Why small business tax cuts aren't likely to boost 'jobs and growth'
Feb 20, 2017 05:20 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
The Turnbull governments signature economic policy at last years election was a 5% cut in the company tax rate, over a ten-year period, at a cost to revenue estimated to be in excess of A$48 billion. As the government...

Explainer: trickle-down economics
Feb 20, 2017 05:16 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
To anyone who lived through the years of Ronald Reagans US presidency, the term trickle-down economics should already be familiar. While Reagan wasnt the first politician to say trickle down with a straight face, the...

We need to think about redefining citizenship in the Anthropocene
Feb 18, 2017 00:33 am UTC| Insights & Views Science
The hottest year on record was 2016. It was also the year scientists advised that Earths citizens were now living in the Anthropocene, the name proposed for an epoch in which humans influence geology and environment on a...

Cyprus talks keep failing – maybe it's time to try something a little different
Feb 18, 2017 00:20 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
Negotiations on settling the international dispute over Cyprus have hit a wall yet again. For months, the latest round of reunification talks have been touted as a real chance to finally seal a deal, even though people...
Sharp rise in UK mortality rate may be due to austerity measures
Feb 18, 2017 00:18 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
By the end of 2015 it had emerged that the UK had experienced the largest annual spike in mortality rates for nearly 50 years. The magnitude of the increase in mortality rates was shocking we estimated that during the...

Feb 18, 2017 00:14 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
We live in darkening times, so its time for some dark humour. Inspired by the antics of a Big Man with a Big Mouth, think just for a moment about the important subject of how democracies treat their elected leaders....
Feb 17, 2017 12:46 pm UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views
Earlier in January, we closed our long gold trade recommendation in order to lock in profits ahead of the largely uncertain risks around Trumps inauguration and the kick-off of his presidency. Obviously, both those...