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2014

Articles

05 November 2014

Whitlam, Medibank and health system reform

Medicare, Australia's universal health insurance scheme, might enjoy strong support today but at its origins was bitter opposition, writes Associate Professor James Gillespie.
21 August 2014

Emergency department nurses aren't like the rest of us

Emergency department nurses are more extroverted, agreeable and open compared to the normal population, according to new research by the University of Sydney's Nursing School.
19 May 2014

Comprehensive review shows no link between vaccination and autism

Researchers at the University of Sydney put the relationship between childhood vaccines and autism to the test.
24 April 2014

Australia's oldest PhD graduate: 93 year-old Dr Lis Kirkby

She was the state leader of a major political party, played a lead role in a primetime television drama, fought for social change and worked at a radio station in a newly decolonised Malaysia.