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March 31, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julie E. Brice, Doctoral Student in Sport Sociology, University of Waikato As fashion trends go, the move of activewear from gyms and fitness studios into mainstream society has been impossible to ignore. Like it or not, we live in a lycra world. Tight-fitting leggings, yoga pants, sports ... <a title="Sure they’re comfortable, but those leggings and sports bras are also redefining modern femininity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/31/sure-theyre-comfortable-but-those-leggings-and-sports-bras-are-also-redefining-modern-femininity-156956/" aria-label="Read more about Sure they’re comfortable, but those leggings and sports bras are also redefining modern femininity">Read more</a>
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March 31, 2021
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Click here to subscribe to Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup and New Zealand Politics Daily. Today’s content Housing crisis Claire Robinson (The Guardian): Backlash to Labour’s housing policy has exposed signs of internal party disarray Graham Adams (Democracy Project): Housing ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – March 31 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/31/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-march-31-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – March 31 2021">Read more</a>
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March 31, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Kenny, Professor, Australian Studies Institute, Australian National University Perhaps optimistically, Scott Morrison hopes his belated moves to involve women more formally in decision-making will arrest his government’s slumping fortunes, and grant space for other priorities. Weeks of mealy-mouthedness in the face of horrendous claims of misogyny, ... <a title="Will new Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews bring a more compassionate approach?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/31/will-new-home-affairs-minister-karen-andrews-bring-a-more-compassionate-approach-158065/" aria-label="Read more about Will new Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews bring a more compassionate approach?">Read more</a>
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March 31, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Bright, Senior Lecturer of Addiction, Edith Cowan University Microdosing has become something of a wellness trend in recent years, gathering traction in Australia and overseas. The practice involves taking a low dose of a psychedelic drug to enhance performance, or reduce stress and anxiety. While the ... <a title="Could microdosing be as good as yoga for your mood? It’s not that big a stretch" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/31/could-microdosing-be-as-good-as-yoga-for-your-mood-its-not-that-big-a-stretch-157891/" aria-label="Read more about Could microdosing be as good as yoga for your mood? It’s not that big a stretch">Read more</a>
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March 31, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, Professor, University of Queensland, The University of Queensland This is a Conversation long read, so set aside time to take it all in. Imagine, for a moment, a different kind of Australia. One where bushfires on the catastrophic scale of Black Summer happen almost every ... <a title="Seriously ugly: here’s how Australia will look if the world heats by 3℃ this century" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/31/seriously-ugly-heres-how-australia-will-look-if-the-world-heats-by-3-this-century-157875/" aria-label="Read more about Seriously ugly: here’s how Australia will look if the world heats by 3℃ this century">Read more</a>
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March 31, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Albert Van Dijk, Professor, Water and Landscape Dynamics, Fenner School of Environment & Society, Australian National University Improved weather conditions have pulled Australia’s environment out of its worst state on record, but recovery remains partial and precarious, new research reveals. Each year, we collate a vast number ... <a title="Even after the rains, Australia’s environment scores a 3 out of 10. These regions are struggling the most" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/31/even-after-the-rains-australias-environment-scores-a-3-out-of-10-these-regions-are-struggling-the-most-157590/" aria-label="Read more about Even after the rains, Australia’s environment scores a 3 out of 10. These regions are struggling the most">Read more</a>
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March 31, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David MacKenzie, Associate Professor, School of Psychology, Social Work & Social Policy, University of South Australia Australian parliaments produce many committee reports, but only occasionally does one deserve to be described as a “landmark report”. The Legal and Social Issues Committee report Inquiry into homelessness in Victoria, ... <a title="Homeless numbers set to rise again, but inquiry can be a turning point if we get smarter about housing people" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/31/homeless-numbers-set-to-rise-again-but-inquiry-can-be-a-turning-point-if-we-get-smarter-about-housing-people-156945/" aria-label="Read more about Homeless numbers set to rise again, but inquiry can be a turning point if we get smarter about housing people">Read more</a>
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March 31, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bruce Mountain, Director, Victoria Energy Policy Centre, Victoria University It’s come to this. The Australian Energy Markets Commission has produced a draft decision that will make households and small business with solar panels pay to inject their surplus production into the grid. It suggests an annual charge ... <a title="Now they want to charge households for exporting solar electricity to the grid — it’ll send the system backwards" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/31/now-they-want-to-charge-households-for-exporting-solar-electricity-to-the-grid-itll-send-the-system-backwards-158055/" aria-label="Read more about Now they want to charge households for exporting solar electricity to the grid — it’ll send the system backwards">Read more</a>
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March 31, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Felicity Fenner, Associate Professor at UNSW Art & Design, UNSW Given the restrictions on international borders as a result of COVID-19, it is convenient The National has always been dedicated to the work of Australian artists. Launched in 2017 as a series of three biennial exhibitions, The ... <a title="Despair and hope; anger and optimism: The National 2021 highlights care in Australian art" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/31/despair-and-hope-anger-and-optimism-the-national-2021-highlights-care-in-australian-art-157769/" aria-label="Read more about Despair and hope; anger and optimism: The National 2021 highlights care in Australian art">Read more</a>
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March 31, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Myra Williamson, Senior Lecturer of Law and Convenor of the BA in Law, University of Waikato For many of the thousands of tertiary students who have just settled into university halls of residence, not to mention their parents, the current parliamentary inquiry into student accommodation will be ... <a title="NZ student accommodation is expensive and under-regulated — here are 10 ways to fix it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/31/nz-student-accommodation-is-expensive-and-under-regulated-here-are-10-ways-to-fix-it-157408/" aria-label="Read more about NZ student accommodation is expensive and under-regulated — here are 10 ways to fix it">Read more</a>
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March 31, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The government is speeding up the establishment of its planned $1 billion Sovereign Guided Weapons Enterprise, which aims to boost Australia’s own defence production capabilities as it faces a deteriorating security outlook. The defence department will now start the process ... <a title="Australia’s plan for manufacturing missiles to be accelerated" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/31/australias-plan-for-manufacturing-missiles-to-be-accelerated-158160/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s plan for manufacturing missiles to be accelerated">Read more</a>
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March 31, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Anthony Albanese will promise a Labor government would deliver a discount to cut the cost of electric cars and install community batteries, in modest initiatives costing $400 million over several years. The announcement, to be made Wednesday, comes as Labor ... <a title="Labor proposes discounts for electric cars and ‘community batteries’ to store solar power" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/31/labor-proposes-discounts-for-electric-cars-and-community-batteries-to-store-solar-power-158146/" aria-label="Read more about Labor proposes discounts for electric cars and ‘community batteries’ to store solar power">Read more</a>
