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September 10, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lisa Dethridge, Coordinator Masters of Media Professional Research; Game Design Research, RMIT University Review: Ride Like a Girl Award-winning actor Rachel Griffiths takes the reins on a large cast and crew to direct and co-produce this timely biopic. We focus on a rambunctious, country family with finely ... <a title="In Ride Like a Girl, Rachel Griffiths feminises the traditionally male hero’s journey – and warms hearts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/10/in-ride-like-a-girl-rachel-griffiths-feminises-the-traditionally-male-heros-journey-and-warms-hearts-122933/" aria-label="Read more about In Ride Like a Girl, Rachel Griffiths feminises the traditionally male hero’s journey – and warms hearts">Read more</a>
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September 10, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adam Karg, Senior research fellow, Swinburne University of Technology Australians love sport. Whether it be record crowds at the recent Boomers v USA basketball game, or the record numbers who sign up as loyal members of our professional teams, sport plays a major role in the Australian ... <a title="Best on ground: why Australians think sporting bodies provide strongest leadership for public good" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/10/best-on-ground-why-australians-think-sporting-bodies-provide-strongest-leadership-for-public-good-122999/" aria-label="Read more about Best on ground: why Australians think sporting bodies provide strongest leadership for public good">Read more</a>
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September 9, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Daryl Sparkes, Senior Lecturer (Media Studies and Production), University of Southern Queensland In Stephen King’s Pet Sematary, caretaker Jud Crandall warns against burying bodies in the old Indian burial ground. “They don’t come back the same”, the old man drawls, with a mix of desperation and horror ... <a title="The new Seachange is a sad case of Zombie TV: when your favourite programs come back from the dead" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/09/the-new-seachange-is-a-sad-case-of-zombie-tv-when-your-favourite-programs-come-back-from-the-dead-123162/" aria-label="Read more about The new Seachange is a sad case of Zombie TV: when your favourite programs come back from the dead">Read more</a>
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September 9, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Terry Goldsworthy, Associate Professor in Criminology, Bond University Last week, the Australasian Council of Women and Policing held its 2019 conference, with a focus on how law enforcement responds to women in the communities they serve and how police services can expand opportunities for women in leadership ... <a title="Women have made many inroads in policing, but barriers remain to achieving gender equity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/09/women-have-made-many-inroads-in-policing-but-barriers-remain-to-achieving-gender-equity-123082/" aria-label="Read more about Women have made many inroads in policing, but barriers remain to achieving gender equity">Read more</a>
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September 9, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicole Lee, Professor at the National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University The Morrison government is having another shot at getting its proposal to drug test people on welfare through the Senate. Welfare, health and drug treatment experts have consistently opposed the proposal since it was first introduced ... <a title="Drugs don’t affect job seeking, so let’s offer users help rather than take away their payments" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/09/drugs-dont-affect-job-seeking-so-lets-offer-users-help-rather-than-take-away-their-payments-123096/" aria-label="Read more about Drugs don’t affect job seeking, so let’s offer users help rather than take away their payments">Read more</a>
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September 9, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Max Abbott, Professor of Psychology and Public Health, AUT, Auckland University of Technology New Zealand passed the Misuse of Drugs Amendment into law last month, giving police discretion to take a health-centred approach rather than prosecuting those in possession of drugs, including class A drugs like methamphetamine, ... <a title="New law gives NZ police discretion not to prosecute drug users, but to offer addiction support instead" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/09/new-law-gives-nz-police-discretion-not-to-prosecute-drug-users-but-to-offer-addiction-support-instead-122323/" aria-label="Read more about New law gives NZ police discretion not to prosecute drug users, but to offer addiction support instead">Read more</a>
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September 9, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lucyna Kedziora-Chudczer, Program Manager / Adjunct Research Fellow, Swinburne University of Technology If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskids@theconversation.edu.au. Why does Saturn have rings? – Isla, age 7, Killarney. Most people think many millions of years ago, Saturn didn’t ... <a title="Curious Kids: why does Saturn have rings?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/09/curious-kids-why-does-saturn-have-rings-121433/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: why does Saturn have rings?">Read more</a>
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September 9, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Ward, PhD Student, The University of Queensland Threatened species habitat larger than the size of Tasmania has been destroyed since Australia’s environment laws were enacted, and 93% of this habitat loss was not referred to the federal government for scrutiny, our new research shows. The research, ... <a title="Environment laws have failed to tackle the extinction emergency. Here’s the proof" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/09/environment-laws-have-failed-to-tackle-the-extinction-emergency-heres-the-proof-122936/" aria-label="Read more about Environment laws have failed to tackle the extinction emergency. Here’s the proof">Read more</a>
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September 9, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Peetz, Professor of Employment Relations, Centre for Work, Organisation and Wellbeing, Griffith University Wages growth for Australian workers is among the worst in the industrialised world. For more than a third of workers on individual contracts, wages aren’t growing at all. This is odd, given Australia ... <a title="There’s an obvious reason wages aren’t growing, but you won’t hear it from Treasury or the Reserve Bank" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/09/theres-an-obvious-reason-wages-arent-growing-but-you-wont-hear-it-from-treasury-or-the-reserve-bank-122041/" aria-label="Read more about There’s an obvious reason wages aren’t growing, but you won’t hear it from Treasury or the Reserve Bank">Read more</a>
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September 9, 2019
By RNZ Pacific A Fiji opposition MP has been suspended from parliament for six months for refusing to apologise to the Prime Minister. Pio Tikoduadua and several other opposition MPs walked out of parliament on Friday night, after hours of debating a report into breaches of privilege by himself and Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama. A report ... <a title="Fiji opposition MP suspended for refusing to apologise to PM" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/09/fiji-opposition-mp-suspended-for-refusing-to-apologise-to-pm/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji opposition MP suspended for refusing to apologise to PM">Read more</a>
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September 9, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By G. Gregory Haff, Professor of Strength and Conditioning, Edith Cowan University Since the first mapping of the human genome there has been interest in understanding which genetic factors underpin performance in sport. With the rise of genetic testing among athletes, it remains to be seen exactly how ... <a title="Will the genetic screening of athletes change sport as we know it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/09/will-the-genetic-screening-of-athletes-change-sport-as-we-know-it-122781/" aria-label="Read more about Will the genetic screening of athletes change sport as we know it?">Read more</a>
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September 9, 2019
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Today’s content by Dr Bryce Edwards. Labour Party sexual assault allegations Alex Casey (Spinoff): A Labour volunteer alleged a violent sexual assault by a senior staffer. This is her story Andrea Vance (Stuff): Why Labour ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – September 9 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/09/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-september-9-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – September 9 2019">Read more</a>
