Social media companies can’t be immune from the need for a social licence
Apr 27, 2024 06:45 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
In the free-for-all between the Australian government and Big Tech boss Elon Musk this week, the government had to be on a winner. Most people would have little sympathy with Musks vociferous opposition to being told to...
How visas for social care workers may be exacerbating exploitation in the sector
Apr 27, 2024 06:45 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
The health and social care visa route was introduced in August 2020 as a response to labour shortages after Brexit and the COVID pandemic. Now, the independent chief inspector of borders and immigration has found that the...
Why the potential for another Donald Trump presidency is making Iran very nervous
Apr 27, 2024 06:28 am UTC| Insights & Views
Theres been much talk in recent months about what a possible second Donald Trump presidency in the United States could mean for Europe, Russias war in Ukraine, the Israel-Palestinian conflict and China. But theres one more...
Apr 27, 2024 06:26 am UTC| Insights & Views
There can be no more powerful symbol of the relationship between Australia and Papua New Guinea than the prime ministers of these neighbouring countries walking together on the gruelling Kokoda Track towards Isurava, high...
Why is China risking US sanctions by arming Russia?
Apr 27, 2024 06:26 am UTC| Insights & Views
US secretary of state Antony Blinken fired a warning salvo towards China during a G7 foreign ministers meeting on the Italian island of Capri on April 20. The USs top diplomat said that China is a prime contributor of...
Granting legal ‘personhood’ to nature is a growing movement – can it stem biodiversity loss?
Apr 26, 2024 06:18 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature
Biodiversity is declining at rates unprecedented in human history. This suggests the ways we currently use to manage our natural environment are failing. One emerging concept focuses on giving legal rights to...
Apr 26, 2024 01:37 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
Vaping is now more common than cigarette smoking among young people, according to a new report coordinated by the University of Glasgow and commissioned by the World Health Organization. This echoes research that has...
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