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ANZ and Amex the winners in Australia's banks' fight with Apple over payment apps

  • Written by: David Glance, Director of UWA Centre for Software Practice, University of Western Australia
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Australia’s banks have always enjoyed a lucrative income from credit card “interchange fees”, the charges that the banks levy on merchants’ sales. These fees amount to AU $2.5 billion a year which are ultimately passed on to consumers.

Unwilling to share any of this revenue with Apple, all but ANZ and...

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Rudd's fate in Turnbull's hands

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

Malcolm Turnbull has been left to decide whether the government should allow Kevin Rudd to be a candidate for secretary-general of the United Nations.

After the question divided cabinet on Thursday, Turnbull told a news conference: “We’ve considered this issue and I owe Mr Rudd a telephone call before I say anything more about it...

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Ocean currents suggest where we should be looking for missing flight MH370

  • Written by: Charitha Pattiaratchi, Professor of Coastal Oceanography, University of Western Australia

The disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 is one of the greatest mysteries in aviation. Costing A$180 million, the search of the seabed to locate the crash site is also one of the most expensive.

But after almost 28 months since its disappearance, the exact crash location has still not been found.

The Australian government, with help from...

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Four qualities that helped small businesses survive the end of the resources boom

  • Written by: Jerad A. Ford, Research Fellow in Innovation and Strategy, The University of Queensland

The “once in a lifetime” mining boom is officially behind us. Anaemic economic growth and unemployment have already beset the predominately resource-based economies of Western Australia and Queensland.

Recent reports out of Western Australia reveal companies are racking up debt to stay in business and many more are becoming insolvent.

But...

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