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March 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kathryn Henne, Professor and Director, School of Regulation and Global Governance, Australian National University Yesterday, New South Wales Police Commissioner Mick Fuller suggested technology should be part of the solution to growing concerns around sexual assault. He encouraged serious discussion about using a digital app to record ... <a title="Apps against sexual violence have been tried before. They don’t work" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/19/apps-against-sexual-violence-have-been-tried-before-they-dont-work-157415/" aria-label="Read more about Apps against sexual violence have been tried before. They don’t work">Read more</a>
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March 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Annette Greenhow, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, Bond University The AFL season kicked off this week with the defending champion Richmond Tigers taking on Carlton in front of nearly 50,000 fans at the Melbourne Cricket Ground — apparently the largest sport crowd in Australia since the beginning ... <a title="Concussion risks aren’t limited to the AFL. We need urgent action to make sure our kids are safe, too" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/19/concussion-risks-arent-limited-to-the-afl-we-need-urgent-action-to-make-sure-our-kids-are-safe-too-155638/" aria-label="Read more about Concussion risks aren’t limited to the AFL. We need urgent action to make sure our kids are safe, too">Read more</a>
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March 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonathan W. Marshall, Postgraduate Research Coordinator, Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, Edith Cowan University Review: Galup, by Ian Wilkes and Poppy van Oorde-Grainger, Perth Festival with Same Drum and Performing Lines. Galup is a “theatricalised” walking tour created by Ian Wilkes and Poppy van Oorde-Grainger. The ... <a title="Galup theatrical walking tour recalls the dancing and violence of the colonial encounter" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/19/galup-theatrical-walking-tour-recalls-the-dancing-and-violence-of-the-colonial-encounter-155120/" aria-label="Read more about Galup theatrical walking tour recalls the dancing and violence of the colonial encounter">Read more</a>
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March 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gosia Mikolajczak, Research fellow, School of Social and Political Sciences, The University of Melbourne In her departing speech this week, federal Liberal politician Nicolle Flint slammed the sexist abuse and harassment she endured in the lead-up to the 2019 election. Together with Brittany Higgins’ rape claim and ... <a title="Sexism, harassment, bullying: just like federal MPs, women standing for local government cop it all" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/19/sexism-harassment-bullying-just-like-federal-mps-women-standing-for-local-government-cop-it-all-157396/" aria-label="Read more about Sexism, harassment, bullying: just like federal MPs, women standing for local government cop it all">Read more</a>
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March 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tony Heynen, Program Coordinator, Sustainable Energy, The University of Queensland Australia’s nearest neighbour, Papua New Guinea, is battling an unfolding COVID crisis. The Morrison government is urgently deploying 8,000 vaccine doses to the nation’s health workers – but poor electricity access means there are serious questions over ... <a title="Australia is sending 8,000 vaccine doses to PNG – but without reliable electricity, how will they be kept cold?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/19/australia-is-sending-8-000-vaccine-doses-to-png-but-without-reliable-electricity-how-will-they-be-kept-cold-156798/" aria-label="Read more about Australia is sending 8,000 vaccine doses to PNG – but without reliable electricity, how will they be kept cold?">Read more</a>
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March 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW Australia’s policy performance on COVID-19 in 2020 was world-leading in terms of both public health and economics. Sadly, our vaccine roll-out strategy has been anything but. I’ve spent plenty of time highlighting this in recent months. But perhaps the most instructive ... <a title="Israel shows how to do vaccinations right. It’s a race, and we’re behind" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/19/israel-shows-how-to-do-vaccinations-right-its-a-race-and-were-behind-157242/" aria-label="Read more about Israel shows how to do vaccinations right. It’s a race, and we’re behind">Read more</a>
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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
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Australia and New Zealand – plus other key donors – need to urgently step up and provide assistance to Papuan New Guinea as a covid surge continues to grow, says the human rights watchdog Amnesty International. Both Australia and New Zealand “continue to fail to support calls by around 100 countries”, ... <a title="Amnesty blasts ‘woeful’ Australia, NZ aid for PNG covid surge, seeks action" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/19/amnesty-blasts-woeful-australia-nz-aid-for-png-covid-surge-seeks-action/" aria-label="Read more about Amnesty blasts ‘woeful’ Australia, NZ aid for PNG covid surge, seeks action">Read more</a>
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March 19, 2021
By Wanshika Kumar in Suva Reports that Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama has pulled the plug on Fiji’s draft Police Bill 2020 has raised more questions than answers and left critics puzzled. What, when, where, why, and how were pressing questions people asked as they tried to unravel how the bill was thrust into the public ... <a title="Fiji draft bill cops boot – PM’s move on proposed police law puzzles critics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/19/fiji-draft-bill-cops-boot-pms-move-on-proposed-police-law-puzzles-critics/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji draft bill cops boot – PM’s move on proposed police law puzzles critics">Read more</a>
