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March 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra [embedded content] University of Canberra Vice-Chancellor Deep Saini speaks with Michelle Grattan about the week in politics. They discuss the departures of two more cabinet ministers – Steve Ciobo and Chris Pyne; the latest national accounts figures; Bill Shorten’s focus ... <a title="VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on more cabinet departures, national accounts figures and Morrison’s Christmas island visit" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/08/video-michelle-grattan-on-more-cabinet-departures-national-accounts-figures-and-morrisons-christmas-island-visit-113194/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on more cabinet departures, national accounts figures and Morrison’s Christmas island visit">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kevin Glencross, Research Fellow, Southern Cross University Sign up to Beating Around the Bush, a series that profiles native plants: part gardening column, part dispatches from country, entirely Australian. When I first came across the kauri pine (Agathis robusta), I certainly wasn’t impressed by their growth. Mixed ... <a title="Kauri pines are late-blooming rainforest giants" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/08/kauri-pines-are-late-blooming-rainforest-giants-112866/" aria-label="Read more about Kauri pines are late-blooming rainforest giants">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brenda Midson, Editor, New Zealand Law Journal; Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Waikato This week, the New Zealand Parliament passed the Crimes Amendment Bill, abolishing the “year and a day” rule. This rule meant that no one could be liable for killing another person unless that ... <a title="New Zealand’s repeal of “year and a day” rule expands liability for homicide" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/08/new-zealands-repeal-of-year-and-a-day-rule-expands-liability-for-homicide-113042/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand’s repeal of “year and a day” rule expands liability for homicide">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Pani Farvid, Senior Lecturer, Psychology, University of Auckland In the wake of the #MeToo movement, addressing gender inequality in New Zealand remains a challenge. As the first country to grant women the vote, we have a long way to go to until there’s genuine equality across all ... <a title="Beyond the binary: how teaching children about gender could help reduce sexism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/08/beyond-the-binary-how-teaching-children-about-gender-could-help-reduce-sexism-113140/" aria-label="Read more about Beyond the binary: how teaching children about gender could help reduce sexism">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sue Williamson, Senior Lecturer, Human Resource Management, UNSW Canberra, UNSW We are in the midst of an outpouring of feminist activism kicked off by the pink pussy hat movement in the United States and propelled by #MeToo, which has spread to Australia where a range of luminaries ... <a title="Backlash and gender fatigue. Why progress on gender equality has slowed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/08/backlash-and-gender-fatigue-why-progress-on-gender-equality-has-slowed-112706/" aria-label="Read more about Backlash and gender fatigue. Why progress on gender equality has slowed">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Susan Harris Rimmer, Australian Research Council Future Fellow, Griffith Law School, Griffith University This is part of a major series called Advancing Australia, in which leading academics examine the key issues facing Australia in the lead-up to the 2019 federal election and beyond. Read the other pieces ... <a title="Next government must find Australia’s place in a turbulent and rapidly changing world" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/08/next-government-must-find-australias-place-in-a-turbulent-and-rapidly-changing-world-110794/" aria-label="Read more about Next government must find Australia’s place in a turbulent and rapidly changing world">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By William Peterson, Associate Professor, Flinders University Review: A Man of Good Hope, Adelaide Festival In a world where so many are escaping brutality, war, persecution, and loss of land, is it possible to tell the story of just one displaced person, and in so doing, tell the ... <a title="A Man of Good Hope is no tale of triumph over adversity, but it is the story of many" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/08/a-man-of-good-hope-is-no-tale-of-triumph-over-adversity-but-it-is-the-story-of-many-113105/" aria-label="Read more about A Man of Good Hope is no tale of triumph over adversity, but it is the story of many">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anthea Vogl, Lecturer, University of Technology Sydney This week the Greens announced their refugee policy. It includes allowing private citizens to sponsor refugees as part of its plan to increase Australia’s humanitarian intake by 10,000. In December, Labor also announced plans to increase the existing community sponsored ... <a title="Community members should be able to sponsor refugees for the right reasons, not to save the government money" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/08/community-members-should-be-able-to-sponsor-refugees-for-the-right-reasons-not-to-save-the-government-money-112230/" aria-label="Read more about Community members should be able to sponsor refugees for the right reasons, not to save the government money">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Duygu Yengin, Associate Professor of Economics, University of Adelaide International Women’s Day is a good time ask two critical questions about economics: do we have enough women in it, and does it matter? Women are less likley to take it up than they used to be. Twenty ... <a title="Why women in economics have little to celebrate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/08/why-women-in-economics-have-little-to-celebrate-112859/" aria-label="Read more about Why women in economics have little to celebrate">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sunanda Creagh, Head of Digital Storytelling We are but weeks away from an election in New South Wales – polling day is on March 23 – and it will be eagerly watched. Not just for the outcome but for the implications for the looming federal election. That’s ... <a title="Mark Latham in the upper house? A Coalition minority government? The NSW election is nearly upon us and it’s going to be a wild ride" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/08/mark-latham-in-the-upper-house-a-coalition-minority-government-the-nsw-election-is-nearly-upon-us-and-its-going-to-be-a-wild-ride-113119/" aria-label="Read more about Mark Latham in the upper house? A Coalition minority government? The NSW election is nearly upon us and it’s going to be a wild ride">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris Wallace, ARC DECRA Fellow, Australian National University This is part of a major series called Advancing Australia, in which leading academics examine the key issues facing Australia in the lead-up to the 2019 federal election and beyond. Read the other pieces in the series here. For ... <a title="After years of vicious culture wars, hope may yet triumph over hate in Australian politics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/08/after-years-of-vicious-culture-wars-hope-may-yet-triumph-over-hate-in-australian-politics-110887/" aria-label="Read more about After years of vicious culture wars, hope may yet triumph over hate in Australian politics">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nick Porch, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Earth Science, Deakin University Forget the apes, we live on “The Planet of the Beetles”. Welcome. With an estimated 387,000 formally described species, beetles (Coleoptera) are the most species-rich of the five mega-diverse groups of insects. The others are wasps, ants ... <a title="Welcome Asterix, Obelix and Yoda! Finding fun in the serious matter of discovering insects" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/08/welcome-asterix-obelix-and-yoda-finding-fun-in-the-serious-matter-of-discovering-insects-113036/" aria-label="Read more about Welcome Asterix, Obelix and Yoda! Finding fun in the serious matter of discovering insects">Read more</a>
