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October 3, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Austin, Lecturer in Theatre, The University of Melbourne Sarah Walker/MTC Emerging from one of Australia’s most enduring and significant theatrical partnerships between director Susie Dee and playwright Patricia Cornelius, My Sister Jill is a contemporary homage to George Johnston’s classic 1964 Australian novel My Brother Jack. ... <a title="My Sister Jill: Patricia Cornelius’ new play is a blistering post-war social and cultural commentary" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/03/my-sister-jill-patricia-cornelius-new-play-is-a-blistering-post-war-social-and-cultural-commentary-214367/" aria-label="Read more about My Sister Jill: Patricia Cornelius’ new play is a blistering post-war social and cultural commentary">Read more</a>
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October 3, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gemma McKibbin, Senior Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock In its 2017 final report, the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse identified that there was no large-scale national early intervention service in Australia for people worried about their sexual thoughts or behaviours in ... <a title="We started a service for people worried about their sexual thoughts about children. Here’s what we found" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/03/we-started-a-service-for-people-worried-about-their-sexual-thoughts-about-children-heres-what-we-found-213235/" aria-label="Read more about We started a service for people worried about their sexual thoughts about children. Here’s what we found">Read more</a>
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October 3, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne The referendum on the Indigenous Voice to parliament will be held on October 14. A national Essential poll, conducted September 27 to October 1 from a sample ... <a title="Voice support up in Essential poll, but it is still behind" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/03/voice-support-up-in-essential-poll-but-it-is-still-behind-214257/" aria-label="Read more about Voice support up in Essential poll, but it is still behind">Read more</a>
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October 3, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Roger S. Seymour, Professor Emeritus of Physiology, University of Adelaide Shutterstock Despite their public image as torpid, lumbering creatures, many dinosaurs were evidently warm-blooded, highly active animals, capable of prolonged and strenuous aerobic exercise. In new research, my colleagues and I determined how much energy minibus-sized dinosaurs ... <a title="Holes in baby dinosaur bones show how football-sized hatchlings grew to 3-tonne teens" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/03/holes-in-baby-dinosaur-bones-show-how-football-sized-hatchlings-grew-to-3-tonne-teens-214572/" aria-label="Read more about Holes in baby dinosaur bones show how football-sized hatchlings grew to 3-tonne teens">Read more</a>
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October 3, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jack Pascoe, Research fellow, The University of Melbourne Back to Country, CC BY-NC-ND For saltwater people of Australia’s east and west coasts, humpback whales hold important lore in the form of stories. For the Yuin people of the east coast, this story is one of a binding ... <a title="Humpback whales hold lore for Traditional Custodians. But laws don’t protect species for their cultural significance" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/03/humpback-whales-hold-lore-for-traditional-custodians-but-laws-dont-protect-species-for-their-cultural-significance-213073/" aria-label="Read more about Humpback whales hold lore for Traditional Custodians. But laws don’t protect species for their cultural significance">Read more</a>
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October 3, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Karen Livesey, Senior Lecturer of Physics, University of Newcastle Shutterstock Each October, physics is in the news with the awarding of the Nobel Prize. The work acknowledged through this most prestigious award often seems far removed from our everyday lives, with prizes given for things like “optical ... <a title="What has the Nobel Prize in Physics ever done for me?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/03/what-has-the-nobel-prize-in-physics-ever-done-for-me-208859/" aria-label="Read more about What has the Nobel Prize in Physics ever done for me?">Read more</a>
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October 3, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Graham Dwyer, Course Director, Centre for Social Impact, Swinburne University of Technology, Swinburne University of Technology Shutterstock Last year, campers had to evacuate because of floods. This year, they’re evacuating because of fire. Over Victoria’s long weekend, campers and residents in Gippsland had to flee fast-moving fires, ... <a title="Fire authorities are better prepared for this summer. The question now is – are you?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/03/fire-authorities-are-better-prepared-for-this-summer-the-question-now-is-are-you-214577/" aria-label="Read more about Fire authorities are better prepared for this summer. The question now is – are you?">Read more</a>
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October 3, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brendan Coates, Program Director, Economic Policy, Grattan Institute Many international students come to Australia with the hope of staying permanently. But our latest report, Graduates in limbo: International student visa pathways after graduation, shows that the rights Australia grants international students to stay and work here after ... <a title="Australia is leaving thousands of international graduates in visa limbo, and it’s about to get worse" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/03/australia-is-leaving-thousands-of-international-graduates-in-visa-limbo-and-its-about-to-get-worse-214471/" aria-label="Read more about Australia is leaving thousands of international graduates in visa limbo, and it’s about to get worse">Read more</a>
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October 3, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Linda Mussell, Lecturer, Political Science and International Relations, University of Canterbury The promise to “get tough on youth crime” is a New Zealand election perennial. This year, parties on both the left and right have pledged to crack down on young offenders – despite a lot of ... <a title="Promises to get tough on youth crime might win votes – but the evidence shows it hasn’t worked for NZ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/03/promises-to-get-tough-on-youth-crime-might-win-votes-but-the-evidence-shows-it-hasnt-worked-for-nz-214147/" aria-label="Read more about Promises to get tough on youth crime might win votes – but the evidence shows it hasn’t worked for NZ">Read more</a>
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October 2, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Catherine Smith, Senior lecturer, The University of Melbourne The Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability delivered 222 recommendations on Friday after four and a half years of investigation and deliberation. In its 32 hearings and nearly 8,000 submissions, people with disability ... <a title="Disability royal commissioners disagreed over phasing out ‘special schools’ – that leaves segregation on the table" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/02/disability-royal-commissioners-disagreed-over-phasing-out-special-schools-that-leaves-segregation-on-the-table-214706/" aria-label="Read more about Disability royal commissioners disagreed over phasing out ‘special schools’ – that leaves segregation on the table">Read more</a>
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October 2, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elina Hypponen, Professor of Nutritional and Genetic Epidemiology, University of South Australia Pexels/Kevin Malik Australia has seen a surge in vitamin D testing of children, with similar trends reported for adults around the world. GPs are now being urged not to test for vitamin D unnecessarily. So ... <a title="Should I be getting my vitamin D levels checked?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/02/should-i-be-getting-my-vitamin-d-levels-checked-211268/" aria-label="Read more about Should I be getting my vitamin D levels checked?">Read more</a>
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October 2, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Euan Ritchie, Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University Aside from humans, dingoes are Australia’s largest land-based predator. They are arguably our most maligned, misunderstood, and mismanaged native species. But evidence suggests this iconic canine helps maintain healthy ecosystems. They’re ... <a title="‘The boss of Country’, not wild dogs to kill: living with dingoes can unite communities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/02/the-boss-of-country-not-wild-dogs-to-kill-living-with-dingoes-can-unite-communities-214212/" aria-label="Read more about ‘The boss of Country’, not wild dogs to kill: living with dingoes can unite communities">Read more</a>
