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Is NBN Co's CEO right that Australians aren't interested in ultra-fast broadband?

  • Written by: David Glance, Director of UWA Centre for Software Practice, University of Western Australia
imageAre Australian's uninterested in speed?NBN Co

Whilst announcing NBN Co’s 2017 half year results, CEO Bill Morrow stated that there was little market demand for faster broadband speeds than the 100 Mbps being currently offered on the NBN.

Morrow made the remarks after being asked when Internet Service Providers (ISPs) would offer internet...

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Increased private health insurance premiums don't mean increased value

  • Written by: Karen Willis, Associate Dean (Learning and Teaching), Faculty of Health Sciences, Australian Catholic University

A topic of discussion at many barbecues this summer will inevitably be private health insurance. Is it worth it? Do we need it? Every year it gets more expensive. The average 4.8% increase in premiums just announced will have more Australians raising these questions, and debating with their friends how much they value choice of doctor, reduced...

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Black holes are even stranger than you can imagine

  • Written by: Alister Graham, Professor of Astronomy, Swinburne University of Technology
imageAn artist's impression of a Sun-like star close to a rapidly spinning supermassive black hole, with a mass of about 100 million times the mass of our Sun.ESA/Hubble, ESO, M. Kornmesser

Our love of black holes continues to grow as our knowledge of these celestial bodies expands. The latest news is the discovery of a rare “middleweight”...

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Australia Post salary scandal highlights our nation's growing wage inequality

  • Written by: Carl Rhodes, Professor of Organization Studies, University of Technology Sydney
imageAustralia Post CEO Ahmed Fahour earned $5.6 million in 2015-16.AAP/Tracey Nearmy

How much more than an average worker should a CEO earn? Research shows Australians believe CEOs should earn eight times more. It is perhaps unsurprising, then, that revelations about the salary of Australia Posts CEO Ahmed Fahour have caused a public furore this week.

Fa...

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  3. Abbott hasn't convinced own electors on Senate curb
  4. South Australia's gambling tax highlights the regulatory mess of online betting
  5. Flattering emails will get you everywhere, except when they're from junk journals
  6. Shared ownership can help make housing affordable for people with disability
  7. Friday essay: Putin, memory wars and the 100th anniversary of the Russian revolution
  8. Drugs don't cure everything – doctors can be helped to prescribe other options
  9. Delving through settlers' diaries can reveal Australia's colonial-era climate
  10. How to find success as a woman in science
  11. Vital Signs: the case of the missing investment
  12. Back to school – understanding challenges faced by Indigenous children
  13. FactCheck: are bulk-billing rates falling, or at record levels?
  14. Grattan on Friday: Liberals get high on bubbles and billionaires
  15. Watch the bright star Regulus hide behind the Full Moon
  16. Full responses from Malcolm Turnbull and Bill Shorten
  17. Fifty Shades Darker: an abusive fairy tale that robs women of sexual freedom
  18. Australia's innovation report card shows the nation can do better, and hints at how
  19. Stop focusing on 'the problem' in Indigenous education, and start looking at learning opportunities
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  21. Omnibus welfare bill shows the always-tricky politics of budget savings
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  23. Bernardi split is symptomatic of a fractured political system, here and abroad
  24. The Rise of Islamo-Christian Civilization
  25. Australian government challenged to advocate for its citizen on death row in Thailand
  26. From banned to international glory, women's football has sown a rich field for the future
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  28. A wolf in dogs' clothing? Why dingoes may not be Australian wildlife's saviours
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  31. What's behind the rise in shareholder class actions
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  34. Turnbull's rant about Shorten a treat for the troops but will it play with the public?
  35. Indonesia should support interfaith community programs to help Myanmar end ethnic violence
  36. The tragic story of Soviet genetics shows the folly of political meddling in science
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  39. Prize fight over live-streamed sport will go on long after the final bell sounds
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  41. Playing is not coaching: why so many sporting greats struggle as coaches
  42. Inspiring to speak out - two physicists who changed the world
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  44. Politics podcast: Cory Bernardi on why he spurned the Liberals
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