The rules On the...
How innovation can help companies in a turbulent global economy
Mar 01, 2016 15:54 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology
In their book Business Model Generation, authors Alexander Osterwalder and Yves Pigneur explore the power of asking what if questions. This is illustrated by the example of furniture giant IKEA. In 1960 it asked: What...
Why it's crucial that young scientists are taught the value of being wrong
Mar 01, 2016 15:51 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
Albert Einstein is the most famous scientist of all time. From Calgary to Cape Town the image of the wild-haired, contemplative lone genius holed up in a messy office, changing the universe, has evolved into the archetype...
Rethinking 'small' business could drive a real ideas boom
Mar 01, 2016 15:19 pm UTC| Insights & Views Business
Amid the tax debate under way in Australia this year, there have been intermittent calls from within the government for a tax system that encourages a more entrepreneurial, risk-bearing culture. Australian Prime...
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