Having trouble picking the right health insurance plan? Let an algorithm decide
Apr 29, 2016 10:15 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology Law Health
One key goal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was to lower health care costs by giving consumers more choice over their insurer. Economic theory suggests that when consumers make informed and active choices in a...
Patchy laws leave corporate whistleblowers vulnerable
Apr 29, 2016 10:12 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
In the current controversies over corporate culture, corruption and whether Australia needs a royal commission into banking, there is a huge common thread: the gap in laws that protect whistleblowers in Australias private...
What is the European Commission's problem with Google and Android?
Apr 29, 2016 09:59 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
Google has been dragged over the coals by the European Unions competition watchdog, culminating in the European Commission formally charging Google with abusing the dominant position of its Android mobile phone operating...
Government ignores elephant in the room in response to online gambling review
Apr 29, 2016 09:52 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
The federal government has released its response to former NSW premier Barry OFarrells review of the Interactive Gambling Act. OFarrells review supposedly focused on illegal offshore gambling providers, but also covered...
How limiting women's access to birth control and abortions hurts the economy
Apr 28, 2016 02:51 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy Law
Reproductive health isnt just about abortions, despite all the attention they get. Its also about access to family planning services, contraception, sex education and much else. Such access lets women control the timing...
The truth about the links between military service and crime
Apr 27, 2016 21:59 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
The transition back to civilian life is a challenging period for military personnel particularly when coupled with one or more of the well-publicised problems faced by veterans, including mental health issues, skills...
Are 60% of UK laws really imposed by the EU?
Apr 27, 2016 21:38 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
Today it is a tragedy that the European Union that body long ago established with the high and noble motive of making another war impossible is itself beginning to stifle democracy, in this country and around Europe. If...
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