Research suggests that more class categories than many might expect are useful in explaining Australian society, but still fewer than in the UK. Rawpixel/from www.shutterstock.comWe don’t often think of ourselves in Australia as belonging to a class-based society. Australians think and talk about social class less than their counterparts in...
AAP/Lukas CochI’ve been feeling uncharacteristically optimistic about the future of the country. Like most Australians, it seems, I’m infatuated with Malcolm Turnbull. My unaccustomed euphoria has been brought on by the fact that we now have an unembarrassing leader who can speak in complete sentences, is clearly smart, and is...
Cities are places of integration, intense population pressures, migration flows, cultural interactions and variations in socio-economic positioning and values. But what makes them liveable?Mick Tsikas/ReutersFoundation essay: The Conversation has appointed a cities and policy editor to lead our coverage of the myriad issues affecting the urban...
The effects observed in the study are still small and inconsistent. racorn/ShutterstockA synthetic version of the “trust” hormone oxytocin, delivered as a nasal spray, has been shown to improve social responsiveness among some children with autism, researchers from the University of Sydney have found.
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For a long time, you might have defaulted to overseas suppliers when sourcing fabricated metal components for a project. The unit price was lower on paper, and the maths seemed straightforward. That...
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