Obituary: Gillian Mears
Gillian Mears 1964-2016
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Geelong-born actor went from Myer theatre club to UK premieres of Ayckbourn plays
Stanley Page's rich theatrical journey through the UK took place over four decades.
Ad man wanted the world to sing in perfect harmony
Bill Backer and his team immortalised jingles and slogans for Coca-Cola.
Small mistakes can prove lethal
Listening and truth are the two big missing ingredients in this abnormally distended election circus.
'They know when you're sleeping, they know when you're awake'
To an intelligence analyst, metadata is more important than content.
Another day, another billion dollars
It happened again on Wednesday, at precisely 11am. It's the sleeper issue of this election.
View from the Street: Joyce talks border security and bovine stupidity
And can't Labor at least start making their mistakes a bit more hilarious? Your news of the election, reduced to a snarky rant.
It's impossible to define what this election is really about
There are flashpoints – negative gearing, maybe some health funding, possibly even boats – but there's no central, definitive theme.
Lessons from the start-up nation
Australia does great research but, with very few exceptions, we have not embedded the "D" part of R&D.;
Myki changes a step forward, but glitches will remain
You still won't be able to buy or top-up a ticket on a tram, nor buy a single-use ticket anywhere
Obituary: Jane Fawcett
Jane Fawcett 1921-2016
How Australia can eliminate coal-fired electricity by 2030
Extensive modelling at the Australian National University shows that only a few hours of storage is needed to stabilise a grid with 80-100 per cent PV and wind
Refugees aren't the only immigration issue
Voters could be forgiven for thinking that all immigrants are refugees. But nothing could be further from the truth.
Why are so many climbers still dying on Everest?
Queues can spell disaster on the world's highest peak.
Survivors launch handbook to escape violence
Book tells tale of how group of women escaped perpetrators.
I spoke out against Donald Trump and racism. This is what happened next
A neo-Nazi and white supremacist website sent an army of Internet trolls after me.
Thinking the politically unthinkable
A winning chance for Labor on the radar.
Sydney will be unrecognisable
City planning used to be a thing – not a perfect thing, but real. Now, by contrast, with everything that you (or at least I) love about this town under threat, the city-making professions are conspicuous by their silence.
Why deaf people are 'in your face!'
Kim Huynh explores deafness as an identity and not a deficiency
Saying sorry isn't enough for Indigenous children
More should be done to reduce the rate at which Indigenous children are removed from their families.
We’ve been silent on injustice for too long
Governments around Australia are again playing politics with the lives and liberty of Indigenous people. As a nation, we should have no tolerance for such inequity and injustice.
View from the Street: Barnaby Joyce announces plan to eat Johnny Depp
And which party will crack under campaign-induced sleep deprivation first? Your news of the election, reduced to a snarky rant.
Sculptor’s monumental works in Melbourne became inspirational landmarks for the city
Inge King's monumental public sculptures have become Melbourne landmarks.
Forget about searching for black holes, they're not there
The tally of costings released at the end of a campaign almost always adds up and always puts the budget slightly ahead.
Obituary: Bill Herz
Bill Herz, the last surviving crew member of Orson Welles' mock "War of the Worlds" newscast, which terrified American listeners died on May 10
Millennials don't want selfies and emojis, they want change
Our politicians can learn a lot from Bernie Sanders, who can't tell a joke and I doubt he could DJ to save his life.
Premier's "fat" joke undermines his social equality agenda
As the Premier, Daniel Andrews should have known better.
Why it's fair Americans have taken the ugg name
The queues of tourists buying UGG Australia boots at shops in the CBD should be congratulated for supporting American industry, as UGG Australia is a trademark owned by US-based Deckers Corporation.
Obituary: Ray Leuning
Ray Leuning 1948-2016
How much should be done to save a life?
"This ... is the end ... of my life." These would be my patient's only words - an economy of phrasing made necessary by an all-consuming air hunger. She had just arrived in the emergency room, Code 3 critical, after a lights-and-sirens ambulance transport from her nursing home. Awake, alert and intensely focused, every effort of her frail, 90-year-old body was concentrated on the simple act of breathing. Her weak heart and failed kidneys had caused her lungs to fill with fluid, every breath becoming a mixture of water and air. The analogy to drowning is inevitable. As her physician, I was going to have to make some big decisions quickly, including this one: How much should I do to save her life?