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Vital Signs: a simple way to cut carbon emissions — don't let polluters hide
ShutterstockWorld leaders and about 30,000 others from assorted interest groups will converge on Glasgow in November for the United Nations’ 26th annual climate summit, COP26 (“...
Australia's banks got $188 billion in cheap loans from the RBA. Now they're funding share buybacks
shutter_o/ShutterstockMuch has been written about the taxpayer-funded windfalls to some companies provided by the A$90 billion JobKeeper scheme. Their gains have come from grants given to th...
What are the protests against Victoria's construction union all about? An expert explains
After violence on Monday outside the Melbourne offices of the Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy union, the Victorian government ordered a snap two-week shutdown of the cons...
Australia's COVID plan was designed before we knew how Delta would hit us. We need more flexibility
Lukas Coch/AAPThe great economist John Maynard Keynes, when accused of inconsistency on some policy, is credited with saying: “When the facts change, I change my mind. What do you do?&...
Vital Signs: we're doing well despite Delta, but 3 major economic challenges loom
This week the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development published its first “Economic Survey of Australia” since 2018. It gives Australia good marks for a remarkably...
Just 4.5% jobless during lockdowns? The unemployment rate is now meaningless
Australia’s labour force statistics for August again make the case for giving up on the rate of unemployment as an indicator of the state of the labour market.In June the official unem...
Can Queensland cash in on the NRL finals? It's all about 'event leveraging'
Queensland’s love of rugby league, and the fact the state isn’t in lockdown, has won it the right to host the 2021 NRL finals series. But it was economic gains as much as love of...
Chinese LinkieBuy and Australian SuperiorPay launching online store to promote more brands entering China market
LinkieBuy, a Chinese cross-border e-commerce comprehensive service brand, and Australian payment agency SuperiorPay launched their first online store, the New Zealand National Mall Mini Pr...
Delta is tempting us to trade lives for freedoms — a choice it had looked like we wouldn't have to make
shutter_o/ShutterstockLast year COVID-19 seemed simple. It was horrific, but the arguments about what to do were fairly straightforward.On one side were people rightly horrified by its rapid...
ASIC, now less a corporate watchdog, more a lapdog
ShutterstockThe implosion of Australia’s corporate watchdog, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, under the federal government’s new directions, has gone from tr...
Australia has finally backed a plan to let developing countries make cheap COVID-19 vaccines — what matters is what it does next
covaxxDimitris Barletis/ShutterstockAfter months of holding out, Australia has at last joined other members of the World Trade Organisation in backing a waiver of patents and other intellect...
Ngā āhuatanga ka akona mai ki a tātou e te ao Māori, mō te ao pakihi o āpōpō
Illustration by Isobel Joy Te Aho-WhiteAuthor providedMai i te ētita: Nā Piripi Walker i w…
Putting the community back into business: what te ao Māori can teach us about sustainable management
Illustration by Isobel Joy Te Aho-WhiteAuthor providedEditor’s note: This article has been tra…
Can an app change Australia's car culture? Only if all moving parts work together
ShutterstockGetting around an Australian city without a car can be a real hassle. Imagine how much e…
Why can't Australia make mRNA vaccines? Because we don't make enough 'deep technology' companies
Pfizer/APCaught out by its strategy to bet on COVID-19 vaccines that could be made in Australia, the…
The benefits of digital transformation for an employee
In the last few years a lot of efforts and technology has evolved where the employees would be w…
What Does "Off the Grid" Mean for Your Home?
Did you know 1.7 billion people worldwide live off-grid? That number also grows each year! You …
Vital Signs: the Greens' super-profits tax idea could end up burning muscle, not fat
Earlier this year, the Australian Greens proposed a wealth tax on billionaires straight out of the (…
Qantas fights on against court ruling it unlawfully sacked 2,000 workers
ShutterstockQantas has tugged at many Australians’ heart strings with its advertising campaign…
It's time for Australia to develop its own guided missiles — otherwise, we'll need to keep asking for the codes
Prime Minister's OfficeStep by step, Australia is inching its way towards more autonomy in defence.O…
Neurodiversity can be a workplace strength, if we make room for it
igor kisselev/ShutterstockEmma can recognise patterns within complex code. James can develop several…
From October, it will be all but impossible for most Australians to vape — largely because of Canberra's little-known 'homework…
Steven Senne/APAfter a misstep, it’s about to become illegal to import e-cigarettes without a …
Of Australia's 32 biggest infrastructure projects, just eight had a public business case
Politicians love the vote-pulling power of major transport projects. They also quite like to keep de…
Young Australian women in financial hardship are twice to three times as likely to experience violence
New research undertaken for this week’s National Summit on Women’s Safety finds violence…
Climate change means Australia may have to abandon much of its farming
The findings of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change suggest Australia may have to jettison…
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