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What BTS’ Grammy boycott tells us about the problem with ‘Asian pop’ as a label
BTS expressed a wish that ‘music can be heard and loved for what it is, rather than being divided by region or language’.
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In Love Me Tender, a mother’s fight for her child reveals how queerness is still policed
This powerful custody drama questions how society judges queer mothers.
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Your bedroom could be the unhealthiest room in your home
You spend eight hours a night in the one room nobody ventilates. That’s bad for your sleep, and ideal for mould.
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Butterflies are on the move as the planet warms: new research
Conservation cannot only protect habitats where species once lived – it must include the places where they will relocate in a warming world.
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Billions are spent on child mental health services without knowing if they work in the long term
Child mental health services are supposed to change lives. So why don’t we measure whether they actually do?
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View from The Hill: Burke struggles to wrangle numbers as opposition and One Nation apply heat on migration
The minister cancelling his press club appearance was embarrassing and revealing.
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Pesticide exposure at work may increase motor neurone disease risk – new study
A new review looked at 1,734 people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). But it couldn’t separate pesticide from other risk factors, such as head trauma.
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The Race Around the World reboot has one glaring omission: where is the discussion of ethics?
Race Around the World emphasises on-screen personalities, light entertainment and not-too-critical feedback. What is being left unsaid?
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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Sally McManus on how AI could force future cuts to HECS debts and work hours
The outgoing union leader said that beyond the new Victorian royal commission, ‘a lot more needs to be done’ to fight corruption in construction Australia-wide.
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An attack ‘motivated by anarchist and revolutionary ideology’: is far-left terrorism a growing concern?
In an apparent Australian first, an attack on a Victorian defence manufacturer is being investigated as a potential act of far-left terror.
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How a new UN cybercrime treaty could be used to crack down on dissent
Even with human rights safeguards in place, the new convention risks giving authoritarian regimes new tools to target their critics.
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35% of Australian uni students are part-time. But higher ed is still geared towards full-timers
Part-time students are more than twice as likely to drop out of university than their full-time peers. How can unis better support this vulnerable group?