Perspectives

Piggy bank Australia. | Newsreel

Should you worry super is invested in private markets?

By Mark Melatos If you are a member of a super fund, some of your long-term savings are probably invested in private markets. Public markets are familiar to most of us
Read more 26 February 2025
New German Chancellor Friedrich Merz. | Newsreel

Eights things to know about the new German Chancellor

By Ed Turner With the social democrat Olaf Scholz conceding defeat to the centre right in Germany’s election, the man most likely to be named the next chancellor will
Read more 25 February 2025
Medicare card Australia. | Newsreel

What the bulk billing announcements mean for patients

By Stephen Duckett Labor has foreshadowed a major Medicare change to address the falling rate of bulk billing, with an $8.5 billion election announcement. The Government
Read more 24 February 2025
Majorana 1 Microsoft. \ Newsreel

A million qubits is a big deal, no quibbling

By Stephan Rachel Researchers at Microsoft have announced the creation of the first “topological qubits” in a device that stores information in an exotic state of
Read more 24 February 2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump. | Newsreel

Winners and losers of the end game in Ukraine

By Anuradha Chenoy With the end of war in Ukraine, the US will concentrate on colonisation of new Arctic regions, build deterrence against China and re-organise its
Read more 20 February 2025
Video creator. | Newsreel

YouTube turns 20. Read its eight steps of disruption

By Alex Connock The world’s biggest video sharing platform, YouTube, has just turned 20. It was started inauspiciously in February 2005 by former PayPal employees Chad
Read more 19 February 2025
Australian Federal Parliament House of Representatives.

Don’t accept band-aid solutions in election campaign

By Dr Ashley Craig Australia heads towards a federal election campaign facing enormous economic challenges and we’re dangerously complacent because of decades of
Read more 17 February 2025
Robert F Kennedy Jr. | Newsreel

Kennedy confirmation bad news for global health

By Hassan Vally Robert F. Kennedy Jr has been confirmed as the secretary of the US Health and Human Services Department. Put simply, this makes him the most influential
Read more 14 February 2025
Elon Musk and Donald Trump

Is Elon Musk taking over the US government?

By Lee Morgenbesser Many Americans have watched in horror as Elon Musk, the world’s richest person, has been permitted to tear through various offices of the United
Read more 12 February 2025
Firefighter battling bushfire. | Newsreel

Earth shooting through 1.5°C global warming limit

By Andrew King and Liam Cassidy Earth is crossing the threshold of 1.5°C of global warming, according to two major global studies which together suggest the planet’s
Read more 12 February 2025