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It will take more than piecemeal reforms to convince older Australians to downsize

  • Written by The Conversation Contributor
imageThe cost of downsizing puts many older Australians off.Sunflowerey/Shutterstock

Many older Australians are living in larger dwellings than they need after their adult children leave the family home. The 2011-12 ABS Survey of Income and Housing shows households aged 55 and over are more than twice as likely to have three or more spare bedrooms in...

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What will the NBN really cost?

  • Written by The Conversation Contributor
imageThe cost of the NBN depends on the mix of technologies used.David Crosling/AAP

Cost is a central issue in the ongoing debate about the best approach to building Australia’s National Broadband Network (NBN).

In 2013, the Coalition argued that Labor’s original all-fibre to the premises (FTTP) network could cost as much as A$94 billion. In...

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Testing teachers' basic literacy and numeracy skills is pointless

  • Written by The Conversation Contributor
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Results from the trial literacy and numeracy test for initial teacher education students are in. The tests were sat by 5,000 volunteers across the country, with 92% passing in literacy and 90% in the numeracy component.

The test contains 130 items, including reading comprehension, technical writing...

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