Opinion
Loved and lost: Mourning a favourite garment
A notice posted along a bicycle path brings back memories of loss
- by Gabriella Coslovich
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Opinion
Cancer
Samantha Armytage's advice on mammograms was misguided
By the time Armytage received her false positive result - an all-clear after being called back for more tests when an area of concern was found on her right breast - she was moving beyond BreastScreen’s targeted call for women to start mammograms at 50, by suggesting women start at 40 instead. But her misguided advice on breast screening ignores vast amounts of independent medical research about the downsides of cancer screening tests.
- by Alexandra Barratt
Letters
Teachers and guns: Armed, it's dangerous, disarmed, it's less so
Readers find it disturbing that Donald Trump would advocate arming teachers.
Editorial
Don't screw up Fishermans Bend
This is an opportunity to create one of the world's best urban environments.
COMMENT
Opinion
Why Australia's business community only cares about budget deficits sometimes
Big business doesn't care whether there's a surplus. It just wants tax cuts and other direct aid.
- by Richard Denniss
Opinion
US equivalent of Australian GetUp! could bolster calls for tighter gun controls
In Australia and more so in the US, money drives politics. Enter an Australian political phenomenon.
- by Crispin Hull
Opinion
Richard Glover: Life on hold and other mysteries
Like most Sydneysiders, I feel my life now involves a series of mysteries, to which I can only guess the answers.
- by Richard Glover
COMMENT
Opinion
Battered Barnaby Joyce all too belatedly bails out
Turnbull's wishes are clear. But he must take what he's given, and humbly.
- by Jack Waterford
Opinion
Religion
I'm a rarity: a 29-year-old male and still a practising Catholic
To be a believer is to go against the norm; going to church is deemed unusual; and professing a faith in a supposedly archaic institution is illogical.
- by Patrick van Dyk
Opinion
Health
Simple genetic test can avoid tragedy - and should form part of all preconception care
Rachael had myriad tests when pregnant - but she was never offered one that should be routine.
- by Debra Kennedy
Letters
Literature puts people on the write path
Every exposure to literature consolidates and extends the skills of writing.