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March 3, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kristin Diemer, Senior Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne A woman’s decision to leave a violent and abusive relationship is a complex process. She first needs to consider the risks to her and her children. Paradoxically, taking that step towards safety is also the time of greatest ... <a title="In Victoria, animal abuse may soon be considered a form of family violence. Here’s why that matters" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/03/in-victoria-animal-abuse-may-soon-be-considered-a-form-of-family-violence-heres-why-that-matters-156284/" aria-label="Read more about In Victoria, animal abuse may soon be considered a form of family violence. Here’s why that matters">Read more</a>
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March 3, 2021
Essay by Keith Rankin. I’m a neanderthal man You’re not a neanderthal girl Let’s make hybrid love In this neanderthal world [with apologies to Hotlegs, 1970] Homo Stupidus? After my partner read Dan Salmon’s novel Neands – written during lockdown in 2020 – I decided to renew my interest in our distant ancestry, in part ... <a title="Keith Rankin Essay – Our Neanderthal Ancestry" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/03/keith-rankin-essay-our-neanderthal-ancestry/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Essay – Our Neanderthal Ancestry">Read more</a>
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March 3, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jessica Lake, Research Fellow, Australian Catholic University Former senator David Leyonhjelm today lost his appeal against a defamation ruling and must pay A$120,000 compensation to Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young for his comments that she should “stop shagging men”. “It is hard and difficult to do,” said Senator ... <a title="Senator Hanson-Young’s defamation win reminds us how the law can silence sexual slurs and raise survivors’ voices" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/03/senator-hanson-youngs-defamation-win-reminds-us-how-the-law-can-silence-sexual-slurs-and-raise-survivors-voices-155134/" aria-label="Read more about Senator Hanson-Young’s defamation win reminds us how the law can silence sexual slurs and raise survivors’ voices">Read more</a>
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March 3, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Peters, Senior Lecturer in Drama, Flinders University Review: Guttered, directed by Michelle Ryan. Restless Dance Theatre for Adelaide Festival. We are greeted at the entrance of Kingpin Norwood. Seasoned bowlers make a beeline for shoe hire while teens flock to the clanging siren call of arcade ... <a title="Guttered: a joyful immersion and subversion of expectations between the bowling lanes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/03/guttered-a-joyful-immersion-and-subversion-of-expectations-between-the-bowling-lanes-156204/" aria-label="Read more about Guttered: a joyful immersion and subversion of expectations between the bowling lanes">Read more</a>
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March 3, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben Rich, Senior lecturer in International Relations and Security Studies, Curtin University The Biden administration hasn’t wasted time in making a significant shift in US policy toward the Middle East. Over the past week, the US has launched reprisal strikes against Iranian targets in Syria and released ... <a title="Biden is already carving out a different Middle East policy from Trump — and even Obama" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/03/biden-is-already-carving-out-a-different-middle-east-policy-from-trump-and-even-obama-156206/" aria-label="Read more about Biden is already carving out a different Middle East policy from Trump — and even Obama">Read more</a>
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March 3, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Gillespie, Professor of Law, University of Waikato New Zealand’s COVID-19 response might be the envy of the world, but that hasn’t stopped New Zealanders themselves getting angry about it this week. In short, there appeared to have been breaches of isolation orders by people linked to ... <a title="Lots of law, not enough order — the government must be clearer about dealing with COVID rule-breakers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/03/lots-of-law-not-enough-order-the-government-must-be-clearer-about-dealing-with-covid-rule-breakers-156370/" aria-label="Read more about Lots of law, not enough order — the government must be clearer about dealing with COVID rule-breakers">Read more</a>
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March 3, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Leah Mercer, Associate Professor of Theatre Arts, Curtin University Review: The Cherry Orchard, directed by Clare Watson. Black Swan State Theatre Company for the Perth Festival. Stories get told over and over, each version sitting atop every other in a never-ending palimpsest. Extracting and extending the metaphors ... <a title="Pining for St Kilda instead of Moscow: The Cherry Orchard grapples with our cultural inheritance" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/03/pining-for-st-kilda-instead-of-moscow-the-cherry-orchard-grapples-with-our-cultural-inheritance-153198/" aria-label="Read more about Pining for St Kilda instead of Moscow: The Cherry Orchard grapples with our cultural inheritance">Read more</a>
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March 3, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Martin Drum, Lecturer Politics and International Relations, University of Notre Dame Australia Time is running out for the Western Australian Liberal Party. Polling points to a massive Labor landslide at the upcoming state election on March 13. Following last month’s Newspoll, which put Labor in front by ... <a title="The Liberals face electoral wipeout in WA, but have 3 good reasons to keep campaigning" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/03/the-liberals-face-electoral-wipeout-in-wa-but-have-3-good-reasons-to-keep-campaigning-156123/" aria-label="Read more about The Liberals face electoral wipeout in WA, but have 3 good reasons to keep campaigning">Read more</a>
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March 3, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra A substantial minority of Chinese-Australians have experienced a backlash from the COVID-19 pandemic and the 2020 deterioration in bilateral relations, according to a survey from the Lowy Institute. In the poll, 37% said they had been treated differently or less ... <a title="Chinese-Australians have a sense of dual ‘belonging’: Lowy poll" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/03/chinese-australians-have-a-sense-of-dual-belonging-lowy-poll-156317/" aria-label="Read more about Chinese-Australians have a sense of dual ‘belonging’: Lowy poll">Read more</a>
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March 3, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Neeraja Sanmuhanathan, Senior Sexual Assault Counsellor, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. Lecturer in Counselling, University of Notre Dame Australia As a senior sexual assault counsellor working with Sydney’s Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, I often sit across from people on the worst day of their life. The trauma of ... <a title="I’m a sexual assault counsellor. Here’s why it’s so hard for survivors to come forward, and what happens when they do" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/03/im-a-sexual-assault-counsellor-heres-why-its-so-hard-for-survivors-to-come-forward-and-what-happens-when-they-do-156038/" aria-label="Read more about I’m a sexual assault counsellor. Here’s why it’s so hard for survivors to come forward, and what happens when they do">Read more</a>
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March 3, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Monique Retamal, Research Principal, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney We all know it’s wrong to toss your rubbish into the ocean or another natural place. But it might surprise you to learn some plastic waste ends up in the environment, even when we thought ... <a title="Think all your plastic is being recycled? New research shows it can end up in the ocean" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/03/think-all-your-plastic-is-being-recycled-new-research-shows-it-can-end-up-in-the-ocean-155208/" aria-label="Read more about Think all your plastic is being recycled? New research shows it can end up in the ocean">Read more</a>
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March 3, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cody Reynolds, Researcher & Educator, University of Newcastle “She’s more crazy than she is female.” So declared a senior student in a furious critique of Sylvia Plath’s poetry. The classroom was entirely male, myself included. As the teacher, I mediated discussion but had come to expect opposition ... <a title="We can see the gender bias of all-boys’ schools by the books they study in English" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/03/we-can-see-the-gender-bias-of-all-boys-schools-by-the-books-they-study-in-english-156119/" aria-label="Read more about We can see the gender bias of all-boys’ schools by the books they study in English">Read more</a>
