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January 25, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Heidi Norman, Professor, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Technology Sydney For the communities of Coonabarabran in New South Wales and her grasslands Gomeroi people, Mary Jane Cain is a revered figure. Cain lived from 1844 to 1929. In the late 1880s, she successfully advocated ... <a title="Hidden women of history: Mary Jane Cain, land rights activist, matriarch and community builder" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/25/hidden-women-of-history-mary-jane-cain-land-rights-activist-matriarch-and-community-builder-110186/" aria-label="Read more about Hidden women of history: Mary Jane Cain, land rights activist, matriarch and community builder">Read more</a>
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January 24, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra As a new round of the culture wars bubbles, West Australian Liberal senator Dean Smith has urged that we should legislate to “protect” the January 26 date of Australia Day. Smith came to national prominence as one of the small ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Liberals stir the culture war pot but who’s listening?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/24/grattan-on-friday-liberals-stir-the-culture-war-pot-but-whos-listening-110445/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Liberals stir the culture war pot but who’s listening?">Read more</a>
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January 24, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Wright, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Science, Western Sydney University This is an article from I’ve Always Wondered, where readers send in questions they’d like an expert to answer. Send your question to alwayswondered@theconversation.edu.au You might have noticed how bright green your plants look after rain. Or ... <a title="I’ve Always Wondered: is rain better than tap water for plants?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/24/ive-always-wondered-is-rain-better-than-tap-water-for-plants-109714/" aria-label="Read more about I’ve Always Wondered: is rain better than tap water for plants?">Read more</a>
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January 24, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rick Sarre, Adjunct Professor of Law and Criminal Justice, University of South Australia This week, an animal rights charity, Aussie Farms, unveiled an interactive map of factory farms, slaughterhouses and other “animal exploitation” facilities across Australia. The group’s website says the map is an effort to force ... <a title="Animal activists v private landowners: what does the law say?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/24/animal-activists-v-private-landowners-what-does-the-law-say-110279/" aria-label="Read more about Animal activists v private landowners: what does the law say?">Read more</a>
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January 24, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Melissa Norberg, Associate Professor in Psychology, Macquarie University Australia is the sixth-largest contributor of household waste per capita in the world. We spend more than $A10.5 billion annually on goods and services that are never or rarely used. One-quarter of Australians admit to throwing away clothing after ... <a title="My possessions spark joy! Will the KonMari decluttering method work for me?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/24/my-possessions-spark-joy-will-the-konmari-decluttering-method-work-for-me-110357/" aria-label="Read more about My possessions spark joy! Will the KonMari decluttering method work for me?">Read more</a>
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January 24, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jenny Graves, Distinguished Professor of Genetics, La Trobe University Mismatch between biological sex and gender identity, culminating in its severest form as gender dysphoria, has been ascribed to mental disease, family dysfunction and childhood trauma. But accumulating evidence now implies biological factors in establishing gender identity, and ... <a title="How genes and evolution shape gender – and transgender – identity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/24/how-genes-and-evolution-shape-gender-and-transgender-identity-108911/" aria-label="Read more about How genes and evolution shape gender – and transgender – identity">Read more</a>
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January 24, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stefano Verrelli, PhD Scholar, University of Sydney Although Australia has now achieved marriage equality, the topics of sexuality and gender identity continue to spark heated – and often discriminatory – public debates. Most recently, the issues of religious freedoms and anti-discrimination laws, the Safe Schools program, and ... <a title="New research reveals how the marriage equality debate damaged LGBT Australians’ mental health" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/24/new-research-reveals-how-the-marriage-equality-debate-damaged-lgbt-australians-mental-health-110277/" aria-label="Read more about New research reveals how the marriage equality debate damaged LGBT Australians’ mental health">Read more</a>
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January 24, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Terry Goldsworthy, Associate Professor in Criminology, Bond University The murder last week of International student Aiia Maasarwe has again drawn attention to the safety of women in Australia, and people in general. The focus is on safety at night in public spaces. Maasarwe’s murder has gained national ... <a title="How safe is Australia? The numbers show public attacks are rare and on the decline" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/24/how-safe-is-australia-the-numbers-show-public-attacks-are-rare-and-on-the-decline-110276/" aria-label="Read more about How safe is Australia? The numbers show public attacks are rare and on the decline">Read more</a>
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January 24, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian de Jonge, Lecturer in Paramedic Science , CQUniversity Australia With more suspected drug-related deaths at festivals this summer, the debate around testing these illegal drugs to check their purity and for contaminants has flared up once more. But from a user perspective, when should a person ... <a title="When to seek help after taking a pill" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/24/when-to-seek-help-after-taking-a-pill-109876/" aria-label="Read more about When to seek help after taking a pill">Read more</a>
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January 24, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sven Teske, Research Director, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney The world can limit global warming to 1.5℃ and move to 100% renewable energy while still preserving a role for the gas industry, and without relying on technological fixes such as carbon capture and storage, ... <a title="Here’s how a 100% renewable energy future can create jobs and even save the gas industry" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/24/heres-how-a-100-renewable-energy-future-can-create-jobs-and-even-save-the-gas-industry-110285/" aria-label="Read more about Here’s how a 100% renewable energy future can create jobs and even save the gas industry">Read more</a>
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January 24, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Darcy, Adjunct Professor, School of Social Sciences and Psychology, Western Sydney University Southern Cross Housing, a non-profit community housing provider, took over management of just under 1,000 public housing dwellings on the New South Wales South Coast last October. This transfer from the NSW Department of ... <a title="‘Growth’ of community housing may be an illusion. The cost-shifting isn’t" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/24/growth-of-community-housing-may-be-an-illusion-the-cost-shifting-isnt-108598/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Growth’ of community housing may be an illusion. The cost-shifting isn’t">Read more</a>
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January 24, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Ramsay, Professor, Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne Bankruptcy is affecting more and more older people. About 2,400 of the almost 17,000 new bankruptcies in Australia in 2017-18 were aged 60 or more, information from the bankruptcy regulator suggests. Since 2002 the proportion of bankrupts being ... <a title="Low income, no assets, large credit-card debt: why more older Australians are declaring bankruptcy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/24/low-income-no-assets-large-credit-card-debt-why-more-older-australians-are-declaring-bankruptcy-107511/" aria-label="Read more about Low income, no assets, large credit-card debt: why more older Australians are declaring bankruptcy">Read more</a>
