FTTP 'was and still is the right answer'.
Switching from a full-fibre NBN to the Coalition's multi-technology network has been "a colossal mistake", according to NBN Co founding CEO Mike Quigley.
Addressing the University of Melbourne's Networked...
The proposed voluntarily tax transparency code announced in the May budget is not worth the piece of paper it is written on.
The code is all about spin rather than substance, aimed at helping multinationals...
Eryk Bagshaw Education reporter
Carpentry, plumbing and painting teachers at NSW TAFE are being made redundant at one of the state’s largest institutes despite a nationwide shortage of apprentices,...
Mauritius is one of the most popular tax havens used by multinational corporations operating in Australia, an Oxfam report found. Photograph: Neil Farrin/Getty Images/AWL Images RM
The Oxfam Report calls on government to strengthen Australia’s...
Damian Oliver, University of Technology Sydney
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Unclear about fairness, Australia's major parties focus on expediency
Gregory Melleuish, University of Wollongong
Both of Australia’s major parties have variously used “fairness” to describe key policies and in their election pitches. Labor leader Bill Shorten...
This was the major electoral recommendation of the 2009 Citizens’ Parliament which assembled 150 randomly selected citizens drawn from every electorate nationally. (Disclosure Note: this event was funded and operated by the Foundation. Full...
A group of retired politicians trying to claw bigger pensions and more free travel from the taxpayer will get their day in court next month.
The High Court has agreed to hear the challenge by...