The government's energy policy hinges on some tricky wordplay about coal's role
Oct 18, 2017 09:46 am UTC| Insights & Views
The most important thing to understand about the federal governments new National Energy Guarantee is that it is designed not to produce a sustainable and reliable electricity supply system for the future, but to meet...
Why the new banking laws won’t be the slam dunk the government is expecting
Oct 18, 2017 09:44 am UTC| Insights & Views Law Politics
The federal government is set to enact new laws covering Australian banks, senior executives and directors. Called the Banking Executive Accountability Regime (BEAR), it imposes new legal obligations on banks and their...
Solving the political ad problem with transparency
Oct 18, 2017 09:42 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Almost all the content and advertising on the internet is customized to each viewer. The impact of this kind of content distribution on the 2016 election is still being explored. But, we can certainly say that the...
Oct 18, 2017 09:37 am UTC| Research & Analysis Central Banks Insights & Views
Sterlings intraday drop, falling downbeat comments from lead EU negotiator Michel Barnier who stated, we are in deadlock highlights the sensitivity that the currency market displays to Brexit-related developments. The...
Oct 18, 2017 09:07 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views
Are you dubious on sterlings trend..? Having hit its weakest point against the euro since last Octobers flash crash, the pound is now consolidating around 1.3179 again dollar and 0.8927 against euro. However, both...
Insurance changes not enough to drive real mental health reform
Oct 18, 2017 08:30 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
Recent changes to private mental health insurance offer the prospect of lower premiums and reduced waiting periods, though the magnitude of these benefits is disputed. Travel and accommodation assistance will now be...
Oct 18, 2017 08:06 am UTC| Technicals Insights & Views
Before we begin with this technical write up, please go through our previous analytic work on this pair where we had advocated short hedges in order to arrest bearish risks a few days...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects