Exploring Australia's 'other reefs' south of Tasmania

Dec 19, 2018 15:05 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature

Off southern Tasmania, at depths between 700 and 1,500 metres, more than 100 undersea mountains provide rocky pedestals for deep-sea coral reefs. Unlike shallow tropical corals, deep-sea corals live in a cold...

Here's a long-term budget fix that would boost investment: replace company tax with cashflow tax

Dec 19, 2018 15:04 pm UTC| Insights & Views Investing

Rather than waiting for the world to reach an agreement to act against multinational corporations that shift profits to tax havens, Australia should consider adopting our proposal for a cashflow tax, which would increase...

When you have two lovers, the holidays can be tricky

Dec 19, 2018 15:04 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life

Imagine youre going home for the holidays, and this year youre introducing a new partner to your family. Slightly awkward? Ok. Now imagine your old partner is there as well. Oh, and theyre still your partner too. Were...

The Ontario government's plan to loosen child-care rules is dangerous

Dec 19, 2018 15:03 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics

The Ontario governments proposed changes to home child-care legislation would loosen the number and ages of children that providers can care for at any one time. This is dangerous and troubling. These changes would...

The fossil fuel era is coming to an end, but the lawsuits are just beginning

Dec 19, 2018 15:03 pm UTC| Insights & Views

Coal is dead. These are not the words of a Greenpeace activist or left-wing politician, but of Jim Barry, the global head of the infrastructure investment group at Blackrock the worlds largest asset manager. Barry made...

Doug Ford is wrong about minority-language services

Dec 19, 2018 15:02 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life

The Ontario governments proposed cuts to French-language services have elicited significant political backlash, including from within Progressive Conservative ranks and from the anglophone community in...

Buzzing optimistic commentaries amid spiking cryptocurrency prices

Dec 19, 2018 13:42 pm UTC| Research & Analysis Digital Currency Insights & Views Commentary

Bitcoin price and its peer group have continued today, with a vigorous price uptrend BTCUSD has surpassed $3,900 mark (i.e. up about 6.01%) gaining intensified bullish momentum, ETHUSD rebounded to $110 or 6.06% and so is...