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Four questions about mortgages the ACCC inquiry should put to the big four banks

  • Written by: Mark Humphery-Jenner, Associate Professor of Finance, UNSW

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission conducted an inquiry into mortgage pricing as recently as last year.

Now Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has asked it to do another, broader one, in order to ensure the banks’ pricing practices are “better understood”, and perhaps also to concentrate their minds on the wisdom of fully...

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some students don't know the difference between bullying and banter

  • Written by: Grace Skrzypiec, Senior Lecturer, Flinders University
some students don't know the difference between bullying and banterNearly half of kids in a study were harmed by their peers.from shutterstock.com

Many Australian students don’t know the difference between banter and bullying, with some saying they joke about wishing their friend would “drown” or “die in a car crash”.

More than 800 Australian students aged 11-16 took part in a survey...

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We need to count LGBTI communities in the next census – here's why

  • Written by: Brendan Churchill, Research Fellow in Sociology, University of Melbourne
We need to count LGBTI communities in the next census – here's whyThe ABS should include detailed questions about gender and sexuality in the 2021 Census. AAP/Brendon Thorne

There’s an old maxim: not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.

But there are some things we should count, and gender and sexual diversity are among them.

The Australian Bureau of...

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Australia could see fewer cyclones, but more heat and fire risk in coming months

  • Written by: Jonathan Pollock, Climatologist, Australian Bureau of Meteorology

Northern Australia is likely to see fewer cyclones than usual this season, but hot, dry weather will increase the risk of fire and heatwaves across eastern and southern Australia.

The Bureau of Meteorology today released its forecast for the tropical cyclone season, which officially runs from November 1 to April 30.


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