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February 27, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Juanita Westbury, Senior Lecturer in Dementia Care, University of Tasmania Last month the aged care minister Ken Wyatt announced he would introduce regulations to address the use of “chemical restraint” in residential aged care – a practice where residents are given psychotropic drugs which affect their mental ... <a title="Chemical restraint has no place in aged care, but poorly designed reforms can easily go wrong" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/27/chemical-restraint-has-no-place-in-aged-care-but-poorly-designed-reforms-can-easily-go-wrong-112218/" aria-label="Read more about Chemical restraint has no place in aged care, but poorly designed reforms can easily go wrong">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Oisín Sweeney, Senior Ecologist at the National Parks Association of NSW, Research Fellow, University of Sydney Since colonisation, a dizzying array of Australia’s native species and ecosystems have been altered or removed altogether. It therefore seems natural to consider the idea of restoring what’s been lost – ... <a title="We can ‘rewild’ swathes of Australia by focusing on what makes it unique" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/27/we-can-rewild-swathes-of-australia-by-focusing-on-what-makes-it-unique-111749/" aria-label="Read more about We can ‘rewild’ swathes of Australia by focusing on what makes it unique">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marcus Horwood, PhD Candidate, Educational Psychology and Public Policy, Australian Catholic University Principals (including principals, assistant principals and deputy principals) are nation builders. They play a vital role in shaping our society and significantly influence our children in ways academic and non-academic, well beyond graduation. They help ... <a title="One in three principals are seriously stressed, here’s what we need to do about it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/27/one-in-three-principals-are-seriously-stressed-heres-what-we-need-to-do-about-it-110774/" aria-label="Read more about One in three principals are seriously stressed, here’s what we need to do about it">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Liz Allen, Demographer, ANU Centre for Social Research and Methods, Australian National University This is part of a major series called Advancing Australia, in which leading academics examine key issues facing Australia in the lead-up to the 2019 federal election and beyond. Read the other pieces in ... <a title="Solving the ‘population problem’ through policy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/27/solving-the-population-problem-through-policy-110970/" aria-label="Read more about Solving the ‘population problem’ through policy">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Garrick, Senior Lecturer, Business Law, Charles Darwin University Former federal trade minister Andrew Robb says he has quit his A$880,000-a-year consultancy job with Chinese-owned Landbridge Group because it didn’t have anything for him do. Former Victorian premier John Brumby says he has quit as a director ... <a title="New laws can shine light on foreign influence, but agents will remain in the shadows" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/27/new-laws-can-shine-light-on-foreign-influence-but-agents-will-remain-in-the-shadows-112403/" aria-label="Read more about New laws can shine light on foreign influence, but agents will remain in the shadows">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julian Meyrick, Professor of Creative Arts, Flinders University “This”, the Chicago Tribune critic reminds us on the billboard of seemingly every tram stop in Melbourne, “is why we go to the theatre”. Before killjoy wags respond – “to see a stage version of a film version of ... <a title="The Cursed Child is the latest in a line of Big Shows that date back to the Romans" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/27/the-cursed-child-is-the-latest-in-a-line-of-big-shows-that-date-back-to-the-romans-112394/" aria-label="Read more about The Cursed Child is the latest in a line of Big Shows that date back to the Romans">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Singleton, Associate Professor of Sociology and Social Research, Deakin University In January, I met up with an old family friend. He’s a lifelong Catholic who goes to Mass every week. He had no idea Cardinal George Pell’s trial was already done. Not as tech-savvy as some, ... <a title="After Pell, the Catholic Church must undergo genuine reform" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/27/after-pell-the-catholic-church-must-undergo-genuine-reform-112511/" aria-label="Read more about After Pell, the Catholic Church must undergo genuine reform">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Douglas, Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Western Australia Cardinal George Pell, Australia’s most-senior Catholic, one of the most powerful Catholics in the world and a man once praised by Tony Abbott as a “fine man”, molested two choirboys in the 1990s. On 11 December 2018, ... <a title="We knew George Pell was guilty of child sex abuse. Why couldn’t we say it until now?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/26/we-knew-george-pell-was-guilty-of-child-sex-abuse-why-couldnt-we-say-it-until-now-112521/" aria-label="Read more about We knew George Pell was guilty of child sex abuse. Why couldn’t we say it until now?">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tracy Comans, NHMRC Boosting Dementia Research Leadership Fellow, The University of Queensland During the first round of hearings in the aged care royal commission, we heard many Australians would prefer to receive help at home than move into an aged care facility. This will not solve all ... <a title="Explainer: what is a home care package and who is eligible?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/26/explainer-what-is-a-home-care-package-and-who-is-eligible-112405/" aria-label="Read more about Explainer: what is a home care package and who is eligible?">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sebastian Dworkin, Group Leader, Developmental Genetics Lab, La Trobe University Is your face long? Wide? Big nose? Small ears? High forehead? It’s our faces that characterise how the world sees us, and how we recognise our close friends and family. If you’re lucky enough to be born ... <a title="Why your face looks the way it does" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/26/why-your-face-looks-the-way-it-does-111603/" aria-label="Read more about Why your face looks the way it does">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joanne Orlando, Researcher: Technology and Learning, Western Sydney University Last week, the personal informational of thousands of clients of a large ASX listed company was inadvertently leaked to the dark web. A few days later, our very own parliament house computer system was hacked. Among this increasingly ... <a title="Kids need to learn about cybersecurity, but teachers only have so much time in the day" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/26/kids-need-to-learn-about-cybersecurity-but-teachers-only-have-so-much-time-in-the-day-112136/" aria-label="Read more about Kids need to learn about cybersecurity, but teachers only have so much time in the day">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Leigh Boucher, Senior Lecturer – Modern History, Macquarie University Review: How to Rule the World, Sydney Theatre Company How to Rule the World is Indigenous playwright Nakkiah Lui’s critical riposte to the intellectual poverty of political life in Australia. A biting and urgent satire of the politics ... <a title="How to Rule the World is a biting and urgent satire of Australian politics – that feels all too real" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/26/how-to-rule-the-world-is-a-biting-and-urgent-satire-of-australian-politics-that-feels-all-too-real-112409/" aria-label="Read more about How to Rule the World is a biting and urgent satire of Australian politics – that feels all too real">Read more</a>
