There's an obvious reason wages aren't growing, but you won't hear it from Treasury or the Reserve Bank

Sep 10, 2019 20:39 pm UTC| Insights & Views Central Banks

Wages growth for Australian workers is among the worst in the industrialised world. For more than a third of workers on individual contracts, wages arent growing at all. This is odd, given Australia is in a record 28th...

Where 'woke' came from and why marketers should think twice before jumping on the social activism bandwagon

Sep 10, 2019 20:38 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics

First used in the 1940s, the term woke has resurfaced in recent years as a concept that symbolises awareness of social issues and movement against injustice, inequality, and prejudice. But popularity has diluted its...

How buildings in Johannesburg could benefit from green roofs

Sep 10, 2019 20:38 pm UTC| Insights & Views Real Estate

There are about 500,000 square metres of green space in Chicago in the United States. Many of these are visible, not on the ground, but on building roofs across the city. Green roofs can be seen in a number of other cities...

Rudd's rental affordability scheme was a $1 billion gift to developers; Abbott was right to axe it

Sep 10, 2019 20:38 pm UTC| Insights & Views Real Estate Politics

Most Australians are spending more of their income on housing than they used to, but low-income households are being squeezed the hardest. Many are in poverty, and many more are suffering financial stress. A growing...

Getting to the bottom of things: Can mining the deep sea be sustainable?

Sep 10, 2019 20:37 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature

It is completely dark, just above freezing cold and the pressure is crushing: this is the deep-sea floor. Food is very scarce in this huge region, yet a great diversity of animals have adapted to exploit and recycle...

Environment laws have failed to tackle the extinction emergency. Here's the proof

Sep 10, 2019 20:37 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law

Threatened species habitat larger than the size of Tasmania has been destroyed since Australias environment laws were enacted, and 93% of this habitat loss was not referred to the federal government for scrutiny, our new...

How green are green bonds? Ratings can help investors know

Sep 10, 2019 20:36 pm UTC| Insights & Views

Since the Industrial Revolution, humans have invested in machines and other technologies to help them increase productivity and improve their lives. Unfortunately, one of the side effects of many of these advances is that...