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February 10, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra In a humiliating rebuff to Scott Morrison, a revolt by Liberal backbenchers has struck down the provisions of the sex discrimination act that allow discrimination against gay and transgender children. In the early hours of Thursday, five Liberals crossed the ... <a title="Liberal revolt removes all discrimination against gay and transgender children" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/10/liberal-revolt-removes-all-discrimination-against-gay-and-transgender-children-176808/" aria-label="Read more about Liberal revolt removes all discrimination against gay and transgender children">Read more</a>
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February 9, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Arrow, Professor of History, Macquarie University As an historian of the Australian women’s movement, the past two years have been extraordinary to witness. Not only are we living through a once-in-a-century pandemic, which has had profoundly gendered effects, we have also experienced a feminist insurgency that ... <a title="Making change, making history, making noise: Brittany Higgins and Grace Tame at the National Press Club" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/09/making-change-making-history-making-noise-brittany-higgins-and-grace-tame-at-the-national-press-club-176252/" aria-label="Read more about Making change, making history, making noise: Brittany Higgins and Grace Tame at the National Press Club">Read more</a>
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February 9, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christine Grové, Educational and Developmental Psychologist & Academic, Monash University Shutterstock With COVID-related school closures and long periods of remote learning, many kids across Australia have not physically been at school for most of the past two years. Because of the time away, some children might get ... <a title="School anxiety in the time of COVID: how parents and teachers can help kids cope" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/09/school-anxiety-in-the-time-of-covid-how-parents-and-teachers-can-help-kids-cope-176448/" aria-label="Read more about School anxiety in the time of COVID: how parents and teachers can help kids cope">Read more</a>
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February 9, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tamara May, Senior Research Fellow, Monash University Shutterstock Being autistic, but not diagnosed, can lead to a lifetime of struggles and being misunderstood for women. This issue has been highlighted in the last few years by celebrity women including Hannah Gadsby, Daryl Hannah, British reality star Christine ... <a title="Autism is still underdiagnosed in girls and women. That can compound the challenges they face" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/09/autism-is-still-underdiagnosed-in-girls-and-women-that-can-compound-the-challenges-they-face-176036/" aria-label="Read more about Autism is still underdiagnosed in girls and women. That can compound the challenges they face">Read more</a>
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February 9, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Wright, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Science, Western Sydney University Water science researcher Callum Fleming in the Wollangambe River, deep within the World Heritage area Ian Wright, Author provided For more than 40 years, an underground coal mine discharged poorly treated wastewater directly into the Wollangambe River, ... <a title="The stunning recovery of a heavily polluted river in the heart of the Blue Mountains World Heritage area" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/09/the-stunning-recovery-of-a-heavily-polluted-river-in-the-heart-of-the-blue-mountains-world-heritage-area-176246/" aria-label="Read more about The stunning recovery of a heavily polluted river in the heart of the Blue Mountains World Heritage area">Read more</a>
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February 9, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Val Hooper, Associate Professor, and Head of the School of Marketing and International Business, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Kyodo via AP Images For dancers and ex-dancers like myself, the figure skating at the Winter Olympics is a particularly irresistible drawcard: the speed of ... <a title="Your guide to the best figure skating at the Beijing Winter Olympics – through the eyes of a dancer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/09/your-guide-to-the-best-figure-skating-at-the-beijing-winter-olympics-through-the-eyes-of-a-dancer-176229/" aria-label="Read more about Your guide to the best figure skating at the Beijing Winter Olympics – through the eyes of a dancer">Read more</a>
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February 9, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dorina Pojani, Senior Lecturer in Urban Planning, The University of Queensland Nur-Sultan, the master-planned capital of Kazakhstan Shutterstock In 1900, there were only about 40 capital cities in the world, and now there are nearly 200. About 40% of all countries have also considered relocating their capital ... <a title="How not to build a capital: what Indonesia can learn from other master-planned cities’ mistakes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/09/how-not-to-build-a-capital-what-indonesia-can-learn-from-other-master-planned-cities-mistakes-175318/" aria-label="Read more about How not to build a capital: what Indonesia can learn from other master-planned cities’ mistakes">Read more</a>
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February 9, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christopher Mayes, Senior Research Fellow, Alfred Deakin Institute, Deakin University Shutterstock Does your child have a “gut-friendly” lunchbox? It’s Healthy Lunchbox Week, a back-to-school initiative of Nutrition Australia. School lunches are essential for long-term child health and well-being, according to some researchers. There are even media reports ... <a title="A gutful of lunchbox hype – has selling ‘good bugs not drugs’ for kids’ health gone too far?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/09/a-gutful-of-lunchbox-hype-has-selling-good-bugs-not-drugs-for-kids-health-gone-too-far-176251/" aria-label="Read more about A gutful of lunchbox hype – has selling ‘good bugs not drugs’ for kids’ health gone too far?">Read more</a>
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February 9, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Thorburn, co-Group Leader, Brain & Mitochondrial Research, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute Courtesy of Louise Hyslop & Mary Herbert, Univ. Newcastle upon Tyne The Senate is this week debating “Maeve’s law” – a proposal to legalise access to new assisted reproductive techniques that will reduce the risk ... <a title="‘Maeve’s law’ would let IVF parents access technology to prevent mitochondrial disease. Here’s what the Senate is debating" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/09/maeves-law-would-let-ivf-parents-access-technology-to-prevent-mitochondrial-disease-heres-what-the-senate-is-debating-176668/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Maeve’s law’ would let IVF parents access technology to prevent mitochondrial disease. Here’s what the Senate is debating">Read more</a>
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February 9, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alice L Buddle, Research assistant, University of Sydney Shutterstock People tend to think of sharks as large, frightening predators with sharp teeth, so it might come as a surprise to learn that some shark babies grow in the same way as humans – attached to the mother ... <a title="Placenta with an egg capsule: the strange mechanics of pregnancy in one Australian shark" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/09/placenta-with-an-egg-capsule-the-strange-mechanics-of-pregnancy-in-one-australian-shark-176540/" aria-label="Read more about Placenta with an egg capsule: the strange mechanics of pregnancy in one Australian shark">Read more</a>
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February 9, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Douglas Ezzy, Professor of Sociology, University of Tasmania Dave Hunt/AAP This week, the religious discrimination bill is finally being debated on the floor of federal parliament. The bill has prompted disagreements within political parties, within religions and across a wide variety of other stakeholders. Read more: As ... <a title="Only 19% of Australians agree religious schools should be able to ban LGBT+ teachers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/09/only-19-of-australians-agree-religious-schools-should-be-able-to-ban-lgbt-teachers-176454/" aria-label="Read more about Only 19% of Australians agree religious schools should be able to ban LGBT+ teachers">Read more</a>
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February 9, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joel Hollier, Sessional Academic, University of Sydney As the government prepares to push through its controversial religious discrimination bill this week, serious questions have been raised about protections for gay and transgender students in faith-based schools. It comes after Citipointe Christian College in Brisbane faced criticism for ... <a title="‘I will never be considered human’: the devastating trauma LGBTQ+ people suffer in religious settings" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/09/i-will-never-be-considered-human-the-devastating-trauma-lgbtq-people-suffer-in-religious-settings-176360/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I will never be considered human’: the devastating trauma LGBTQ+ people suffer in religious settings">Read more</a>
