Sydney’s Sirius building - a brutalist classic, providing public housing with waterfront views - will soon be gone. Its loss speaks volumes about our contemporary values and architecture’s shift away from utopianism.
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What makes a film a classic? In a new monthly column, film scholar Bruce Isaacs analyses a single sequence from a great film. Here, we look at a scene from Vertigo.
Automation is likely to destroy many jobs, but create new ones in their stead. We must adapt to what those new jobs will be.
The private consortium CLARA is proposing a high speed rail network between Sydney and Melbourne paid for by value capture but it still relies on the benefits outweighing the costs.
Good governance is the right thing to do, and boosts the legitimacy of decision-making. If moral chivalry doesn’t appeal, here are two more reasons: it’s cost-efficient and delivers better solutions.
Healthy, engaged people and communities will be crucial for a prosperous future for New South Wales. Here are four areas of policy focus that will help achieve that.
How do you choose local produce when buying fish, which is caught in vast oceans by a globalised industry? Answer: with great difficulty.
Part one of this series on capitalism and democracy probed the famous remark of the American economist and sociologist Thorstein Veblen that there are historical moments when ‘democratic sovereignty’ is…
How does one go about nominating to be UN secretary-general? And who needs to be on your side to get the top job?
Flatfoot is normal in infants and young children, and in the absence of any associated symptoms, treatment is highly debatable.
Efforts to avoid stigmatising people from Muslim backgrounds seem to be coming at the unexpected cost of adding stigma to those with mental health issues.
It is thought that in 2002 fentanyl, or a drug based on fentanyl, was used by Russian special forces to disable Chechen rebels after a four day stand off in the Dubrovka theatre in Moscow.
Do organic chickens taste better? Why are some eggs white and others brown? Are free range chickens healthier? There are a lot of questions about chicken production. Here are the facts.
The life insurance industry has been put on notice about its commissions.
Si ça vous démange furieusement, il y un risque supplémentaire que le moustique qui vient de vous piquer soit porteur d’une maladie. Alors, cet été, ne pas oublier de se protéger.
The blame for pain in kids is often directed at school bags, computer and small-screen device usage, posture, or other biomechanical targets.
Written several days ago, the following thoughts on the unfolding crisis in Turkey began their strange life as a tweet. It read: ‘failed Turkish coup shows that in the age of communicative abundance power…
The message of an exciting future through innovation and high-tech start-ups has failed to engage the Australian community.
The government must do more to deliver a 21st-century health system – not just to improve its standing with voters but to meet the health needs of all Australians.
Cicero asked: ‘how to become famous?’ Nero sought to know the timing of his death. The Oracle at Delphi offered pronouncements on all manner of topics - yet as with Google today, the question posed was as important as the answer.
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Senior Lecturer, Discipline of English and Writing, University of Sydney
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Professor emerita, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor, School of Public Health, University of Sydney
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Professor, Institute for Musculoskeletal Health, University of Sydney
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Professor, Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney
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Professor and Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research), University of Sydney
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NHMRC Emerging Leader Research Fellow, Institute of Musculoskeletal Health, University of Sydney
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Senior Research Fellow, Marine Biology, University of Sydney
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Director of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Research Office, University of Sydney
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Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Sydney
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NHMRC Emerging Leader Research Fellow, University of Sydney
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PhD candidate in Criminology, University of Sydney
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Senior research associate, University of Sydney
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School of Life and Environmental Sciences Research Fellow, University of Sydney
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Life and Environmental Science, University of Sydney
