The four best cities in the world ... according to the experts
Apr 20, 2018 05:52 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
More and more people are moving into cities. As growing populations place pressure on urban housing, infrastructure and transport systems, residents, planners and politicians are having to come up with clever solutions to...
Exorcism – how does it work and why is it on the rise?
Apr 17, 2018 14:13 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
Exorcism is again in the news, as the Vatican announces a new training course will be held to meet increased demand for deliverance ministry. So what does this actually mean, and should it be a cause for reassurance or...
I lived through Saddam Hussein's fall – and the horror that came next
Apr 09, 2018 14:47 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
I was a senior university student in Baghdad, Iraq. It was March 2003, and over the past few months, my classmates had whispered to each other about the possibility of a US-led invasion and the likelihood that 35 years of...
Defamation in the digital age has morphed into litigation between private individuals
Apr 03, 2018 06:47 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
New South Wales District Court judge Judith Gibson recently identified a worrying social trend she sees in running the courts defamation list ordinary people suing over social media posts. In turn, NSW Attorney-General...
How we can put a stop to the revolving door between homelessness and imprisonment
Feb 20, 2018 12:57 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
Homeless people are over-represented in Australias prisons, and previously incarcerated people are over-represented among the homeless. Experiencing homelessness increases the risk of criminal justice system involvement,...
Nassar's abuse reflects more than 50 years of men's power over female athletes
Jan 30, 2018 12:10 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law Life
Youve got a lucky boyfriend. These were the words the physicians assistant conducting my gynecological exam in 1998 uttered as he suggestively smiled down at me over my paper gown. I lay on the exam table, 20 years old,...
Sexual assault and the princess industry are all part of the same system
Jan 22, 2018 14:16 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
Since Harvey Weinsteins case, sexual harassment and sexual assault have been condemned by almost everyone. The #MeToo movement went viral and thousands agreed with it. But recently, a backlash to #MeToo led by French...
Electricity from farm waste: how biogas could help Malawians with no power
What the Supreme Court is doing right in considering Trump’s immunity case
US student Gaza protests: five things that have been missed
Will Solomon Islands’ new leader stay close to China?
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects