More than carbon taxes, we need wholescale energy transitions

Oct 31, 2018 13:13 pm UTC| Insights & Views

Weve heard it ad nauseum from our political leaders and the media: We cant do anything about climate change because it would cost us jobs and jeopardize our future. We are trade exposed. We cant afford a carbon...

How Mirka and Georges Mora fled the Holocaust and created bohemia across the world

Oct 31, 2018 13:07 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life

Book Review: Mirka Georges, A Culinary Affair (MUP). Launched in the year of Mirka Moras 90th birthday - and sadly, her death - Mirka Georges, A Culinary Affair is a lovely book about two very influential figures in...

We need better jury directions to ensure justice is done

Oct 31, 2018 13:07 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law

In a trial involving a jury, the judge gives the jury instructions on various issues including the relevant laws, trial process and evidence. In Victoria, these instructions are know as jury directions. Jury directions...

To make housing more affordable this is what state governments need to do

Oct 31, 2018 13:04 pm UTC| Insights & Views Real Estate

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. House prices might now be...

Trails on trial: which human uses are OK for protected areas?

Oct 31, 2018 13:04 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature

Theres no question about it: parks and protected areas are the absolute cornerstone of our efforts to protect nature. In the long term, we cant save wildlife and ecosystems without them. But people want to use parks...

National interest test for research grants could further erode pure research

Oct 31, 2018 13:03 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics

A few days have now passed since we learnt that in 2017 the former Minister for Education and Training, Simon Birmingham, secretly rejected 11 grants recommended by the Australian Research Council. Naturally enough the...

I have an exam tomorrow but don't feel prepared – what should I do?

Oct 31, 2018 13:03 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life

You have an exam tomorrow and youre not feeling prepared. With only a few waking hours to go, how is it best you spend your time? To pass tomorrows exam, cramming might help you write more on the paper than you would...