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Older women wince at the thought of a mammogram every two years but daily force their drooping breasts into an unnatural position. Yes, let's get rid of those instruments of torture. I guess life in Wellington is a little more conservative than here in brash Sydney. Sally Bryant Letters, November 11 says the standards set by the Classification Review Board are ''designed to ensure that we don't have [pornography] staring us in the face at every newsstand, petrol station and corner shop''.

The system has patently not worked down here. Philip Ruddock says the High Court's unanimous decision on asylum seekers is ''diabolical''. As minister for immigration Ruddock presided over a shameful and inhumane regime that has now been found to have been unlawful as well. I know what is diabolical and it is not the High Court upholding the rule of law. Anne Kirman's advice Letters, November 10 that parents should take children to church for their religious instruction exposes the true nature of the debate on ethics classes.

No longer are we talking about ethics as a complement to scripture but whether scripture has a legitimate place in schools. Cathy Byrne Letters, November 10 presents an interesting solution but much of what she proposes can already be taught within the general religious education framework.

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It is not scripture, and I would not like it to replace scripture. Malcolm Knox's article shows that parents, even atheists, send their children to scripture for a variety of reasons. Most children attend scripture; most don't attend church.

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The Education Act says every child has the right to receive religious instruction in a time slot set aside for this purpose. The government says scripture is to be the default position. Anne, Cathy and others need to recognise that scripture classes are entirely appropriate within our secular public education system. They should stop trying to undermine scripture by pushing for ethics classes in the same time slot, or proposing something different altogether. It is a great shame, to say the least, the Bali nine were not accorded the same consideration of avoiding the death penalty now being afforded Gabe Watson '' American in limbo '', November Oh, for a gap year article that does not ignore the situation of rural and regional students '' Gap year operators tap into parents' worries '', November The gap year is continually presented as a lifestyle travel option for city students who will, presumably, attend a local university and live at home for the duration of their course.

Rural students face a disorganised two years after they leave school, trying to patch together enough working hours to meet the criteria for claiming the youth allowance while studying. They must work an average of 30 hours a week for 18 months of that period. However, most rural areas have a limited number of casual entry-level jobs in retail, fast food or aged care available to these young people. Without this financial support for the high cost of leaving home to attend university, professional education will continue to be unaffordable for many of these students and their parents.

Rural families without a tradition of tertiary study may find the whole process too dispiriting and difficult and just give up. It also means many students will be at least 20 before they can afford to begin tertiary studies. This poses difficulties with deferment of course entry, particularly for highly competitive courses. Unsurprisingly, rural areas suffer chronic shortages of professionals who, having no personal or cultural ties to the bush, are unlikely to move there.

Rural families want to see their communities thrive and be seen as attractive destinations for professionals to live and work in. This will be much more likely if at least some of those professionals feel a strong connection to areas outside the cities. I used to vote Labor but now I vote Greens. Not because of leaks or Latham.

Because Karl Bitar and his careerist mates, down to the Tripodis and Obeids, have captured the ALP and made it their business to hold power at any price. The irony is that this poverty of vision serves them so poorly in the end. Dumping the emissions trading scheme and Kevin Rudd demonstrated such shallow, unprincipled, Machiavellian self-serving bloody mindedness they are unsupportable.

They will lose the state election, despite the limpness of the Libs, dump Kristina Keneally and boost brother Robertson, again blaming someone else's tactical errors. Maybe the next decade in opposition will give the NSW Labor machine more time to think on it.

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Even shallowly. Rejuvenation of any political party is a good thing - good for the party and good for Australia '' Tripodi says his number is up '', November The one great regret I have at the number of Labor politicians who have resigned recently is that they have denied the people of NSW the chance to use the baseball bats we have been quietly polishing for the past few years.

After watching Karl Bitar explain Labor's dismal campaign at the National Press Club and reading " Labor paid a high price for disunity " November 10 , I think it's time he took one for the team and resigned. Maybe Anne Buckley Letters, November 11 should become a plane spotter. The 6. Fortunately for Anne, it has been changed to an evening departure, so she can get more sleep.

And to think they always used to say size didn't matter '' Conception chances magnified by giant sperm '', November As an occasionally harassed photographer, I know how hard it can be to point a camera in public '' Photographer battles to stay in the picture '', November I once heard David Moore talk about the knot in his stomach that accompanied him as he set off each day. My interpretation was it was necessary to push him to return with something worthy and enduring. Today, that knot is bigger for the dread of physical interference by uniformed goons and the debilitating catcalls of "terrorist" or "paedophile" from the mouths of fear-filled do-gooders.

Rex Dupain is doing good work and should not stop. Go to the exhibition. Buy the book. All Sandy Kershaw Letters, November 11 had to do was to go on the internet to look up the plot of the well-known musical Fame. If she had, she would have realised it is probably not suitable for young children for many reasons. Australia is not a nanny state. It is up to us to make decisions through self-directed knowledge-gathering. Elizabeth Farrelly, always an entertaining user of words, has stretched them a little far in saying ''Guy Fawkes tucked his dynamite not beside Parliament House, but under'' '' Deal with our fear of heights '', November Britain does not have a ''Parliament House'' - she means the Houses of Parliament, as the Palace of Westminster is also known.

