Welcome to Britain: a land where jobs may be plentiful but are more and more precarious

Nov 22, 2017 05:38 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy

The British chancellor, Philip Hammond, was roundly criticised on November 19 after claiming there were no unemployed people during a BBC interview with Andrew Marr. While the latest figures from the Office for National...

Briferendum Aftermath Series

Brexit calls for free trade are a convenient smoke screen for more corporate tax privilege

Nov 22, 2017 05:34 am UTC| Insights & Views

Liam Foxs call for Britain to champion the cause for free trade in the wake of Brexit and increasing trade barriers, needs to be examined against further revelations of the so-called Paradise Papers scandal, and other...

We built a robot care assistant for people with dementia – here's how it works

Nov 22, 2017 05:31 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology

Not all robots will take over human jobs. My colleagues and I have just unveiled a prototype care robot that we hope could take on some of the more mundane work of looking after elderly and disabled people and those with...

Politics won out over international law in recent UN elections

Nov 22, 2017 05:28 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics Law

For the first time in the courts history, the UK will not have a judge sitting at the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Christopher Greenwood, who was seeking a second nine-year term, pulled out of the race on November...

Why journalists must be allowed to pay and reward their sources

Nov 22, 2017 05:24 am UTC| Insights & Views

Robert Norman helped shine a light on serious social issues. He exposed cutbacks in national detention security, highlighted prison safety concerns, and exposed failures to contain and manage convicted terrorists. He...

Public investment in electricity generation - a hot button issue in Queensland?

Nov 22, 2017 05:00 am UTC| Insights & Views

One of the most striking features of the Queensland election campaign is that all major parties are advocating public investment in electricity generation. The real choice to be made is whether this investment will...

Surgeons and the opioid crisis: We need prescription guidelines

Nov 22, 2017 02:38 am UTC| Insights & Views Health

Of all the possible ways of alleviating the opioid crisis, one has so far garnered far less attention than it deserves: prescription guidelines for surgeons. Surgeons are the third-biggest prescribers of opioids, often...