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February 25, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anne Rees, David Myers Research Fellow, La Trobe University In this series, we look at under-acknowledged women through the ages. When we think of Australians who made history in 1915, the rugged Anzac is the figure who first springs to mind. A century after the Gallipoli campaign, ... <a title="Hidden women of history: Isabel Letham, daring Australian surfing pioneer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/25/hidden-women-of-history-isabel-letham-daring-australian-surfing-pioneer-111530/" aria-label="Read more about Hidden women of history: Isabel Letham, daring Australian surfing pioneer">Read more</a>
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February 24, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bronwyn Barkla, Associate Professor of Plant Protein Biochemistry, 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. As a plant biologist I have spent a long time interested in what makes ... <a title="Warrigal greens are tasty, salty, and covered in tiny balloon-like hairs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/24/warrigal-greens-are-tasty-salty-and-covered-in-tiny-balloon-like-hairs-112307/" aria-label="Read more about Warrigal greens are tasty, salty, and covered in tiny balloon-like hairs">Read more</a>
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February 23, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jim Stanford, Economist and Director, Centre for Future Work, Australia Institute; Honorary Professor of Political Economy, University of Sydney When it comes to studying economics, Australian high school students are voting with their feet. According to data gathered by the Reserve Bank of Australia, year 12 enrolments ... <a title="Economics needs to get real if we want more young Australians to study it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/23/economics-needs-to-get-real-if-we-want-more-young-australians-to-study-it-112060/" aria-label="Read more about Economics needs to get real if we want more young Australians to study it">Read more</a>
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February 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brenda Midson, Editor, New Zealand Law Journal; Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Waikato The Court of Arbitration for Sport is due to rule on an application by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) that athletes such as South Africa’s Caster Semenya, who have “differences of ... <a title="Sex and sport: how to create a level playing field" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/22/sex-and-sport-how-to-create-a-level-playing-field-112219/" aria-label="Read more about Sex and sport: how to create a level playing field">Read more</a>
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February 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Catherine Attard, Associate Professor, Mathematics Education, Western Sydney University The recent royal commission into banking has revealed rampant wrongdoing by the big banks. As a result, there is renewed public interest in school banking schemes. The Commonwealth Bank’s Dollarmites program has once again come into the spotlight. ... <a title="Don’t bank on Dollarmites to teach financial literacy: here are our alternatives" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/22/dont-bank-on-dollarmites-to-teach-financial-literacy-here-are-our-alternatives-112213/" aria-label="Read more about Don’t bank on Dollarmites to teach financial literacy: here are our alternatives">Read more</a>
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February 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cristina Rocha, Director of Religion and Society Research Cluster, Western Sydney University We’ve seen countless spiritual leaders and religious institutions embroiled in sexual abuse scandals around the globe. Most people are familiar with the scandals in the Catholic Church and other mainstream religious groups. But there have ... <a title="#MeToo catches up with spiritual healers: the case of Brazil’s John of God" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/22/metoo-catches-up-with-spiritual-healers-the-case-of-brazils-john-of-god-112215/" aria-label="Read more about #MeToo catches up with spiritual healers: the case of Brazil’s John of God">Read more</a>
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February 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vivienne Glance, Hon Research Fellow in Poetry and Theatre studies, University of Western Australia Review: The Magic Flute, Perth Festival 2019 As the overture ends, the red curtains at His Majesty’s Theatre rise to reveal a flat, white floor-to-ceiling wall. This suddenly transforms to show a young ... <a title="Barrie Kosky’s The Magic Flute is a contemporary spectacle, despite the opera’s outdated attitudes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/22/barrie-koskys-the-magic-flute-is-a-contemporary-spectacle-despite-the-operas-outdated-attitudes-112284/" aria-label="Read more about Barrie Kosky’s The Magic Flute is a contemporary spectacle, despite the opera’s outdated attitudes">Read more</a>
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February 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra [embedded content] University of Canberra Vice-Chancellor Deep Saini and Michelle Grattan talk about the week in politics. They discuss Julie Bishop finally announcing her retirement and how damaging this might be for the Liberal party; the pressure on Mathias Corman ... <a title="VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on Julie Bishop’s retirement and misbehaving ministers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/22/video-michelle-grattan-on-julie-bishops-retirement-and-misbehaving-ministers-112299/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on Julie Bishop’s retirement and misbehaving ministers">Read more</a>
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February 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne Many commentators have compared Labor’s support for the Medevac legislation with the Tampa incident in late August 2001. The implication is that Labor lost the 2001 election due to Tampa, and could lose this year’s ... <a title="2001 polls in review: September 11 influenced election outcome far more than Tampa incident" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/22/2001-polls-in-review-september-11-influenced-election-outcome-far-more-than-tampa-incident-112139/" aria-label="Read more about 2001 polls in review: September 11 influenced election outcome far more than Tampa incident">Read more</a>
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February 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sunanda Creagh, Head of Digital Storytelling When Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced this week that a “sophisticated state actor” had targeted the big Australian political parties in a major cyber attack, the revelation threw up more questions than answers. Who did it and how? What data did ... <a title="‘I think we should be very concerned’: A cyber crime expert on this week’s hack and what needs to happen next" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/22/i-think-we-should-be-very-concerned-a-cyber-crime-expert-on-this-weeks-hack-and-what-needs-to-happen-next-112070/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I think we should be very concerned’: A cyber crime expert on this week’s hack and what needs to happen next">Read more</a>
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February 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Craig O’Neill, Director of the Macquarie Planetary Research Centre/Associate Professor in Geodynamics, Macquarie University It’s almost 40 years since scientists discovered what wiped out the dinosaurs: an asteroid hitting Earth near modern-day Mexico. That was it, or so we thought. A paper published today in Science further ... <a title="How the dinosaurs went extinct: asteroid collision triggered potentially deadly volcanic eruptions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/22/how-the-dinosaurs-went-extinct-asteroid-collision-triggered-potentially-deadly-volcanic-eruptions-112134/" aria-label="Read more about How the dinosaurs went extinct: asteroid collision triggered potentially deadly volcanic eruptions">Read more</a>
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February 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Greste, Professor of Journalism and Communications, The University of Queensland In a scene right out of a thriller, agents from the Filipino National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) raided journalist and editor Maria Ressa’s Manila office at 5pm on Wednesday February 13, after most courts had closed. ... <a title="Press freedom under attack: why Filipino journalist Maria Ressa’s arrest should matter to all of us" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/22/press-freedom-under-attack-why-filipino-journalist-maria-ressas-arrest-should-matter-to-all-of-us-112056/" aria-label="Read more about Press freedom under attack: why Filipino journalist Maria Ressa’s arrest should matter to all of us">Read more</a>
