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Why Trump demands a post-post-truth response

Such certainty is ahistorical: the “self-evident truths” of America’s founding fathers, based on first principles of natural law and sanctified by heavenly commandments, can, fortunately for humanity, prove to
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2017/05/31/why-trump-demands-a-post-post-truth-response.html
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When big companies fund academic research, the truth often comes last

We found industry funding drives researchers to study questions that aim to maximise benefits and minimise harms of their products, distract from independent research that is unfavourable, decrease regulation of their ... Coca-Cola and Mars have also
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2019/10/03/when-big-companies-fund-academic-research-the-truth-often-comes.html
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Good laws create freedom, not a nanny state

Accurate information about the risks and harms posed by consumer products increases freedom by helping people understand their options.
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2015/10/14/good-laws-create-freedom--not-a-nanny-state.html
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Mark Tredinnick on World Poetry Day

But we need to keep saying it and recalling it. For although nearly everyone turns to poetry — the natural language of grief and delight, despair and ecstasy, and ordinary contentment — when
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2018/03/21/mark-tredinnick-on-world-poetry-day.html
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Why so few Australians are using medicinal cannabis on prescription

Australian GP must enlist the support of a specialist to apply to the TGA for cannabis products. ... Let's rethink our strategy and make medicinal cannabis products readily available to Australians in need.
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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Art helps make the world a better place

These were the product of three years of consultations with individuals, community organisations, businesses, scientists, academics and governments.
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2015/11/10/art-helps-make-the-world-a-better-place.html
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Are today’s standards for being a ‘real man’ leading to violence against women?

It seems that everyday household products – such a stationery, deodorant, and even yoghurt – need to have a masculine equivalent.
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2015/10/08/are-today_s-standards-for-being-a-real-man-leading-to-violence-a.html
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How the media oversold standing desks as a fix for inactivity at work

The revised version notes Gavin Bradley is 100% owner of a website that sells sit-stand work products called Sit-Stand Trading Limited. ... the dangers of sedentary working and prolonged sitting time. The website also features a range of sit-stand work
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2017/09/19/how-the-media-oversold-standing-desks-as-a-fix-for-inactivity-at.html