Rear Vision — How History Shaped Today

Farming and soil - how can we get the most out of agricultural land?

While the world’s focus has been on the trade war between China and America, you might have missed the economic stalemate brewing between Japan and South Korea.But unlike most trade disputes their war isn’t about balance of trade or currency exchange, it’s about history and the legacy of colonialism.

Following the failure of President Trump’s clumsy attempt to buy Greenland from Denmark, here's the longer story of US land acquisition.

The Indian parliament has revoked Article 370 of the India Constitution — which had guaranteed some form of independence for Indian-controlled Kashmir. It sparked an uproar in both Indian and Pakistani-controlled Kashmir.So why do both India and Pakistan claim the region of Kashmir? Why has the removal of one article of the Indian constitution caused such an uproar and what does all this mean for the people who live in the region?

Public demonstrations and vigils have long been part of political life in Hong Kong, but nothing matches the current protests.

In the Uluru Statement from the Heart, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders are calling for an Indigenous Voice to parliament. While they haven’t set out how that would work there are models we can look back on.Ever since the referendum of 1967 federal governments have attempted and failed to set up administrative organisations to give Indigenous Communities a say in their own affairs.As we once again debate how we acknowledge Australia’s first people - what if anything can we