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The player played: Frank Lowy and Australia’s failed World Cup bid

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor
imageBillionaire Frank Lowy was done like a dinner in the shark-infested waters of international football, led by Sepp Blatter (right).EPA/Walter Bierri

When Swiss police, acting on FBI intelligence, swooped in May and arrested several officials from FIFA, world football’s governing body, the game seemed up at last. Years of FIFA scandal and...

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Funding higher education: time for a more transparent system?

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imageShould students know more about how their tuition fees are being spent?www.shutterstock.com

With a new minister for higher education comes a reset of the debate over how to fund higher education.

In recent weeks there have been calls to discuss how we make more transparent what the government and public are paying for in higher education.

But what...

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