One man's trash: how using everyday items for play benefits kids

Nov 04, 2018 14:18 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life

Primary school students have over 4,000 recess and lunch periods a year. This is a substantial period of time we can utilise to improve play habits and behaviour. To enhance the quality of outdoor play, primary schools...

Abolish stamp duty. The ACT shows the rest of us how to tax property

Nov 04, 2018 14:18 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law

This week were exploring the state of nine different policy areas across Australias states, as detailed in Grattan Institutes State Orange Book 2018. Read the other articles in the series here. You might think that...

Tick-tock – for healthy mums and kids, dad’s age counts

Nov 04, 2018 14:17 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health

Women are regularly reminded of their ticking biological clock. It turns out men should also pay attention to age when it comes to having a family. A new study published today in the British Medical Journal provides...

Earth’s wilderness is vanishing, and just a handful of nations can save it

Nov 04, 2018 14:17 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature

Just 20 countries are home to 94% of the worlds remaining wilderness, excluding the high seas and Antarctica, according to our new global wilderness map, published today in Nature. A century ago, wilderness extended...

Media Files: What does the future newsroom look like?

Nov 04, 2018 14:16 pm UTC| Insights & Views Business

Today on Media Files, a podcast about the major themes and issues in the media, were looking at the future newsroom. We often hear about the doom and gloom of established media companies as they shed staff and revenues,...

Ten things you didn't know about the 20p coin

Nov 04, 2018 14:16 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy

Ten years ago, in November 2008, the Royal Mint issued an undated 20p coin. Instead of featuring the date that they were minted, as all coins are meant to, a mix up meant that the year of issue did not feature. This was...

Tipping point: huge wildlife loss threatens the life support of our small planet

Nov 04, 2018 14:15 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature

A report by the WWF published on October 30 reveals how our actions are degrading the natural world the very basis on which our livelihood depends. The Living Planet Report 2018 shows that between 1970 and 2014,...