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June 21, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vivienne Glance, Hon Research Fellow in Poetry and Theatre studies, University of Western Australia Review: The Torrents, Heath Ledger Theatre (Black Swan & STC) Set in a regional Australian newsroom in the 1890s, Oriel Gray’s The Torrents is a play about change. On the surface, it is ... <a title="Why revive a forgotten Australian classic? Oriel Gray’s The Torrents remains relevant today" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/21/why-revive-a-forgotten-australian-classic-oriel-grays-the-torrents-remains-relevant-today-119226/" aria-label="Read more about Why revive a forgotten Australian classic? Oriel Gray’s The Torrents remains relevant today">Read more</a>
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June 21, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne Australian elections have been won in outer metropolitan and regional electorates, but Labor did badly in swing terms in those types of seats at the May 18 election. In inner metropolitan areas, where Labor had ... <a title="Difficult for Labor to win in 2022 using new pendulum, plus Senate and House preference flows" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/21/difficult-for-labor-to-win-in-2022-using-new-pendulum-plus-senate-and-house-preference-flows-119005/" aria-label="Read more about Difficult for Labor to win in 2022 using new pendulum, plus Senate and House preference flows">Read more</a>
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June 21, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim Olds, Professor of Health Sciences, University of South Australia Nike’s London store recently introduced a plus-sized mannequin to display its active clothing range which goes up to a size 32. The mannequin triggered a cascade of responses ranging from outrage to celebration. One side argues that ... <a title="Obesity has become the new normal but it’s still a health risk" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/21/obesity-has-become-the-new-normal-but-its-still-a-health-risk-118829/" aria-label="Read more about Obesity has become the new normal but it’s still a health risk">Read more</a>
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June 21, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Roxana Diamond, PhD Candidate, Flinders University South Australia is a crucial step closer to becoming one of few places in the world to decriminalise sex work. After 13 attempts in recent years, a bill for sex work law reform passed South Australia’s upper house – the Legislative ... <a title="No more fear of police: South Australia is close to fully decriminalising sex work" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/21/no-more-fear-of-police-south-australia-is-close-to-fully-decriminalising-sex-work-119018/" aria-label="Read more about No more fear of police: South Australia is close to fully decriminalising sex work">Read more</a>
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June 21, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hannah Robert, Lecturer in Law, La Trobe University Families formed using donor conception have, for a decade or more, assumed donors of sperm and eggs are not legal parents because state and territory laws state they are not. Over time, judges have opened up cracks in that ... <a title="High Court judgment still leaves donor-conceived families in limbo about who is a legal parent" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/21/high-court-judgment-still-leaves-donor-conceived-families-in-limbo-about-who-is-a-legal-parent-119171/" aria-label="Read more about High Court judgment still leaves donor-conceived families in limbo about who is a legal parent">Read more</a>
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June 21, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonathan Daly, PhD Candidate & Casual Lecturer in Urban Design, University of Melbourne Successful city squares act as nodes that connect places. They facilitate flows of people going about their daily lives through them as much, if not more, than they attract people to them. These flows ... <a title="Apple controversy masks the real failures of Federation Square" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/21/apple-controversy-masks-the-real-failures-of-federation-square-116995/" aria-label="Read more about Apple controversy masks the real failures of Federation Square">Read more</a>
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June 21, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kris Gledhill, Professor of Law, Auckland University of Technology The man accused of the Christchurch mosque attacks appeared in court last week. Through his lawyer, he pleaded not guilty to 92 charges of murder, attempted murder and terrorism. The court appearance was a “callover” procedural hearing as ... <a title="What the not guilty pleas mean for the trial of alleged Christchurch mosque gunman" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/21/what-the-not-guilty-pleas-mean-for-the-trial-of-alleged-christchurch-mosque-gunman-118917/" aria-label="Read more about What the not guilty pleas mean for the trial of alleged Christchurch mosque gunman">Read more</a>
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June 21, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kris Gledhill, Professor of Law, Auckland University of Technology A criminal trial for murder or manslaughter is the usual response to a criminal killing. Initially, the alleged perpetrator of the Christchurch mosque attacks, who The Conversation has chosen not to name, was charged with murder and attempted ... <a title="Explainer: what the additional terrorism charge means for mosque attack trial" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/21/explainer-what-the-additional-terrorism-charge-means-for-mosque-attack-trial-117815/" aria-label="Read more about Explainer: what the additional terrorism charge means for mosque attack trial">Read more</a>
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June 21, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Justin Zobel, Pro Vice-Chancellor, Graduate & International Research, University of Melbourne This article is part of our occasional long read series Zoom Out, where authors explore key ideas in science and technology in the broader context of society and humanity. When Australia joined the global internet on ... <a title="30 years since Australia first connected to the internet, we’ve come a long way" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/21/30-years-since-australia-first-connected-to-the-internet-weve-come-a-long-way-118998/" aria-label="Read more about 30 years since Australia first connected to the internet, we’ve come a long way">Read more</a>
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June 21, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Klugman, Australian Research Council DECRA Fellow, Institute of Sport, Exercise and Active Living, Victoria University In 1890, a columnist for the Queenscliff Sentinel, an early Victorian newspaper, sardonically announced that the raucous noise of barrackers at footy matches was one of the wonders of the world: ... <a title="Loud, obnoxious and at times racist: the sordid history of AFL barracking" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/21/loud-obnoxious-and-at-times-racist-the-sordid-history-of-afl-barracking-119080/" aria-label="Read more about Loud, obnoxious and at times racist: the sordid history of AFL barracking">Read more</a>
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June 21, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dr Violetta Wilk, Lecturer & Researcher in Digital Marketing, Edith Cowan University It’s a simple building. A shed, really. You can’t go inside, and even if you could, there’s nothing in there. For decades it was derelict, an eyesore to which locals paid little attention. But this ... <a title="How a humble Perth boathouse became Australia’s most unlikely tourist attraction" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/21/how-a-humble-perth-boathouse-became-australias-most-unlikely-tourist-attraction-119079/" aria-label="Read more about How a humble Perth boathouse became Australia’s most unlikely tourist attraction">Read more</a>
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June 21, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Eileen Baldry, Professor of Criminology, UNSW Reports this week of an Indigenous boy with a disability held naked for days in a Brisbane police cell have once again raised the issue of how best to treat our most vulnerable young offenders, and the impact of their incarceration. ... <a title="Locking up kids damages their mental health and sets them up for more disadvantage. Is this what we want?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/21/locking-up-kids-damages-their-mental-health-and-sets-them-up-for-more-disadvantage-is-this-what-we-want-117674/" aria-label="Read more about Locking up kids damages their mental health and sets them up for more disadvantage. Is this what we want?">Read more</a>
