Why urban agriculture isn't a panacea for Africa's food crisis
Apr 15, 2016 09:24 am UTC| Insights & Views
Urban agriculture is widely promoted as the solution to the growing problem of urban food insecurity in South Africa and in Africa more broadly. It is said to provide livelihoods and social cohesion, and have environmental...
Australia's housing finance in seven charts
Apr 15, 2016 09:19 am UTC| Insights & Views Real Estate
The latest Australian housing finance statistics back-up what we already know: the national housing market is starting to cool. Local housing economists have been pouring water on the notion of a property bubble...
Copper and Crude crusade in commodity space for bear rout
Apr 15, 2016 07:16 am UTC| Insights & Views Commentary
The correlation of Crude oil and Copper price moves was in linear curve from long ago but in the recent times this relation is diverged, as the supply-side support that has emerged for oil has not been replicated in the...
Why the victim can also become the offender in online fraud
Apr 15, 2016 01:25 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
Its bad enough when someone loses money to an online scam, but in some cases the victim can also recruit others into the scam causing even further heartache and loss. Thats what happened in the case of 65-year-old...
Should America be focusing on ISIS when North Korea poses an existential threat?
Apr 15, 2016 01:19 am UTC| Insights & Views
It is understandable that Americans focus their attention on the Middle East. The media supplies a daily stream of news about Americas continued war with the Islamic State, or ISIS. And the recent attacks in Europe and San...
FactCheck: do better pay rates for truck drivers improve safety?
Apr 15, 2016 01:18 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
The evidence is that if you ensure that people travel safely in terms of safe rates you will get proper outcomes … you will get improved safety. Shadow Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, Anthony Albanese,...
Scales of justice still tipped towards police who harm people in their custody
Apr 15, 2016 01:16 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
Accountability for the deaths of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people at the hands of the state remains absent 25 years after the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody tabled its report. Between...
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