Fewer poor students are being enrolled in state universities. Here's why
Apr 07, 2016 05:15 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
States have traditionally provided funding for public colleges and universities based on a combination of the number of students enrolled and how much money they were allocated previously. But, in the face of...
Cyber justice: how technology is supporting victim-survivors of rape
Apr 07, 2016 04:58 am UTC| Insights & Views Law Technology
We tend to think of justice as meaning having ones day in court and that justice is done when the perpetrator is convicted and punished. But for many victim-survivors of sexual violence, that day may never come. While...
Why Vladimir Putin will hardly flinch at Panama paper cut
Apr 07, 2016 04:53 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
The world remains gripped by the revelations made in the papers leaked from Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca. But Moscow has greeted the coverage with what might be characterised as calm indifference. Aware that...
Lessons in living heritage from Tokyo to Adelaide
Apr 07, 2016 01:50 am UTC| Insights & Views
Architects, urban planners and government policymakers often aspire to make Australian cities more like Copenhagen. But, for issues of heritage and conservation, we could broaden our view and learn a lot from...
High housing costs create worries for city tourism and hospitality
Apr 07, 2016 01:44 am UTC| Insights & Views Real Estate
Watch any tourism or branding campaign for an Australian city, and chances are youll see plenty of appealing imagery of amenities in and around the CBD be it restaurants, nightclubs, parks or galleries. It is a common...
Labor takes lead in Newspoll as state income tax plan bombs
Apr 07, 2016 00:35 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
This weeks Newspoll is the first since Turnbull became PM to have Labor in front, by a 51-49 margin, a 2% gain for Labor since last fortnight. The catalyst for this change was probably the state income tax plan that was...
Virtual reality brings new dimension to conservation
Apr 07, 2016 00:35 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Virtual reality technology is introducing a new dimension to wildlife conservation by helping researchers anywhere in the world assess the conditions of distant species and environments as if they were on location. The...
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