Author: Deborah Singerman
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Deborah Singerman
- 15 March 2020
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I still mainly look back. The bushfire legacy lives on. It acts as a benchmark for assessing tragedy and hope. I cannot get the searing images out of my head of red, angry skies, of flames raging frighteningly, embers flying, and firefighters miraculously persevering against the odds.
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AUSTRALIA
- Deborah Singerman
- 26 November 2009
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Just as architecture plays a role in community building,
community building is important to architects
looking to develop as creative
innovators. A new breed of public spaces is helping put the flesh and blood back into 'community'.
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AUSTRALIA
- Deborah Singerman
- 07 October 2008
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Gay equality is a touchstone by which to measure politicians' moderate credentials. Turnbull's support is not totally altruistic: the inner-Sydney seat he represents has one of Australia's largest gay and lesbian populations.
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CONTRIBUTORS
- Deborah Singerman
- 17 May 2007
Deborah Singerman is a Sydney-based freelance writer and editor, specialising in the urban environment.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Deborah Singerman
- 08 March 2007
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The popularity of Waz and Gav, the gay couple in the first series of Channel 9’s The Block, helped them launch their own design company. It also highlighted the boundaries of acceptable mainstream images of gay men.
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AUSTRALIA
- Deborah Singerman
- 11 December 2006
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Our social networks underpin those casual salutations–"have a good weekend" or a "big night", or the jabber of mobile phones or texting. But they're increasingly elusive in today's world, as migrants already know.
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AUSTRALIA
- Deborah Singerman
- 29 May 2006
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With a predominantly working class Anglo-Celtic population, pre-World War II Ashfield was a green escape from inner-city Sydney. But now Chinese have settled in large numbers, and some blame them for what they see as Ashfield’s disrepair and unwelcoming atmosphere.
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