Indonesia should make land acquisitions more transparent and participative
Dec 17, 2016 05:00 am UTC| Insights & Views Law Economy
To improve Indonesias economy, President Joko Widodo has made infrastructure development the building of roads, ports, power plants and other public utility services his main agenda item since being elected two years...
Understanding How A Judgement Affects Your Credit
Dec 16, 2016 14:53 pm UTC| Life Law
A civil judgment issued against you can wreak havoc on your credit for years to come. The three major credit bureaus not only present civic judgments on credit reports, but the arbiters of credit also ensure your failure...
Australia still to deliver on 'open government' rhetoric
Dec 16, 2016 02:21 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics Law
After delays that threatened to see it dubbed an inactive member of the Open Government Partnership, Australia last week issued its Open Government National Action Plan. The Plan offers benefits in advancing...
US Government Proposes Mandatory Inter-Car Communications
Dec 14, 2016 13:13 pm UTC| Technology Law
In a sign of finally catching up to the times, the federal government is proposing that all future vehicles should have the capacity to communicate with each other while on the road. The proposal is meant to curb traffic...
There's little to gain and much to lose from lowering the minimum driving age
Dec 13, 2016 00:26 am UTC| Law
Victoria is currently the only Australian state where the earliest opportunity for unsupervised driving is 18. The minimum age is 17 in all other states and territories, except the Northern Territory (16 years and six...
South Korea’s scandal reignites the global debate on corruption
Dec 12, 2016 10:42 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
Until its president, Park Geun-hye, was impeached over alleged corruption and cronyism, South Korea seemed like a relatively virtuous country as far as corruption goes. In the Corruption Perceptions Index 2015 the...
Celebrity voices are powerful, but does the First Amendment let them say anything they want?
Dec 12, 2016 09:57 am UTC| Law
When NFL player Colin Kaepernick refuses to stand for the national anthem, or the cast of the Broadway musical Hamilton confronts the vice president-elect, or the Dixie Chicks speak out against war, talk quickly turns to...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects