Reliable renewable electricity is possible if we make smart decisions now
Dec 04, 2016 23:07 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy
The Australian government is reviewing our electricity market to make sure it can provide secure and reliable power in a rapidly changing world. Faced with the rise of renewable energy and limits on carbon pollution, The...
The age of uncertainty is upon us, and we'd better get used to it
Dec 04, 2016 22:58 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy
Peter Varghese, former head of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, now chancellor of the University of Queensland had a simple message for policymakers anxious about the arrival in the White House of a man whose...
Banks like RBS still look risky, but getting too tough could cause greater problems
Dec 04, 2016 22:55 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy
Even in less politically volatile times, the news that the UKs biggest bank, RBS, failed the Bank of Englands toughest ever stress tests would have dampened financial spirits. The bank must now raise an extra 2 billion to...
From 'fascists' to 'feminazis': how both sides of politics are biased in their political thinking
Dec 04, 2016 19:24 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Any frequent user of social media is probably aware of the tendency for both sides of politics to view the other as fundamentally immoral and ignorant. Interestingly, longitudinal data suggests that political...
Heathrow, Brexit and a pointless political suicide – that Richmond by-election in full
Dec 04, 2016 06:00 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
The 2016 Richmond Park by-election must surely be one of the most frivolous and pointless instances of political suicide in recent British political history. Conservative incumbent Zac Goldsmith should perhaps be...
Where did it all go wrong? François Hollande flops out of presidential race
Dec 04, 2016 05:00 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
French president, François Hollande, made the shock announcement that he will not be standing for a second term in office. The president seemed to acknowledge his poor chances of success in the 2017 presidential...
Trump and Modi: birds of the same feather, but with different world views
Dec 04, 2016 05:00 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Donald Trumps election as the 45th US president illustrates the global ascendance of the political right. Comparisons with Indian prime minister, Narendra Modi, whose rise predates Trumps by two years, are inevitable. The...
Canadians are feeling increasingly powerless amid economic struggles and rising inequality
Another election, another round of Nigel Farage hype, with no lessons learned