The roof that cost Jørn Utzon the Sydney Opera House
Nobody knew how to build Jørn Utzon's roof when work began. Costs soared, a new works minister stopped paying him, and he resigned in 1966.
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A stage costume is built to come off in seconds
Broadway dressers snap layered costumes shut seam by seam, and club performers mend and wash theirs for years. Playbill and the Guardian went backstage.
Australia's 1975 dismissal and the palace letters
Sir John Kerr sacked Gough Whitlam in 1975. Letters released in 2020 show the palace told him a week earlier that the reserve powers still existed.
Winning native title in Australia brings a right to negotiate
Australian native title rests on traditional law and custom that continues today. A win brings a right to negotiate. The first compensation came in 2019.
England caps contingency fees in injury cases at 25%
A contingency fee lawyer takes a share of a client's win and nothing if the case fails. England caps injury fees at 25%, and a Canadian judge cut one by 90%.
Australia's Stolen Generations survivors still wait on redress
Nearly 30 years after the Bringing Them Home inquiry, the Healing Foundation says Stolen Generations survivors still lack records, care and redress.
Jai Arrow leads Rabbitohs out for 100th game after MND
The NRL gave South Sydney special dispensation to list the retired 30-year-old, and more than 40,000 fans sang Stand By Me as he walked out.
Australia's School of the Air: outback lessons by phone
Mount Isa's School of the Air teaches outback children scattered across 800,000 square kilometres by radio, then satellite phone, in daily lessons.
Bindi Irwin marks 20 years since Steve Irwin's death
Twenty years after the Crocodile Hunter died, his daughter Bindi said his legacy was love, not only conservation. His show reached more than 100 countries.
Macadamias are Australian, but the world grows Hawaiian ones
Macadamia is native to Queensland, but Hawaii turned it into a crop. Genetic studies trace most orchard trees to one small wild population near Gympie.
Australia's parliament passed compulsory voting in under an hour
A senator from Tasmania proposed the 1924 bill. Both houses passed it unanimously in under an hour, and turnout has stayed above 90% since.