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March 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Simon Bronitt, Head of School and Dean Professor of Law, University of Sydney Public debate about our rape laws in recent weeks has fixated, yet again, on the concept of consent and whether our current definition in the law is “fit for purpose”. Over the past three ... <a title="Consent laws aren’t the reason for low sexual assault conviction rates — it’s how society views rape itself" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/24/consent-laws-arent-the-reason-for-low-sexual-assault-conviction-rates-its-how-society-views-rape-itself-157689/" aria-label="Read more about Consent laws aren’t the reason for low sexual assault conviction rates — it’s how society views rape itself">Read more</a>
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March 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Maxwell, Associate Professor in Performance Studies, University of Sydney No-one has done more for Australian drama than Katharine Brisbane. When she talks, we should all be listening to what she has to say. Over seven remarkable decades, she has played one of the leading roles in ... <a title="Katharine Brisbane has been a leader in Australian theatre for decades. Her new proposal is her most daring yet" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/24/katharine-brisbane-has-been-a-leader-in-australian-theatre-for-decades-her-new-proposal-is-her-most-daring-yet-157239/" aria-label="Read more about Katharine Brisbane has been a leader in Australian theatre for decades. Her new proposal is her most daring yet">Read more</a>
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March 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonathan Baker, Senior lecturer in business strategy, Auckland University of Technology The past 12 months presented unprecedented challenges for the performing arts as the pandemic curtailed many live performances. Some organisations relied on pushing digital content to remain in the public eye, but this was next-to-impossible to ... <a title="The show must go on, but it’s time to re-think how we fund the arts in NZ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/24/the-show-must-go-on-but-its-time-to-re-think-how-we-fund-the-arts-in-nz-156488/" aria-label="Read more about The show must go on, but it’s time to re-think how we fund the arts in NZ">Read more</a>
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March 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paola Balla, Lecturer in Indigenous Education and Indigenous art, PhD Candidate, Victoria University “We want your blood,” declared Dark Mofo on Saturday. This was not a metaphorical call. This was a literal request of First Nations Peoples by Spanish artist Santiago Sierra. The call-out was confronting — ... <a title="Dark Mofo doesn’t deserve our blood. Australia must invest in First Nations curators and artists" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/24/dark-mofo-doesnt-deserve-our-blood-australia-must-invest-in-first-nations-curators-and-artists-157677/" aria-label="Read more about Dark Mofo doesn’t deserve our blood. Australia must invest in First Nations curators and artists">Read more</a>
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March 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marios Koutsakos, Research Fellow, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity Variants of the virus that causes COVID-19 are emerging and becoming dominant around the world. So some vaccines are being updated to allow our immune system to learn how to deal with them. But this ... <a title="A single vaccine to beat all coronaviruses sounds impossible. But scientists are already working on one" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/24/a-single-vaccine-to-beat-all-coronaviruses-sounds-impossible-but-scientists-are-already-working-on-one-156373/" aria-label="Read more about A single vaccine to beat all coronaviruses sounds impossible. But scientists are already working on one">Read more</a>
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March 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tayanah O’Donnell, Honorary Senior Lecturer, Australian National University It is no joke that New South Wales residents are in the midst of their fourth “one in 100 year” event since January 2020. Much of the Australian east coast continues to experience heavy rainfall, strong winds and abnormally ... <a title="Managed retreat of settlements remains a tough call even as homes flood and coasts erode" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/24/managed-retreat-of-settlements-remains-a-tough-call-even-as-homes-flood-and-coasts-erode-157595/" aria-label="Read more about Managed retreat of settlements remains a tough call even as homes flood and coasts erode">Read more</a>
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March 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jim Mann, Professor of Medicine and Director, Healthier Lives National Science Challenge and the Edgar Diabetes and Obesity Research Centre, University of Otago Type 2 diabetes has reached epidemic proportions in New Zealand and will get much worse unless action is taken now, according to a new ... <a title="New Zealand needs urgent action to tackle the frightening rise and cost of type 2 diabetes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/24/new-zealand-needs-urgent-action-to-tackle-the-frightening-rise-and-cost-of-type-2-diabetes-157581/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand needs urgent action to tackle the frightening rise and cost of type 2 diabetes">Read more</a>
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March 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hanlie Booysen, Research fellow, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Ten years ago this month, Syrians took to the streets to call for political reform and social dignity. The success with which earlier protest movements in Tunisia and Egypt had toppled dictators Zine el-Abidine Ben ... <a title="Ten years on from the Syrian uprising, what has prevented an end to the tragedy?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/24/ten-years-on-from-the-syrian-uprising-what-has-prevented-an-end-to-the-tragedy-156854/" aria-label="Read more about Ten years on from the Syrian uprising, what has prevented an end to the tragedy?">Read more</a>
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March 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By João Teixeira, Research associate, University of Adelaide Island Southeast Asia has one of the largest and most intriguing hominin fossil records in the world. But our new research suggests there is another prehistoric human species waiting to be discovered in this region: a group called Denisovans, which ... <a title="Evolutionary study suggests prehistoric human fossils ‘hiding in plain sight’ in Southeast Asia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/24/evolutionary-study-suggests-prehistoric-human-fossils-hiding-in-plain-sight-in-southeast-asia-157587/" aria-label="Read more about Evolutionary study suggests prehistoric human fossils ‘hiding in plain sight’ in Southeast Asia">Read more</a>
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March 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Shaw, Professor of Politics, Massey University A year after Aotearoa New Zealand went into full lockdown for a month (it felt like longer, but lasted from March 25 to April 27), the country has without doubt fared better than many other places. True, the cost of ... <a title="A year on from New Zealand’s big lockdown the ‘team of 5 million’ needs a new story" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/24/a-year-on-from-new-zealands-big-lockdown-the-team-of-5-million-needs-a-new-story-156955/" aria-label="Read more about A year on from New Zealand’s big lockdown the ‘team of 5 million’ needs a new story">Read more</a>
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March 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Barr, Deputy Director, WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza As the nights begin to close in and the temperatures cool, it’s clear winter is approaching again. With the winter season comes the risk of the usual winter lurgies, most of which result from ... <a title="Yes, COVID vaccines are front and centre. But don’t forget about your flu shot" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/24/yes-covid-vaccines-are-front-and-centre-but-dont-forget-about-your-flu-shot-157051/" aria-label="Read more about Yes, COVID vaccines are front and centre. But don’t forget about your flu shot">Read more</a>
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March 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joelle Gergis, Senior Lecturer in Climate Science, Australian National University Over the past three years, I’ve been working on the forthcoming report by the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. I’m a climate scientist who contributed to the chapter on global water cycle changes. It’s concerning ... <a title="Yes, Australia is a land of flooding rains. But climate change could be making it worse" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/24/yes-australia-is-a-land-of-flooding-rains-but-climate-change-could-be-making-it-worse-157586/" aria-label="Read more about Yes, Australia is a land of flooding rains. But climate change could be making it worse">Read more</a>
