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How to rock white sneakers without eco-guilt

In this opinion piece, Lisa Heinz explains how to avoid fast fashion with sustainable alternatives.
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2017/12/14/how-to-rock-white-sneakers-without-eco-guilt.html
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Facebook's news ban before COVID vaccine rollout is dangerous

Facebook's ban on news links could be damaging to public health messaging, right before Australia's COVID-19 vaccine rollout, writes Maryke Steffens.
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2021/02/18/facebook-news-ban-before-vaccine-rollout-is-dangerous.html
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Give teachers more freedom

It's time to roll back curriculum constraints and give teachers the freedom to make their own professional judgements, writes Dr Nicole Mockler. Read more here.
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2017/01/24/give-teachers-more-freedom.html
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Climate explained: why don’t we have electric aircraft?

Electric cars, trains, trams and boats already exist. That logically leads to the question: why are we not seeing large electric aircraft? And will we see them any time soon? Aeronautical engineering academic, Dr Dries Verstraete explains.
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2019/09/23/climate-explained--why-don-t-we-have-electric-aircraft-.html
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Can we build it? Yes, we can

Can Australia can become a global manufacturing hub, create jobs and enhance national security? Yes, writes Professor Simon Ringer for The Daily Telegraph, who says the time is ripe for investment in advanced manufacturing to spur Australia's economy
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2020/08/04/can-we-build-it--yes--we-can.html
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How banks can win public trust back

A major bank's claim that "trust is critical to our business" sits very awkwardly with its recent track record, writes Professor David Kinley of the University of Sydney.
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2017/08/25/how-banks-can-win-public-trust-back.html
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Why you're probably not 'addicted' to your smartphone

Tips to reduce your smartphone use, from our cyberpsychology expert. Obsessively checking your smartphone apps might look like addiction, but is it? Dr Andrew Campbell from the University of Sydney explains.
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2018/02/23/why-you-re-probably-not--addicted--to-your-smartphone.html
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A dog's life

Behavioural problems in male dogs may be affected by how early in their life they are desexed, with the study raising questions about whether there should be routine desexing of male dogs at all, according to a new study by University of Sydney
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2018/05/03/a-dog-s-life.html
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Do physios manage pain properly

New international research shows one in four physiotherapists provide treatments that aren't based on evidence.
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2019/10/08/do-physios-manage-pain-properly-.html
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Policy sentiment rather than substance for housing affordability

Will the 2017 Federal Budget provide first home buyers some relief? Professor Peter Phibbs and Professor Nicole Gurran write on the Coalition Government's policy response.
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2017/05/15/policy-sentiment-rather-than-substance-on-housing-affordability.html