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March 4, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Royal Commission into Aged Care has now delivered its final report, and its findings are an indictment of the inadequacies of the present system. The report calls for a refocus within the aged care system, placing the people receiving ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Patricia Sparrow on the Royal Commission into Aged Care" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/04/politics-with-michelle-grattan-patricia-sparrow-on-the-royal-commission-into-aged-care-156501/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Patricia Sparrow on the Royal Commission into Aged Care">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mary Iliadis, Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Deakin University The continuing media coverage of rape and sexual assault allegations faced by current and former political figures has put many sexual abuse survivors at risk of being traumatised all over again. Widespread media attention features near-constant social media updates ... <a title="This week’s news has put sexual assault survivors at risk of ‘secondary trauma’. Here’s how it happens, and how to cope" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/04/this-weeks-news-has-put-sexual-assault-survivors-at-risk-of-secondary-trauma-heres-how-it-happens-and-how-to-cope-156482/" aria-label="Read more about This week’s news has put sexual assault survivors at risk of ‘secondary trauma’. Here’s how it happens, and how to cope">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Annabelle Lukin, Associate Professor in Linguistics, Macquarie University The word “sophistry” – defined as “the use of clever but false arguments, especially with the intention of deceiving” – comes from Ancient Greek. For more than 2,500 years, politicians have understood language is a tool, even a weapon, ... <a title="Can Scott Morrison’s rhetorical style cut through the rising tide of anger?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/04/can-scott-morrisons-rhetorical-style-cut-through-the-rising-tide-of-anger-156220/" aria-label="Read more about Can Scott Morrison’s rhetorical style cut through the rising tide of anger?">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By William Peterson, Associate Professor, Flinders University Review: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, by Benjamin Britten, directed by Neil Armfield, Adelaide Festival. Transfixed, Transported. Transfigured. Three hours pass in the blink of an eye. How did this happen, or was it all just a dream? For a start, there’s ... <a title="Enchanted voices: A Midsummer Night’s Dream transports audiences to a place of wonder" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/04/enchanted-voices-a-midsummer-nights-dream-transports-audiences-to-a-place-of-wonder-156298/" aria-label="Read more about Enchanted voices: A Midsummer Night’s Dream transports audiences to a place of wonder">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jacqueline Lau, Research fellow, James Cook University Gender influences how people experience and respond to climate change. This is particularly evident in developing nations where women and men adapt to climatic shocks differently. Women work harder and longer, in poorer conditions, while men are more likely to ... <a title="4 assumptions about gender that distort how we think about climate change (and 3 ways to do better)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/04/4-assumptions-about-gender-that-distort-how-we-think-about-climate-change-and-3-ways-to-do-better-156126/" aria-label="Read more about 4 assumptions about gender that distort how we think about climate change (and 3 ways to do better)">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Cantrell, Lecturer in Writing, Editing, and Publishing, University of Southern Queensland Let’s start by putting aside the bugbear that it is even possible to “cancel” children’s author Dr Seuss. As Philip Bump wrote yesterday in The Washington Post, No one is ‘cancelling’ Dr Seuss. The author, ... <a title="Cat in a spat: scrapping Dr Seuss books is not cancel culture" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/04/cat-in-a-spat-scrapping-dr-seuss-books-is-not-cancel-culture-156378/" aria-label="Read more about Cat in a spat: scrapping Dr Seuss books is not cancel culture">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Murray Bennett, PhD candidate, University of Newcastle Despite the pandemic, Australia is in the midst of a hugely competitive auction market. Sydney, in particular, is experiencing dizzying auction clearance rates and the Reserve Bank’s decision this week to keep interest rates extraordinarily low will no doubt keep ... <a title="Why the competitive spirit can take over in auctions — and how you can stay in control" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/04/why-the-competitive-spirit-can-take-over-in-auctions-and-how-you-can-stay-in-control-156371/" aria-label="Read more about Why the competitive spirit can take over in auctions — and how you can stay in control">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Susan Banki, Senior Lecturer, Sydney Southeast Asia Centre, University of Sydney Social media has given us valuable access to the actions of both the military and anti-coup protesters in Myanmar, but a communication blackout may be coming. The country’s military seized control of the government on February ... <a title="Thanks to the internet, we know what’s happening in Myanmar. But a communication blackout may be near" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/04/thanks-to-the-internet-we-know-whats-happening-in-myanmar-but-a-communication-blackout-may-be-near-156127/" aria-label="Read more about Thanks to the internet, we know what’s happening in Myanmar. But a communication blackout may be near">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Arrow, Professor of History, Macquarie University Australian women have been most effective, politically, when they have harnessed their collective rage and turned it into action. They need to do it again now. Like many Australians, I was delighted when activist Grace Tame was named the 2021 ... <a title="Women are (rightly) angry. Now they need a plan" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/04/women-are-rightly-angry-now-they-need-a-plan-156286/" aria-label="Read more about Women are (rightly) angry. Now they need a plan">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Erica Millar, Lecturer, La Trobe University South Australia this week became the final Australian jurisdiction to partially decriminalise abortion. The Termination of Pregnancy Bill passed the state’s upper house on Tuesday, meaning abortion will be moved out of the criminal code and instead regulated under health law. ... <a title="Abortion is no longer a crime in Australia. But legal hurdles to access remain" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/04/abortion-is-no-longer-a-crime-in-australia-but-legal-hurdles-to-access-remain-156215/" aria-label="Read more about Abortion is no longer a crime in Australia. But legal hurdles to access remain">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Pep Canadell, Chief research scientist, Climate Science Centre, CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere; and Executive Director, Global Carbon Project, CSIRO The global pandemic has seen an unprecedented drop in global emissions, with carbon dioxide down about 7% (or 2.6 billion tonnes) in 2020 overall compared to 2019. But ... <a title="We’ve made progress to curb global emissions. But it’s a fraction of what’s needed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/04/weve-made-progress-to-curb-global-emissions-but-its-a-fraction-of-whats-needed-156114/" aria-label="Read more about We’ve made progress to curb global emissions. But it’s a fraction of what’s needed">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Luke Zaphir, Researcher for the University of Queensland Critical Thinking Project, The University of Queensland The narratives that define our culture are subtle sometimes. We all like the shared belief that hard work has good outcomes. For instance, you go to school to get a job. If ... <a title="No, people aren’t unemployed because they’re lazy. We should stop teaching children myths about work" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/04/no-people-arent-unemployed-because-theyre-lazy-we-should-stop-teaching-children-myths-about-work-153643/" aria-label="Read more about No, people aren’t unemployed because they’re lazy. We should stop teaching children myths about work">Read more</a>
