Should we be locking people up in prisons at all?
Aug 01, 2016 07:48 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
Footage aired last week of children being abused in a Northern Territory prison sent shockwaves around the nation. These images forced us to grapple with the problem as if it were breaking news, despite the fact that so...
Please rewind: a final farewell to the VCR
Aug 01, 2016 07:46 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
I grew up with video cassette recorders (VCRs). I still remember rushing off to the the video store to hire the latest movie, hoping that there was at least one copy still on the shelf that didnt have the Sorry Im Out tag...
A complacent, secretive IMF failed to deal with EU crisis; what's changed?
Aug 01, 2016 07:44 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
In a 650-page report last week, the IMFs own Independent Evaluation Office (IEO) has castigated the Funds handling of the Eurozone crisis. The IEO cited a culture of complacency in the IMF; a failure to identify the...
Indonesia's new cabinet built on political transactions
Aug 01, 2016 07:28 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
It is not surprising that the new ministers recently appointed by Indonesian President Joko Widodo still reflect a cabinet of compromise. As a political outsider, the president lacks the support of a strong political...
A record 65.3 million people were displaced last year: What does that number actually mean?
Aug 01, 2016 07:26 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
We continue to witness violent attacks bombings and murders in France, Germany, Turkey, Afghanistan and Iraq; fighting in South Sudan and the continued civil war in Syria. These conflicts have renewed interest in the...
Why Brazil's post-Olympics hangover will hit so hard
Aug 01, 2016 07:21 am UTC| Insights & Views Sports
On the eve of the Rio Olympic Games, host Brazil is struggling through one of the deepest crises in its history. It wasnt supposed to be this way. In 2009, when the 2016 Games were awarded to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil...
The return of the breeze block
Aug 01, 2016 07:05 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
Breeze blocks are having a moment in the sun. Having been painfully hip in the architecture of the 1950s and 60s, they were used so extensively, in both houses and commercial buildings, that they became ubiquitous anywhere...
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