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The Festival of Dangerous Ideas unites the most brilliant and daring minds across the globe for a weekend of talks at the Sydney Opera House. The likes of Germaine Greer and Jason Silva will debate topics as diverse as atheism, climate change, …

For many Americans belief in the right to bear arms still prevails amidst controversy in the wake of three recent fatal shootings, writes Todd Holbrook in Phoenix Arizona. Even in light of the Colorado Aurora movie theatre massacre in July and the …

  This is not your typical Facebook status: “Offer: Maria from Vaucluse has litres of frozen breastmilk. PM her if interested.” The proposition: “Lauren in Matiland has 600mls to donate,” is not a post which pops up on most Facebook news feeds …

Andres Mejia still remembers the day when he arrived in Sydney in 2005, with just AUS $1200 and a lot of uncertainly about his future. “Now those days seem like a dream,” he said. Although Andres did not have money to spend …

I’ve never been much of a technophile but there I am standing outside the café, smartphone in hand, waiting to meet a friend for a breakfast arranged by text in response to an email that was confirmed by way of a Facebook …

In my world, a teasing text message is a real turn-on. An innuendo-loaded Facebook status floats my boat. A frisky email? Totally hot. As many can relate, this is my twenty-something world of modern dating. Wooing in a technological era. Techno-romance has always been …

Nearly two million people a year die of AIDS due to lack of funds, writes KELLY NICHOLLS.  As world leaders gather in Washington DC this week for the International AIDS Conference they will face the stark reality that we are only reaching half the …

It was Saturday night. Having just arrived in Australia for the first time, walking down George Street at 2am was a fast and hard lesson in the female social standards of native nightlife writes Jessica Beder. Navigating a forest of staggering stilettos …

Bell Shakespeare’s latest production,  The Duchess of Malfi, is an intense and evocative work. Its impact is partly due to excellent direction and acting, and partly to the vibrant adapted text from writers Ailsa Piper and Hugh Colman. The writers say they worked …

There is a passage in Leviticus that states: “You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor tattoo any marks upon you: I am the Lord.” While this passage varies from text to text, the message is clear: …