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September 30, 2019
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk Vanuatu leaders have taken the podium at the United Nations General Assembly to speak out against the military repression of anti-racism and independence demonstrations in West Papua, reports SBS news. Addressing world leaders at the New York gathering – which has so far been a platform for powerful climate change activism ... <a title="Australia needs to ‘step up’ on West Papua, says Vanuatu at UN assembly" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/30/australia-needs-to-step-up-on-west-papua-says-vanuatu-at-un-assembly/" aria-label="Read more about Australia needs to ‘step up’ on West Papua, says Vanuatu at UN assembly">Read more</a>
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September 30, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Klugman, Research Fellow, Institute for Health & Sport, Victoria University A heart-warming ad kept playing on TV screens across Australia as Richmond kicked goal after goal against Greater Western Sydney on Saturday in the grand final of the Australian Football League’s men’s competition. Kids awoke to ... <a title="The AFL sells an inclusive image of itself. But when it comes to race and gender, it still has a way to go" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/30/the-afl-sells-an-inclusive-image-of-itself-but-when-it-comes-to-race-and-gender-it-still-has-a-way-to-go-124351/" aria-label="Read more about The AFL sells an inclusive image of itself. But when it comes to race and gender, it still has a way to go">Read more</a>
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September 30, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kerstin Bilgmann, Lecturer in Biological Sciences, Macquarie University If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskids@theconversation.edu.au. Which is smarter: blue whales or orcas? – Prasaad, age 6. There’s no simple answer. We don’t know for sure which one is smarter, ... <a title="Curious Kids: which is smarter – a blue whale or an orca?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/30/curious-kids-which-is-smarter-a-blue-whale-or-an-orca-122789/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: which is smarter – a blue whale or an orca?">Read more</a>
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September 30, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bryoni Trezise, Senior Lecturer in Theatre and Performance Studies, UNSW The Shadow Whose Prey the Hunter Becomes, directed by Bruce Gladwin, Back to Back Theatre In 2009 I wrote an email to the artistic director of Back to Back Theatre, Bruce Gladwin, gushing about what I could ... <a title="The Shadow Whose Prey the Hunter Becomes review: Back to Back Theatre’s exciting reframing of disability" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/30/the-shadow-whose-prey-the-hunter-becomes-review-back-to-back-theatres-exciting-reframing-of-disability-124003/" aria-label="Read more about The Shadow Whose Prey the Hunter Becomes review: Back to Back Theatre’s exciting reframing of disability">Read more</a>
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September 30, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Carl Douglas, Lecturer in Spatial Design, Auckland University of Technology There’s a difference between a road and a street. Roads take you from one place to another, but streets are more than functional channels. They are public spaces. The streets of downtown Auckland, New Zealand’s largest city, ... <a title="How to turn Auckland’s inner city streets into public spaces people can enjoy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/30/how-to-turn-aucklands-inner-city-streets-into-public-spaces-people-can-enjoy-122396/" aria-label="Read more about How to turn Auckland’s inner city streets into public spaces people can enjoy">Read more</a>
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September 30, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julie Green, Principal Fellow, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute Daylight saving will begin this weekend across most of Australia, signalling warmer weather, longer days and new opportunities for children to make the most of time outside. It can also mark the start of a rough patch in the ... <a title="6 ways to stop daylight saving derailing your child’s sleep" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/30/6-ways-to-stop-daylight-saving-derailing-your-childs-sleep-123871/" aria-label="Read more about 6 ways to stop daylight saving derailing your child’s sleep">Read more</a>
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September 30, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Deborah Ann Cobb-Clark, Professor of Economics, University of Sydney Australians like to think we live in a country of the fair go, where anyone with the talent and willingness to work hard can succeed. But the evidence show success is still partly inherited. Children with poor parents ... <a title="Disability and single parenthood still loom large in inherited poverty" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/30/disability-and-single-parenthood-still-loom-large-in-inherited-poverty-123086/" aria-label="Read more about Disability and single parenthood still loom large in inherited poverty">Read more</a>
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September 30, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Thomas Swan, Assistant Research Fellow, University of Otago The relentless supply of movies about superheroes and supervillains is difficult to ignore. Some people can’t get enough. Others hope to avoid them. But psychological researchers see a cultural phenomenon worthy of study. Fictional characters with supernatural powers are ... <a title="What fictional superheroes can tell us about devotion and why we believe in gods" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/30/what-fictional-superheroes-can-tell-us-about-devotion-and-why-we-believe-in-gods-123860/" aria-label="Read more about What fictional superheroes can tell us about devotion and why we believe in gods">Read more</a>
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September 30, 2019
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Today’s content by Dr Bryce Edwards. Local government Stephanie Arthur-Worsop (Rotorua Daily Post): Election 2019: What do local councils actually do? (paywalled) Julienne Molineaux (Spinoff): What are DHB elections and can we get rid of them? ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – September 30 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/30/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-september-30-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – September 30 2019">Read more</a>
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September 30, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Danilo Ignacio de Urzedo, PhD candidate, University of Sydney This week’s United Nations climate summit may go down in history – but not for the reasons intended. It was not the tipping point for action on global warming that organisers hoped it would be. It will instead ... <a title="‘We will never forgive you’: youth is not wasted on the young who fight for climate justice" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/30/we-will-never-forgive-you-youth-is-not-wasted-on-the-young-who-fight-for-climate-justice-123985/" aria-label="Read more about ‘We will never forgive you’: youth is not wasted on the young who fight for climate justice">Read more</a>
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September 30, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bridget Harris, Senior Lecturer, School of Justice; Crime, Justice and Social Democracy Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology Crime prevention initiatives targeting sexual violence are by no means new. But as technology advances and costs decrease, we are seeing an abundance of digital and technological strategies emerge. ... <a title="Anti-rape devices may have their uses, but they don’t address the ultimate problem" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/30/anti-rape-devices-may-have-their-uses-but-they-dont-address-the-ultimate-problem-123011/" aria-label="Read more about Anti-rape devices may have their uses, but they don’t address the ultimate problem">Read more</a>
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September 30, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicola McGarrity, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, UNSW In late September, Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton introduced a new bill that would give him stronger powers to strip the Australian citizenship off dual nationals convicted of terror-related offences or who engage in related activities. In response to ... <a title="Australia has enacted 82 anti-terror laws since 2001. But tough laws alone won’t make us safer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/30/australia-has-enacted-82-anti-terror-laws-since-2001-but-tough-laws-alone-wont-make-us-safer-123521/" aria-label="Read more about Australia has enacted 82 anti-terror laws since 2001. But tough laws alone won’t make us safer">Read more</a>
