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The sounds of Speechless, where words are superfluous

  • Written by: Stephen Chinna, Senior Honorary Research Fellow, University of Western Australia
The sounds of Speechless, where words are superfluousSpeechless is a Perth Festival co-commission produced by Tura Music.Toni Wilkinson

Review: Speechless, Perth Festival


Speechless is the new opera by award-winning composer Cat Hope, co-commissioned by the Perth Festival and Tura New Music. This is Hope’s powerful response to the Australian Human Rights Commission’s 2014 report into childr...

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The ASX abandons push to require companies to have a social licence to operate. Was it only ever 'politically correct nonsense'?

  • Written by: Thomas Maak, Director, Centre for Workplace Leadership, University of Melbourne
The ASX abandons push to require companies to have a social licence to operate. Was it only ever 'politically correct nonsense'?The concept of a social licence is real, but proved too much for the Australian Securities Exchange.Shutterstock

After months of debate, the Australian Securities Exchange last week dumped a proposal to include reference to a “social licence to operate” in its updated Corporate Governance Guidelines.

It was wrong to do so.

The new...

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We can be a carbon-neutral nation by 2050, if we just get on with it

  • Written by: Anna Skarbek, CEO at ClimateWorks Australia, Monash University

This is part of a major series called Advancing Australia, in which leading academics examine the key issues facing Australia in the lead-up to the 2019 federal election and beyond. Read the other pieces in the series here.


Strong action on climate change is vital if Australia is to thrive in the future. Lack of consensus on climate policy over the...

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  1. National security is too important to be abandoned to the politics of fear
  2. how do shells get made?
  3. Townsville floods show cities that don't adapt to risks face disaster
  4. Why are Australian authors obsessed with killing off kangaroos?
  5. Fleeing ministers fray hayband round embattled government
  6. The firewood banksia is bursting with beauty
  7. Linda Reynolds appointed to defence industry and cabinet
  8. Michelle Grattan on Morrison's climate pitch to voters and Warringah votes research
  9. Dada Masilo's Giselle is a courageous retelling for our times
  10. Spill at a nuclear facility shows potential burn risks from a household chemical
  11. Should online users be bound by their privacy agreements?
  12. Cabinet ministers Pyne and Ciobo set to head out door
  13. More visits to the doctor doesn't mean better care – it's time for a Medicare shake-up
  14. How do we save ageing Australians from the heat? Greening our cities is a good start
  15. How a new breast cancer biomarker could help patients identify best treatment options
  16. Rugby league may finally have reached its tipping point on player behaviour and violence
  17. What do normal labia look like? Sometimes doctors are the wrong people to ask
  18. 2018-19 was Australia's hottest summer on record, with a warm autumn likely too
  19. 'is it normal for girls to masturbate?'
  20. The Chinese coal 'ban' carries a significant political message
  21. Street vendors' self-help strategies highlight cities' neglect of how the other half survive
  22. Nora Heysen, more than her father's daughter
  23. Your car is more likely to be hacked by your mechanic than a terrorist
  24. Vital Signs. Do deficits matter any more?
  25. Fairness isn't optional. How to design a tax system that works
  26. The US-North Korea summit ends abruptly in Hanoi
  27. Warringah Votes – Abbott's challenger has yet to 'penetrate the streets'
  28. Tony Abbott and Zali Steggall on Warringah votes
  29. when identical twins are non-identical
  30. What's worse than the US-China trade war? A grand peace bargain
  31. How an appeal could uphold or overturn George Pell's conviction
  32. Australians want to support government use and sharing of data, but don't trust their data will be safe
  33. Ita Buttrose's appointment as new ABC chair a promising step in the right direction
  34. Hsieh Hsüeh-hung, communist champion of Taiwanese self-determination
  35. Seven ways the government can make Australians safer – without compromising online privacy
  36. Mary, Queen of Scots is newly relevant in the age of #MeToo
  37. Only half of packaging waste is recycled – here's how to do better
  38. Is it time to ditch the private health insurance rebate? It's a question Labor can't ignore
  39. how to take care of yourself if you're affected by the Pell news
  40. People and issues outside our big cities are diverse, but these priorities stand out
  41. Hermit kingdom, nuclear nation ... If the media keep calling North Korea names, it will only prolong conflict
  42. Royal commission on the abuse of disabled people to be announced soon
  43. Fines that'll hurt. ASIC's powerful, if ill-fitting, teeth
  44. Your period tracking app could tell Facebook when you're pregnant. An 'algorithmic guardian' could stop it.
  45. The workplace challenge facing Australia (spoiler alert – it’s not technology)
  46. who was the first ancient mummy?
  47. How long before we break the two-hour barrier in the men's marathon?
  48. Chemical restraint has no place in aged care, but poorly designed reforms can easily go wrong
  49. The Cursed Child is the latest in a line of Big Shows that date back to the Romans
  50. One in three principals are seriously stressed, here's what we need to do about it

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