Sewage testing is no magic bullet in our fight against COVID-19. But it can help
We’re often hearing alerts for different areas after traces of coronavirus are found in the wastewater, or sewage. Most recently,…
Deutsche Bank: Investors Increasingly Choose Bitcoin Over Gold to Hedge Dollar Risk, Inflation
Hedge Fund Manager Brian Kelly Says Increasing Institutional Interest in Bitcoin Down to its Fixed Supply Hedge fund manager Brian…
Blaming the ‘worried well’ for long COVID testing queues won’t help anxious South Australians. This will
It’s been a big week for South Australia. First, the announcement of a six-day lockdown to limit the spread of…
Australian-made component found in downed Azerbaijani military drone
The Armenian National Council of Australia (ANCA) wrote an urgent letter on November 6 to Australian company Microair Avionica, which manufactured…
Australian solidarity with Western Sahara
The Australia Western Sahara Association expresses solidarity for the people of Western Sahara and strongly condemns Morocco’s flagrant violation of…
VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the South Australian lockdown and the Brereton inquiry
University of Canberra Professorial Fellow Michelle Grattan and University of Canberra Assistant Professor Caroline Fisher discuss the week in politics.…
Coronavirus in the US: What went wrong in the world’s largest economy? | COVID-19 Special
Out of all the Coronavirus cases in the world one out of every five, are in the United States. Despite…
BuzzFeed’s Jonah Peretti on why he bought HuffPost and why the New York Times can’t be “the paper of record”
Jonah Peretti co-founded the Huffington Post, then left to start BuzzFeed. Now he’s running both companies: BuzzFeed is picking up…
Let it happen or make it happen? There’s more than one way to get in the zone
We often hear about people being “in the zone” when they have excelled, be it at sport, playing music, video…
A birth certificate is a human right. Why aren’t they free and easier to get?
This week marks the 31st anniversary of the Convention of the Rights of the Child. As we reflect on the…
Japan-Australia pact highlights need to move away creatively from death penalty
The Reciprocal Access Agreement (RAA) reached in principle this week by Japan and Australia provides a legal framework for the…
Alaska voters adopt ranked-choice voting in ballot initiative
In a tight vote that came down to about 4,000 ballots, Alaskans approved a measure to join Maine in conducting…
Why the way we approach transgender and non-binary healthcare needs to change
Demand for healthcare for transgender people is on the rise in New Zealand but training for health professionals to develop…
Workers bear 71% to 100% of the cost of increases in compulsory super
The government’s much-anticipated Retirement Incomes Review has found that increases in employer’s compulsory superannuation contributions are financed by reductions in…