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Inside the story: the ABC of screenwriting as demonstrated by ABC’s The Heights

May 23, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Philippa Burne, Lecturer, BFA Screenwriting, Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne, University of Melbourne 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. The rule of three is a ... <a title="Inside the story: the ABC of screenwriting as demonstrated by ABC’s The Heights" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/23/inside-the-story-the-abc-of-screenwriting-as-demonstrated-by-abcs-the-heights-115854/" aria-label="Read more about Inside the story: the ABC of screenwriting as demonstrated by ABC’s The Heights">Read more</a>

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2040: hope and action in the climate crisis

May 23, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Wiseman, Professorial Fellow, University of Melbourne It was framed as “the climate election”, but last week Australia returned a government with climate policies that make the task of building a zero-emissions, safe climate Australia even harder. This result comes at a time when international studies are ... <a title="2040: hope and action in the climate crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/23/2040-hope-and-action-in-the-climate-crisis-117422/" aria-label="Read more about 2040: hope and action in the climate crisis">Read more</a>

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Australia has been silent on Indigenous suicide for too long, and it must change

May 23, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julia Hurst, Faculty of Arts Indigenous Postdoctoral Fellow, Indigenous and Settler Relations Collaboration, University of Melbourne A body hangs over me. I am so close I can feel there is weight to the body. It seems to twitch in the stagnant air of the theatre with the ... <a title="Australia has been silent on Indigenous suicide for too long, and it must change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/23/australia-has-been-silent-on-indigenous-suicide-for-too-long-and-it-must-change-117261/" aria-label="Read more about Australia has been silent on Indigenous suicide for too long, and it must change">Read more</a>

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Blocking Huawei from Australia means slower and delayed 5G – and for what?

May 23, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stanley Shanapinda, Research Fellow, La Trobe University The United States and Australia are deliberately restricting the place of Chinese telco Huawei in their telecommunications landscapes. We’re told these changes will be worth it from a security point of view. Read more: What is a mobile network, anyway? ... <a title="Blocking Huawei from Australia means slower and delayed 5G – and for what?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/23/blocking-huawei-from-australia-means-slower-and-delayed-5g-and-for-what-117507/" aria-label="Read more about Blocking Huawei from Australia means slower and delayed 5G – and for what?">Read more</a>

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Newspoll probably wrong since Morrison became PM; polling has been less accurate at recent elections

May 23, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne Since Scott Morrison became PM in August 2018, Newspoll has usually been the best pollster for Labor. This was particularly so in late 2018, but these strong polls for Labor should now be questioned. In ... <a title="Newspoll probably wrong since Morrison became PM; polling has been less accurate at recent elections" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/23/newspoll-probably-wrong-since-morrison-became-pm-polling-has-been-less-accurate-at-recent-elections-117400/" aria-label="Read more about Newspoll probably wrong since Morrison became PM; polling has been less accurate at recent elections">Read more</a>

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Column: Barbara Sumner – The Adoption Game Show

May 23, 2019

Column: Barbara Sumner – If adoption secrecy were a game show, they’d call it, ‘how much do you really want this?’ Because I am adopted, I have no birth story. However, the state holds a large number of files on me. Legal documents, doctors notes, feeding recipes and home visit comments. Through these documents, I ... <a title="Column: Barbara Sumner – The Adoption Game Show" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/23/barbara-sumner-column-the-adoption-game-show/" aria-label="Read more about Column: Barbara Sumner – The Adoption Game Show">Read more</a>

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Curious Kids: how was the Earth made?

May 23, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Niraj Lal, Visiting Fellow at the ANU Centre for Sustainable Energy Systems, Australian National 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 ... <a title="Curious Kids: how was the Earth made?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/23/curious-kids-how-was-the-earth-made-112067/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: how was the Earth made?">Read more</a>

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How we solved the mystery of Libyan desert glass

May 23, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Aaron J. Cavosie, Senior research fellow, Curtin University In the remote desert of western Egypt, near the Libyan border, lie clues to an ancient cosmic cataclysm. Libyan desert glass is the name given to fragments of canary-yellow glass found scattered over hundreds of kilometres, between giant shifting ... <a title="How we solved the mystery of Libyan desert glass" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/23/how-we-solved-the-mystery-of-libyan-desert-glass-117253/" aria-label="Read more about How we solved the mystery of Libyan desert glass">Read more</a>

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Why the 2019 election was more like 2004 than 1993 – and Labor has some reason to hope

May 23, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Frank Bongiorno, Professor of History, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University I recently had cause to look at a large file of material I collected about Mark Latham during 2004. It is full of many of the same columnists who have just campaigned ... <a title="Why the 2019 election was more like 2004 than 1993 – and Labor has some reason to hope" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/23/why-the-2019-election-was-more-like-2004-than-1993-and-labor-has-some-reason-to-hope-117394/" aria-label="Read more about Why the 2019 election was more like 2004 than 1993 – and Labor has some reason to hope">Read more</a>

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Aboriginal Australians want care after brain injury. But it must consider their cultural needs

May 23, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Beth Armstrong, Foundation Chair in Speech Pathology, Edith Cowan University This article is the fourth part in a series, Where culture meets health. Aboriginal Australians continue to face serious health challenges. Life expectancy is about 10.7 years less for Indigenous Australians than non-Indigenous Australians. Brain injury occurs ... <a title="Aboriginal Australians want care after brain injury. But it must consider their cultural needs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/23/aboriginal-australians-want-care-after-brain-injury-but-it-must-consider-their-cultural-needs-115128/" aria-label="Read more about Aboriginal Australians want care after brain injury. But it must consider their cultural needs">Read more</a>

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Eastern China pinpointed as source of rogue ozone-depleting emissions

May 23, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Krummel, Research Group Leader, CSIRO A mysterious rebound in the emissions of ozone-depleting chemicals – despite a global ban stretching back almost a decade – has been traced to eastern China. Research published by an international team today in Nature used a global network of monitoring ... <a title="Eastern China pinpointed as source of rogue ozone-depleting emissions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/23/eastern-china-pinpointed-as-source-of-rogue-ozone-depleting-emissions-117505/" aria-label="Read more about Eastern China pinpointed as source of rogue ozone-depleting emissions">Read more</a>

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Rethinking tourism so the locals actually benefit from hosting visitors

May 23, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Freya Higgins-Desbiolles, Senior Lecturer in Tourism Management, University of South Australia Tourism today has a problem and needs an entire rethink. Pundits are debating overtourism, peak tourism and tourismphobia. Cities such as Barcelona, Venice and Dubrovnik are witnessing a backlash against imposed forms of tourism. In response, ... <a title="Rethinking tourism so the locals actually benefit from hosting visitors" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/23/rethinking-tourism-so-the-locals-actually-benefit-from-hosting-visitors-116066/" aria-label="Read more about Rethinking tourism so the locals actually benefit from hosting visitors">Read more</a>