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Year: 2024

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A story of trauma, hope and regaining control, Nayika: A Dancing Girl is soul-stirring dance theatre

May 7, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vanita Yadav, Senior Research Fellow, Urban Transformations Research Centre, Western Sydney University Brett Boardman/Belvoir The complex and grappling issue of violence against women takes centre stage in the soul-stirring solo dance drama Nayika: A Dancing Girl. During a dinner conversation in Sydney with her high school friend, ... <a title="A story of trauma, hope and regaining control, Nayika: A Dancing Girl is soul-stirring dance theatre" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/07/a-story-of-trauma-hope-and-regaining-control-nayika-a-dancing-girl-is-soul-stirring-dance-theatre-228517/" aria-label="Read more about A story of trauma, hope and regaining control, Nayika: A Dancing Girl is soul-stirring dance theatre">Read more</a>

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How does the drug abemaciclib treat breast cancer?

May 7, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Diepstraten, Senior Research Officer, Blood Cells and Blood Cancer Division, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute Ground Picture/Shutterstock The anti-cancer drug abemaciclib (also known as Vernezio) has this month been added to the Australian Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) to treat certain types of breast cancer. This significantly ... <a title="How does the drug abemaciclib treat breast cancer?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/07/how-does-the-drug-abemaciclib-treat-breast-cancer-229105/" aria-label="Read more about How does the drug abemaciclib treat breast cancer?">Read more</a>

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How a filmmaker, a pile of old shells and a bunch of amateurs are bringing our oyster reefs back

May 7, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dominic McAfee, Postdoctoral researcher, marine ecology, University of Adelaide Robbie Porter, OzFish Unlimited Around Australia, hundreds of people are coming together to help a once-prized, but decimated and largely forgotten marine ecosystem. They’re busy restoring Australia’s native oyster and mussel reefs. Alongside the high-profile national Reef Builder ... <a title="How a filmmaker, a pile of old shells and a bunch of amateurs are bringing our oyster reefs back" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/07/how-a-filmmaker-a-pile-of-old-shells-and-a-bunch-of-amateurs-are-bringing-our-oyster-reefs-back-227783/" aria-label="Read more about How a filmmaker, a pile of old shells and a bunch of amateurs are bringing our oyster reefs back">Read more</a>

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Curious Kids: what stops meteors hitting Earth and hurting people?

May 7, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sara Webb, Lecturer, Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, Swinburne University of Technology Austin Human/Unsplash How does Earth stop meteors from hitting Earth and hurting people? –Asher, 6 years 11 months, New South Wales Alright, let’s embark on a meteor adventure! Meteors can sound scary but I promise ... <a title="Curious Kids: what stops meteors hitting Earth and hurting people?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/07/curious-kids-what-stops-meteors-hitting-earth-and-hurting-people-228783/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: what stops meteors hitting Earth and hurting people?">Read more</a>

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From pride rounds to rainbow guernseys, sports can be smarter when it comes to diversity and inclusion

May 7, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rory Mulcahy, Associate Professor of Marketing, University of the Sunshine Coast Professional sports organisations regularly promote and develop initiatives to support diversity, equity and inclusion. While sport has the power to change attitudes by sparking conversations about political issues and social initiatives, sports organisations and teams face ... <a title="From pride rounds to rainbow guernseys, sports can be smarter when it comes to diversity and inclusion" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/07/from-pride-rounds-to-rainbow-guernseys-sports-can-be-smarter-when-it-comes-to-diversity-and-inclusion-229189/" aria-label="Read more about From pride rounds to rainbow guernseys, sports can be smarter when it comes to diversity and inclusion">Read more</a>

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Grand designs? Why many Australian architects say their career makes them unhappy

May 7, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Naomi Stead, Director of the Design and Creative Practice Enabling Impact Platform, RMIT, RMIT University SORN340 Studio Images/Shutterstock For years there have been suggestions of widespread poor wellbeing among architects. In many ways this is not surprising. It’s well established the profession has a culture of long ... <a title="Grand designs? Why many Australian architects say their career makes them unhappy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/07/grand-designs-why-many-australian-architects-say-their-career-makes-them-unhappy-228402/" aria-label="Read more about Grand designs? Why many Australian architects say their career makes them unhappy">Read more</a>

