Mar 02, 2016 10:46 am UTC| Insights & Views
In Turkey, the inflation in February is expected to accelerate to 9.8% YoY terms, it is scheduled to be printed on Thursday.Inflation expectations remain de-anchored as a result of the CBTs reactive policy stance and...
RBA on hold, robust Q4 growth cushions Aussie dollar
Mar 02, 2016 10:04 am UTC| Insights & Views
Real GDP growth was a solid 0.6% q/q (not annualised) in 4Q15, following 1.1% (revised up from 0.9%) in the previous quarter. Once again, growth was driven by consumption, thanks to supportive labour market conditions and...
Chief Scientist's address to the National Press Club: The voyage of science and innovation
Mar 02, 2016 09:54 am UTC| Insights & Views Science
Below is a transcript of the speech given by Australias Chief Scientist, Dr Alan Finkel AO, at the National Press Club on 2nd March 2016. Lessons from a lost ship Let me start with a story about a small nation with...
How the political crises of the modern Muslim world created the climate for Islamic State
Mar 02, 2016 02:24 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Harith Bin Ramli, Research Fellow, Cambridge Muslim College Teaching Fellow, SOAS, University of London How do we account for forces and events that paved the way for the emergence of Islamic State? Our series on the...
Students say textbooks are too expensive - could an open access model be the answer?
Mar 02, 2016 01:56 am UTC| Insights & Views
For university students, textbooks have been both a saviour and a bane. Having most of the essential readings in a single volume enables students to access resources easily. Despite mostly being used for short periods of...
Why advertisers use pictures to sell pharmaceuticals – and shouldn't
Mar 02, 2016 01:54 am UTC| Insights & Views Business
On a winters night in 1993 I was crouched in the back of an ambulance as it hurtled through the hedgerows and lanes of West Dorset. But I was oblivious to Thomas Hardys snowy fields. I was a doctor and my charge was a...
How Macedonia found itself at the centre of Europe's refugee crisis
Mar 01, 2016 18:13 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Distressing scenes have been unfolding on Macedonias border with Greece, where police have been using tear gas on refugees attempting to break through a razor wire fence designed to keep them out. Given the recent tone...