The 60th anniversary of France's Fifth Republic: Out of breath?
Dec 04, 2018 00:23 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
The current French Republic was born in 1958 out of what were then referred to as the events in Algeria. On June 4 of that year, Charles de Gaulle used the opportunity of an attempted coup in Algiers to return to power,...
Australians think immigration should be cut? Well, it depends on how you ask
Dec 04, 2018 00:13 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Over the past 12 months, immigration policy has been increasingly contested in Australian politics and the media. Former prime minister Tony Abbott has been prominent with his advocacy of a reduction in the permanent...
US presidential elections: why a Democrat is now favourite to win in 2020
Nov 26, 2018 17:07 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
The results of the US midterm elections are now largely in and they came as a shock to many seasoned forecasters. This wasnt the kind of shock that occurred in 2016, when the EU referendum tipped to Brexit and the US...
Politicians need to be braver about the biggest issues – like our consumption of meat
Nov 26, 2018 17:02 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Scientists, environmentalists and animal rights activists have said it for many years. Now conclusive analysis has confirmed their argument. The global meat industry not only damages our health and is ethically dubious ...
Households to get $2000 subsidy for batteries under Shorten energy policy
Nov 26, 2018 16:59 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
A Labor government would subsidise households to install batteries as part of the ALPs energy policy to be unveiled by Bill Shorten on Thursday. If Labor wins next years election, it would provide from 2020 a A$2000...
Poll in the DRC looms. But the election is unlikely to bring change
Nov 26, 2018 16:50 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Its no easy task to stage an election in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Just ask the countrys electoral commission, which started 2017 by publicly announcing that the general election, planned for December 2018 might...
Brexit political declaration: what it means for the future UK-EU relationship
Nov 26, 2018 16:39 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
In the to and fro that all Brexit watchers are now used to, the draft text of the full political declaration between the EU and the UK is now available ahead of an expected summit of EU leaders in Brussels on November...
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