News and other stories about real people, places, and events in Kensington and nearby suburbs.
What an effective Murray-Darling water policy should look like
14 Mar 2019
In the lead up to the NSW state election, UNSW’s Professor Richard Kingsford outlines what needs to be done to protect the Murray-Darling rivers and the communities that rely on them.
Is the Diverted Profits Tax working, ahead of federal budget 2019?
14 Mar 2019
The federal government has a number of tools to ensure multinational corporations pay the tax we want them to, says UNSW Business School’s Professor Fiona Martin.
Stay in school or take to the streets? Climate change lessons
14 Mar 2019
School students who demand meaningful action on climate change deserve to be heard, not silenced.
Life is good at 40 for Australia Ensemble
12 Mar 2019
Quality, diversity and variety are key elements in the 2019 program for UNSW’s renowned chamber music ensemble.
NSW and a renewable energy policy: we need one
12 Mar 2019
Heading into the state election, neither of the major parties has a policy to address increasing congestion on transmission lines joining wind and solar farms to the electricity grid.
The internet is now an arena for conflict, and we’re all caught up in it
12 Mar 2019
Nation states are covertly working against each other on the very same digital platforms they use to collaborate in areas such as trade and manufacturing.
Universities join forces to make Sydney a Quantum Harbour City
12 Mar 2019
A collaboration between UNSW and the University of Sydney has opened the way for quantum computers in silicon to be developed at scale.
Facebook and nipples: opera faces an emerging technologies predicament
11 Mar 2019
Censorship highlights the structural social and cultural issues underlying AI systems.
New Director of UNSWriting secures a place on shortlist for literary award
11 Mar 2019
Stephanie Bishop, lecturer in Creative Writing in the School of Arts & Media, brings a wealth of experience to her new role.
Universities welcome NSW government backing for Sydney Quantum Academy
12 Mar 2019
The new Academy will train the next generation of quantum computing innovators, helping to establish NSW as a global focal point in the rapidly evolving field.