One great thing about the Conversation, where I often write, is that it makes accessible the work of  Australian researchers across a great diversity of fields. These include many in which I have had only a passing interest and very little knowledge. One of these researchers, an evolutionary biologist is Professor Rob Brooks who also writes…

Since the Federal Budget was brought down on 13 May, much commentary and analysis has focussed on its fairness and the impact on social equity. Former liberal party leader, Dr John Hewson, for example, has weighed in on this issue in an article  in the last few days. It is of course quite right that broad community…

It is refreshing to read Christine Lagarde’s recent speech to the London School of Economics – the Amartya Sen lecture as a counter to the unending negative assessments which have emerged since the 2014 Federal Budget. What a different mindset this represents to that of the Australian government’s constricted outlook and discourse – as reflected in its…