Cutting through political spin requires a new approach to financial literacy
May 17, 2016 02:40 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
When Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull attempted to defend negative gearing by explaining that it had allowed a baby to enter the housing market, he triggered a debate still raging on the facts of the issue. The minutiae...
Britain is no longer an island: a historian's take on the Brexit debate
May 16, 2016 13:37 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
When, in 1962, Labour politician Hugh Gaitskell opposed joining the European Economic Community because it meant the end of a thousand years of (British) history, he was appealing to a well-entrenched mindset. This was...
Along with soulful gazes and key changes, politics is never far from Eurovision
May 16, 2016 13:27 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
From now on, when people ask me why Eurovision is worth paying attention to, Im going to give them a short answer: 2016. This year the contest has given us disputes over political lyrics, exclusions due to bankruptcy,...
#NeverTrump: could a third-party candidate save the Republicans from armageddon?
May 16, 2016 12:38 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Recent media buzz suggests that disaffected #NeverTrump Republicans are seriously seeking an alternative candidate to Donald Trump, the presumptive GOP nominee. With the chances of stopping Trump formally taking the...
Brazil govt focuses on adopting economic reforms, curbing unemployment
May 16, 2016 05:45 am UTC| Commentary Economy Politics
The government of Brazil is focused on adopting reform measures to pull the economy out of the current recessionary phase and bring economic, social and political harmony in the Latin Americas biggest economy. Brazils...
The linguistic dirt on that dirty little word tax
May 13, 2016 11:11 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
The word tax (and words derived from it like taxable, taxpayer etc) loomed large in Scott Morrisons budget speech 79 mentions in fact. Tax figured less prominently in Labors reply (27 mentions) but, mind you, Malcolm...
Why self-identification shouldn't be the only thing that defines our gender
May 13, 2016 11:01 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Are you a man or a woman? Until recently, most people would have found that a simple question. You would have been able to give a definite answer one way or the other, and would probably have appealed to your body type and...
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