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September 6, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alice Campbell, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Life Course Centre and Institute for Social Science Research, The University of Queensland New research undertaken for this week’s National Summit on Women’s Safety finds violence and unwanted sexual activity are far more common among young women experiencing financial hardship than women ... <a title="Young Australian women in financial hardship are twice to three times as likely to experience violence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/06/young-australian-women-in-financial-hardship-are-twice-to-three-times-as-likely-to-experience-violence-167343/" aria-label="Read more about Young Australian women in financial hardship are twice to three times as likely to experience violence">Read more</a>
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September 6, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Craig Mark, Professor, Faculty of International Studies, Kyoritsu Women’s University The sudden decision by Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga to step aside as leader of Japan’s ruling conservative Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has dramatically shaken up this month’s leadership race — and likely the national election, due soon ... <a title="Who will replace Yoshihide Suga as Japan’s prime minister? Here’s a rundown of the candidates" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/06/who-will-replace-yoshihide-suga-as-japans-prime-minister-heres-a-rundown-of-the-candidates-167355/" aria-label="Read more about Who will replace Yoshihide Suga as Japan’s prime minister? Here’s a rundown of the candidates">Read more</a>
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September 6, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Denis Muller, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne Two distinct narratives have emerged in the public debate about COVID-19, a narrative of hope and a narrative of threat. In the polarised atmosphere of our times, each has become politically branded. This is ... <a title="‘Hope’ versus ‘threat’: how The Age got entangled in competing pandemic storylines" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/06/hope-versus-threat-how-the-age-got-entangled-in-competing-pandemic-storylines-167266/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Hope’ versus ‘threat’: how The Age got entangled in competing pandemic storylines">Read more</a>
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September 6, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Randa Abdel Fattah, DECRA Research Fellow, Macquarie University Lukas Coch/AAP Those born after 2001 have only known a world “at war on terror”. This means a generation growing up under under fears and moral panics about Muslims and unparalleled security measures around their bodies and lives. In ... <a title="‘I’m not afraid of terrorism. I’m afraid of being accused of being a terrorist’: growing up Muslim after 9/11" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/06/im-not-afraid-of-terrorism-im-afraid-of-being-accused-of-being-a-terrorist-growing-up-muslim-after-9-11-166104/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I’m not afraid of terrorism. I’m afraid of being accused of being a terrorist’: growing up Muslim after 9/11">Read more</a>
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September 6, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Allen Cheng, Professor in Infectious Diseases Epidemiology, Monash University When I stepped into the role of Victoria’s deputy chief health officer in July 2020, there was a lot to learn. But the aspect most foreign to me was working with the media. It felt very much like ... <a title="My year as Victoria’s deputy chief health officer: on the pandemic, press conferences and our COVID future" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/06/my-year-as-victorias-deputy-chief-health-officer-on-the-pandemic-press-conferences-and-our-covid-future-166164/" aria-label="Read more about My year as Victoria’s deputy chief health officer: on the pandemic, press conferences and our COVID future">Read more</a>
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September 6, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Wait, Professor, University of Sydney The findings of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change suggest Australia may have to jettison tracts of the bush unless there is a massive investment in climate-change adaptation and planning. The potential impacts of climate change on employment and the livability ... <a title="Climate change means Australia may have to abandon much of its farming" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/06/climate-change-means-australia-may-have-to-abandon-much-of-its-farming-166098/" aria-label="Read more about Climate change means Australia may have to abandon much of its farming">Read more</a>
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September 4, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joe Burton, Senior Lecturer, New Zealand Institute for Security and Crime Science, University of Waikato Fiona Goodall/Getty Images As Friday’s attack by an ISIS sympathiser in a New Zealand supermarket has shown, ISIS’s extreme ideology still holds strong appeal for some disaffected Muslims living in the west. ... <a title="New Zealand’s latest terror attack shows why ISIS is harder to defeat online than on the battlefield" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/04/new-zealands-latest-terror-attack-shows-why-isis-is-harder-to-defeat-online-than-on-the-battlefield-167336/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand’s latest terror attack shows why ISIS is harder to defeat online than on the battlefield">Read more</a>
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September 4, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Gillespie, Professor of Law, University of Waikato Fiona Goodall/Getty Images New Zealand’s second terrorist attack in two years highlights weaknesses in existing counter-terrorism laws in preventing violent extremism. Beyond fast-tracking changes to terrorism suppression laws, there are still other areas of law and policy in New ... <a title="New Zealand needs to go beyond fast-tracking counter-terrorism laws to reduce the risk of future attacks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/04/new-zealand-needs-to-go-beyond-fast-tracking-counter-terrorism-laws-to-reduce-the-risk-of-future-attacks-167338/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand needs to go beyond fast-tracking counter-terrorism laws to reduce the risk of future attacks">Read more</a>
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September 3, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Madeline Taylor, Senior Lecturer, Macquarie University Shutterstock After years of waiting, the federal government finally introduced Australia’s first offshore electricity legislation in parliament yesterday. The bill will establish a regulatory framework for the offshore wind industry, paving the way for more than ten proposed projects. Australia’s wind ... <a title="Australia’s first offshore wind farm bill was a long time coming, but here are 4 reasons it’s not up to scratch yet" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/03/australias-first-offshore-wind-farm-bill-was-a-long-time-coming-but-here-are-4-reasons-its-not-up-to-scratch-yet-167196/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s first offshore wind farm bill was a long time coming, but here are 4 reasons it’s not up to scratch yet">Read more</a>
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September 3, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Pnina Levine, Lecturer in Law, Curtin Law School, Curtin University Shutterstock The nature and enforceability of university codes of conduct have been in the news lately. Prominent sackings for alleged misconduct include the cases of Professors Peter Ridd from James Cook University and Tim Anderson from the ... <a title="Court gives legal weight to academics’ right to intellectual freedom, but it’s not the final word" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/03/court-gives-legal-weight-to-academics-right-to-intellectual-freedom-but-its-not-the-final-word-167112/" aria-label="Read more about Court gives legal weight to academics’ right to intellectual freedom, but it’s not the final word">Read more</a>
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September 3, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ghazala Jamil, Assistant Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University A new anti-conversion law passed in India’s most populous state, Uttar Pradesh, is being used to prevent inter-faith couples from getting married. Media reports suggest right wing groups are preventing interfaith marriages by claiming it involves “forced conversion”, or what ... <a title="India’s ‘love jihad’ anti-conversion laws aim to further oppress minorities, and it’s working" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/03/indias-love-jihad-anti-conversion-laws-aim-to-further-oppress-minorities-and-its-working-166746/" aria-label="Read more about India’s ‘love jihad’ anti-conversion laws aim to further oppress minorities, and it’s working">Read more</a>
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September 3, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Novak, Senior Research Fellow and Adjunct Lecturer, The University of Queensland Major sporting events like the Paralympics are a breeding ground for technological innovation. Athletes, coaches, designers, engineers and sports scientists are constantly looking for the next improvement that will give them the edge. Over the ... <a title="From bespoke seats to titanium arms, 3D printing is helping paralympians gain an edge" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/03/from-bespoke-seats-to-titanium-arms-3d-printing-is-helping-paralympians-gain-an-edge-166896/" aria-label="Read more about From bespoke seats to titanium arms, 3D printing is helping paralympians gain an edge">Read more</a>