The Melbourne Declaration on Educational Goals for Young Australians: what it is and why it needs updating

Dec 04, 2018 16:27 pm UTC| Insights & Views

Federal Education Minister Dan Tehan has announced the government will update the Melbourne Declaration on Educational Goals for Young Australians. This document sets out the agreed national purposes and role of schooling...

Getting to the heart of coal seam gas protests – it's not just the technical risks

Dec 04, 2018 16:25 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics

Opposition to coal seam gas (CSG) in Australia is remarkable. CSG proposals mostly affecting rural areas have spawned hundreds of opposition groups across the country. Some are now household names, like Lock the Gate and...

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,...

Health Check: I’m taking antibiotics – when will they start working?

Dec 04, 2018 00:19 am UTC| Insights & Views Health

So youve got an infection (probably), feel terrible, saw your doctor and now have a freshly filled prescription for antibiotics. Once you start taking them, when will you feel better? This is difficult to predict. Each...

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...

G20 summit bring a truce in US-China trade relations – but it's likely to be temporary

Dec 04, 2018 00:04 am UTC| Insights & Views

The United States and China have arrived at a temporary truce in a trade conflict that was threatening to further destabilise world equity markets, entrench a global slowdown and cause more damage to a rules-based...

We all buy slave-made products: here's how we avoid feeling guilty

Dec 04, 2018 00:03 am UTC| Insights & Views Life

We consume the products of slavery every day. All of us. Todays globalised supply chains make it is almost impossible to avoid goods or services free of the fingerprints of slavery. Electronic gadgets, clothing, fish,...