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February 14, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Arlie Loughnan, Professor of Criminal Law, University of Sydney Dave Hunt/AAP The royal commission into veteran suicide returned for its second session of hearings on Monday. With one veteran dying by suicide every two weeks in Australia and evidence veterans have poorer mental health than Australians overall, ... <a title="The royal commission must find ways to keep veterans out of jail" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/14/the-royal-commission-must-find-ways-to-keep-veterans-out-of-jail-176880/" aria-label="Read more about The royal commission must find ways to keep veterans out of jail">Read more</a>
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February 14, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ross Hendy, Lecturer in Criminology, Monash University The continued occupation of parliament’s grounds by anti-vaccine mandate protesters (and others) provides a unique problem for police: how to lawfully and legitimately remove the occupiers without making the situation worse. The Speaker of Parliament has authorised police to clear ... <a title="The occupation of NZ’s parliament grounds is a tactical challenge for police, but mass arrests are not an option" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/14/the-occupation-of-nzs-parliament-grounds-is-a-tactical-challenge-for-police-but-mass-arrests-are-not-an-option-177054/" aria-label="Read more about The occupation of NZ’s parliament grounds is a tactical challenge for police, but mass arrests are not an option">Read more</a>
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February 14, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Leah Mercer, Associate Professor of Theatre Arts, Curtin University Emma Fishwick/Perth Festival Review: And the Earth will Swallow Them Whole, choreographed by Rachel Arianne Ogle The first act of And the Earth will Swallow Them Whole, performed in Perth’s aptly-named Studio Underground, positions the audience around the ... <a title="The new dance work And the Earth will Swallow Them Whole is unsettling and deeply engaging" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/14/the-new-dance-work-and-the-earth-will-swallow-them-whole-is-unsettling-and-deeply-engaging-176801/" aria-label="Read more about The new dance work And the Earth will Swallow Them Whole is unsettling and deeply engaging">Read more</a>
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February 14, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sharon Horwood, Senior lecturer in Psychology, Deakin University Shutterstock For more than a decade we’ve been deeply immersed in a love affair with social media. And the thought of ending things can be painful. But like any relationship, if social media is no longer making you happy ... <a title="Want to delete your social media, but can’t bring yourself to do it? Here are some ways to take that step" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/14/want-to-delete-your-social-media-but-cant-bring-yourself-to-do-it-here-are-some-ways-to-take-that-step-176149/" aria-label="Read more about Want to delete your social media, but can’t bring yourself to do it? Here are some ways to take that step">Read more</a>
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February 14, 2022
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. You can sign up to NZ Politics Daily as well as New Zealand Political Roundup columns for free here. Today’s content Parliamentary Grounds occupation Caitlan Johnston (Stuff): Former police negotiator says protesters aren’t ‘being heard or ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 14 2022" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/14/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-february-14-2022/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 14 2022">Read more</a>
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February 14, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonathan W. Marshall, Postgraduate Research Coordinator, Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, Edith Cowan University Dana Weeks/Perth Festival Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article contains names of people who have died. Review: Panawathi Girl, written by David Milroy and directed by Eve Grace ... <a title="A new musical, Panawathi Girl, is a fantasy of Australia’s past – and a critique of Australia’s present" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/14/a-new-musical-panawathi-girl-is-a-fantasy-of-australias-past-and-a-critique-of-australias-present-176696/" aria-label="Read more about A new musical, Panawathi Girl, is a fantasy of Australia’s past – and a critique of Australia’s present">Read more</a>
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February 14, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Carly Steele, Lecturer, Curtin University Of the original 250-plus languages and over 750 dialects spoken by First Nations peoples before 1788, only 12 are being learned by children today. However, widely spoken contact languages – creoles and dialects – have emerged. One example is Aboriginal English, which ... <a title="Invisible language learners: what educators need to know about many First Nations children" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/14/invisible-language-learners-what-educators-need-to-know-about-many-first-nations-children-175917/" aria-label="Read more about Invisible language learners: what educators need to know about many First Nations children">Read more</a>
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February 14, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lisa Portolan, PhD student, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University Chris Pizzelo/ AP The days of speedily updating your Facebook status the moment a new relationship is made official are long gone. In fact the Facebook relationship update could be described as somewhat passé, replaced ... <a title="What is a ‘soft’ or ‘hard’ relationship launch? Explaining the celebrity led trend" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/14/what-is-a-soft-or-hard-relationship-launch-explaining-the-celebrity-led-trend-176531/" aria-label="Read more about What is a ‘soft’ or ‘hard’ relationship launch? Explaining the celebrity led trend">Read more</a>
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February 14, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alison Reeve, Deputy Program Director, Energy and Climate Change, Grattan Institute Shutterstock In an analysis recently released to News Limited newspapers, the Morrison government claims banning new coal and gas projects in Queensland would risk 53,000 jobs and A$85 billion in investment. But we checked the job ... <a title="‘Highly exaggerated’: experts debunk Morrison government claim of 53,000 fewer jobs from coal and gas ban" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/14/highly-exaggerated-experts-debunk-morrison-government-claim-of-53-000-fewer-jobs-from-coal-and-gas-ban-176811/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Highly exaggerated’: experts debunk Morrison government claim of 53,000 fewer jobs from coal and gas ban">Read more</a>
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February 14, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wasim Awal, Doctor of Medicine, Griffith University Shutterstock Osteoarthritis is one of the leading causes of disability, affecting more than 500 million people globally. Most doctors encourage physical activity, maintaining a healthy weight and short-term use of a simple painkiller like paracetamol to manage the pain. Opioids, ... <a title="Opioids ease osteoarthritis pain only slightly. Their deadly risks need to be weighed against any benefit" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/14/opioids-ease-osteoarthritis-pain-only-slightly-their-deadly-risks-need-to-be-weighed-against-any-benefit-171936/" aria-label="Read more about Opioids ease osteoarthritis pain only slightly. Their deadly risks need to be weighed against any benefit">Read more</a>
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February 14, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chiara Neto, Professor of Physical Chemistry and Australian Research Council Future Fellow, University of Sydney Dan Himbrechts/AAP Snow machines have exploited the laws of thermodynamics to paint the slopes of Beijing white for this year’s Winter Olympics. Beijing might seem like an odd place for the winter ... <a title="We couldn’t have the Beijing Olympics without snow machines. How do they work, and what’s the environmental cost?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/14/we-couldnt-have-the-beijing-olympics-without-snow-machines-how-do-they-work-and-whats-the-environmental-cost-176795/" aria-label="Read more about We couldn’t have the Beijing Olympics without snow machines. How do they work, and what’s the environmental cost?">Read more</a>
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February 14, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kenny Travouillon, Curator of Mammals, Western Australian Museum Kangaroos have such a taste for leaves that they have evolved the ability to eat them on at least four separate occasions during their evolutionary history, a new fossil discovery reveals. Today, there are more than 60 species of ... <a title="Quokka-sized fossil species show kangaroos evolving to eat leaves – for the fourth time" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/14/quokka-sized-fossil-species-show-kangaroos-evolving-to-eat-leaves-for-the-fourth-time-176155/" aria-label="Read more about Quokka-sized fossil species show kangaroos evolving to eat leaves – for the fourth time">Read more</a>