Fawkes was apprehended in an undercroft beneath the House of Lords. But it would have been truly remarkable if he had been in possession of dynamite, since his arrest was in November ; dynamite, invented by Alfred Nobel, was patented in School needs to talk straight on its gay policies. The Sydney Morning Herald. Kerryn Phelps Double Bay I am perplexed by the coverage of the Ivanhoe students who were prevented from going to the formal. Leeanne Zamagias Wagaman NT. Phil Johnson Dee Why My sympathies are with the school, although I wish it would not hide behind the wimpy excuses it has been using.

Ken Chant Werrington. Charlotte Schneider North Ryde. Josephine Piper Miranda Reality on banking is in everyone's interest Thank you, Ross Gittins '' Demand a better deal and stop moaning about greedy banks '', November Alan Hargreaves Arcadia Your editorial in support of variable rates misses the key point: it is banks changing their interest rates at their discretion that ''dilutes the potency of monetary policy'' '' Variable loans for better and worse '', November Andy Payne Dangar Island.

John Duff Lavender Bay Misogynist tradition in modern times Those Anglican clerics in Britain who have converted to Catholicism as a protest against the ordination of women cannot call themselves traditionalists '' Bishops jump ship in battle of sexes '', November Steve Robson Kirrawee It's the bulk that is scary, not the height Elizabeth Farrelly mischaracterises opposition to Barangaroo's aquatic hotel '' Deal with our fear of heights '', November Alan Miller Hornsby Elizabeth Farrelly's suspicion that the people of Brisbane and Adelaide are nicer than those of Sydney can be confirmed.

Joan Brown Orange All on display. Greg Loder Springwood. The real debate is scripture, yes or no Anne Kirman's advice Letters, November 10 that parents should take children to church for their religious instruction exposes the true nature of the debate on ethics classes. Deborah Kellahan Castle Cove Dealing in death It is a great shame, to say the least, the Bali nine were not accorded the same consideration of avoiding the death penalty now being afforded Gabe Watson '' American in limbo '', November David Ailwood Figtree Country gap year is 18 months in a low-paid job.

David Morrissey Haberfield Rejuvenation of any political party is a good thing - good for the party and good for Australia '' Tripodi says his number is up '', November Murray Happ Waverton After watching Karl Bitar explain Labor's dismal campaign at the National Press Club and reading " Labor paid a high price for disunity " November 10 , I think it's time he took one for the team and resigned.

Andrew Patterson Pymble Larger than life. Under the reign of Queen Victoria federation of the six colonies occurred on 1 January Sydney, with a population of ,, then became the state capital of New South Wales. The Great Depression of the s had a severe effect on Sydney's economy, as it did with most cities throughout the industrial world. For much of the s up to one in three breadwinners was unemployed.

When Britain declared war on Germany in , Australia also entered. During the war Sydney experienced a surge in industrial development to meet the needs of a wartime economy. Far from mass unemployment, there were now labour shortages and women becoming active in male roles. Sydney's harbour was attacked by the Japanese in May and June with a direct attack from Japanese submarines with some loss of life.

Consequently, Sydney experienced population growth and increased cultural diversification throughout the post-war period. The people of Sydney warmly welcomed Queen Elizabeth II in when the reigning monarch stepped onto Australian soil for the first time to commence her Australian Royal Tour. There were 1. The Australian government launched a large scale multicultural immigration program.

New industries such as information technology, education, financial services and the arts have risen. Sydney's iconic Opera House was opened in by Her Majesty. A new skyline of concrete and steel skyscrapers swept away much of the old lowrise and often sandstone skyline of the city in the s and s, with Australia Square being the tallest building in Sydney from its completion in until and is also notable for being the first skyscraper in Australia.

Since the s Sydney has undergone a rapid economic and social transformation. As a result, the city has become a cosmopolitan melting pot. Sydney is a coastal basin with the Tasman Sea to the east, the Blue Mountains to the west, the Hawkesbury River to the north, and the Woronora Plateau to the south. The inner city measures 25 square kilometres 10 square miles , the Greater Sydney region covers 12, square kilometres 4, square miles , and the city's urban area is 1, square kilometres square miles in size.

Sydney spans two geographic regions. The Cumberland Plain lies to the south and west of the Harbour and is relatively flat. The Hornsby Plateau is located to the north and is dissected by steep valleys. The flat areas of the south were the first to be developed as the city grew.

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It was not until the construction of the Sydney Harbour Bridge that the northern reaches of the coast became more heavily populated. Seventy beaches can be found along its coastline with Bondi Beach being one of the most famous. The Nepean River wraps around the western edge of the city and becomes the Hawkesbury River before reaching Broken Bay. Most of Sydney's water storages can be found on tributaries of the Nepean River. The Parramatta River is mostly industrial and drains a large area of Sydney's western suburbs into Port Jackson. Sydney is made up of mostly Triassic rock with some recent igneous dykes and volcanic necks.

The Sydney Basin was formed when the Earth's crust expanded, subsided, and filled with sediment in the early Triassic period. The sandstone has shale lenses and fossil riverbeds.