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Iran is gaining credibility in the Muslim world and feeling emboldened. This doesn’t bode well for the region

May 7, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shahram Akbarzadeh, Convenor of the Middle East Studies Forum (MESF), and Acting Director the Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University Iran’s leadership has been a direct beneficiary of the months-long war in Gaza. With every missile that Israel fires on Gaza, every US veto ... <a title="Iran is gaining credibility in the Muslim world and feeling emboldened. This doesn’t bode well for the region" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/07/iran-is-gaining-credibility-in-the-muslim-world-and-feeling-emboldened-this-doesnt-bode-well-for-the-region-229181/" aria-label="Read more about Iran is gaining credibility in the Muslim world and feeling emboldened. This doesn’t bode well for the region">Read more</a>

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Bougainville ‘other avenues’ report ‘sensationalised’, claims Makiba

May 7, 2024

PNG Post-Courier Bougainville Affairs Minister Manasseh Makiba has described the Post-Courier’s front page story yesterday regarding a meeting between Bougainville and national government leaders as “sensationalised” and without substance. The Autonomous Bougainville Government (AGB) had warned it might use “other avenues to gain its independence” should the PNG government “continue to be mischievous” in dealing ... <a title="Bougainville ‘other avenues’ report ‘sensationalised’, claims Makiba" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/07/bougainville-other-avenues-report-sensationalised-claims-makiba/" aria-label="Read more about Bougainville ‘other avenues’ report ‘sensationalised’, claims Makiba">Read more</a>

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How the fast-track law could expose future NZ governments to expensive trade disputes

May 7, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jane Kelsey, Emeritus Professor of Law, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Getty Images Resources Minister Shane Jones has reportedly asked officials for advice on whether oil and gas companies could be offered “bonds” as compensation if drilling rights offered by the present government were extinguished by ... <a title="How the fast-track law could expose future NZ governments to expensive trade disputes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/07/how-the-fast-track-law-could-expose-future-nz-governments-to-expensive-trade-disputes-229363/" aria-label="Read more about How the fast-track law could expose future NZ governments to expensive trade disputes">Read more</a>

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Crisis of faith: why Australian women have so little trust in religious institutions

May 7, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Gleeson, Associate Professor of Law, Macquarie University Shutterstock The Albanese government is weighing up the costs of delivering an election promise to protect religious people from discrimination in Commonwealth law. Such protections were relatively uncontroversial when included in state anti-discrimination laws. However, the religious discrimination debate ... <a title="Crisis of faith: why Australian women have so little trust in religious institutions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/07/crisis-of-faith-why-australian-women-have-so-little-trust-in-religious-institutions-228291/" aria-label="Read more about Crisis of faith: why Australian women have so little trust in religious institutions">Read more</a>

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Terminal lucidity: why do loved ones with dementia sometimes ‘come back’ before death?

May 7, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yen Ying Lim, Associate Professor, Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health, Monash University Pexels/Andrea Piacquadio Dementia is often described as “the long goodbye”. Although the person is still alive, dementia slowly and irreversibly chips away at their memories and the qualities that make someone “them”. Dementia ... <a title="Terminal lucidity: why do loved ones with dementia sometimes ‘come back’ before death?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/07/terminal-lucidity-why-do-loved-ones-with-dementia-sometimes-come-back-before-death-202342/" aria-label="Read more about Terminal lucidity: why do loved ones with dementia sometimes ‘come back’ before death?">Read more</a>

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Making merry: how we brought Melbourne’s Merri Creek back from pollution, neglect and weeds

May 7, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Judy Bush, Senior Lecturer in Urban Planning, The University of Melbourne Adam Calaitzis/Shutterstock I met with a friend for a walk beside Merri Creek, in inner Melbourne. She had lived in the area for a few years, and as we walked beside the creek, past trees, native ... <a title="Making merry: how we brought Melbourne’s Merri Creek back from pollution, neglect and weeds" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/07/making-merry-how-we-brought-melbournes-merri-creek-back-from-pollution-neglect-and-weeds-226231/" aria-label="Read more about Making merry: how we brought Melbourne’s Merri Creek back from pollution, neglect and weeds">Read more</a>