Aug 02, 2016 07:03 am UTC| Insights & Views
Weve recently seen that the Australias trade deficit widened sharply to AUD3.2bn in June from a revised AUD2.4bn in May. Even though the Aussie exporters have the proper financial arrangements placed with letters of...
Aug 02, 2016 06:28 am UTC| Insights & Views
Australia reported a trade gap of AUD3.19 billion in June of 2016, an increase of 32 pct from an upwardly revised AUD2.42 billion deficit in May and missing market estimates. It was the largest trade deficit since January...
China will be the winner if US backs out of the TPP
Aug 02, 2016 05:48 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
If the United States backs out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a 12 member mega regional trade agreement, it could leave a gap for China to emerge the dominant trading power in the Asia Pacific. The TPP has been...
High speed rail plan still needs to prove economic benefits will outweigh costs
Aug 02, 2016 05:47 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
The CLARA private consortium claims a high speed rail network between Sydney and Melbourne could be paid for at no cost to the government through a technique known as value capture. What is still not clear is whether there...
The electricity market's not doing a great job – here's how to improve it
Aug 02, 2016 05:44 am UTC| Insights & Views
The past three weeks have seen considerable discussion of Australias wholesale electricity market, driven largely by severe price spikes in South Australia. Hugh Saddler, writing last week on The Conversation, and the...
Why Bernie Sanders' supporters should be good losers
Aug 02, 2016 05:36 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
What does it mean to be a good loser in politics? In 2015, I taught a seminar called, simply, Political Losers. In the course, we read about political loss in labor strikes, in social movement campaigns, in elections...
As the Olympics approach, stains on Rio's architecture, infrastructure
Aug 02, 2016 05:34 am UTC| Insights & Views Sports
It was raining on May 12, the last time I was in Rio. The cidade maravilhosa the Marvelous City was cold and dark, the furthest thing from the vibrant, jovial landscapes youll see on a Google image search. The rain...
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