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March 15, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra [embedded content] University of Canberra Deputy Vice-Chancellor Leigh Sullivan speaks with Michelle Grattan about the week in politics. They discuss Barnaby Joyce signalling interest in the Nationals leadership, the schism between Queensland Nationals MPs and moderate Liberal MPs on coal-fired ... <a title="VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the Coalition and coal" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/15/video-michelle-grattan-on-the-coalition-and-coal-113653/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the Coalition and coal">Read more</a>
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March 15, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alastair Blanshard, Paul Eliadis Chair of Classics and Ancient History Deputy Head of School, The University of Queensland Review: Hydra, Queensland Theatre and State Theatre Company of South Australia Running through Hydra, the new play by Australian playwright Sue Smith, is the myth of Icarus, the boy ... <a title="Sue Smith’s Hydra: how love, pain and sacrifice produced an Australian classic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/15/sue-smiths-hydra-how-love-pain-and-sacrifice-produced-an-australian-classic-113640/" aria-label="Read more about Sue Smith’s Hydra: how love, pain and sacrifice produced an Australian classic">Read more</a>
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March 15, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Malcolm Burt, Amusement academic and disruptive media researcher, Queensland University of Technology Picture the scene – we’re in ancient times and a group of cave people are gathered around a fire telling stories about their day (there’s evidence of storytelling by way of cave art over 30,000 ... <a title="Neanderthals didn’t need Nintendos: why we always choose story over technology" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/15/neanderthals-didnt-need-nintendos-why-we-always-choose-story-over-technology-112874/" aria-label="Read more about Neanderthals didn’t need Nintendos: why we always choose story over technology">Read more</a>
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March 15, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matt Navarro, Post-doctoral Fellow, University of Western Australia More than 70% of recreational fishers support no-take marine sanctuaries according to our research, published recently in Marine Policy. This study contradicts the popular perception that fishers are against establishing no-take marine reserves to protect marine life. In fact, ... <a title="Most recreational fishers in Australia support marine sanctuaries" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/15/most-recreational-fishers-in-australia-support-marine-sanctuaries-112960/" aria-label="Read more about Most recreational fishers in Australia support marine sanctuaries">Read more</a>
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March 15, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Patsie Frawley, Associate Professor, Deakin University The draft terms of reference for the royal commission into the abuse and neglect of people with disabilities, released for comment this week, outline the commission’s plan to investigate all forms of violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation of people with disabilities. ... <a title="Finally, people with disabilities will have a chance to tell their stories – and be believed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/15/finally-people-with-disabilities-will-have-a-chance-to-tell-their-stories-and-be-believed-113475/" aria-label="Read more about Finally, people with disabilities will have a chance to tell their stories – and be believed">Read more</a>
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March 15, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ryan Storr, Lecturer in Sport Development, Western Sydney University Tennis champion Martina Navratilova recently called the participation of transgender women in elite female sporting competitions “insane” and “cheating”. And she’s not alone. Several other prominent women athletes have also used social media, mainly Twitter, to voice their ... <a title="Elite sport is becoming a platform to target the trans community" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/15/elite-sport-is-becoming-a-platform-to-target-the-trans-community-113347/" aria-label="Read more about Elite sport is becoming a platform to target the trans community">Read more</a>
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March 15, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jamie Freestone, PhD student in literature and science communication, The University of Queensland Most of us want our lives to have meaning. But what do we mean by meaning? What is meaning? These sound like spiritual or philosophical questions, but surprisingly science may be able to provide ... <a title="What do we mean by meaning? Science can help with that" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/15/what-do-we-mean-by-meaning-science-can-help-with-that-113269/" aria-label="Read more about What do we mean by meaning? Science can help with that">Read more</a>
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March 15, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tony Walker, Adjunct Professor, School of Communications, La Trobe University When former Trade Minister Andrew Robb took to the ABC’s AM program to sound off about a “toxic” relationship between Australia and China, he exposed a rippling debate about how to manage an increasingly comlex foreign and ... <a title="Chinese-Australia relations may not be ‘toxic’, but they do need to keep warming up" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/15/chinese-australia-relations-may-not-be-toxic-but-they-do-need-to-keep-warming-up-113545/" aria-label="Read more about Chinese-Australia relations may not be ‘toxic’, but they do need to keep warming up">Read more</a>
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March 15, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kelsey Hegarty, Professor of Family Violence Prevention, Royal Women’s Hospital and the Department of General Practice, University of Melbourne Domestic violence creates an unhealthy and toxic family environment that devastates the lives of all members of the family. Domestic violence not only causes physical injury, it can ... <a title="How can we make families safer? Get men to change their violent behaviour" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/15/how-can-we-make-families-safer-get-men-to-change-their-violent-behaviour-113451/" aria-label="Read more about How can we make families safer? Get men to change their violent behaviour">Read more</a>
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March 15, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Blanche Verlie, Associate Lecturer, RMIT University Today, at least 50 rallies planned across Australia are expected to draw thousands of students who are walking out of school to protest climate change inaction. These Australian students join children from over 82 countries who are striking to highlight systemic ... <a title="The terror of climate change is transforming young people’s identity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/15/the-terror-of-climate-change-is-transforming-young-peoples-identity-113355/" aria-label="Read more about The terror of climate change is transforming young people’s identity">Read more</a>
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March 15, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW What a backdown. On Tuesday, with all the grace he could muster, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg declared that he wouldn’t be implementing as many of the banking royal commission recommendations as he had said he would. As he put it: Following consultation ... <a title="Vital signs. It’s one thing to back down on Hayne’s recommendation about mortgage brokers, it’s another to offer nothing in its place" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/15/vital-signs-its-one-thing-to-back-down-on-haynes-recommendation-about-mortgage-brokers-its-another-to-offer-nothing-in-its-place-113544/" aria-label="Read more about Vital signs. It’s one thing to back down on Hayne’s recommendation about mortgage brokers, it’s another to offer nothing in its place">Read more</a>
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March 15, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Laurence Troy, Research Fellow, City Futures Research Centre, UNSW Not long ago Australia’s housing boom was in full swing. Investors were betting on rising property values, which rose by 13% in Sydney and 15% in Melbourne in the year to mid-2017. Now the withdrawal of overseas buyers ... <a title="Build social and affordable housing to get us off the boom-and-bust roller coaster" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/15/build-social-and-affordable-housing-to-get-us-off-the-boom-and-bust-roller-coaster-113113/" aria-label="Read more about Build social and affordable housing to get us off the boom-and-bust roller coaster">Read more</a>
