LEDs could be harmful to health – the EU halogen ban will make it worse

Sep 10, 2018 14:09 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health

The European Union recently announced a ban on halogen light bulbs, to persuade the public to switch to LED lamps. Its unlikely to raise many eyebrows. There are, after all, lots of different lamps on the market. Some...

Food price hikes of £2 billion due to extreme weather are completely avoidable – here's how

Sep 10, 2018 14:09 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health

Extreme hot and cold weather in the UK will have driven up average household food prices by 45m a week in 2018, according to recent research from the Centre for Economic and Business Research. Cue numerous press articles...

Lad culture and sexual harassment in universities: it's about more than a 'few bad apples'

Sep 10, 2018 14:08 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life

Sexual harassment is widespread and affects the lives of women and girls, in particular, every day. In the face of calls to tackle sexual harassment and violence, the UK government committed to carry out a review to see if...

Kavanaugh's 'judge as umpire' metaphor sounds neutral but it's deeply conservative

Sep 10, 2018 14:02 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law

Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh invoked baseball to explain his judicial philosophy at his confirmation hearing. A good judge, he said in his opening statement to the Senate Judiciary Committee on Sept. 4,...

Green Bay Packers fans love that their team doesn't have an owner – just don't call it 'communism'

Sep 10, 2018 14:02 pm UTC| Insights & Views Sports

In July, I was walking with my parents through the newly constructed Titletown District in Green Bay, Wisconsin, a new community development across the street from Lambeau Field, where the Green Bay Packers play their home...

Why AMP and IOOF went rogue

Sep 10, 2018 13:57 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics

The M in AMP stood for Mutual. Like another former mutual, IOOF, it was owned by, and set up to benefit, its members. Both AMP and IOOF were presented with draft findings that they acted against the interests of their...

Viewpoints: should universities raise the ATAR required for entrance into teaching degrees?

Sep 10, 2018 13:57 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics

Shadow education minister Tanya Plibersek has announced a Labor government would raise the ATAR required for entrance into a teaching degree if elected at the next election. Plibersek said: I dont want people with...