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Features
A Neighbourhood Full of Strangers Airbnb and the big business of ‘home invasion’
by Sonya Voumard
Neighbours in our inner-Sydney apartment block are moving out - and in again - in droves. Giving up their own beds week after week to become hosts to streams of guests...
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Issues
Appetite for Destruction Sydney’s Burger End
by Helen Razer
“Societies,” said some bloke on some Netflix documentary I was only half-watching, “become more complex directly before they collapse.”
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Issues
Dog Days Scientists are recruiting man’s best friend in the fight against Alzheimer’s disease
by James Holloway
Two dogs have been cured of dementia, paving the way for possible human trials, researchers at the University of Sydney have announced.
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Culture
The America Hidden Behind America American Essentials independent film festival at Palace Cinemas
by Lauren Carroll Harris
From an outsider’s perspective, US culture seems to be splintering towards a more restless, divided, unhappy place that’s rarely shown in multiplex films.
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Features
The Singer and The Song A conversation with Rickie Lee Jones
by Gyan
"Rich people never look happier once they come home from shopping. It's all there in the mirror and it ain’t going nowhere."
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Features
Burning Man A Firefighter’s Story
by Matthew Thompson
One favour that firefighters sometimes do for each other is toss out a few reminders that being too comfortable with the chaos can be dangerous.
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Features
South of Forgiveness A rape. A book. A conversation.
by A.H. Cayley
This article discusses sexual violence.
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Postcards
Boy on a Bike A forgotten history of Camperdown
by John Dale
A forgotten history of Camperdown
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Features
Walls and Mountains Mural artist Nadia Hernandez and the power of shared voices
by Oliver Mol
Nadia told me about her country, driving out of the city, the flowers and cacti in the mountains.
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