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March 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Arian Wallach, Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Centre for Compassionate Conservation, University of Technology Sydney As a woman working in the environmental sciences, it was always obvious to me that most of my colleagues are men. This tended to focus my attention on surviving in a field in which I ... <a title="My CV is gender biased. Here’s what I plan to do about it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/08/my-cv-is-gender-biased-heres-what-i-plan-to-do-about-it-112871/" aria-label="Read more about My CV is gender biased. Here’s what I plan to do about it">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lisa Harvey-Smith, Professor and Australian Government’s Women in STEM Ambassador, UNSW In Australia, only 16% of STEM graduates (Higher Education and VET) are women, and 27% of the total STEM workforce is female. So how can Australians support women in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM)? Nominating ... <a title="Women in STEM need your support – and Australia needs women in STEM" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/08/women-in-stem-need-your-support-and-australia-needs-women-in-stem-113054/" aria-label="Read more about Women in STEM need your support – and Australia needs women in STEM">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bianca Fileborn, Lecturer in Criminology, University of Melbourne Emerging in October 2017 in response to allegations of sexual assault perpetrated by Hollywood movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, #MeToo highlighted the potential for traditional and social media to work together to generate global interest in gender-based violence. Within 24 ... <a title="#MeToo has changed the media landscape, but in Australia there is still much to be done" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/08/metoo-has-changed-the-media-landscape-but-in-australia-there-is-still-much-to-be-done-111612/" aria-label="Read more about #MeToo has changed the media landscape, but in Australia there is still much to be done">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tony Walker, Adjunct Professor, School of Communications, La Trobe 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 ... <a title="No matter who wins the next election, managing the China relationship will be tricky – and vital" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/08/no-matter-who-wins-the-next-election-managing-the-china-relationship-will-be-tricky-and-vital-110792/" aria-label="Read more about No matter who wins the next election, managing the China relationship will be tricky – and vital">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Musgrave, Senior lecturer in Pharmacology, University of Adelaide Glyphosate is back in the news again. The common weed killer, which has previously attracted controversy for its possible link to cancer, has been found in beer and wine. Researchers in the US tested 15 different types of ... <a title="Research Check: do we need to worry about glyphosate in our beer and wine?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/08/research-check-do-we-need-to-worry-about-glyphosate-in-our-beer-and-wine-112771/" aria-label="Read more about Research Check: do we need to worry about glyphosate in our beer and wine?">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert Glasser, Honorary Associate Professor, Australian National University We are entering a new era in the security of Australia, not because of terrorism, the rise of China, or even the cybersecurity threat, but because of climate change. If the world warms beyond 2℃, as seems increasingly likely, ... <a title="Australia needs a national plan to face the growing threat of climate disasters" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/08/australia-needs-a-national-plan-to-face-the-growing-threat-of-climate-disasters-113107/" aria-label="Read more about Australia needs a national plan to face the growing threat of climate disasters">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachael Wallis, Lecturer and Research Fellow, University of Southern Queensland What happens if you decide to jump in, Escape to the Country-style, and flee the city rat race? Well, for a start, your identity begins to change in response to the new place around you. This change ... <a title="New home, new clothes: the old ones no longer fit once you move to the country" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/08/new-home-new-clothes-the-old-ones-no-longer-fit-once-you-move-to-the-country-112137/" aria-label="Read more about New home, new clothes: the old ones no longer fit once you move to the country">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca Cassells, Associate Professor, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre, Curtin University The good news this International Women’s Day is that women are now moving through the ranks into management roles faster than men. If things continue at this rate it will take just two more decades for women ... <a title="Gender equity. The way things are going, we won’t reach true parity until the 22nd century" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/08/gender-equity-the-way-things-are-going-we-wont-reach-true-parity-until-the-22nd-century-112685/" aria-label="Read more about Gender equity. The way things are going, we won’t reach true parity until the 22nd century">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Toby Boraman, Lecturer in Politics, Massey University Strikes were supposedly something of the alleged “bad old days” of the 1970s. But during the first year of Aotearoa New Zealand’s Labour-led government, a strike revival ensued. At least 70,000 people, if not more, walked out last year. Strikers ... <a title="Overworked and underpaid: the revival of strikes in New Zealand" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/08/overworked-and-underpaid-the-revival-of-strikes-in-new-zealand-111728/" aria-label="Read more about Overworked and underpaid: the revival of strikes in New Zealand">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Muecke, Chair professor, University of Adelaide This piece is republished with permission from GriffithReview 63: Writing the Country (Text), ed Ashley Hay. At the same time as a headline in The Guardian announced: “Indigenous Australians most ancient civilisation on Earth, DNA study confirms”, we could also ... <a title="Friday essay: rebooting the idea of ‘civilisation’ for Australian soil" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/08/friday-essay-rebooting-the-idea-of-civilisation-for-australian-soil-112682/" aria-label="Read more about Friday essay: rebooting the idea of ‘civilisation’ for Australian soil">Read more</a>
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March 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Josh Frydenberg is highly ambitious – in the fashionable jargon, you’d call him a “forward-leaning” politician. But even he must be surprised, reviewing the past 12 months, at where he is, given where he was. Mid last year he was ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Josh Frydenberg has a great job at the worst time" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/07/grattan-on-friday-josh-frydenberg-has-a-great-job-at-the-worst-time-113129/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Josh Frydenberg has a great job at the worst time">Read more</a>
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March 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mazlan Maskor, PhD and Master of Organisational Psychology Candidate | Leadership Science, The University of Queensland If you see a group of people and hear them chanting, “Ole’s at the wheel! Tell me how good does it feel!” you have found yourself among Manchester United supporters. Manchester ... <a title="It’s not about him: leading lessons from Manchester United’s caretaker manager" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/07/its-not-about-him-leading-lessons-from-manchester-uniteds-caretaker-manager-112281/" aria-label="Read more about It’s not about him: leading lessons from Manchester United’s caretaker manager">Read more</a>
