Australia’s long-awaited national anti-corruption body is a year old. Is it meeting expectations?

Jul 04, 2024 06:23 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics

After a great deal of political haggling, pressure and negotiations, Australias National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) was established a year ago, with a view to stamping out corruption and discouraging any activities...

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What can you do if you think your teen already has unhealthy social media habits?

Jul 04, 2024 06:23 am UTC| Insights & Views Life

Many parents are worried about how much their children use social media and what content they might encounter while using it. Amid proposals to ban teenagers under 16yrs from social media and calls to better educate...

How investing in green buildings, including cheaper home loans, is a win for banks, people and our planet

Jul 04, 2024 06:22 am UTC| Insights & Views Investing

Australia is facing dual crises: increasing climate change risks and soaring housing costs. Financial institutions have a crucial role to play in funding and promoting solutions to these challenges. A recent United...

Why Russia still has friends on the world stage

Jul 04, 2024 02:31 am UTC| Insights & Views

Russian president Vladimir Putins recent visits to both North Korea and Vietnam received significant attention in the western media. So, too, did a recent visit by Russian warships to Cuba. Before the outbreak of the...

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Ukraine war: Russia toughens up draft law to round-up more people for the frontlines

Jul 04, 2024 02:31 am UTC| Insights & Views

Russia is introducing laws aimed at closing loopholes used by those wanting to avoid the draft. Evading the draft has been relatively easy in Russia until now. All those who wanted to avoid military service needed to do...

Election 2024: what happens on the big day – and at what time

Jul 04, 2024 02:27 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics

After an eventful election campaign, voters across the UK are making their final decision. Polls have indicated for some time that the Conservatives, led by Rishi Sunak, are on course to lose to Labour and that Keir...

With its nuclear energy policy, Peter Dutton seems to have forgotten the Liberal Party’s core beliefs

Jul 03, 2024 14:23 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics

When Robert Menzies was out of office in 1943, in between prime ministerships, he was thinking about the future of non-Labor politics in wartime Australia. He read Edmund Burkes book Thought on the Present Discontents. In...