Following its decisive recent victory in Greece’s national elections, the far-left Syriza government has quickly foreshadowed measures to end the austerity program imposed on Greece and other EU countries since the global financial crisis began in 2008. Greek finance minister, Yanis Varoufakis (centre), travelling economy-class to London Greece’s election was held earlier than scheduled owing…
Despite mounting evidence that the world’s climate is driven mainly by natural rather than artificial man-made factors, the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is gearing up for a major push to get politicians to commit to deep cuts to fossil fuels at the IPCC Paris Conference this December in a new enforceable treaty. …
Ever since the global financial crisis began with the collapse of one of the world’s major investment banks, Lehman Brothers, in 2007, the world has come closer to a global financial meltdown than at any time since the Great Depression of the 1930s. In 2007, following a decade or more of reckless borrowing and lending…
Following the recent report of a parliamentary inquiry into deficiencies in laws regarding product labelling, the onus is now on the Commonwealth government to strengthen consumer protections by requiring stricter country-of-origin labelling on food. The House of Representatives report, A Clearer Message for Consumers, was tabled in October 2014. Strengthening consumer law will also benefit…
