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Programs that prepare students for university study may no longer be free

  • Written by: Anna Bennett, Senior Lecturer, University of Newcastle
imageNot everyone is in a position to start university straight away.from shutterstock.com

For the first time, students may have to pay up to A$3271 for “enabling” courses, designed to prepare students for university study.

The change was announced as part of the government’s recent higher education reform package.

Until now, university...

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FactCheck: do Australian banks have double the return on equity of banks in other developed economies?

  • Written by: Jim Minifie, Productivity Growth Program Director, Grattan Institute

The banks in Australia have a return on equity which is about twice, if not more than that, what you see particularly in other parts of the advanced developed economies of the world. Treasurer Scott Morrison, ABC Insiders, May 14, 2017.

In its 2017 federal budget, the Australian government included a 0.06% levy on Australia’s biggest five...

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Health Check: why can you feel groggy days after an operation?

  • Written by: Kate Leslie, Honorary professorial fellow, Department of Pharmacology, University of Melbourne
imageFeeling tired or being unable to concentrate is common even days after surgery. But there are simple ways to help speed up your recovery. Jason Jones/Flickr, CC BY

You have a small operation under general anaesthesia and go home the same day. Two days later you’re back at work, but you can’t concentrate and have a desperate desire to...

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Australian fashion is thriving, so where are the policies to take it to the world?

  • Written by: Michael Beverland, Professor of Fashion Enterprise, RMIT University

With Mercedes-Benz 2017 Fashion Week upon us, insiders will no doubt be contemplating what’s new, exciting, and inspiring in the fashion world. The Australian designers set to feature this week are just a small sample of the local talent that make the nation’s creative sector. They’ve been wowing the world for at least as long as...

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  3. Two pictures of rental housing stress and vulnerability zero in on areas of need
  4. Get used to your commute: data confirms houses near jobs are too expensive
  5. The lengthy childhood of endangered orangutans is written in their teeth
  6. New Zealand's Alpine Fault reveals extreme underground heat and fluid pressure
  7. Writing the WA wheatbelt, a place of radical environmental change
  8. Beyond Brexit: ‘Global Britain’ looks to the emerging Anglosphere for new opportunities
  9. Science or Snake oil: do Band-Aids really 'heal cuts twice as fast'?
  10. Guilt-free online shopping: can parcel deliveries ever be truly carbon-neutral?
  11. Expert culture has killed the innovator in workplaces
  12. Ratings agency S P keeps Australia's AAA rating but doubtful about government's surplus timetable
  13. Physicists use Einstein's 'spooky' entanglement to invent super-sensitive gravitational wave detector
  14. This South Pacific island of rubbish shows why we need to quit our plastic habit
  15. White House under siege as scandal follows scandal – and it won't end any time soon
  16. The ABC's Ask the Doctor sends mixed messages about obesity
  17. Guy Ritchie's King Arthur – a triumph of modern spectacle
  18. Scrounging for money: how the world's great writers made a living
  19. Research shows the banks will pass the bank levy on to customers
  20. Biophilic urbanism: how rooftop gardening soothes souls
  21. The Belt and Road Initiative: China's vision for globalisation, Beijing-style
  22. Violence against nurses is on the rise, but protections remain weak
  23. Curious Kids: why are some shells smooth and some shells corrugated?
  24. Sidelining God: why secular climate projects in the Pacific Islands are failing
  25. Shadow Brokers promise release of more NSA hacks to be used against the world
  26. Coalition fails to get post-budget boost predicted by commentariat
  27. Nick Greiner favourite to become Liberal federal president
  28. How do we decide which disease to prevent next? Long-term studies help
  29. What the underground market for ransomware looks like
  30. Can support for the jailed former Jakarta governor bring change in Indonesia's blasphemy law?
  31. Australia risks missing out on China's One Belt One Road
  32. How resilience can break the link between a 'bad' childhood and the youth justice system
  33. Banning early evening gaming ads on TV is like being 'a little bit pregnant'
  34. Why rent bidding apps will make the rental market even more unaffordable
  35. The Sydney Barrier Reef: engineering a natural defence against future storms
  36. Is Melbourne the music capital of Australia? Sydney or Adelaide might pip it to the post
  37. How to rein in the widening disease definitions that label more healthy people as sick
  38. The other Eurovision star hunt: Australia joins with Europe to explore the universe
  39. Australia should stop beefing up its steroid laws – that won't help users
  40. Why 2℃ of global warming is much worse for Australia than 1.5℃
  41. The budget is the government's Plan B, but what's Plan C if polls stay bad?
  42. WannaCry hackers had no intention of giving users their files back even if they pay
  43. Wondering if health fund premium rises are justified? Don't look to Bupa's accounts for answers
  44. Shifting the tax burden to middle-income earners will undermine jobs and growth
  45. After 'WannaCrypt', should governments stockpile software vulnerabilities? Experts respond
  46. What types of people will lead our great energy transition?
  47. 'Show me the sole': the exhilarating sight of sneakers on show
  48. Helping drug users get back to work, not random drug testing, should be our priority
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