Nudges, not legislation will drive people to save more for retirement
Apr 07, 2016 05:45 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
Getting Australian workers to save more in order to become more self-reliant in retirement is a policy idea most people understand. Over time there is increasing pressure on government funding of the age pension. In...
The banking sector can do its bit to combat family violence
Apr 07, 2016 05:44 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
The Victorian Royal Commission into Family Violence has laid out a challenge to Australian banks in its recommendations to better respond to victims who are suffering from economic abuse as much as physical, mental and...
Hillary Clinton as president will not necessarily be a feminist coup
Apr 07, 2016 05:41 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Donald Trumps colourful tilt at becoming the Republican candidate for US president has somewhat overshadowed the tensions emerging in the Democratic race. A female president is obviously long overdue, so there is pressure...
We can't trust drug companies to wine, dine and educate doctors about the drugs they prescribe
Apr 07, 2016 05:40 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
If a drug company treats a doctor to a nice lunch and a presentation on their newest products, is prescribing affected? Doctors generally think not, but the research evidence overwhelmingly says yes. And if these events do...
Invisible influence: why sales reps are forming relationships with nurses
Apr 07, 2016 05:36 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
Last week Fairfax Media revealed pharmaceutical companies are spending lavish amounts treating Australian doctors to lunches, dinners and overseas trips. However, it is not only doctors who are courted in this way. The...
How Mozambique can avoid stepping into the abyss
Apr 07, 2016 05:29 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
It is unsettling how quickly the shine can come off a development success story. Only a few years ago, Mozambique was standing at the helm of sustained and rapid economic growth. Optimism was nurtured by high commodity...
When covering elections, journalists face a debilitating dilemma
Apr 07, 2016 05:22 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Last week, President Obama criticized journalists covering the election for the practice of drawing false equivalences between competing claims made by politicians. If I say the world is round and someone else says its...
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