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March 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen G Bosi, Senior Lecturer in Physics, University of New England How does the freezer work? — Leon, aged 4 Hi Leon, That’s a great question! But freezers are a bit tricky to explain, so we’ll need to talk about a few other things first. Everything you ... <a title="Curious Kids: how do freezers work?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/19/curious-kids-how-do-freezers-work-144566/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: how do freezers work?">Read more</a>
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March 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Karyn Healy, Researcher, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute Around 15% of Australian school students experience bullying in a school year. Being bullied increases the risk for ongoing depression and anxiety. All Australian states have policies to address school bullying. And many schools also run educational programs aimed ... <a title="‘Got no friends? Sit on the buddy bench.’ Untested anti-bullying programs may be missing the mark" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/19/got-no-friends-sit-on-the-buddy-bench-untested-anti-bullying-programs-may-be-missing-the-mark-156391/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Got no friends? Sit on the buddy bench.’ Untested anti-bullying programs may be missing the mark">Read more</a>
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March 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Helen Rowe, PhD Candidate, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University Over the past year, many of us have enjoyed outdoor dining in spaces that would otherwise have been car parks or part of the road. These spaces are one example of the temporary projects that popped up ... <a title="Is temporary the new permanent? COVID street experiments open our eyes to creating better cities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/19/is-temporary-the-new-permanent-covid-street-experiments-open-our-eyes-to-creating-better-cities-156591/" aria-label="Read more about Is temporary the new permanent? COVID street experiments open our eyes to creating better cities">Read more</a>
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March 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dr Jane Connory, Lecturer in Communication Design, Swinburne University of Technology I analysed 100 magazine advertisements for menstrual products published between 1920 and 2020 to see how they have contributed to feelings of shame and secrecy around women’s periods. I found the period taboo has been promoted ... <a title="Friday essay: I looked at 100 ads for menstrual products spanning 100 years — shame and secrecy prevailed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/19/friday-essay-i-looked-at-100-ads-for-menstrual-products-spanning-100-years-shame-and-secrecy-prevailed-152685/" aria-label="Read more about Friday essay: I looked at 100 ads for menstrual products spanning 100 years — shame and secrecy prevailed">Read more</a>
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March 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Despite hopes it might be otherwise, the new round of the gender wars has become as rugged and nasty as their cousins, the culture and history wars. Triggered by two separate rape allegations, and culminating in Monday’s national march, there’s ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: The gender wars become yet another partisan battlefield" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/19/grattan-on-friday-the-gender-wars-become-yet-another-partisan-battlefield-157435/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: The gender wars become yet another partisan battlefield">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra On Monday, women across the nation marched, demanding justice, safety and equality. But the government’s response was lacklustre, with Scott Morrisona and the Minister for Women Marise Payne refusing to go outside to the crowd. Morrison later chose his words ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Zali Steggall on Monday’s march and Scott Morrison’s response" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/18/politics-with-michelle-grattan-zali-steggall-on-mondays-march-and-scott-morrisons-response-157427/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Zali Steggall on Monday’s march and Scott Morrison’s response">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Duckett, Director, Health Program, Grattan Institute The Australian government’s offer of half-price airfares to encourage domestic tourism highlights another item of unfinished COVID policy business: when will Australia’s international borders be reopened? The border questions, such as when to remove exit controls and lift hotel quarantine ... <a title="As Australia’s COVID vaccine rollout splutters, we need transparency about when international borders might reopen" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/18/as-australias-covid-vaccine-rollout-splutters-we-need-transparency-about-when-international-borders-might-reopen-157399/" aria-label="Read more about As Australia’s COVID vaccine rollout splutters, we need transparency about when international borders might reopen">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julia Erhart, Senior Lecturer, Department of Screen and Media, Flinders University, Flinders University This year, with the nomination of both Chloé Zhao and Emerald Fennell in the Academy Awards’ Best Director category — and their films in Best Picture — it seems at last the Oscars powerbrokers ... <a title="How the Oscars finally made it less lonely for women at the top of their game" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/18/how-the-oscars-finally-made-it-less-lonely-for-women-at-the-top-of-their-game-157240/" aria-label="Read more about How the Oscars finally made it less lonely for women at the top of their game">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tanya M. Smith, Professor in the Australian Research Centre for Human Evolution & Griffith Centre for Social and Cultural Research, Griffith University Lead is a powerful toxin. It can affect almost every organ and system in the body, and babies are extremely vulnerable to its harmful effects. ... <a title="Teeth contain detailed records of lead contamination in humans and other primates" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/18/teeth-contain-detailed-records-of-lead-contamination-in-humans-and-other-primates-156121/" aria-label="Read more about Teeth contain detailed records of lead contamination in humans and other primates">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Kemish, Former Ambassador and Adjunct Professor, School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry, The University of Queensland Until this week, it did not occur to most Australians to ask themselves how our nearest neighbours in Papua New Guinea were faring with coronavirus. Our minds and screens have ... <a title="‘A dam has been breached’: a COVID crisis on our doorstep shows how little we pay attention to PNG" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/18/a-dam-has-been-breached-a-covid-crisis-on-our-doorstep-shows-how-little-we-pay-attention-to-png-157323/" aria-label="Read more about ‘A dam has been breached’: a COVID crisis on our doorstep shows how little we pay attention to PNG">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Catriona Bradshaw, Professor, Head of Research Translation and Head of the Genital Mycoplasma and Microbiota Group, Monash University Mycoplasma genitalium (MG) is a sexually transmitted infection (STI) with many of the hallmarks of its better-known counterpart, chlamydia. You can have MG without knowing it, or have symptoms; ... <a title="What is Mycoplasma genitalium, the common STI you’ve probably never heard of" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/18/what-is-mycoplasma-genitalium-the-common-sti-youve-probably-never-heard-of-157318/" aria-label="Read more about What is Mycoplasma genitalium, the common STI you’ve probably never heard of">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2021
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Click here to subscribe to Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup and New Zealand Politics Daily. Today’s content Housing Jenée Tibshraeny (Interest): Next week’s housing policy package to include ‘incentives’ to invest beyond property Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): The pros and ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – March 18 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/18/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-march-18-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – March 18 2021">Read more</a>
