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A clever operatic adaptation of Oscar and Lucinda is let down by music that fails to captivate

  • Written by: Jeanell Carrigan, Associate professor, University of Sydney
A clever operatic adaptation of Oscar and Lucinda is let down by music that fails to captivateOscar and Lucinda, Sydney Chamber Opera, Carriageworks.Zan Wimberley

Review: Oscar and Lucinda, composer Elliott Gyger, librettist Pierce Wilcox, after the novel by Peter Carey, Sydney.

Attending the opening night of a world premiere performance of a new Australian opera is an exhilarating experience - though one that requires a bit of...

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Private renters are doing it tough in outer suburbs of Sydney and Melbourne

  • Written by: Alan Morris, Research Professor, University of Technology Sydney
Private renters are doing it tough in outer suburbs of Sydney and MelbourneIn low-rent outer suburbs, almost one in six households could not afford to keep their house cool and went without meals.ChameleonsEye/Shutterstock

Private renting continues to expand at the expense of home ownership, newly released ABS statistics show. More than one in four Australians (27%) are now tenants of a private landlord (2017-18). Only...

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'I'm an international student in Australia. How do I tell my parents the pressure they put on me is too much?'

  • Written by: Hannah Soong, Senior Lecturer in Teacher Education Practice, School of Education, University of South Australia
'I'm an international student in Australia. How do I tell my parents the pressure they put on me is too much?'Your happiness and self care is more important than anything else right now. Nina Maile Gordon/The Conversation, CC BY-NC-ND

On behalf of student here from Hong Kong I am so worried to tell my parents that the work is too much. They want me to study hard and continue at an Australian university.

– Anonymous

Key points

  • first and foremost, look...

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What are native grasslands, and why do they matter?

  • Written by: Mike Letnic, Professor, Centre for Ecosystem Science, UNSW
What are native grasslands, and why do they matter?The Southern Tablelands contain rare native grasslands.Tim J Keegan/Flickr, CC BY-SA

Coalition minister Angus Taylor is under scrutiny for possibly intervening in the clearing of grasslands in the southern highlands of New South Wales. Leaving aside the political dimensions, it’s worth asking: why do these grasslands matter?

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  2. Athlete development must better support Indigenous and Pasifika players
  3. Algorithms are everywhere but what will it take for us to trust them?
  4. People use sauna for well-being, but its medical benefits are not widely understood
  5. Anthony Albanese on Labor's hard times
  6. With wit and tenderness, Miles Franklin winner Melissa Lucashenko writes back to the 'whiteman's world'
  7. The Crown allegations show the failure of our gambling regulators. Serious reform requires real oversight
  8. The market for meat substitutes is way overdone
  9. journalism is in crisis and only more public funding can help
  10. Potential cost to patient safety as NZ debates access to medicinal cannabis
  11. HILDA findings on Australian families' experience of childcare should be a call-to-arms for government
  12. There's a reason you're feeling no better off than 10 years ago. Here's what HILDA says about wellbeing
  13. Australian city workers' average commute has blown out to 66 minutes a day. How does yours compare?
  14. your guide to the 2019 Miles Franklin shortlist
  15. a quarter of Australians are in inter-ethnic relationships
  16. Over 50% of young Australians still live with their parents – and the numbers are climbing faster for women
  17. More Australians are diagnosed with depression and anxiety but it doesn't mean mental illness is rising
  18. Teenagers who play sport after school are only 7 minutes more active per day than those who don't
  19. How Australia can make AI work for our economy, and for our people
  20. Pauline Hanson stymies inquiry into Angus Taylor's intervention on endangered grasslands
  21. India's tiger numbers are going up
  22. NSW's water plan is 'not working' but we can save the Barwon-Darling
  23. Meet Reece Kershaw, the new AFP commissioner. He's confronted superiors before, and will need to again
  24. What is Ligandrol, the drug swimmer Shayna Jack had in her system?
  25. We can put a leash on Google and Facebook, but there's no saving the traditional news model
  26. What Australia's competition boss has in store for Google and Facebook
  27. Young crime is often a phase, and locking kids up is counterproductive
  28. Poor housing leaves its mark on our mental health for years to come
  29. a new book aims to 'verbally smash the patriarchy', but its argument is imprecise
  30. a good way to increase women's dependence on men
  31. An app to prevent pregnancy? Don't count on it
  32. Government pulls out all stops to prevent inquiry into Angus Taylor
  33. Increasing tree cover may be like a 'superfood' for community mental health
  34. Consumer watchdog calls for new measures to combat Facebook and Google's digital dominance
  35. The Albany pitcher plant will straight up eat you (if you're an ant)
  36. Mueller testimony does not produce smoking gun, but the issues it raised are far from resolved
  37. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the opposition's tactics in question time
  38. Extreme weather caused by climate change has damaged 45% of Australia's coastal habitat
  39. Our cities need more trees, but some commonly planted ones won't survive climate change
  40. Twitter isn’t just for political hashtag warriors. Many still use the social network to just hang out
  41. A wet cough for four weeks means it's time to get it checked out
  42. Pat Larter, pioneering 'femail' artist who gave men the Playboy treatment
  43. The new banking code looks impressive, but what will it achieve?
  44. Morrison finds some cats defy herding
  45. An asteroid just buzzed past Earth, and we barely noticed in time
  46. Snubbing Chinese swimmer Sun Yang ignores the flaws in the anti-doping system
  47. What is listeria and how does it spread in smoked salmon?
  48. Fudged research results erode people's trust in experts
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