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Why suspending housing evictions will defend against COVID-19

Our homes are the “first line of defence against the COVID-19 outbreak”, as the UN’s Special Rapporteur on Housing puts it.
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2020/03/26/covid19-why-suspending-housing-evictions-will-defend-us.html
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Why so few Australians are using medicinal cannabis on prescription

And medical specialists can indeed apply to the Therapeutic Goods Administration to prescribe cannabis-based products to their patients under the Special Access and Authorised Prescriber schemes. ... However, the most recent figures show that only 153
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2017/10/24/why-so-few-australians-are-using-medicinal-cannabis-on-prescription.html
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Politics, media and entertainment predictions for 2020

Bing Ling, Professor of Chinese Law at Sydney Law School, opines on how fresh elections in Hong Kong this year could affect the special administrative region's already turbulent political environment:.
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2020/01/14/politics-media-and-entertainment-predictions-for-2020.html
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Can consciousness and free will help us compete with robots?

Even more so than the virtues of “apples” and “oranges”, the considerations of duty and desire are incommensurable – different in kind. ... For example, if an architect tries to balance considerations about the aesthetics of a building’s
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2019/10/18/can-consciousness-and-free-will-help-us-compete-with-robots-.html
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How new technologies are shaking up health care

Key considerations will include enabling equity of access to the potential benefits of information technology and ensuring that this enhances rather than distracts from the human connection we all need when
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2015/09/11/how-new-technologies-are-shaking-up-health-care.html
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Striking a blow against political donation corruption

In any case, the High Court accepted that property developers were a special case because their profits are largely derived from government decisions on matters such as zoning and because of
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2015/10/12/striking-a-blow-against-political-donation-corruption.html
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How the law failed the victims of the Bowraville murder case

In 2014, a parliamentary committee recommended that consideration be given to “broadening” the double jeopardy exception “to enable a retrial where a change in the law renders evidence admissible at a
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2018/09/20/how-the-law-failed-the-victims-of-the-bowraville-murder-case.html
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How Elon Musk's SpaceX will launch a Tesla into space

What is so special about this rocket? This vehicle will be the first of its kind, the world’s most powerful launch vehicle and targeting an unprecedented level of reusability.
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2018/02/05/how-elon-musk-s-spacex-will-launch-a-tesla-into-space.html
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Origins of Easter

In the Middle Ages, it was a special treat to eat decorated eggs after Mass on Easter Sunday, following a period of fasting through Lent.
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2017/04/13/origins-of-easter.html