30 January 2025
As the Year of the Snake slithers in, so do superstitions about money and luck. But should our finances ever be guided by folklore? An ANU expert weighs in.
15 February 2017
Is it possible to identify people considering self-harm at train stations? James Grubel finds out.
15 April 2020
Health and environmental standards are at risk of manipulation by governments during the global coronavirus crisis, new research from The Australian National University (ANU) warns. In a recently published study, the researchers generated a model to show how governments adjust health, safety, and environmental standards to benefit industry when industry profits are suffering. “Our simple model predicts that when industries are hurting, governments will be more likely to manipulate health, safety or environmental standards to benefit those industries,” said study co-author Dr Emma Aisbett, who is based at the Energy Change Institute and the School of Regulation and Global Governance at ANU. “Using data from World Trade…
28 November 2024
These ANU students are learning the ropes of investment for a good cause.
19 August 2024
ANU statistician Francis Hui is deep diving into a sea of data to help devise sustainable futures for the world’s largest coral reef.
25 July 2024
Even though social media is free to use, research found many US university students would pay to quit it - if only they could beat their fear of missing out.
27 September 2023
While narcissists can be star performers at work, their management style can be damaging to staff mental health.
15 May 2023
Solar energy is having its moment in the sun. What’s next for the technology that powers it and how do we get more people to use it?
1 November 2022
Modern slavery is a stubborn business model in fashion manufacturing and it will take more than the law to shake.
31 May 2021
The official cash rate should remain at a historic low of 0.1 per cent for at least one year, according to ANU's RBA Shadow Board.
24 February 2021
Humour helps us deal with the stress of juggling work and family commitments, but only when we seek it out, according to a new study led by ANU.
2 November 2020
Despite Victoria’s success in containing COVID-19 and lifting stage-four restrictions, interest rates should stay at the historically low of 0.25 per cent, according to The Australian National University’s Shadow RBA. In its latest vote, the Board favours a rate hold – but only just. The Shadow Board is 56 per cent confident that keeping the cash rate on hold is the right policy. The Board’s conviction a rate cut is needed is 44 per cent, while its confidence in a rate hike is 0 per cent. “Easing of restrictions, especially in Victoria, might improve the ABS unemployment rate currently at…
31 August 2020
With Australia’s economy remaining fragile due to COVID-19, the official cash rate should remain on hold for now, according to The Australian National University’s Shadow RBA Board. For a fifth month in a row, the Shadow Board’s view on a possible change to the official cash rate remains the same. The Board is 94% confident that keeping interest rates at 0.25 per cent is the right policy. In contrast, the Board is six per cent confident that a final rate cut, to zero per cent, is appropriate. Shadow Board chair Dr Timo Henckel says while Australia appears to have weathered…
3 August 2020
With a surge in coronavirus cases in Victoria and other states, there is a strong reason to keep the official cash rate on hold, according to The Australian National University’s Shadow RBA. For a fourth month in a row, the ANU RBA Shadow Board’s probabilities regarding a change to the official cash rate change remain the same. In its latest vote, the Board attaches a 94 per cent probability the overnight interest rate should remain at the historically low rate of 0.25%. In contrast, the Board attaches a six per cent probability that a final rate cut, to zero per…