View from The Hill: The Albanese government is feeling a lot of pain from pincers

Sep 19, 2024 01:28 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics

When a leader is on the back foot, small things are telling. On Monday, Anthony Albanese, who leaves on Thursday for a meeting of the Quad comprising leaders of the United States, India, Japan and Australia in Joe...

Young homeowners are more likely to use their home as an ‘ATM’ than their Boomer parents. Here’s why

Sep 19, 2024 01:27 am UTC| Insights & Views Business

For many Australians, the family home is their largest financial asset. With an increasing variety of ways to tap into home equity, the temptation to access this wealth is ever growing. Homeowners increase the debt owed...

China says AUKUS is ‘driven by Cold War thinking’. Here are 3 reasons it is so threatened by the pact

Sep 19, 2024 01:27 am UTC| Insights & Views

Ever since AUKUS public announcement three years ago, China has been staunchly opposed to the partnership. Beijing has blasted AUKUS diplomatically and mounted a concerted campaign to challenge its legality. China...

Have you heard of the open source internet? The antidote to a capitalist web already exists

Sep 19, 2024 01:26 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology

In the early days of the internet, famously, no one knew if you were a dog. The internet was a place where you could be anyone. More importantly, it was also a place where you could find anything: that rare book, or the...

Rupert Murdoch’s real-life succession drama is underway in a Nevada courtroom. What might happen next?

Sep 19, 2024 01:23 am UTC| Insights & Views Law

A unique court case is getting under way in Nevada this week. At stake is the future of the Murdoch empire. The case, which begins on September 17 local time, is scheduled to run (in secret) for two weeks, and sometime...

Denver’s experiment in providing a soft landing for newly arrived migrants and asylum-seekers isn’t cheap – but doing nothing might cost more

Sep 19, 2024 01:22 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics

The burden of supporting asylum-seekers with food and housing often falls to cities, creating severe budget crunches. But Denver is piloting a new approach designed to integrate immigrants into the workforce faster. The...

Lost in translation: What spirituality and Einstein’s theory of time have to do with misunderstandings about climate change

Sep 19, 2024 01:22 am UTC| Insights & Views

As a child growing up in the early 1990s, I remember learning in school about the greenhouse effect. Carbon dioxide released by burning fossil fuels traps heat near the Earths surface, like the glass of a greenhouse. I...