Along with soulful gazes and key changes, politics is never far from Eurovision
May 16, 2016 13:27 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
From now on, when people ask me why Eurovision is worth paying attention to, Im going to give them a short answer: 2016. This year the contest has given us disputes over political lyrics, exclusions due to bankruptcy,...
#NeverTrump: could a third-party candidate save the Republicans from armageddon?
May 16, 2016 12:38 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Recent media buzz suggests that disaffected #NeverTrump Republicans are seriously seeking an alternative candidate to Donald Trump, the presumptive GOP nominee. With the chances of stopping Trump formally taking the...
Brazil govt focuses on adopting economic reforms, curbing unemployment
May 16, 2016 05:45 am UTC| Commentary Economy Politics
The government of Brazil is focused on adopting reform measures to pull the economy out of the current recessionary phase and bring economic, social and political harmony in the Latin Americas biggest economy. Brazils...
The linguistic dirt on that dirty little word tax
May 13, 2016 11:11 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
The word tax (and words derived from it like taxable, taxpayer etc) loomed large in Scott Morrisons budget speech 79 mentions in fact. Tax figured less prominently in Labors reply (27 mentions) but, mind you, Malcolm...
Why self-identification shouldn't be the only thing that defines our gender
May 13, 2016 11:01 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Are you a man or a woman? Until recently, most people would have found that a simple question. You would have been able to give a definite answer one way or the other, and would probably have appealed to your body type and...
Eastern Europe is shunning liberal democracy – but it'll come back in the end
May 13, 2016 10:38 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Whats happening to democracy in Central and Eastern Europe? A new authoritarianism, what one leader has called illiberal democracy, has taken over in Hungary and Poland. Propelled in part by the Paris and Brussels attacks...
What is Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff's real crime?
May 13, 2016 10:22 am UTC| Insights & Views Law Politics
Dilma Rousseff, Brazils first female president, is about to go on trial. She is temporarily suspended from office while Brazilian politicians debate whether she broke the countrys laws. Her crime is she allegedly...