This week: the Australian economy exceeds expectations, while China continues to worry. RBA Governor Glenn Stevens has reason to smile, Janet Yellen less so.
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William Yang has, maybe more than anyone else, shaped Sydney’s view of itself. A new book, William Yang: Stories of Love and Death, collects his iconic photographs, with scrawled annotations.
Introduce me to an opponent of same-sex marriage and I will show you a married person. Or someone whose bucket list has “Get Married” right at the very top. The paradox would be delectable if its consequences…
Some of the greatest harms from using illicit drugs are because they are illegal.
There’s enough water under the ground to form a lake 100m deep over the earth.
The iconic southern African Chacma baboon is in danger. The species is facing a population decline.
Liberal Democrat Senator David Leyonhjelm told parliament that of the $1.5 billion spent annually on drug law enforcement, 70% is attributable to cannabis. Are those numbers correct?
The tradition of republicanism offered us civil religion, a foundation of belief that could counter any politics or policy that demands sacrifice in this world to be compensated in some “beyond”.
Knowing what is in snack bars is of particular importance to parents given nearly one in five two- to 18-year-olds consume muesli- or cereal-style bars.
Cyclists have voiced their opposition to some aspects of the Go Together package to ensure their safety on NSW roads.
The impacts of red meat production and consumption on human health, animal welfare and the environment are complex.
A student once told me that she would prefer to learn from pages of writing rather than from a single, concise image. When she told me, I think I may have actually frowned and I definitely paused, just…
The Italian government tried to limit the type of companies that could use crowd-sourced funding with poor results, Australia can learn from this.
The potential harms associated with using cannabis depend, above all others, on two things: the age at which you first begin to use cannabis and the frequency, dose and duration of use.
The rest of society won’t see the benefits of innovation until governments figure out a way to effectively tax the knowledge economy.
Behind the corporations legally avoiding paying tax are the big four accounting firms, helping them avoid transparency.
Fairfax’s Domain is closing the gap on its rival REA, in a game where there’s usually one winner.
Behind the sky-high valuations of tech startups with no profit lies a structural problem supporting them.
When and where did humans split from the apes to become a separate branch of bipeds? Are we an ape or not? If so, which of the living Great Apes is the closest to humans? European philosophers and scientists…
The government should be encouraging informal investors to put their money into start-ups, not barring them from tax offsets that encourage them to do so.
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Professor and Program Lead in Adolescent Mental Health at the Black Dog Institute; Clinical Psychologist, UNSW
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Associate Professor of Chemistry, UNSW
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Lecturer, Journalism and Communication, UNSW
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Postdoctoral research associate, UNSW Canberra School of Business, UNSW
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Senior Lecturer, School of Business, UNSW
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Professor and Inaugural Judith Neilson Chair in Architecture, UNSW
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Research Fellow, National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University; UNSW ; Burnet Institute
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Evolutionary Biologist, ARC Future Fellow, UNSW
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Associate professor, UNSW International Centre for Future Health Systems, UNSW
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Visiting Fellow, Evolution and Ecology Research Centre, UNSW
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Adolescent Mental Health at the Black Dog Institute, UNSW
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Associate Professor, School of Business, UNSW
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Professor of Atmospheric Sciences, Climate Change Research Centre, UNSW
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Lecturer, UNSW Canberra School of Business, UNSW
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Pharmacist and Lecturer, UNSW ; University of Sydney