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October 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sara Dehm, Lecturer, University of Technology Sydney Tasmanian Senator Jacqui Lambie has some sobering reading to do over the coming weeks: an 88-page Senate report into the government-sponsored bill to repeal the medevac law that allow refugees and asylum seekers in Papua New Guinea and Nauru to ... <a title="The evidence is clear: the medevac law saves lives. But even this isn’t enough to alleviate refugee suffering" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/22/the-evidence-is-clear-the-medevac-law-saves-lives-but-even-this-isnt-enough-to-alleviate-refugee-suffering-125308/" aria-label="Read more about The evidence is clear: the medevac law saves lives. But even this isn’t enough to alleviate refugee suffering">Read more</a>
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October 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Debra Wain, Academic in Professional and Creaive Writing, Deakin University Why do we tell stories, and how are they crafted? In this series, we unpick the work of the writer on both page and screen. Anna Spargo-Ryan’s debut novel, The Paper House (2016), is a layered articulation ... <a title="Inside the story: the art and genius of metaphor in Anna Spargo-Ryan’s The Paper House" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/22/inside-the-story-the-art-and-genius-of-metaphor-in-anna-spargo-ryans-the-paper-house-120506/" aria-label="Read more about Inside the story: the art and genius of metaphor in Anna Spargo-Ryan’s The Paper House">Read more</a>
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October 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ronald F Pol, Senior researcher NZ, La Trobe University Money laundering rarely gets as literal as the case in Thailand last week, where police raided homes of a ring suspected of laundering a billion baht (about A$48 million) of drug proceeds and found millions stashed in a ... <a title="A criminal asked to design our anti-money laundering laws would probably keep the ones we’ve got" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/22/a-criminal-asked-to-design-our-anti-money-laundering-laws-would-probably-keep-the-ones-weve-got-125143/" aria-label="Read more about A criminal asked to design our anti-money laundering laws would probably keep the ones we’ve got">Read more</a>
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October 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca Ananian-Welsh, Senior Lecturer, TC Beirne School of Law, The University of Queensland Australians picked up their morning papers yesterday to find heavily blacked-out text instead of front-page headlines. This bold statement was instigated by the “Your Right to Know” campaign, an unlikely coalition of Australian media ... <a title="Australia needs a Media Freedom Act. Here’s how it could work" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/22/australia-needs-a-media-freedom-act-heres-how-it-could-work-125315/" aria-label="Read more about Australia needs a Media Freedom Act. Here’s how it could work">Read more</a>
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October 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul McGreevy, Professor of Animal Behaviour and Animal Welfare Science, University of Sydney The slaughter of horses bred for racing in Australia, as revealed in the ABC’s investigation, highlights the challenge of what to do with racehorses when their careers are over. The ABC has questioned the ... <a title="We could reduce the slaughter of racehorses if we breed them for longer racing careers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/22/we-could-reduce-the-slaughter-of-racehorses-if-we-breed-them-for-longer-racing-careers-123760/" aria-label="Read more about We could reduce the slaughter of racehorses if we breed them for longer racing careers">Read more</a>
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October 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Carlina Black, PhD candidate, La Trobe University It’s a year since the national apology to victims and survivors of institutional child sexual abuse. While national apologies can acknowledge survivors, sorry is just the beginning. Access to healing is needed. Our research shows a program that strengthens culture ... <a title="‘My mob is telling their story and it makes me feel good’: here’s what Aboriginal survivors of child sexual abuse told us they need" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/22/my-mob-is-telling-their-story-and-it-makes-me-feel-good-heres-what-aboriginal-survivors-of-child-sexual-abuse-told-us-they-need-122645/" aria-label="Read more about ‘My mob is telling their story and it makes me feel good’: here’s what Aboriginal survivors of child sexual abuse told us they need">Read more</a>
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October 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Samantha Hepburn, Director of the Centre for Energy and Natural Resources Law, Deakin Law School, Deakin University Right now, two projects have been proposed to import gas from overseas to supply eastern Australia. This is an absurd prospect. Australia is a resource-rich country, and exports more gas ... <a title="Australia has plenty of gas, but our bills are ridiculous. The market is broken" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/22/australia-has-plenty-of-gas-but-our-bills-are-ridiculous-the-market-is-broken-125130/" aria-label="Read more about Australia has plenty of gas, but our bills are ridiculous. The market is broken">Read more</a>
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October 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim Pitman, Senior Research Fellow, Curtin University In a recent nation-wide survey by online tutoring company Cluey Learning, 75% of Australian senior students said their ATAR score would impact on the rest of their life. And more than 80% said a score under 60 would be detrimental ... <a title="Don’t stress, your ATAR isn’t the final call. There are many ways to get into university" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/22/dont-stress-your-atar-isnt-the-final-call-there-are-many-ways-to-get-into-university-125429/" aria-label="Read more about Don’t stress, your ATAR isn’t the final call. There are many ways to get into university">Read more</a>
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October 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tony Arnold, PhD Candidate, University of Sydney We all know the feeling. You’re on your way to an important appointment when disaster strikes. A glitch in the transport matrix leaves you waiting for a train that never arrives, or in bumper-to-bumper traffic with little chance of making ... <a title="To bolster our fragile road and rail system we need to add a ‘micro-mobility’ network" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/22/to-bolster-our-fragile-road-and-rail-system-we-need-to-add-a-micro-mobility-network-124895/" aria-label="Read more about To bolster our fragile road and rail system we need to add a ‘micro-mobility’ network">Read more</a>
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October 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shih-Wen Sue Chen, Senior Lecturer in Writing and Literature, Deakin University There is a new challenger to Disney’s hold on the global animation industry, and he is a Chinese demon child. [embedded content] Ne Zha: Birth of the Demon Child, from Chengdu Coco Cartoon, tells the story ... <a title="Can Ne Zha, the Chinese superhero with $1b at the box office, teach us how to raise good kids?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/22/can-ne-zha-the-chinese-superhero-with-1b-at-the-box-office-teach-us-how-to-raise-good-kids-124987/" aria-label="Read more about Can Ne Zha, the Chinese superhero with $1b at the box office, teach us how to raise good kids?">Read more</a>
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October 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Given her status as holding two vital Senate crossbench votes Pauline Hanson is at times, in the eyes of senior government figures, She Who Must Be Obeyed. And so it was last week, when Hanson announced she was striking, to ... <a title="View from The Hill: Breaking Pauline Hanson’s ‘strike’ has taken skin off Bridget McKenzie" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/22/view-from-the-hill-breaking-pauline-hansons-strike-has-taken-skin-off-bridget-mckenzie-125580/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Breaking Pauline Hanson’s ‘strike’ has taken skin off Bridget McKenzie">Read more</a>
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October 21, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Leah Mercer, Associate Professor of Theatre Arts, Curtin University Fully Sikh, directed by Matt Edgerton, Perth’s Studio Underground The foyer is adorned with colourful fabric and bunting. We’re welcomed by the sounds of Indian music while members of the Sikh community offer to tie turbans (Dastaar) around ... <a title="Fully Sikh review: a charismatic, generous performance about growing up Sikh in Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/21/fully-sikh-review-a-charismatic-generous-performance-about-growing-up-sikh-in-australia-125488/" aria-label="Read more about Fully Sikh review: a charismatic, generous performance about growing up Sikh in Australia">Read more</a>
