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So what do the experts make of this banking sector grilling? Already, at least one banking expert is calling it a 'sideshow'. Martin North is a banking analyst and principle of Digital Finance Analytics. He says the lack of competition among the banks is at the heart of many of the problems consumers face, and it's not clear who or what is actually responsible for improving that. He doubts whether any of the core pro... Source: abc.net.au
Secret Queensland Government modelling obtained by the ABC predicts it could cost up to $16 billion over 10 years to achieve the water quality needed to help save the Great Barrier Reef. The $16 billion dwarfs the money set aside by both the major parties for fighting pollution on the reef.
05.06.2016
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05.06.2016
It seems there are more questions than answers about the role wind generation played in South Australia's state-wide blackout last week. A preliminary report by the Australian Energy Market Operator released today, found severe weather caused the mass outage, but it's not clear why six wind farms disconnected from the grid at the time.
05.10.2016
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05.10.2016
A regional New South Wales Council admits it was negligent over is failure to identify elevated levels of uranium in local drinking water. The Tamworth Regional Council took two years to recognise that its own testing shows that uranium levels in several bores are almost twice that considered safe. The region's health department is urging calm, but admits it's unclear what health effects there may be for those who've...
05.10.2016
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05.10.2016
There are calls for greater regulation of the IVF industry following last night's Four Corners story about the dismally low success rates of fertility treatment in women aged over 40. Medical legal experts and some of the pioneers of the IVF technology last night issued warnings about the proliferation of so-called 'snake-oil' treatments within fertility clinics. Today, fertility specialists have hit back, saying Aus...
01.06.2016
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01.06.2016
The Australian Bureau of Statistics is about to embark on a huge Census data collection mission in Indigenous communities across Northern Australia. A key aim of the research is to capture more accurate statistics on the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living in urban areas.
21.07.2016
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21.07.2016
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