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Opera is stuck in a racist, sexist past, while many in the audience have moved on

  • Written by: Caitlin Vincent, Lecturer in Creative Industries, University of Melbourne
Opera is stuck in a racist, sexist past, while many in the audience have moved onCio-Cio-San (centre) during a dress rehearsal of Opera Australia's Madama Butterfly at the Sydney Opera House in Sydney in 2019. Works such as this are attracting criticism from some modern audiences.Stephen Saphore/AAP

In the first act of Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler’s musical A Little Night Music, the long-suffering Countess Charlotte...

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Houses for a warmer future are currently restricted by Australia's building code

  • Written by: Anir Kumar Upadhyay, Lecturer in Built Environment, UNSW
Houses for a warmer future are currently restricted by Australia's building codeAustralians need better solutions for coping with the warmer climate of the future (and present).TRACEY NEARMY/AAP

Australian houses use significantly more electricity to stay warm or cool than estimated during the design stage.

To design a new house in Australia, the building needs to meet the national construction code. One way to do this is by...

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Study identifies nine research priorities to better understand NZ's vast marine area

  • Written by: Rebecca Jarvis, Research Fellow, Auckland University of Technology
Study identifies nine research priorities to better understand NZ's vast marine areaNew Zealand’s coastline spans a distance greater than from the south pole to the north pole.from www.shutterstock.com, CC BY-ND

The islands of New Zealand are only the visible part of a much larger submerged continent, known as Te Riu a Māui or Zealandia. Most of New Zealand’s sovereign territory, around 96%, is under water –...

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Poll reveals lukewarm public support for religion freedom legislation

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Poll reveals lukewarm public support for religion freedom legislationAs the debate over religious freedom heats up, the attorney-general has flagged that any proposed legislation would cover a situation like the Folau case.Peter Rae/AAP

As the debate over the Morrison government’s plan to legislate against religious discrimination gathers heat, an Essential poll has found only 38% of Australians agree that...

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  4. How solar heat drives rapid melting of parts of Antarctica's largest ice shelf
  5. Curious Kids: how does electricity work?
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  7. economists have seen it coming for decades
  8. Like to work with background noise? It could be boosting your performance
  9. Is the National Rugby League legally liable for the long-term impacts of concussions?
  10. Look up north. Here's how Aussie kids can move more at school, Nordic style
  11. Curious Kids: where do swallows sleep?
  12. For green cities to become mainstream, we need to learn from local success stories and scale up
  13. Billions spent on Murray-Darling water infrastructure: here's the result
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  15. All the hype around Libra is a red herring. Facebook's main game is Calibra
  16. remembering the Australian writer Charmian Clift, 50 years on
  17. Governments are making fake news a crime – but it could stifle free speech
  18. we asked people how they feel about sharing fitness data with insurance companies
  19. Testing festival goers' pills isn't the only way to reduce overdoses. Here's what else works
  20. Build to rent could shake up real estate but won't take off without major tax changes
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