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August 18, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Hunter, Lecturer in Art and Performance, Deakin University Jeff Busby/Melbourne Theatre Compnay Review: Laurinda, directed by Petra Kalive. The Melbourne Theatre Company’s Laurinda is a smart re-framing of Alice Pung’s classic coming-of-age novel about the racism inherent in the privileged world of private school culture. In ... <a title="Witty and relevant, a stage adaptation of Alice Pung’s Laurinda is filled with intelligence and humour" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/18/witty-and-relevant-a-stage-adaptation-of-alice-pungs-laurinda-is-filled-with-intelligence-and-humour-187619/" aria-label="Read more about Witty and relevant, a stage adaptation of Alice Pung’s Laurinda is filled with intelligence and humour">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The revelation that Scott Morrison secretly had himself appointed to five separate portfolios has triggered widespread outrage, just when the broader question of integrity has been a big political issue. In this podcast, Michelle Grattan speaks with Independent member for ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Crossbencher Helen Haines on Morrison and integrity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/18/politics-with-michelle-grattan-crossbencher-helen-haines-on-morrison-and-integrity-188986/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Crossbencher Helen Haines on Morrison and integrity">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jinhyun Cho, Senior Lecturer in Translation and Interpreting at Macquarie University, Macquarie University D B CE DB AFA A Is Australia an English-speaking country? The answer seems obvious. Although Australia does not have an official language, English is so pervasive that a full life in Australia is ... <a title="Hidden gems: Translators and interpreters in Australia play a critical if seldom seen role" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/18/hidden-gems-translators-and-interpreters-in-australia-play-a-critical-if-seldom-seen-role-188603/" aria-label="Read more about Hidden gems: Translators and interpreters in Australia play a critical if seldom seen role">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michaela Lang, Postdoctoral Researcher, Monash Sustainable Development Institute, Monash University Kindel Media/Pexels, CC BY Cold weather and rising energy costs, combined with poor-quality housing, have left many renters struggling to keep warm this winter. The Cold and Costly report released this week by Better Renting shows how ... <a title="‘I’ve never actually met them’: what will motivate landlords to fix cold and costly homes for renters?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/18/ive-never-actually-met-them-what-will-motivate-landlords-to-fix-cold-and-costly-homes-for-renters-188827/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I’ve never actually met them’: what will motivate landlords to fix cold and costly homes for renters?">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Frédérik Saltré, Research Fellow in Ecology for the ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage, Flinders University Author provided The world’s oceans are absorbing more than 90% of the excess heat and energy generated by rising greenhouse gas emissions. But, as the oceans keep warming, ... <a title="Warming oceans may force New Zealand’s sperm and blue whales to shift to cooler southern waters" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/18/warming-oceans-may-force-new-zealands-sperm-and-blue-whales-to-shift-to-cooler-southern-waters-188522/" aria-label="Read more about Warming oceans may force New Zealand’s sperm and blue whales to shift to cooler southern waters">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian A. MacKenzie, Associate Professor in Economics, The University of Queensland Veeterzy/Unsplash, CC BY-SA Could Australia soon have a form of emissions trading? Yes, if Labor’s much-anticipated paper on fixing Australia’s mediocre emissions-reduction framework, released today, is any guide. At present, Australia relies on the controversial safeguard ... <a title="Australia may be heading for emissions trading between big polluters" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/18/australia-may-be-heading-for-emissions-trading-between-big-polluters-188799/" aria-label="Read more about Australia may be heading for emissions trading between big polluters">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sharon Bessell, Professor of Public Policy, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Photo by Orlando Vera/Pexels, CC BY An eight-year-old boy is often hungry, but knows if he tells his mum, she will eat less herself and go hungry. He hates the thought, so he ... <a title="We asked children how they experienced poverty. Here are 6 changes needed now" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/18/we-asked-children-how-they-experienced-poverty-here-are-6-changes-needed-now-180567/" aria-label="Read more about We asked children how they experienced poverty. Here are 6 changes needed now">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2022
A View from Afar – In this podcast, political scientist Paul Buchanan and Selwyn Manning analyse the ongoing war in Ukraine.
Specifically, they examine how the invading forces of Russia are struggling against a determined and well-equipped Ukraine defence. What can we expect next from Russia? How can western nations sustain the sanctions regime, and is there an intensifying risk of sanctions evasion taking place? How stable is the wider region, and how serious is the fomenting unrest among the Balkan states?
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August 18, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julianne Schultz AM, FAHA, Emeritus Professor of Media and Culture, Griffith University, Griffith University Unsplash As the cut-off for the government’s consultation on a National Cultural Policy (NCP) approaches, thousands in the sector are putting the finishing touches to their three-page submissions. These are directed around “five ... <a title="A new national cultural policy is an opportunity for a radical rethinking of the importance of culture in Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/18/a-new-national-cultural-policy-is-an-opportunity-for-a-radical-rethinking-of-the-importance-of-culture-in-australia-188720/" aria-label="Read more about A new national cultural policy is an opportunity for a radical rethinking of the importance of culture in Australia">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2022
RNZ Pacific A former president of Kiribati warns the crisis involving the island nation’s government and the courts has left the country with a “dysfunctional judiciary” and put a question mark over its democratic system. The Kiribati government suspended its chief justice in July and last Thursday immigration and police detained and attempted to deport ... <a title="Former Kiribati president warns judicial crisis could undermine democracy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/18/former-kiribati-president-warns-judicial-crisis-could-undermine-democracy/" aria-label="Read more about Former Kiribati president warns judicial crisis could undermine democracy">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Arrow, Professor of History, Macquarie University National Library of Australia. Shutterstock Alongside much else that is being revised, reimagined or recast by the Albanese government, Australia is to have a new cultural policy. Consultation has involved town hall meetings and a call for submissions. The arts ... <a title="What good is a new national cultural policy without history?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/18/what-good-is-a-new-national-cultural-policy-without-history-188741/" aria-label="Read more about What good is a new national cultural policy without history?">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elise Schubert, Pharmacist and PhD Candidate, University of Sydney Shutterstock When pharmacists dispense tablets or capsules they commonly advise when and how often to take them, and if this needs to be with or without food. You generally don’t hear them tell you to lean to one ... <a title="Lying down, sitting, leaning over? What science says about the best way to take your medicine" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/18/lying-down-sitting-leaning-over-what-science-says-about-the-best-way-to-take-your-medicine-188601/" aria-label="Read more about Lying down, sitting, leaning over? What science says about the best way to take your medicine">Read more</a>
