While accepting her Crystal Award on the opening day of the 2020 World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Australian artist and filmmaker Lynette Wallworth set the tone for the week’s discussions on climate change. “I am standing here a traveller from a new reality: a burning Australia, where amidst the endless falling ash, the […]
Will getting full bars on your 5G connection mean getting caught out by sudden weather changes? The question may strike you as hypothetical, nonsensical even, but it is at the core of ongoing disputes between meteorologists and telecommunications companies. Everyone else, including you and I, are caught in the middle, wanting both 5G’s faster connection […]
The platform economy is changing how companies interact with customers. Enterprises need to connect with their customers efficiently to successfully and rapidly match the latter’s wants and needs with services and products. Being able to authenticate users to enable efficient and effective interaction with organizations is vital to business strategies of the future. Password-based consumer […]
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has asked the head of his department to investigate whether Bridget McKenzie violated ministerial standards when she dispensed sports grants to clubs in marginal seats and those being targeted by the Coalition in last year’s election. It is generally accepted by Australians that “public office is a public trust”. The nature […]
Even countries that have broken ties with each other need to communicate in times of crisis and war. That includes the U.S. and Iran, which have not had an official way to talk directly to each other since President Jimmy Carter cut off diplomatic and consular relations in April 1980, as part of the Tehran […]
A new generation entering the labour market and shaking up old habits is nothing unusual. But the fast pace of technological change, combined with the number of generations working together at the same time (baby boomers, generation X, millennials and generation Z) creates a new situation. The increase in life expectancy results in an ageing […]
Leaders are waking up to stakeholder demands for responsible corporate action. The new generation of leaders will prioritize purpose over profit. Implementing this can help identify unexpected spheres of action.
Greta Thunberg addressed the World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting in Davos, calling for urgent action and stressing the need for 'real zero' emissions.
Two recent train procurement processes demonstrate the importance of early consultation. Victoria ended up with happy stakeholders while Queensland is retrofitting vehicles after breaking its own disability laws.
We are entering a new world where skyscrapers and other huge buildings are becoming redundant and need significant overhaul or replacement. The process is called unbuilding or, if you’re a bit highfalutin, deconstruction. These so-called spreadsheet towers populate every major city. They signalled modernity and provided huge profits for those who built them. But these […]
The latest release of the Australian Bureau of Statistics Prisoners in Australia data provides a surprising change: for the first time in seven years, the national imprisonment rate has not increased. In fact, it has decreased by 1%. The female imprisonment rate decreased by 5%, breaking the trend of a vastly increasing number of women […]
Every day, roughly 60 percent of all market trades are made by computer. When the market turns volatile, this can climb to as high as 90 percent. Robo-advisors are increasingly making this process available to the consumer, saving them time and money as a result. With humans no longer in the transaction chain, fees are slashed. […]
The role of leader is prone to more upheavals than others. Allianz SE has identified four key characteristics of successful leaders. Businesses can’t control external trends, but with astute leadership, they can control how they react to them. Business models, the nature of work and the composition of workforces are changing radically. Only companies that […]
To grasp how primary tropical forests can make or break our future, consider three interwoven dynamics. First, forests support the livelihoods of 1.6 billion people, more than the population of any country on earth. Second, each year, a few dozen tropical countries collectively raze and convert primary forests the size of Belgium – up to […]
We’re one step closer to having the charging infrastructure to allow us to drive from the bottom of Victoria to the top of Queensland. Victoria Draudins looks at what's the latest in fostering a local market for zero emission vehicles as part of ambitious emission reduction targets.
