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How to grow food in the post-truth era

In the report, the UN special rapporteur for the right to food, Hilal Elvar, says global corporations manufacturing pesticides are guilty of “systematic denial of harms” and “aggressive, unethical marketing tactics”.
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2017/06/30/how-to-grow-food-in-the-post-truth-era.html
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What's it really like to study medicine at Sydney

These clubs have special interests in specific areas or subspecialties within medicine such as global health, maternal health, children’s health, surgery, rural health, critical care, and general practice.
www.sydney.edu.au/medicine-health/news-and-events/2019/05/16/what-s-it-really-like-to-study-medicine-at-sydney.html
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More technology doesn’t mean less inequality

Many doubted that teachers would receive proper training. Instead, they believed the government would dump the tablets onto teachers without a concrete implementation plan or consideration for those who did not
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2015/10/22/more-technology-doesnt-mean-less-inequality.html
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Citizens of the World

Petitions call upon the EU and its member states to act decisively, for instance by setting up a special ferry service from the Turkish cities on the Aegean Sea to Greece ... and a direct special train service from Thessaloniki to northern Europe.
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2015/09/09/citizens-of-the-world.html
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Time to say no to shameful TPP trade-offs

costly biologic medicines, stronger copyright monopolies and controls on the Internet, and to special rights for foreign investors to sue governments for damages in international tribunals over changes to domestic legislation.
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2015/09/30/time-to-say-no-to-shameful-tpp-trade-offs.html
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Who pays compensation if a COVID19 vaccine has rare side effects

What’s happening overseas? In the US, people with a rare but serious reaction to a COVID-19 vaccine will be able to access a special compensation scheme.
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2020/10/20/who-pays-compensation-if-a-covid19-vaccine-has-rare-side-effects.html
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The flaws in the government's foreign donations bill

Professor Anne Twomey. It is ironic, then, that Special Minister of State Mathias Cormann says exempting charities from the bill would render the ban on foreign donations “entirely ineffective”.
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2018/03/02/the-flaws-in-the-governments-foreign-donations-bill.html
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Why we need to take a stand against domestic violence

Domestic violence drives employees into casual and precarious work. A special duty of care needs to be extended to casual staff as a result.”.
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2017/11/24/why-we-need-to-take-a-stand-against-domestic-violence.html