How makeup makes men admire – but other women jealous
Jun 10, 2016 14:54 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
Imagine youre sitting at an important job interview. Youre suitably dressed and have taken the time to do your hair and apply some makeup. Youre smiling, answering questions, and attempting to appear competent, and,...
Changing the portrayal of women in film means getting more women behind the lens
Jun 10, 2016 14:51 pm UTC| Insights & Views Entertainment
Is there a relationship between the number of older working women and mothers working behind the camera in the television and film industries and the way they are represented or misrepresented on our screens? Its...
How can French authorities prevent a terrorist attack during Euro 2016?
Jun 10, 2016 14:47 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
As the UEFA European Championship kicks off in France, the memory of last Novembers terrorist attacks on the Stade de France and other venues across Paris looms large. French authorities will be examining the previous...
Euro 2016 could turn EU referendum result upside down
Jun 10, 2016 14:44 pm UTC| Insights & Views Sports Politics
When historians look back at the fact that the Euro 2016 group phase ended the day before the UKs Brexit vote on June 23, they will think it almost deliberately mischievous. These could turn out to be the finals where...
Official data this week show the UK economy is holding up despite Brexit uncertainty
Jun 10, 2016 11:13 am UTC| Insights & Views
Data from the Office for National Statistics released on Friday showed UK construction output rising 2.5% in April, the biggest monthly increase since January 2014. The reading beat economists expectations for a 1.7...
Vital Signs: central bankers longing for growth that may not come
Jun 10, 2016 09:20 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy Central Banks
Vital Signs is a weekly economic wrap from UNSW economics professor and Harvard PhD Richard Holden (@profholden). Vital Signs aims to contextualise weekly economic events and cut through the noise of the data impacting...
Why the voice of Big Business is facing its biggest test
Jun 10, 2016 09:18 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
If the Coalition loses this election there will be some insiders pointing fingers at the Business Council of Australia. There have been times in the last three years when the Coalition has held the line on policies that...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects