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Pregnant mothers’ stress during floods can disadvantage their babies, but it’s not inevitable. Here’s what we can do right now

March 26, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katrina Moss, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in maternal and child health, The University of Queensland New South Wales and Queensland are in the grip of a major flood crisis. Homes have been swept away, businesses inundated, and thousands evacuated. Natural disasters like this are devastating, and in the ... <a title="Pregnant mothers’ stress during floods can disadvantage their babies, but it’s not inevitable. Here’s what we can do right now" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/26/pregnant-mothers-stress-during-floods-can-disadvantage-their-babies-but-its-not-inevitable-heres-what-we-can-do-right-now-157682/" aria-label="Read more about Pregnant mothers’ stress during floods can disadvantage their babies, but it’s not inevitable. Here’s what we can do right now">Read more</a>

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How to hunt fossils responsibly: 5 tips from a professional palaeontologist

March 26, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kailah Thorn, EdCC Earth Science Museum Curator, University of Western Australia Many of us, at some point or another, dreamed of hunting for dinosaur fossils when we grew up. Palaeontology — the study of natural history through fossils — is the scientific reality of this. It encompasses ... <a title="How to hunt fossils responsibly: 5 tips from a professional palaeontologist" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/26/how-to-hunt-fossils-responsibly-5-tips-from-a-professional-palaeontologist-156861/" aria-label="Read more about How to hunt fossils responsibly: 5 tips from a professional palaeontologist">Read more</a>

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Parents, your kids are watching you. Sex education begins at home

March 26, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katy Thomas, PhD Candidate, University of Tasmania In recent days, Prime Minister Scott Morrison told Australians the treatment of women is not “of a scale that any government can simply change, it is something we must change as a society”. And as a society, we are in ... <a title="Parents, your kids are watching you. Sex education begins at home" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/26/parents-your-kids-are-watching-you-sex-education-begins-at-home-157502/" aria-label="Read more about Parents, your kids are watching you. Sex education begins at home">Read more</a>

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The European Union wants to impose carbon tariffs on Australian exports. Is that legal?

March 26, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Felicity Deane, Associate Professor, Queensland University of Technology What Australian politicians call carbon tariffs, the European Union labels a carbon border adjustment mechanism. While one sounds bad (the World Trade Organisation has rules that restrict tariffs) the other sounds understandable — if the European Union is imposing ... <a title="The European Union wants to impose carbon tariffs on Australian exports. Is that legal?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/26/the-european-union-wants-to-impose-carbon-tariffs-on-australian-exports-is-that-legal-156946/" aria-label="Read more about The European Union wants to impose carbon tariffs on Australian exports. Is that legal?">Read more</a>

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Vital Signs: the best thing for jobs now is to accelerate the vaccine roll-out

March 26, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW Australia has navigated the COVID-19 pandemic and is now in better economic shape than most countries due to a two-pronged strategy. First, we quickly got the virus largely under control – reflecting the reality it would have been impossible to have ... <a title="Vital Signs: the best thing for jobs now is to accelerate the vaccine roll-out" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/26/vital-signs-the-best-thing-for-jobs-now-is-to-accelerate-the-vaccine-roll-out-157773/" aria-label="Read more about Vital Signs: the best thing for jobs now is to accelerate the vaccine roll-out">Read more</a>

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Friday essay: Sex, power and anger — a history of feminist protests in Australia

March 26, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Angela Woollacott, Manning Clark Professor of History, Australian National University Rage and roar are two words commonly used to describe the events of Monday 15 March, when tens of thousands joined the March4Justice: the emotional rage fuelling the protests; the roar of angry shouting voices raised against ... <a title="Friday essay: Sex, power and anger — a history of feminist protests in Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/26/friday-essay-sex-power-and-anger-a-history-of-feminist-protests-in-australia-157402/" aria-label="Read more about Friday essay: Sex, power and anger — a history of feminist protests in Australia">Read more</a>

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Grattan on Friday: The worst is not over in the crisis tearing at Scott Morrison’s government

March 26, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra “Is your leadership safe?” Scott Morrison was asked on the ABC on Thursday. The Prime Minister’s leadership is quite safe, but that the question was put says volumes for how embattled he’s become in a few weeks. As did some ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: The worst is not over in the crisis tearing at Scott Morrison’s government" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/26/grattan-on-friday-the-worst-is-not-over-in-the-crisis-tearing-at-scott-morrisons-government-157906/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: The worst is not over in the crisis tearing at Scott Morrison’s government">Read more</a>

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Sussan Ley on being a woman in politics

March 25, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Over the last month, as more and more stories of sexually explicit behaviour and misconduct within the walls of Parliament House have been revealed, the “culture” of politics has come into question. One particular issue is the role and representation ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Sussan Ley on being a woman in politics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/25/politics-with-michelle-grattan-sussan-ley-on-being-a-woman-in-politics-157888/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Sussan Ley on being a woman in politics">Read more</a>

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A tight, living room drama of a family in crisis, Appropriate explores truth-telling and dark histories

March 25, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Heidi Norman, Professor, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Technology Sydney Review: Appropriate, directed by Wesley Enoch. Sydney Theatre Company. Wesley Enoch’s exuberant return to the Sydney Theatre Company to direct African-American playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ Appropriate is a wild ride back to the power of ... <a title="A tight, living room drama of a family in crisis, Appropriate explores truth-telling and dark histories" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/25/a-tight-living-room-drama-of-a-family-in-crisis-appropriate-explores-truth-telling-and-dark-histories-156291/" aria-label="Read more about A tight, living room drama of a family in crisis, Appropriate explores truth-telling and dark histories">Read more</a>

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Russia and China are sending Biden a message: don’t judge us or try to change us. Those days are over

March 25, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tony Kevin, Emeritus Fellow, Australian National University The past week has marked a watershed moment in Russia’s relations with the West — and the US in particular. In two dramatic, televised moments, US President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin have changed the dynamics between their ... <a title="Russia and China are sending Biden a message: don’t judge us or try to change us. Those days are over" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/25/russia-and-china-are-sending-biden-a-message-dont-judge-us-or-try-to-change-us-those-days-are-over-157771/" aria-label="Read more about Russia and China are sending Biden a message: don’t judge us or try to change us. Those days are over">Read more</a>

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Sexual assault victims can easily be re-traumatised going to court — here’s one way to stop this

March 25, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mary Iliadis, Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Deakin University As federal parliament has been rocked by allegations of sexual violence, one of the frequent questions has been “why don’t victims go to police?” But this is not a straightforward or easy solution. And victims can easily end up ... <a title="Sexual assault victims can easily be re-traumatised going to court — here’s one way to stop this" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/25/sexual-assault-victims-can-easily-be-re-traumatised-going-to-court-heres-one-way-to-stop-this-157428/" aria-label="Read more about Sexual assault victims can easily be re-traumatised going to court — here’s one way to stop this">Read more</a>