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August 13, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Balkin, Lecturer, English and Theatre Studies, University of Melbourne Review: My Dearworthy Darling, Malthouse My Dearworthy Darling is a collaboration between playwright, fantasy novelist, poet, and theatre critic Alison Croggon and feminist theatre company The Rabble (Kate Davis and Emma Valente). In her criticism, Croggon champions ... <a title="Contemporary and medieval women’s voices collide in My Dearworthy Darling" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/13/contemporary-and-medieval-womens-voices-collide-in-my-dearworthy-darling-120590/" aria-label="Read more about Contemporary and medieval women’s voices collide in My Dearworthy Darling">Read more</a>
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August 13, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alex Agostini, Post doctoral research fellow, University of South Australia If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskids@theconversation.edu.au. How do people know not to fall out of their beds when they are sleeping? – Louisa, age five. You might think ... <a title="Curious Kids: why don’t people fall out of bed when they are sleeping?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/13/curious-kids-why-dont-people-fall-out-of-bed-when-they-are-sleeping-120282/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: why don’t people fall out of bed when they are sleeping?">Read more</a>
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August 13, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jason Ferris, Associate Professor, Program Leader for Research and Statistical Support Service and Program Leader for Substance Use and Mental Health, Centre for Health Services Research, The University of Queensland This is the second in a series of articles discussing a recently released comprehensive evaluation of the ... <a title="Queenslanders are among our heaviest drinkers on nights out, and changing that culture is a challenge" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/13/queenslanders-are-among-our-heaviest-drinkers-on-nights-out-and-changing-that-culture-is-a-challenge-121115/" aria-label="Read more about Queenslanders are among our heaviest drinkers on nights out, and changing that culture is a challenge">Read more</a>
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August 13, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Quiggin, Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland The announcement by Suncorp that it will no longer insure new thermal coal projects, along with a similar announcement by QBE Insurance a few months earlier, brings Australia into line with Europe where most major insurers have ... <a title="Adani beware: coal is on the road to becoming completely uninsurable" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/13/adani-beware-coal-is-on-the-road-to-becoming-completely-uninsurable-121552/" aria-label="Read more about Adani beware: coal is on the road to becoming completely uninsurable">Read more</a>
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August 13, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexandra Crosby, Senior Lecturer, Design, University of Technology Sydney Indigenous Australians have influenced modern Australian dress since first contact. From possum skin cloaks and booka kangaroo capes to shell necklaces in Tasmania, Europeans have been fascinated with Indigenous materials, skills and aesthetics. They have stolen, purchased, borrowed ... <a title="How Indigenous fashion designers are taking control and challenging the notion of the heroic, lone genius" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/13/how-indigenous-fashion-designers-are-taking-control-and-challenging-the-notion-of-the-heroic-lone-genius-121041/" aria-label="Read more about How Indigenous fashion designers are taking control and challenging the notion of the heroic, lone genius">Read more</a>
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August 13, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By A J Brown, Professor of Public Policy & Law, Centre for Governance & Public Policy, Griffith University Never has the case for law reform to properly protect public-interest whistleblowers been so stark. Today, the public hearings into press freedom begin, following the “seismic” raids on media organisations ... <a title="Australia – It’s time whistleblowers had better protection" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/13/from-richard-boyle-and-witness-k-to-media-raids-its-time-whistleblowers-had-better-protection-121555/" aria-label="Read more about Australia – It’s time whistleblowers had better protection">Read more</a>
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August 13, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rod Glover, Professor and Director, Monash Sustainable Development Institute, Monash University Around the world, the most informed and effective public servants are changing the way they develop policy and services. Australian public servants are eager to do the same, but their leaders are not supporting them to ... <a title="To restore trust in government, we need to reinvent how the public service works" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/13/to-restore-trust-in-government-we-need-to-reinvent-how-the-public-service-works-121634/" aria-label="Read more about To restore trust in government, we need to reinvent how the public service works">Read more</a>
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August 13, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joachim Sturmberg, Conjoint Associate Professor of General Practice, University of Newcastle Last week’s hearings at the aged care royal commission in Brisbane looked at regulation in aged care. While rules and regulations are designed to safeguard residents, bureaucratic “red tape” also contributes to the failings in aged ... <a title="Red tape in aged care shouldn’t force staff to prioritise ticking boxes over residents’ outcomes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/13/red-tape-in-aged-care-shouldnt-force-staff-to-prioritise-ticking-boxes-over-residents-outcomes-121561/" aria-label="Read more about Red tape in aged care shouldn’t force staff to prioritise ticking boxes over residents’ outcomes">Read more</a>
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August 13, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jaime Gongora, Associate Professor, Animal and Wildlife Genetics and Genomics, University of Sydney Colombia is the second most biodiverse country in the world with more than 56,000 recorded species, some 9,000 of which are unique. However protecting and researching this natural treasure has been extraordinarily difficult during ... <a title="Peace with nature: helping former Colombian guerrilla fighters to become citizen scientists" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/13/peace-with-nature-helping-former-colombian-guerrilla-fighters-to-become-citizen-scientists-121695/" aria-label="Read more about Peace with nature: helping former Colombian guerrilla fighters to become citizen scientists">Read more</a>
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August 13, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Euan Graham, Executive Director, La Trobe Asia, La Trobe University Concerns are growing about Chinese influence on Australian universities. Some universities are reviewing research partnerships with Chinese state-owned companies after the ABC’s Four Corners revealed links to technology being used by the Chinese Government to carry out ... <a title="Australia has too few home-grown experts on the Chinese Communist Party. That’s a problem" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/13/australia-has-too-few-home-grown-experts-on-the-chinese-communist-party-thats-a-problem-121174/" aria-label="Read more about Australia has too few home-grown experts on the Chinese Communist Party. That’s a problem">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Erica Millar, Lecturer, La Trobe University Family planning organisation and abortion provider Marie Stopes today warned that Australian women face a confusing patchwork of state-based laws and service shortages that restrict access to abortions, based on where they live. At the centre of these inconsistent laws is ... <a title="Here’s why there should be no gestational limits for abortion" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/12/heres-why-there-should-be-no-gestational-limits-for-abortion-121500/" aria-label="Read more about Here’s why there should be no gestational limits for abortion">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian R. Camilleri, Senior Lecturer in Marketing, University of Technology Sydney Ever relied on an online review to make a purchasing decision? How do you know it was actually genuine? Consumer reviews can be hugely influential, so it’s hardly surprising there’s a thriving trade in fake ones. ... <a title="How to spot a fake review: you’re probably worse at it than you realise" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/12/how-to-spot-a-fake-review-youre-probably-worse-at-it-than-you-realise-121043/" aria-label="Read more about How to spot a fake review: you’re probably worse at it than you realise">Read more</a>
