In places where it's legal, how many people are ending their lives using euthanasia?
Mar 03, 2017 05:58 am UTC| Life Law
The Victorian Parliament will consider a bill to legalise euthanasia in the second half of 2017. That follows the South Australian Parliaments decision to knock back a voluntary euthanasia bill late last year, and the...
Catchphrase to cliché: how corporate-speak became common in our everyday lives
Mar 02, 2017 04:12 am UTC| Life
Should you ever wish to be reminded of those irritating workplace catchphrases, the internet abounds in news features and helpful sites 26 Annoying Business Clichés You Should Stop Using Immediately; The Most...
Why do some countries disapprove of homosexuality? Money, democracy and religion
Mar 02, 2017 03:56 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
With Trumps removal of federal protections for transgender students, debate over LGBTQ rights rage again across the U.S. Despite these disagreements, Americans are relatively liberal compared to countries across the...
Does empathy have limits? Depends on whom you ask
Mar 02, 2017 03:07 am UTC| Life
Is it possible to run out of empathy? Thats the question many are asking in the wake of the U.S. presidential election. Thousands have marched on streets and airports to encourage others to expand their empathy for...
Brave New World: the pill-popping, social media obsessed dystopia we live in
Mar 02, 2017 02:18 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
The Orwellian dystopia of Doublespeak is very much in vogue right now thanks to concerns over Trumps use of alternative facts. But alternative facts are just the tip of a dystopian iceberg that owes more to the soft...
Who exactly are 'radical' Muslims?
Mar 01, 2017 07:36 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
The Trump administration has been using the phrase radical Islam when discussing the war on terror. From his inauguration address to remarks to military leaders, President Trump has been warning against Islamic...
Push for longer hours makes headlines, but more Australians want to work less
Feb 28, 2017 07:16 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
The Australian Tax Office (ATO) abandoned plans requiring its staff to work 37.5 hours per week following an employee backlash. This would have been an increase of 45 minutes per week, or nine minutes per day, over whats...
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
Why Germany ditched nuclear before coal – and why it won’t go back
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
Sudan: civil war stretches into a second year with no end in sight