Tony Abbott gave some wacky interviews in his uni days. One of these flicked around by dissidents to cast doubt on Abbott’s morals in recent days is this crystal clear recording from ABC-TV’s Nationwide program on 20 March 1979.
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Sexual consent, Sydney University and me
The current and former students of Sydney Uni’s St Paul’s College responsible for a “pro-rape” Facebook page deserve to be named and shamed; but don’t blame St Paul’s for the actions of a few.
How university colleges foster a culture of rape
News that students living at Sydney Uni’s all-male St Paul’s College set up a “pro-rape” Facebook page doesn’t come as a shock to former college residents like Mary Gardiner — “rape culture” is endemic within the hallowed institutions.
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours: Why Bernie Brookes will be sweating at today’s Melbourne Cup
Myer’s Bernie Brookes has a hard day ahead, University of Sydney splashes its cash about, is The Spearman Experiment about to be axed? And trouble on the high seas abord the HMAS Stuart.
‘Howard-era politics with Obama-style campaigning’ at Sydney Uni
Industrial action has gone high tech, with the University of Sydney and the National Tertiary Education Union battling out wage conditions via snappy new media campaigns.
Sydney Uni’s nursing faculty at war
Is this the atmosphere in which to train the future frontline Florence Nightingales? Asks Alex Mitchell.
Shushing The SMH on Kim Walker
The Sydney Morning Herald has lost its bid to use Freedom of Information to access and publish an internal Sydney University report, writes Alex Mitchell
Insider tells: why public hospitals are crumbling
After a week in which one Sydney hospital’s problems triggered national health debate, a prominent specialist gives an insider’s perspective based on his 30-plus years working in NSW public hospitals.
