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March 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW After years of repeatedly missing its inflation target through too timid monetary policy, in the past week the Reserve Bank has decided to get tough. Not only did it hold its closely watched cash rate target steady at 0.10% at Tuesday’s ... <a title="Vital Signs: In the battle over interest rates, it’d be unwise to bet against the RBA" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/05/vital-signs-in-the-battle-over-interest-rates-itd-be-unwise-to-bet-against-the-rba-156410/" aria-label="Read more about Vital Signs: In the battle over interest rates, it’d be unwise to bet against the RBA">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter McNeil, Distinguished Professor of Design History, UTS, University of Technology Sydney It’s Sydney Lesbian and Gay Mardi Gras festival time. LGBTQI people are enjoying what some call “gay or lesbian Christmas”. It’s not quite the same in the era of COVID, but a contained version of ... <a title="Friday essay: hidden in plain sight — Australian queer men and women before gay liberation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/05/friday-essay-hidden-in-plain-sight-australian-queer-men-and-women-before-gay-liberation-155964/" aria-label="Read more about Friday essay: hidden in plain sight — Australian queer men and women before gay liberation">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Scott Morrison has a near obsession with control. But suddenly – in the course of only weeks – he has found himself presiding over a government in a shambles, where he is reacting rather than driving. All the mayhem flows ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Scott Morrison can’t get circuit breaker while Porter remains" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/05/grattan-on-friday-scott-morrison-cant-get-circuit-breaker-while-porter-remains-156517/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Scott Morrison can’t get circuit breaker while Porter remains">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rick Sarre, Emeritus Professor of Law and Criminal Justice, University of South Australia A great deal has been written and said in the last few days about the next steps in the historic claim of rape against Attorney-General Christian Porter. There are mounting calls for an independent ... <a title="Where do we go from here with the allegations about Christian Porter?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/04/where-do-we-go-from-here-with-the-allegations-about-christian-porter-156497/" aria-label="Read more about Where do we go from here with the allegations about Christian Porter?">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Carola Garcia de Vinuesa, Professor and Co-Director, Centre for Personalised Immunology, NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence, Australian National University Some 90 prominent scientists, including Nobel laureates and other leading Australian and international researchers, today called for convicted child murderer Kathleen Folbigg to be pardoned and released from ... <a title="Kathleen Folbigg’s children likely died of natural causes, not murder. Here’s the evidence my team found" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/04/kathleen-folbiggs-children-likely-died-of-natural-causes-not-murder-heres-the-evidence-my-team-found-156487/" aria-label="Read more about Kathleen Folbigg’s children likely died of natural causes, not murder. Here’s the evidence my team found">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Royal Commission into Aged Care has now delivered its final report, and its findings are an indictment of the inadequacies of the present system. The report calls for a refocus within the aged care system, placing the people receiving ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Patricia Sparrow on the Royal Commission into Aged Care" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/04/politics-with-michelle-grattan-patricia-sparrow-on-the-royal-commission-into-aged-care-156501/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Patricia Sparrow on the Royal Commission into Aged Care">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mary Iliadis, Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Deakin University The continuing media coverage of rape and sexual assault allegations faced by current and former political figures has put many sexual abuse survivors at risk of being traumatised all over again. Widespread media attention features near-constant social media updates ... <a title="This week’s news has put sexual assault survivors at risk of ‘secondary trauma’. Here’s how it happens, and how to cope" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/04/this-weeks-news-has-put-sexual-assault-survivors-at-risk-of-secondary-trauma-heres-how-it-happens-and-how-to-cope-156482/" aria-label="Read more about This week’s news has put sexual assault survivors at risk of ‘secondary trauma’. Here’s how it happens, and how to cope">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Annabelle Lukin, Associate Professor in Linguistics, Macquarie University The word “sophistry” – defined as “the use of clever but false arguments, especially with the intention of deceiving” – comes from Ancient Greek. For more than 2,500 years, politicians have understood language is a tool, even a weapon, ... <a title="Can Scott Morrison’s rhetorical style cut through the rising tide of anger?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/04/can-scott-morrisons-rhetorical-style-cut-through-the-rising-tide-of-anger-156220/" aria-label="Read more about Can Scott Morrison’s rhetorical style cut through the rising tide of anger?">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By William Peterson, Associate Professor, Flinders University Review: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, by Benjamin Britten, directed by Neil Armfield, Adelaide Festival. Transfixed, Transported. Transfigured. Three hours pass in the blink of an eye. How did this happen, or was it all just a dream? For a start, there’s ... <a title="Enchanted voices: A Midsummer Night’s Dream transports audiences to a place of wonder" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/04/enchanted-voices-a-midsummer-nights-dream-transports-audiences-to-a-place-of-wonder-156298/" aria-label="Read more about Enchanted voices: A Midsummer Night’s Dream transports audiences to a place of wonder">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jacqueline Lau, Research fellow, James Cook University Gender influences how people experience and respond to climate change. This is particularly evident in developing nations where women and men adapt to climatic shocks differently. Women work harder and longer, in poorer conditions, while men are more likely to ... <a title="4 assumptions about gender that distort how we think about climate change (and 3 ways to do better)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/04/4-assumptions-about-gender-that-distort-how-we-think-about-climate-change-and-3-ways-to-do-better-156126/" aria-label="Read more about 4 assumptions about gender that distort how we think about climate change (and 3 ways to do better)">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Cantrell, Lecturer in Writing, Editing, and Publishing, University of Southern Queensland Let’s start by putting aside the bugbear that it is even possible to “cancel” children’s author Dr Seuss. As Philip Bump wrote yesterday in The Washington Post, No one is ‘cancelling’ Dr Seuss. The author, ... <a title="Cat in a spat: scrapping Dr Seuss books is not cancel culture" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/04/cat-in-a-spat-scrapping-dr-seuss-books-is-not-cancel-culture-156378/" aria-label="Read more about Cat in a spat: scrapping Dr Seuss books is not cancel culture">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Murray Bennett, PhD candidate, University of Newcastle Despite the pandemic, Australia is in the midst of a hugely competitive auction market. Sydney, in particular, is experiencing dizzying auction clearance rates and the Reserve Bank’s decision this week to keep interest rates extraordinarily low will no doubt keep ... <a title="Why the competitive spirit can take over in auctions — and how you can stay in control" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/04/why-the-competitive-spirit-can-take-over-in-auctions-and-how-you-can-stay-in-control-156371/" aria-label="Read more about Why the competitive spirit can take over in auctions — and how you can stay in control">Read more</a>
