8 reasons why impeaching Donald Trump is a big risk for the Democrats. (And 3 reasons why it's not)
Sep 28, 2019 14:05 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has announced the Democrats have begun a formal impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump over allegations he tried to pressure the Ukrainian president to investigate a Democratic...
Is the United States on the brink of a revolution?
Sep 28, 2019 14:05 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Political scientists have historically been bad at foreseeing the most important developments. Few of us guessed the end of the Cold War; almost no one saw the Arab Spring coming. In defence of my discipline, there is a...
University student mental health care is at the tipping point
Sep 28, 2019 14:04 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
As a new crop of students enter university, the sense of hope and promise is tangible. While students are at an exciting developmental stage, as a researcher and practising clinical consultant to university student health...

Why are scientists so excited about a recently claimed quantum computing milestone?
Sep 28, 2019 13:48 pm UTC| Insights & Views Science
A quantum computer may have solved a problem in minutes that would take the fastest conventional supercomputer more than 10,000 years. A draft of a paper by Google researchers laying out the achievement leaked in recent...
Sep 28, 2019 13:47 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Two weeks after the September 12 Democratic presidential debate, Joe Biden continues to lead with 29.0% in the RealClearPolitics Democratic national average, followed by Elizabeth Warren at 21.4%, Bernie Sanders at 17.3%,...
Lessons Indonesia can learn from China in building maritime power
Sep 28, 2019 13:47 pm UTC| Insights & Views
When Indonesian President Joko Jokowi Widodo first came to office in 2014, he sought to capitalise on the countrys geographical position. He pledged to make Indonesia a global maritime power. Under the Global Maritime...
Home grown cannabis to be legal in the ACT. Now what?
Sep 28, 2019 13:46 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health Law
The Australian Capital Territory took the next step towards regulation of the illicit drug market yesterday with new legislation passing through parliament. The legislation, which wont come into effect until January 31,...