Heading north: how the export boom is shaking up Australia's gas market
Jan 17, 2016 23:58 pm UTC| Insights & Views
You might have missed it, but last month something unusual happened in Australias eastern gas market. Gas in a major pipeline that normally flows from north to south started flowing in the opposite direction for the first...
Australian copyright reform stuck in an infinite loop
Jan 17, 2016 23:47 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
Copyright matters. It is a body of law that affects what we know, how we experience and understand the world, and what we are allowed to do with the knowledge we gain. But for most of us copyright is more of a snarl. We...
To fight terrorism, Indonesia should move beyond security measures
Jan 17, 2016 23:46 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Indonesian police have named a convicted terrorist, Afif Sunakim, as one of five perpetrators of Islamic State-linked bombings and shootings in Jakarta that killed eight people, including four attackers, last...
Five years on, Tunisia’s Jasmine Revolution continues from the ground up
Jan 16, 2016 10:32 am UTC| Insights & Views
Tunisians are marking five years since the culmination of their Jasmine Revolution. Since its longtime authoritarian leader Zine El Abidine Ben Ali was forced out of office in January 2011, Tunisia has been embarked on a...
Basic income for all could lift millions out of poverty – and change how we think about inequality
Jan 16, 2016 09:31 am UTC| Insights & Views
The idea of a basic income for every person has been popping up regularly in recent years. Economists, think tanks, activists and politicians from different stripes have toyed with the idea of governments giving every...
Global economy sensing what China did through commodity market’s largest and longest rout
Jan 15, 2016 13:41 pm UTC| Insights & Views
The bearish trend in commodity currencies has similarly been the second-worst of the post-Bretton Woods era, topped only by the early 1980s rout powered by the 1983-84 Fed tightening cycle. From their 2011 peak, four...
FxWirePro: Potential risks revolving GBP over Brexit crisis in 2016 and hedging arrangements
Jan 15, 2016 13:03 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Brexit likely to ruin GBP prospects which is a big tail risk, even if it wont be a factor until the date of the referendum is known. We estimate the risk of Brexit at 45% and the accumulated negative shock to the economy...
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