View from The Hill: Don Farrell pushes to pass Labor’s electoral reforms before Christmas
In a government that puts ministers on show until people are sick of seeing their faces, Don Farrell is a man with hardly a ...
Jobs of the future: South Africa has major gaps in skills needed to shape the green economy
The green talent in short supply includes wind and solar farm technicians and engineers, solar panel installers, green energy ...
Climate change is hitting women the hardest. What to do about it – economists
Climate change affects women’s health, livelihoods and security disproportionately because of gender inequality and ...
Pennsylvania will keep its divided legislature thanks to split-ticket voters
Despite the country’s stark political divide, some Pennsylvania voters in deep-red counties still genuinely vote for the ...
Trump’s plans to extend tax cuts and slash red tape will likely spur economic growth − but there’s a cost
Much of Trump’s 2017 tax law is set to expire at the end of 2025 – failing to extend it would hurt households and the economy ...
Salva Kiir: South Sudan’s president fought for independence, but then fuelled division, violence and corruption
Salva Kiir will almost certainly be remembered for sowing the divisions and corruption that will plague South Sudan for years ...
Most businesses won’t pay more national insurance. But the UK’s small employers still need support
But a significant proportion of those businesses are SMEs that are just about managing their balance sheets and will need ...
Strength training early in life can set up kids and adolescents for a lifetime of health and well-being
Strength training programs for young people can improve muscle tone, prevent obesity and develop good exercise habits that ...
Updates to Canada’s Copyright Act bring consumers closer to the ‘right to repair’ your devices
Two new bills will amend the Copyright Act to protect consumers’ right to repair their possessions. But more work is needed, ...
Making friends with the enemy: what stories of soldiers’ unexpected battlefield meetings reveal about the trauma of war
I’ve researched the rare moments of intimacy during war, when enemies see the humanity in each other and forge unlikely ...
Fitness apps can reveal your location – updated laws would help plug this hole in our personal security
Fitness apps often require access to location data to provide accurate tracking of activities like running, cycling and ...
Disaster survivors want to rebuild safer, more sustainable homes, but cost misperceptions often stand in the way
In interviews with residents and builders after disasters from Hawaii to Colorado to Puerto Rico, an engineer and policy ...