Apr 14, 2023 14:18 pm UTC| Life Investing
Tax Day falls on April 18 in 2023. But if youre one of the 20%-25% of Americans who wait until the last minute to file, dont panic you still have time. The IRS estimates that the average taxpayer spends 13 hours to...
Fairtrade: study finds premium label does not always benefit workers on South African wine farms
Apr 14, 2023 14:12 pm UTC| Life
Wine was first produced in South Africa as far back as the mid-1600s by Dutch colonisers who sold it to passing ships. The industry developed further during the colonial and apartheid eras and wine became an important part...
Why is Tax Day on April 18 this year? And how did early spring become tax season, anyhow?
Apr 14, 2023 14:08 pm UTC| Life Investing
Mid-April has arrived. And along with the spring sunshine, that means the often dreaded civic duty of finishing off ones taxes. Its an arduous time for many, characterized by navigating increasingly confusing rules to...
The problem with cashless payments
Apr 14, 2023 14:08 pm UTC| Technology Insights & Views Life
Citizens living in the euro area make an average of 13 payments per week of all types. They circulate through a range of channels and by way of different media, including cash, payment cards, and online. Our means of...
Why arts degrees and other generalist programs are the future of Australian higher education
Apr 14, 2023 14:03 pm UTC| Life
This article is the first in our series on big ideas for the Universities Accord. The federal government is calling ideas to reshape and reimagine higher education, and set it up for the next decade and beyond. A review...
Introducing our new series on the future of Australian higher education
Apr 14, 2023 14:02 pm UTC| Life
The Australian Universities Accord is a grandly named 12-month review seeking ideas to reform Australias higher education system for the next 30 years. Led by a prominent former vice-chancellor, Professor Mary OKane, it is...
The grieving mother of a murdered teen pleads for a stronger social safety net
Apr 13, 2023 15:14 pm UTC| Life
Just days after 16-year-old Gabriel Magalhaes was fatally attacked at a Toronto subway station, his mother had an urgent message to public officials on how to address the spate of violent crime on the Toronto Transit...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
The Mattei Plan: why Giorgia Meloni is looking to Africa
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