Climate Change Series

To reduce greenhouse gases from cows and sheep, we need to look at the big picture

Mar 22, 2016 01:01 am UTC| Insights & Views

Farming livestock cattle, sheep, goats, pigs and chickens contributes around 6 billion tonnes of greenhouse gases (carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide) to the atmosphere each year. While estimates vary, this could...

Electric Vehicle Series

Lithium: Australia needs to recycle and lease to be part of the boom

Mar 22, 2016 00:56 am UTC| Insights & Views

Australia has an opportunity to capitalise on the increasing global demand for lithium batteries by developing recycling systems and creating models for leasing the resource. Lithium is the third element in the periodic...

Fintech firms freed to compete with banks, but disruption yet to come

Mar 22, 2016 00:42 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology Digital Currency

The Australian governments statement on supporting fintechs, released by Treasurer Scott Morrison yesterday, will accelerate the process of getting such businesses to market. Fintech businesses are based on digital...

The doctor will tweet you now – but should he face disciplinary action for doing so?

Mar 21, 2016 15:37 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law

Many bosses would argue that mixing work with social media is not a good idea. Just ask Christian Solomonides, a hospital consultant who was recently suspended after he admitted posting strongly worded messages on Twitter....

Journalism isn't dying – there's even room for optimism about print

Mar 21, 2016 15:36 pm UTC| Insights & Views

On Saturday, March 26 the Independent will publish its last edition in print. The Independent on Sunday sold for the last time on March 20. The distinctive El Pais of Madrid has announced that it will take a step from...

How happiness is challenging GDP as the measure of a country's health

Mar 21, 2016 15:32 pm UTC| Insights & Views

Denmark reclaimed its place as the happiest country in the world, according to the latest annual World Happiness Report. Switzerland, Iceland, Norway and Finland followed in quick succession at the top, while Benin,...

In TV's shifting landscape, advertisers scramble to adapt

Mar 21, 2016 14:50 pm UTC| Insights & Views Business

A television commercial is a 15- or 30-second interruption of a program or so most of us born before 2000 assume. However, a recent story arc on the popular Fox program Empire involved a character making a commercial...