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Around 50% of homes in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane have the oldest NBN technology

  • Written by: Tooran Alizadeh, Senior Lecturer in Urbanism, Sydney Research Accelerator (SOAR) Fellow, University of Sydney
Around 50% of homes in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane have the oldest NBN technologyLiving in an urban centre is no guarantee for new NBN technology. from www.shutterstock.com

The NBN was touted as dream infrastructure, and the Coalition says it is close to completing the A$50 billion national broadband network.

But Australia recently slipped three spots to place 62nd in global broadband rankings, with our average download speed...

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For Aboriginal artists, personal stories matter

  • Written by: Louise Martin-Chew, Freelance art writer and PhD candidate, The University of Queensland
For Aboriginal artists, personal stories matterDetail from Fiona Foley Native Blood Type C photograph x cm Edition copyFiona Foley

In the recent Julian Schnabel film about Vincent van Gogh, At Eternity’s Gate, Vincent asserts, “I am my painting”. The lives of certain artists are often viewed popularly through the prism of biography.

But in the contemporary art world, this...

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The uranium mine in the heart of Kakadu needs a better clean up plan

  • Written by: Rebecca Lawrence, Affiliate, Sydney Environment Institute; Honorary Associate, Macquarie University, Macquarie University

Can a uranium mine be rehabilitated to the environmental standards of a national park and World Heritage site?

That’s the challenge faced by the controversial Ranger uranium mine inside Kakadu National Park.

But our new research report found the document guiding its rehabilitation is deficient, and urgent changes are needed for the heavily...

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is it true that dogs at the pound get killed if nobody adopts them?

  • Written by: Melissa Starling, Postdoctoral researcher, University of Sydney
is it true that dogs at the pound get killed if nobody adopts them?Pounds and shelters are not happy places for dogs to stay in for a long time, though. So everyone tries to find an unwanted dog a new home as quickly as possible.Flickr/Rob Swatski, CC BY-SA

Curious Kids is a series for children. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskids@theconversation.edu.au You might...

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  1. How the major parties stack up on industrial relations policy
  2. What are the major parties promising on health this election?
  3. Bill Shorten's promise of a living wage is both realistic and necessary. But it's not enough.
  4. On rate-cut Tuesday, here are four reasons why the Reserve Bank shouldn't jump
  5. 'Revolutionary change' needed to stop unprecedented global extinction crisis
  6. El Niño has rapidly become stronger and stranger, according to coral records
  7. Move away from a car-dominated city looks radical but it's a sensible plan for a liveable future
  8. Inside the story: The Merger
  9. rediscovering the genesis of a film classic
  10. Richard Eccleston on the electoral mood in Tasmania
  11. millions of Indian youth are underemployed and going to the polls
  12. Labor's election pledge to improve Australian diets is a first – now we need action, not just 'consideration'
  13. Sexual aggression key to spread of deadly tumours in Tasmanian devils
  14. Endgame and why a smaller population doesn't guarantee paradise
  15. Greens on track for stability, rather than growth, this election
  16. After a dark decade for Australia's regional newspapers, a hopeful light flickers
  17. Newspoll and Ipsos have contrasting leaders' ratings trends; Abbott trails in Warringah
  18. Curious Kids: what is brain freeze?
  19. Lots of ministry spots to fill if Morrison wins, while many Shorten ministers would return to a familiar cabinet room
  20. Why Labor's childcare policy is the biggest economic news of the election campaign
  21. David Anderson's appointment as ABC managing director is a relief and will further steady the broadcaster
  22. Nearly 2 out of 3 nursing homes are understaffed. These 10 charts explain why aged care is in crisis
  23. Why the Reserve Bank shouldn't (but might) cut interest rates on Tuesday
  24. Almost every Australian teacher has been bullied by students or their parents, and it's taking a toll
  25. Six ways robots are used today that you probably didn't know about
  26. Leigh Sales, ordinary days and crafting empathy ‘between the lines’
  27. Don't forget the footpath – it's vital public space
  28. Sit! Seek! Fly! Scientists train dogs to sniff out endangered insects
  29. New Zealand's well-being approach to budget is not new, but could shift major issues
  30. Labor ahead in Newspoll and Ipsos, as Keating comments stir security issue
  31. Shorten presents the ‘case for change’ in sleek launch
  32. Money for hospital emergency departments in Shorten’s campaign launch
  33. Bill Shorten at ease in town hall-type forum
  34. Morrison and Shorten get punchy in the second leaders' debate. Our experts respond.
  35. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on candidate troubles
  36. What a local newspaper means to a regional city like Newcastle
  37. We've detected new gravitational waves, we just don't know where they come from (yet)
  38. Tampa and the national security election of 2001
  39. how do babies learn to talk?
  40. Puckish charm and no politicians: the 2019 Archibald Prize
  41. The tasty, weed-like desert raisin plant is as big as a carpark
  42. local voices on how the 1973 Aquarius Festival changed a town forever
  43. the dramatic and inglorious fall of Joh Bjelke-Petersen
  44. Julian Assange has refused to surrender himself for extradition to the US. What now?
  45. Leaders try to dodge them. Voters aren't watching. So, are debates still relevant?
  46. Fixing the gap between Labor's greenhouse gas goals and their policies
  47. more preference deals as pre-polling begins
  48. It's not clear where human rights fit in the legal ruling on athlete Caster Semenya
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