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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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