Burning fossil fuels is responsible for most sea-level rise since 1970
Apr 12, 2016 06:27 am UTC| Insights & Views Law Nature
Global average sea level has risen by about 17 cm between 1900 and 2005. This is a much faster rate than in the previous 3,000 years. The sea level changes for several reasons, including rising temperatures as fossil...
Tasmania's 'smoke-free generation' is undemocratic age discrimination
Apr 12, 2016 05:11 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
Tasmania is considering legislation to create a tobacco-free generation by banning sales to persons born after July 1, 2000. It is a tobacco prohibition law, albeit one whose endgame will play out for future generations...
Should walking while using your mobile phone be outlawed?
Apr 12, 2016 04:40 am UTC| Law
As beneficial as they are to our lives, mobile phones also present a legitimate threat to public safety and not because of on-road use or radiation. Many mobile phone users now text, or intently perform some other...
Imported Seafood Shipments Rejected by FDA for “Unsafe Levels of Filth and Bacteria”
Apr 11, 2016 17:13 pm UTC| Business Law
BILOXI, Miss., April 11, 2016 A new USDA analysis of the Food and Drug Administrations import refusals report reveals that the FDA rejected tens of thousands of imported seafood shipments because they were unfit for human...
Five ideas to help fix Australia's tax system
Apr 10, 2016 23:13 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
Our tax reform debate seems to be stuck. Our federal fiscal system is skewed. What kind of a fiscal bargain can we strike to build a better tax system for the future? A new federal bargain: share income tax and GST...
Twenty years after the High Court's Wik decision, how does the 'judicial activism' charge stand up?
Apr 10, 2016 22:52 pm UTC| Law
2016 marks 20 years since High Court handed down the Wik Peoples v Queensland decision on the extent to which pastoral leases over land in Queensland extinguished native title. This year also marks the 20-year anniversary...
Are drones really dangerous to airplanes?
Apr 10, 2016 00:48 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology Law
Imagine boarding a plane. Economy class. Theres a kid behind you kicking the seat. You put on headphones and try to tune out the world. Immediately after takeoff, you feel a thud and hear an explosion over the sound of...
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