Why can we see into outer space but not the bottom of the ocean?
There’s some spooky looking fish down there, and yet we seem to waste time looking out into the big black sky (moot point if NASA announces aliens later today…)
Asked by:The world has plenty of food and wealth for everyone. What is keeping billions poor and hungry?
I have a tiny sponsor child in Bangladesh. In an ideal world, she wouldn’t need to be sponsored and I wouldn’t have to worry about her reaching adulthood…
Why aren’t factory assembled prefab houses cheaper and better for the environment than site built houses, is it corruption of building unions?
What’s the deal with airline foods?!
Asked by:Why are there so many more questions than answers?
Asked by:Should Elizabeth St in Melbourne become a creek again?
Elizabeth St in Melbourne is prone to flooding, and beneath the streets runs a creek (Williams creek) which seems to be desperate to reassert itself. Other cities have successfully (re)integrated waterways into their cities, notably Seoul, South Korea. Should Melbourne do the same?
Asked by:Why is there 24 hours, 60 minutes and 60 seconds in a day? Can’t we decimalise time?
Is the Australian gun control system working or are we over regulating honest individuals and industry to pander to an emotive argument
Millions of dollars are spent every year regulating firearms ownership for no obvious measurable or verifiable benefits. Has it stopped massacres on Australian soil and are the increases/decreases in crime related? Also with the claims by the government that lone wolf terrorist attacks are becoming increasingly more likely do we need to rethink self defence? To quote David Leyonhjelm are we “a nation of victims”
How can we change governments to plan for the future (educationally and economically), not just the next election? Who gets this right?
Infrastructure of all kinds (energy, transport) city planning, education and training (tafe especially) and job market changes seem to catch Australian governments asleep at the wheel. We seem to be responding to change, not preparing for it
Asked by:Why do those with the power to make a decision so rarely involve those who will be affected by the decision in the decision making process?
How much is the mental health epidemic due to lack of meaning in contemporary society?
Why are there so many bored people resorting to (legal/illegal) drugs nowadays?
How can we expect people to think and make good decisions in times of crisis (eg.bushfire) when they have little experience of thinking and making decisions in every day life?
Individuals grow and develop when having the opportunity to work out problems with others.
Why do we have 5 mins of sport at the end of news instead of 5 mins of arts/culture? How would this change our perception of the world?
Not everyone is into sport. For some, their equivalent is the arts/culture or even the environment. Why are these things considered ‘features’ rather than staples of our news diet? I wonder how society would change if one or two newsrooms started this trend?
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