How to save $4 billion a year: reform a fuel tax credit scheme with no real rationale
Revising the generous fuel tax credits given to businesses should be a priority for the Albanese government, because keeping them ...
Higher interest rates, falling home prices and real wages, but no recession: top economists' forecasts for 2023
Wes Mountain/The Conversation, CC BY-NDAustralia’s Reserve Bank is set to push up rates once again at its first meeting for ...
It's tradition: Indigenous designs have been on Australian money since decimalisation
ShutterstockIndigenous Australians are respectfully advised that the following includes the names and images of some people who ar...
Short selling Adani: how an obscure US firm profited from triggering the Indian giant's price plunge
Sam Shere/Wikimedia CommonsA few weeks ago, Gautam Adani was indisputably India’s richest man. Now his fortune is slipping a...
Business owners see cutting carbon emissions as 'the right thing to do', despite the challenges of making change
GettyImagesAn increasing number of businesses in Aotearoa New Zealand are changing how they operate to reduce their overall climat...
Popular Orthodontist Orthodontic Treatments to Align Your Smile
Orthodontists specialize in diagnosing and treating dental and facial irregularities and are specialized dentists who …
Australia's cotton farmers can help prevent exploitation in the global garment industry
Ten years ago, the garment industry’s worst industrial accident – the Rana Plaza collapse in Dhaka, Banglade…
First Nations people often take on the 'cultural load' in their workplaces. Employers need to ease this burden
Getty ImagesIt’s good practice for employers to consult staff when forming policies or guidelines. However, for so…
Climate change is already putting the heat on insurance companies – Auckland's floods could be a turning point
Getty ImagesThe clean-up from Auckland’s devastating floods last week is just beginning but insurance companies wi…
US is spending record amounts servicing its national debt – interest rate hikes add billions to the cost
Putting your money where his mouth is.DNY59/E+ via Getty ImagesConsumers and businesses aren’t the only ones feeli…
Sheriffs who see themselves as ultimate defenders of the Constitution are especially worried about gun rights
Scott Jenkins, sheriff of Culpeper County, Va., is one of a large number of so-called 'constitutional sheriffs' in the U…
Brazil's economic challenges are again Lula's to tackle – this time around they're more daunting
Bolstering Brazil's economy will be hard if there's a global recession.Mauro Pimentel/AFP via Getty ImagesEven when they…
US debt default could trigger dollar’s collapse – and severely erode America’s political and economic might
A U.S. debt default would mangle the dollar's international reputation.photovideostock/Getty ImagesIt’s a case of …
Meet Bayard Rustin, often-forgotten civil rights activist, gay rights advocate, union organizer, pacifist and man of compassion for all in…
In this Feb. 2, 1964, image, Bayard Rustin talks on a telephone from a church in Brooklyn, New York.Patrick A. Burns/N…
Why are there prisons? An expert explains the history of using 'correctional' facilities to punish people
Cells at Alcatraz, a famous former prison on an island off the coast of California.Andrea Pistolesi/Stone via Getty Imag…
How evangelicals moved from supporting environmental stewardship to climate skepticism
A display questioning humans' role in climate change, at the Ark Encounter in Williamstown, Ky.Stefani Reynolds/AFP via …
Limits to computing: A computer scientist explains why even in the age of AI, some problems are just too difficult
Computers are growing more powerful and more capable, but everything has limits.Yuichiro Chino/Moment via Getty ImagesEm…
Does this cause cancer? How scientists determine whether a chemical is carcinogenic – sometimes with controversial results
Carcinogenic chemicals are labeled with a health hazard warning symbol. Peter Etchells/iStock via Getty Images PlusPeopl…
What's driving the potato chip shortage and when will it pass?
ShutterstockPotatoes are among Australia’s favourite vegetables. However, we are facing a shortage of processed po…
'Acts that defy humanity:' 3 essential reads on police brutality, race and the power of video evidence
People attend a candlelight vigil in memory of Tyre Nichols in Memphis, Tenn., on Jan. 26, 2023.Scott Olson/Getty Images…
FDA advisory committee votes unanimously in favor of a one-shot COVID-19 vaccine approach – 5 questions answered
The FDA advisory committee discussed vaccine safety, effectiveness of the current shots, potential seasonality of COVID-…
Independent voters can be decisive in elections – but they're pretty unpredictable, not 'shadow partisans'
Pennsylvania's independent voters helped elect Democrat John Fetterman, seen here, over the GOP contender for the U.S. S…
Rural Americans aren't included in inflation figures – and for them, the cost of living may be rising faster
Calculating the cost of living in the country.Ariel Skelley/Getty ImagesWhen the Federal Reserve convenes at the end of …
Power struggles in nature can be more subtle, nuanced and strategic than just dog-eat-dog
The battle for power in the animal world isn't always about brute force.photofellow/iStock via Getty Images PlusScientis…