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March 25, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca Colvin, Senior lecturer, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Poll after poll suggests a large majority of Australians cares about climate change. Yet in recent federal elections, this hasn’t translated into wins for parties with stronger policy platforms on climate change. So what determines ... <a title="If 80% of Australians care about climate action, why don’t they vote like it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/25/if-80-of-australians-care-about-climate-action-why-dont-they-vote-like-it-157050/" aria-label="Read more about If 80% of Australians care about climate action, why don’t they vote like it?">Read more</a>
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March 25, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicholas Gamble, Lecturer, Monash University Homeschooling registrations for children in Victoria in 2020 were almost four times the number of the previous year, recent reports show. Some families who had children learning from home during lockdown discovered they enjoyed spending more time together and some children found ... <a title="Thinking of switching to homeschooling permanently after lockdown? Here are 5 things to consider" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/25/thinking-of-switching-to-homeschooling-permanently-after-lockdown-here-are-5-things-to-consider-155381/" aria-label="Read more about Thinking of switching to homeschooling permanently after lockdown? Here are 5 things to consider">Read more</a>
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March 25, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ted Snell, Honorary Professor, Edith Cowan University Film review: The Last Vermeer, directed by Dan Friedkin. Among the thousands of plundered treasures discovered in May 1945 by the Allies was an undocumented picture supposedly by Johannes Vermeer, a masterpiece titled Christ and the Adulteress. Held in the ... <a title="Guy Pearce shines, but The Last Vermeer paints over the remarkable true story of the world’s most successful art forger" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/25/guy-pearce-shines-but-the-last-vermeer-paints-over-the-remarkable-true-story-of-the-worlds-most-successful-art-forger-157401/" aria-label="Read more about Guy Pearce shines, but The Last Vermeer paints over the remarkable true story of the world’s most successful art forger">Read more</a>
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March 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Scott Morrison has pointedly left in doubt the future of Christian Porter as Attorney-General, saying he is presently considering advice on Porter’s situation in the context of the “ministerial guidelines”. Morrison’s statement heightened speculation about a cabinet reshuffle after parliament ... <a title="Scott Morrison leaves Christian Porter’s future in doubt, amid reshuffle speculation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/24/scott-morrison-leaves-christian-porters-future-in-doubt-amid-reshuffle-speculation-157778/" aria-label="Read more about Scott Morrison leaves Christian Porter’s future in doubt, amid reshuffle speculation">Read more</a>
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March 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Simon Bronitt, Head of School and Dean Professor of Law, University of Sydney Public debate about our rape laws in recent weeks has fixated, yet again, on the concept of consent and whether our current definition in the law is “fit for purpose”. Over the past three ... <a title="Consent laws aren’t the reason for low sexual assault conviction rates — it’s how society views rape itself" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/24/consent-laws-arent-the-reason-for-low-sexual-assault-conviction-rates-its-how-society-views-rape-itself-157689/" aria-label="Read more about Consent laws aren’t the reason for low sexual assault conviction rates — it’s how society views rape itself">Read more</a>
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March 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Maxwell, Associate Professor in Performance Studies, University of Sydney No-one has done more for Australian drama than Katharine Brisbane. When she talks, we should all be listening to what she has to say. Over seven remarkable decades, she has played one of the leading roles in ... <a title="Katharine Brisbane has been a leader in Australian theatre for decades. Her new proposal is her most daring yet" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/24/katharine-brisbane-has-been-a-leader-in-australian-theatre-for-decades-her-new-proposal-is-her-most-daring-yet-157239/" aria-label="Read more about Katharine Brisbane has been a leader in Australian theatre for decades. Her new proposal is her most daring yet">Read more</a>
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March 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonathan Baker, Senior lecturer in business strategy, Auckland University of Technology The past 12 months presented unprecedented challenges for the performing arts as the pandemic curtailed many live performances. Some organisations relied on pushing digital content to remain in the public eye, but this was next-to-impossible to ... <a title="The show must go on, but it’s time to re-think how we fund the arts in NZ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/24/the-show-must-go-on-but-its-time-to-re-think-how-we-fund-the-arts-in-nz-156488/" aria-label="Read more about The show must go on, but it’s time to re-think how we fund the arts in NZ">Read more</a>
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March 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paola Balla, Lecturer in Indigenous Education and Indigenous art, PhD Candidate, Victoria University “We want your blood,” declared Dark Mofo on Saturday. This was not a metaphorical call. This was a literal request of First Nations Peoples by Spanish artist Santiago Sierra. The call-out was confronting — ... <a title="Dark Mofo doesn’t deserve our blood. Australia must invest in First Nations curators and artists" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/24/dark-mofo-doesnt-deserve-our-blood-australia-must-invest-in-first-nations-curators-and-artists-157677/" aria-label="Read more about Dark Mofo doesn’t deserve our blood. Australia must invest in First Nations curators and artists">Read more</a>
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March 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marios Koutsakos, Research Fellow, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity Variants of the virus that causes COVID-19 are emerging and becoming dominant around the world. So some vaccines are being updated to allow our immune system to learn how to deal with them. But this ... <a title="A single vaccine to beat all coronaviruses sounds impossible. But scientists are already working on one" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/24/a-single-vaccine-to-beat-all-coronaviruses-sounds-impossible-but-scientists-are-already-working-on-one-156373/" aria-label="Read more about A single vaccine to beat all coronaviruses sounds impossible. But scientists are already working on one">Read more</a>
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March 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tayanah O’Donnell, Honorary Senior Lecturer, Australian National University It is no joke that New South Wales residents are in the midst of their fourth “one in 100 year” event since January 2020. Much of the Australian east coast continues to experience heavy rainfall, strong winds and abnormally ... <a title="Managed retreat of settlements remains a tough call even as homes flood and coasts erode" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/24/managed-retreat-of-settlements-remains-a-tough-call-even-as-homes-flood-and-coasts-erode-157595/" aria-label="Read more about Managed retreat of settlements remains a tough call even as homes flood and coasts erode">Read more</a>
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March 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jim Mann, Professor of Medicine and Director, Healthier Lives National Science Challenge and the Edgar Diabetes and Obesity Research Centre, University of Otago Type 2 diabetes has reached epidemic proportions in New Zealand and will get much worse unless action is taken now, according to a new ... <a title="New Zealand needs urgent action to tackle the frightening rise and cost of type 2 diabetes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/24/new-zealand-needs-urgent-action-to-tackle-the-frightening-rise-and-cost-of-type-2-diabetes-157581/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand needs urgent action to tackle the frightening rise and cost of type 2 diabetes">Read more</a>
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March 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hanlie Booysen, Research fellow, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Ten years ago this month, Syrians took to the streets to call for political reform and social dignity. The success with which earlier protest movements in Tunisia and Egypt had toppled dictators Zine el-Abidine Ben ... <a title="Ten years on from the Syrian uprising, what has prevented an end to the tragedy?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/24/ten-years-on-from-the-syrian-uprising-what-has-prevented-an-end-to-the-tragedy-156854/" aria-label="Read more about Ten years on from the Syrian uprising, what has prevented an end to the tragedy?">Read more</a>
