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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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Scientific breakthroughs take time, research confirms

Dr Isobel Ronai, Postdoctoral Research Fellow with the University of Sydney's Charles Perkins Centre and School of Life and Environmental Sciences, makes the case for basic biological research.
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2019/02/05/scientific-breakthroughs-take-time--research-confirms.html
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Government’s 457 visa reforms threaten research

It would make recruiting the best international postdoctoral fellows extremely difficult. ... This lifts the performance of our universities in global rankings and helps support a $20 billion export industry for international education.
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2017/04/20/government_s-457-visa-reforms-threaten-research.html
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The latest Scientists' Warning (on affluence)

This latest review in the viral Scientists' Warning series prompts a re-think about our desire for growth. This explainer pairs the new Nature Communications paper – a collaboration between the UNSW, University of Leeds, ETH Zurich and the
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2020/06/25/the-latest-scientists-warning-on-affluence.html
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How banks can win public trust back

We may also be comforted to hear HSBC "is guided by" international human rights laws in its work, but recoil upon hearing the bank was fined US$1.9 billion for laundering
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2017/08/25/how-banks-can-win-public-trust-back.html
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The future of recycling: 4 experts explain

The NSW Government recently conducted a survey on recycling and plastic waste. Ahead of its findings, to be released later this year, four academics comment on research into recycling and the development of advanced waste conversion technologies.
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2020/05/14/the-future-of-recycling--4-experts-explain.html
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How to grow food in the post-truth era

This includes damaging structural adjustment policies and unfair international trade agreements. ... The project brings together scholars of media and communications, government and international relations, physics, philosophy, linguistics, and medicine,
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2017/06/30/how-to-grow-food-in-the-post-truth-era.html
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Do Twitter bots spread vaccine misinformation its not that simple

The key to dealing with misinformation is to refocus research and attention to communities, not bots, writes Associate Professor Adam Dunn.
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2020/10/07/do-twitter-bots-spread-vaccine-misinformation-its-not-that-simpl.html
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How do we champion women in STEM?

ensuring gender balance invite for international and national speakers, and for co-chairs for sessions (one senior pairing with one ECR).
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2019/03/06/how-do-we-champion-women-in-stem-.html
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Is it time for Australians to stop cooking with gas?

Susan Park is Professor of Global Governance in Department of Government and International Relations and a research lead of the Sydney Environment Institute.
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2020/11/18/is-it-time-for-australians-to-stop-cooking-with-gas.html