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Patient privacy concerns ahead of E-Health unveiling

Patient privacy concerns ahead of E-Health unveiling

The personally controlled electronic health record system will go live tomorrow, but medical and security experts are voicing their unease. Brittany Cooper examines the privacy issues at stake for health consumers. There was an elderly customer in the pharmacy where I used to work …
Where words fail art speaks

Where words fail art speaks

They say a picture paints a thousand words. But as I fixed my gaze upon Kamalesh’s harrowing oil painting, I began to wonder whether the age-old idiom did this work enough justice, writes Anusha Menon. We’d talked about his time at Villawood …
Sydney music thrives again

Sydney music thrives again

The Sydney music community does exist. It may be quiet but there is a steady push of alternative music back into the mainstream, writes Elizabeth New. If we believe recent portrayals in the media, Sydney’s music scene is in irretrievable ruins. The focus …