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Opinion
November 3, 2009

Provocative insight and opinions from leading academics and researchers at the UNSW Faculty of Science.

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The sum of Australia's future

03 November 2009 Anthony Dooley School of Mathematics and Statistics As teachers and professors, we need to do more to help the community understand the creative techniques which lie within the modern mathematician's toolkit, and the infinite possibilities which await those who can grasp numbers. But we can't do it alone.. Read more...

 

Previous opinion pieces

Drivers have no right to speed
23 July 2009
Raphael Grzebieta
Injury Risk Management Research Centre

No time for climate change furphies
17 June 2009
Matt England
Climate Change Research Centre

Low carbon the only way to go
13 May 2009
Ben McNeil
Climate Change Research Centre

Science communication - the importance of evidence
24 March 2009 
Carol Oliver
Australian Centre for Astrobiology

Where did all the women go?
10 December 2008 
Tracey Rogers
School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences

Dead in the water: beach safety stalled by ignorance
14 November 2008 
Rob Brander
School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences

How I learned to stop worrying and love YouTube
22 September 2008 
Adam Micolich
School of Physics

Workplace bullying must be tackled
18 July 2008
Carlo Caponecchia
School of Risk and Safety Sciences

Bali or bust
15 May 2008
Matthew England
Climate and Environmental Dynamics Laboratory (CEDL)

If trees could speak
11 April 2008
Bob Beale
Faculty of Science

Road safety gains may have stalled
3 April 2008
Raphael Grzebieta
Australasian College of Road Safety and UNSW Injury Risk Management Research Centre

Out of sight out of mind - floodplains
10 March 2008
Richard Kingsford
School of Biological Earch and Environmental Sciences (BEES)

Greenhouse solution myth, fallacy & spin 
21 February 2008
Mark Diesendorf
Institute of Environmental Studies (IES)

Green challenge for government 
12 December 2007
Richard Kingsford
School of Biological Earth and Environmental Sciences (BEES)

Australian Heritage Rivers: a major new policy proposal
9 July 2007
Richard Kingsford
School of Biological Earth and Environmental Sciences (BEES)

An addiction that fouls the air
16 January 2007
Ben McNeil
Climate and Environmental Dynamics Laboratory (CEDL)