Daily Bulletin

Men's Weekly

.

Fourteen penalties: Sydney’s A-League derby off the pitch

  • Written by Daryl Adair, Associate Professor of Sport Management, University of Technology Sydney
imageAAP/Dean Lewins

Last weekend’s A-League derby between Sydney FC and Western Sydney Wanderers was a tense and thrilling game. More than 40,000 spectators cheered on their respective teams, with the match also available to viewers on subscription TV.

The official fan groups, Sydney FC’s The Cove and the Wanderers’ Red and Black Bloc...

Read more

Why researchers have a duty to try and influence policy

  • Written by Simon Chapman, Emeritus Professor in Public Health, University of Sydney

Very early in my career, I was invited to afternoon tea with the head of the Commonwealth Institute of Health at Sydney University, where I worked. The best bone china was produced and pleasantries exchanged. The agenda soon became clear.

He laboured into a parable about the difference between young and old bulls when locked in a small yard. He...

Read more

Our power grid is crying out for capacity, but should we open the gas valves?

  • Written by Dylan McConnell, Researcher at the Australian German Climate and Energy College, University of Melbourne
imageThere are calls for Australia's onshore gas to flow much more freely.Glen Dillon, CC BY

With high gas prices partly to blame for the electricity blackouts that hit South Australia this month, and gas-fired generators caught short in New South Wales two days later, it is hardly surprising to hear calls for Australia to expand production.

Even the...

Read more

Vital Signs: there's never been a tougher time to be a central banker

  • Written by Richard Holden, Professor of Economics and PLuS Alliance Fellow, UNSW
image

Vital Signs is a weekly economic wrap from UNSW economics professor and Harvard PhD Richard Holden (@profholden). Vital Signs aims to contextualise weekly economic events and cut through the noise of the data affecting global economies.

This week: The Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia calls for business investment and the US Federal Reserve...

Read more

More Articles ...

  1. The search for extraterrestrial life in the water worlds close to home
  2. Friday essay: the revolutionary vision of Jane Austen
  3. Do you know what's in the herbal medicine you're taking?
  4. Our big cities are engines of inequality, so how do we fix that?
  5. Tony Abbott says government's challenge is 'to be worth voting for'
  6. Grattan on Friday: Penalty rates – Shorten's own goal becomes Turnbull's political problem
  7. Politics podcast: Hugh Saddler on Australia's energy crisis
  8. Cutting Sunday penalty rates will hurt young people the most
  9. How do we keep gardening in the face of a changing climate?
  10. YouTube star PewDiePie rails against 'the media', but he's a part of it too now
  11. Sunday penalty rates cut opens new fight between government and opposition
  12. Explainer: how Australia decides who is a genuine refugee
  13. 'I can live with either one': Palestine, Israel and the two-state solution
  14. In the rooms of power and ordinary people, Bligh's banking appointment is a masterstroke
  15. Some brain training programs are backed by evidence. Here's how to pick them
  16. WA's decision to allow internet voting in state election is a very positive step
  17. A critical guide to the Oscar Best Pic contenders – and why Moonlight should win
  18. Gambling lobby gives big to political parties, and names names
  19. Why there's no legal barrier to a Melbourne drug injecting room, despite political setbacks
  20. Too hot to learn – why Australian schools need a national policy on coping with heatwaves
  21. Push for longer hours makes headlines, but more Australians want to work less
  22. Seven Earth-sized planets discovered orbiting a nearby star
  23. Australia’s 2016 environment scorecard: rains return but in some cases too late
  24. Shorten goes on front foot over renewables 50% 'target'
  25. Fact or fiction – is sugar addictive?
  26. New physics syllabus raises the bar, but how will schools clear it?
  27. No mandatory novels or poetry – what you need to know about the new HSC English curriculum
  28. Dutton blows Turnbull's credibility – for now and perhaps for later
  29. Yes, we can do on-the-spot drug testing quickly and safely
  30. How South Australia can function reliably while moving to 100% renewable power
  31. Business students willing to sacrifice future salary for good corporate social responsibility: study
  32. City streets become a living lab that could transform your daily travel
  33. Intrigue, lucky charms and painful longing: the art of Helen Britton
  34. Life imprisonment raises questions about proportionality, equity and human dignity
  35. Essendon air crash: what will the investigators be looking for?
  36. Playing politics with renewables: how the right is losing its way
  37. Trump, déjà un mois, et ce n’est que le début…
  38. How predictable are the Oscars? More than you might think
  39. Netanyahu's visit prompts Australia to rethink its relationship with Israel
  40. No animal required, but would people eat artificial meat?
  41. Tax and dividend: how conservatives can grow to love carbon pricing
  42. What's most likely to kill you? Measuring how deadly our daily activities are
  43. Why algorithms won't necessarily lead to utopian workplaces
  44. Government losing the argument on energy, according to poll
  45. Trump and the cycle of dehumanisation
  46. How we kept disease-spreading Asian Tiger mozzies away from the Australian mainland
  47. Trainspotting on stage brings a disturbing reality vividly to life
  48. Mount Isa contamination 'within guidelines' but residents told to clean their homes
  49. There are some difficult questions to ask Netanyahu, but boycotting his visit won't answer them
  50. APRA fiddles on bank risk while Rome burns

Business News

Why Mining Hose Solutions Are Essential For High-Performance Industrial Operations

In environments where the ground itself is constantly shifting, breaking, and being reshaped, every component must be built to endure. Mining operations are among the most demanding in the industria...

Daily Bulletin - avatar Daily Bulletin

The Reason Talented Teams Underperform

If you’re in business, you might have seen it before. A team of capable and smart people just suddenly slows down, and things start spiraling out of control. On paper, everything looks perfect, but ...

Daily Bulletin - avatar Daily Bulletin

Why More Aussie Tradies Are Moving Away From Paid Ads

Across Australia, a lot of tradies are busy. There’s no shortage of demand in industries like plumbing, electrical, landscaping, and building. But being busy doesn’t always mean running a smooth or...

Daily Bulletin - avatar Daily Bulletin