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The ACCC investigation into the NBN will be useful. But it's too little, too late

  • Written by Allan Asher, Visitor, Regulatory Institutions Network (RegNet) & Chair of Foundation for Effective Markets and Governance, Australian National University

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has launched a public inquiry into the National Broadband Network (NBN). Already, Telstra and Optus have come forward, offering to compensate customers whose expectations of internet speed delivery were not met.

But it’s four years too late. The ACCC dropped the ball when it allowed...

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Negative charge: why is Australia so slow at adopting electric cars?

  • Written by Graciela Metternicht, Professor of Environmental Geography, School of Biological Earth and Environmental Sciences, UNSW
imageWithout a comprehensive network of recharging stations, like this one in Berlin, it's little wonder that Australia is lagging behind other countries.Author provided

In the race to adopt electric vehicles, Australia is sputtering along in the slow lane. Rather than growing, Australian sales of electric cars are actually in decline. In 2016 they...

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Kantian comedy: the philosophy of The Good Place

  • Written by Aleksandr Andreas Wansbrough, Lecturer (casual) at Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney
imageChidi (William Jackson Harper) attempts to teach ethics to Eleanor (Kristen Bell) in comedy series The Good Place.NBC/Ron Batzdorff/IMDB

The high concept television comedy The Good Place follows Eleanor (Kristen Bell) who seems to have made it into heaven, or rather, “the Good Place” by mistake. In heaven, she is paired with her...

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Princes, power and purges: the Saudi royal family consolidates its rule

  • Written by Ben Rich, Lecturer in International Relations and Security Studies, Curtin University
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Politicking in Saudi Arabia has been anything but normal this week. In what may be the most dramatic internal political event in the kingdom in modern history, dozens of influential princes, ministers and military officials were detained by Saudi authorities as part of an “anti-corruption” operation.

This action has not only served to...

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  1. Australian companies should cultivate local tech workers not play the 457 visa game
  2. Islands lost to the waves: how rising seas washed away part of Micronesia's 19th-century history
  3. If Queenslanders vote on economic issues the Labor government is looking good
  4. Stars that vary in brightness shine in the oral traditions of Aboriginal Australians
  5. As we remember the Russian revolution, The Death of Stalin reminds us of its brutal apogee
  6. As Socceroos face moment of truth, let's remember our football triumph of 1967
  7. Simplistic advice for teachers on how to teach won't work
  8. What causes SIDS? What we know, don’t know and suspect
  9. Movies and TV choose to tell us different stories about the cities of today
  10. Dems easily win Virginia and New Jersey governors. Left gains control of Tas upper house
  11. Turnbull and Shorten haggle over detail of citizenship disclosure system
  12. Australia might water down illegal logging laws – here's why it's a bad idea
  13. How the Paradise Papers reveal the tension between rock stars and the tax man
  14. Health Check: which sports supplements actually work?
  15. From selfie to infinity: Yayoi Kusama’s amazing technicoloured dreamscape
  16. It's time for a royal commission into banking regulation
  17. Closing Uluru to climbers is better for tourism in the long run
  18. You may be sick of worrying about online privacy, but 'surveillance apathy' is also a problem
  19. Three strategies to fight the tax avoidance revealed by the Paradise Papers
  20. Infections, complications and safety breaches: why patients need better data on how hospitals compare
  21. I've always wondered: do nuclear tests affect tectonic plates and cause earthquakes or volcanic eruptions?
  22. Australians born overseas prefer the online world for their news
  23. Why Australia shouldn't fear a wave of trade protectionism
  24. Curious Kids: Why do tears come out of our eyes when we cry?
  25. Can you make a 10-year malt whisky in weeks? The chemistry says yes
  26. 'Australia has no culture': changing the mindset of the cringe
  27. How do we turn a drain into valued green space? First, ask the residents
  28. Stories of sex, stars and sharks amongst the best Australian science writing in 2017
  29. Sustainable shopping: how to rock white sneakers without eco-guilt
  30. In the 'fearless city', Barcelona residents take charge
  31. Why Adani may still get its government loan
  32. Dear Prime Minister: we'd like you to join the call for a ban on killer robots
  33. A criminal record: women and Australian true crime stories
  34. How to use music to fine tune your child for school
  35. It's not just mums who need to avoid alcohol when trying for a baby
  36. With a new futures market, Bitcoin is going mainstream
  37. 2017 is set to be among the three hottest years on record
  38. Turnbull proposes all MPs make declarations on citizenship
  39. Heard of the element erbium? It could pave the way to a quantum internet
  40. Thunderstorm asthma: who's at risk and how to manage it
  41. What the NRA can teach us about the art of public persuasion
  42. How we discovered a new species of orangutan in northern Sumatra
  43. Why we are banning tourists from climbing Uluru
  44. The off-topic Conversation #141
  45. Gay rebels: why some older homosexual men don't support same-sex marriage
  46. Three charts on the state of STIs and blood-borne viruses in Australia
  47. The fear that dare not speak its name: how language plays a role in the assisted dying debate
  48. Tutors are key to reducing Indigenous student drop out rates
  49. A fleeting visit: an asteroid from another planetary system just shot past Earth
  50. Chinese personal shoppers have created a new type of retail store in Australia

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