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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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  1. Define the boundaries in new phase of Australia-China relationship: Wong
  2. Asylum seekers have a right to higher education and academics can be powerful advocates
  3. Organs 'too risky' to donate may be safer than we think. We crunched the numbers and here's what we found
  4. why congestion charging is fairer than you might think
  5. There's no airport border 'crisis', only management failure of the Home Affairs department
  6. a breathtaking exhibition bringing Islamic art out of the shadows
  7. Lesson for Australia. Make it hard for people to get benefits, and they'll stop, but they mightn't get jobs
  8. Labor announces inquiry by former attorney-general Lavarch into scandal-ridden NSW head office
  9. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the Extinction Rebellion protests
  10. mounting threats to Extinction Rebellion show demands are being heard, but ignored
  11. Can Eliud Kipchoge run a sub-2hr marathon? It all comes down to 15 extraordinary seconds
  12. We thought Australian cars were using less fuel. New research shows we were wrong
  13. what studying Macbeth in Queensland could teach us about place and shipwrecks
  14. Bees can learn higher numbers than we thought – if we train them the right way
  15. As Turkish troops move in to Syria, the risks are great
  16. Endometriosis costs women and society $30,000 a year for every sufferer
  17. Coal miners and urban greenies have one thing in common, and Labor must use it
  18. Points for tries? The Rugby World Cup shows how bonus schemes can come unstuck
  19. A traumatic past can make you a better social worker, but it might block you studying it in the first place
  20. A virus is attacking koalas' genes. But their DNA is fighting back
  21. a journey through Adnyamathanha Yarta
  22. It's easy to get us walking more if we have somewhere to walk to near our home and work
  23. A little more confusion added to the climate policy debate
  24. Wayne Swan warns US Democrats not to fall into Labor's trap of overloaded agenda
  25. Pay pharmacists to improve our health, not just supply medicines
  26. chemistry Nobel goes to inventors of lithium-ion batteries
  27. Just 29 companies receive 59% of Australia Council funding. Artists are calling for a change
  28. failing to pass on the full rate cut needn't mean banks are profiteering
  29. Shh! Don't mention the public housing shortage. But no serious action on homelessness can ignore it
  30. Trump's ratings slightly down after Ukraine scandal as Warren surges to tie Biden in Democratic polls
  31. A national drought policy should be an easy, bipartisan fix. So why has it taken so long to enact a new one?
  32. It's only October, so what's with all these bushfires? New research explains it
  33. the myth that's driving Morrison's anti-union push
  34. Saturn has more moons than Jupiter – but why are we only finding out about them now?
  35. Is this study legit? 5 questions to ask when reading news stories of medical research
  36. Why we need 'crazy' ideas for new city parks
  37. Labor's climate and resources spokesmen at odds over future policy
  38. There are three types of climate change denier, and most of us are at least one
  39. What are hives, the common skin condition that gives you itchy, red bumps?
  40. the life and lonely death of one of Australia's greatest pianists
  41. the short story cycle and Rebekah Clarkson’s Barking Dogs
  42. Cosmic theorist and planet-hunters share physics prize as Nobels reward otherworldly discoveries
  43. Does destiny shape your decisions? Your answer could affect your marriage satisfaction
  44. Can hiding likes make Facebook fairer and rein in fake news? The science says maybe
  45. Looking to rent a home? 6 things that will help or hinder you
  46. No, serving sizes on food labels don't tell us how much we should eat
  47. why we should invest more in our indie game creators
  48. we shouldn't fund them like they do
  49. Kangaroos (and other herbivores) are eating away at national parks across Australia
  50. why some people still think climate change isn't real

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