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June 10, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Leigh Boucher, Senior Lecturer – Modern History, Macquarie University Queerdom, an exhibition showing at the Imperial Hotel in Erksineville, is an arresting and unsettling archive of queer and trans performances in Sydney. A collaboration between photographer Jamie James and poet Quinn Eades, working here as James Eades, ... <a title="An intimate, arresting exhibition highlights the hard work of living queer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/10/an-intimate-arresting-exhibition-highlights-the-hard-work-of-living-queer-118176/" aria-label="Read more about An intimate, arresting exhibition highlights the hard work of living queer">Read more</a>
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June 10, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Apo Aporosa, Post-doctoral research fellow, University of Waikato The Australian government is considering an increase in the amount of kava travellers can bring into the country. The consultation process includes a proposed pilot program to ease restrictions on kava importation for personal use from two to four ... <a title="Australia’s discussion of kava imports reflects lack of cultural understanding" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/10/australias-discussion-of-kava-imports-reflects-lack-of-cultural-understanding-115662/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s discussion of kava imports reflects lack of cultural understanding">Read more</a>
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June 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Greste, Professor of Journalism and Communications, The University of Queensland A few days ago, Waleed Aly asked a not-so-rhetorical question in The Sydney Morning Herald. He wondered how many Australians were worried about the fact that the Australian Federal Police had spent a good portion of ... <a title="To protect press freedom, we need more public outrage – and an overhaul of our laws" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/08/to-protect-press-freedom-we-need-more-public-outrage-and-an-overhaul-of-our-laws-118457/" aria-label="Read more about To protect press freedom, we need more public outrage – and an overhaul of our laws">Read more</a>
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June 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Euan Ritchie, Associate Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Centre for Integrative Ecology, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University Sign up to the Beating Around the Bush newsletter here, and suggest a plant we should cover at batb@theconversation.edu.au. In Dr Seuss’s The Lorax, his titular ... <a title="This centuries-old river red gum is a local legend – here’s why it’s worth fighting for" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/07/this-centuries-old-river-red-gum-is-a-local-legend-heres-why-its-worth-fighting-for-117666/" aria-label="Read more about This centuries-old river red gum is a local legend – here’s why it’s worth fighting for">Read more</a>
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June 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Wilson, Associate professor, University of Wollongong Buying the contraceptive pill from the pharmacy without a prescription, as is being considered by Australia’s drug regulator, might be convenient for women or even save the health system money. But it risks women’s health for a number of reasons. ... <a title="Leave pill prescribing to GPs, not pharmacists, for the sake of women’s health" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/07/leave-pill-prescribing-to-gps-not-pharmacists-for-the-sake-of-womens-health-118120/" aria-label="Read more about Leave pill prescribing to GPs, not pharmacists, for the sake of women’s health">Read more</a>
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June 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gabriele Gratton, Associate Professor of Economics and Scientia Fellow, UNSW Exactly two weeks before the Reserve Bank of Australia cut interest rates to a record low, the bank’s head, Philip Lowe, outlined a predicament to the Economic Society of Australia. He is faced with a global problem, ... <a title="Our economic model looks broken, but trying to fix it could be a disaster" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/07/our-economic-model-looks-broken-but-trying-to-fix-it-could-be-a-disaster-118397/" aria-label="Read more about Our economic model looks broken, but trying to fix it could be a disaster">Read more</a>
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June 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra [embedded content] University of Canberra Deputy Vice-Chancellor Geoff Crisp speaks with Michelle Grattan about the week in politics. They discuss Labor’s shadow cabinet, including Shorten’s new role in the area of the NDIS where he will be going up against ... <a title="VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on Labor’s shadow cabinet – and the media raids" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/07/video-michelle-grattan-on-labors-shadow-cabinet-and-the-media-raids-118454/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on Labor’s shadow cabinet – and the media raids">Read more</a>
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June 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Hall, Senior Researcher in Politics, Auckland University of Technology When you’re in politics, words are a high-stakes game. Voters and journalists hold you to them and there is a risk in using words that are hard to live up to. This is particularly true for politicians ... <a title="NZ has dethroned GDP as a measure of success, but will Ardern’s government be transformational?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/07/nz-has-dethroned-gdp-as-a-measure-of-success-but-will-arderns-government-be-transformational-118262/" aria-label="Read more about NZ has dethroned GDP as a measure of success, but will Ardern’s government be transformational?">Read more</a>
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June 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Heshani Edirisinghe, PhD student, Massey University Curious Kids is a series for children. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskids@theconversation.edu.au You might also like the podcast Imagine This, a co-production between ABC KIDS listen and The Conversation, based on ... <a title="Curious Kids: why don’t ladybirds have tails?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/07/curious-kids-why-dont-ladybirds-have-tails-117749/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: why don’t ladybirds have tails?">Read more</a>
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June 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Valentin Christiaens, Research Fellow in Astrophysics, Monash University When Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei first spotted four moons of Jupiter through a telescope, he realised that not everything goes around the Earth, as was the prevailing theory in 1610. The presumed origin of the Galilean moons was in ... <a title="A disc of dust and gas found around a newborn planet could be the birthplace of moons" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/07/a-disc-of-dust-and-gas-found-around-a-newborn-planet-could-be-the-birthplace-of-moons-118260/" aria-label="Read more about A disc of dust and gas found around a newborn planet could be the birthplace of moons">Read more</a>
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June 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By H. K. Colebatch, Visiting Professorial Fellow, UNSW One thing we learned from the recent election campaign is that the political crisis over Section 44 of the Constitution has not gone away. Many candidates in the election had their eligibility to stand for parliament questioned and some were ... <a title="The Section 44 soap opera: why more MPs could be in danger of being forced out" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/07/the-section-44-soap-opera-why-more-mps-could-be-in-danger-of-being-forced-out-116955/" aria-label="Read more about The Section 44 soap opera: why more MPs could be in danger of being forced out">Read more</a>
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June 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peta Stapleton, Associate Professor in Psychology, Bond University Over half of Australian teachers suffer from anxiety and nearly one-fifth are depressed. These are the findings of our soon-to-be-published study assessing teachers’ well-being. We examined the health and well-being of 166 Australian school teachers, aged 22-65, in an ... <a title="Teachers are more depressed and anxious than the average Australian" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/07/teachers-are-more-depressed-and-anxious-than-the-average-australian-117267/" aria-label="Read more about Teachers are more depressed and anxious than the average Australian">Read more</a>
