Just as we have the country’s smartest legal minds on the High Court and our best health practitioners setting vaccine policy, the review wants the best economists to set monetary policy.
Fear and Wonder is a new climate podcast, brought to you by The Conversation, and sponsored by the Climate Council. In episode four, we discuss how climate change is affecting the water cycle.
After eight years of bombs, missiles, destruction and hundreds of thousands of civilian deaths, it is the Yemeni people who have lost the most in this war.
Climate change rally, Parliament House, Canberra, November 28, 2019.
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Simply setting aside time for collaboration doesn’t always lead to better outcomes for teachers or students. Effective collaboration requires skilful leadership and a common language.
Many of our rivers are overloaded with nutrients from fertiliser run off and wastewater. Algal blooms, fish kills and poor water follow. One solution? Nutrient offsetting.
Lobbyists have long had unfettered access to NZ’s politicians. But recent scandals have highlighted the need for transparency to ensure corporations don’t wild too much influence over our leaders.
These include the establishment of a separate Monetary Policy Board and Governance Board, aimed at making both decision-making and governance arrangements as effective as possible
A new review shows consuming cranberry products reduces the chance of repeat UTIs for women, children, and those who are more susceptible to them due to medical procedures.
ANU economist Ben Phillips, a member of the Economic Inclusion Advisory Committee, explains why it regards increasing JobSeeker as the most pressing priority for the Albanese government.
The strategy is long overdue but falls short of meeting the urgent need to accelerate the uptake of electric vehicles.
Shipwreck survivors played by, from left, Charlbi Dean, Dolly De Leon and Vicki Berlin in Triangle of Sadness.
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By taking human beings out of society, castaway stories suggest our individualist survival instincts come to the fore. But no man (or woman) is an island. True freedom comes through co-operation.
In a new report, education authors Tom Greenwell and Chris Bonnor propose a framework to increase parental choice and improve equity in the school system.
This whirlwind tour of social history describes how infectious diseases have shaped humanity at every stage. It suggests reducing inequality will give us our best chance of surviving future plagues.