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January 21, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicola Hancock, Lead, Mental Health Stream, Centre for Disability Research and Policy, University of Sydney The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) promises a life-changing opportunity for Australians living with disabilities to get the supports they need to engage and participate fully in their communities. The size, complexity ... <a title="It’s hard for people with severe mental illness to get in the NDIS – and the problems don’t stop there" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/21/its-hard-for-people-with-severe-mental-illness-to-get-in-the-ndis-and-the-problems-dont-stop-there-130198/" aria-label="Read more about It’s hard for people with severe mental illness to get in the NDIS – and the problems don’t stop there">Read more</a>
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January 21, 2020
By Kerrie Davies and Willa McDonald in Sydney In 1886, a year before American journalist Nellie Bly feigned insanity to enter an asylum in New York and became a household name, Catherine Hay Thomson arrived at the entrance of Kew Asylum in Melbourne on “a hot grey morning with a lowering sky”. Hay Thomson’s two-part ... <a title="Hidden women of history: Australian undercover journalist in hospitals" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/21/hidden-women-of-history-australian-undercover-journalist-in-hospitals/" aria-label="Read more about Hidden women of history: Australian undercover journalist in hospitals">Read more</a>
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January 21, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cris Brack, Associate Professor, Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University Australia is a land that has known fire. Our diverse plant and animal species have become accustomed to life with fire, and in fact some require it to procreate. But in recent decades the ... <a title="Many of our plants and animals have adapted to fires, but now the fires are changing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/21/many-of-our-plants-and-animals-have-adapted-to-fires-but-now-the-fires-are-changing-129754/" aria-label="Read more about Many of our plants and animals have adapted to fires, but now the fires are changing">Read more</a>
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January 21, 2020
By Llanesca T. Panti in Manila Textbooks should be changed to underscore the atrocities committed by the Philippines martial law regime of former dictator Ferdinand Marcos, rather than make light of these violations and rehabilitate the Marcos’ reputation as proposed by former Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., says Vice-President Leni Robredo.advertisement “Medyo nakakatawa kasi [na] ... <a title="Textbooks should highlight Marcos dictatorship atrocities, says Robredo" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/21/textbooks-should-highlight-marcos-dictatorship-atrocities-says-robredo/" aria-label="Read more about Textbooks should highlight Marcos dictatorship atrocities, says Robredo">Read more</a>
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January 21, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hilde Tubex, Future Fellow, Crime Research Centre, University of Western Australia The latest release of the Australian Bureau of Statistics Prisoners in Australia data provides a surprising change: for the first time in seven years, the national imprisonment rate has not increased. In fact, it has decreased ... <a title="Prisoner numbers in Australia have decreased, but we’re not really sure why yet" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/21/prisoner-numbers-in-australia-have-decreased-but-were-not-really-sure-why-yet-129696/" aria-label="Read more about Prisoner numbers in Australia have decreased, but we’re not really sure why yet">Read more</a>
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January 21, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Allan McCay, Law Teacher, University of Sydney How similar do you think you are to your second cousin? Or your estranged great aunt? Would you like to have people assess your behaviour from what your great aunt has done? How would you feel if courts used data ... <a title="Cousin took a DNA test? Courts could use it to argue you are more likely to commit crimes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/21/cousin-took-a-dna-test-courts-could-use-it-to-argue-you-are-more-likely-to-commit-crimes-129976/" aria-label="Read more about Cousin took a DNA test? Courts could use it to argue you are more likely to commit crimes">Read more</a>
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January 21, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Briony Murphy, Research fellow, Monash University Suicide among nursing home residents is a major concern. Between 2000 and 2013, around 140 Australian nursing home residents took their own lives. This issue has been hidden for too long, and met with minimal efforts targeted at prevention. We consulted ... <a title="Preventing suicide in nursing homes is possible. Here are 3 things we can do to make a start" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/21/preventing-suicide-in-nursing-homes-is-possible-here-are-3-things-we-can-do-to-make-a-start-128212/" aria-label="Read more about Preventing suicide in nursing homes is possible. Here are 3 things we can do to make a start">Read more</a>
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January 21, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Garnett, Professor of Conservation and Sustainable Livelihoods, Charles Darwin University That a billion animals may die as a result of this summer’s fires has horrified the world. For many conservation biologists and managers, however, the unprecedented extent and ferocity of the fires has incinerated much more ... <a title="Conservation scientists are grieving after the bushfires — but we must not give up" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/21/conservation-scientists-are-grieving-after-the-bushfires-but-we-must-not-give-up-130195/" aria-label="Read more about Conservation scientists are grieving after the bushfires — but we must not give up">Read more</a>
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January 21, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachael Jacobs, Lecturer in Arts Education, Western Sydney University School will start on a somewhat sombre note this year. Some schools will still be shrouded in smog from the bushfires. Some students will be grieving the loss of property, animals or even family and friends. Some remain ... <a title="A familiar place among the chaos: how schools can help students cope after the bushfires" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/21/a-familiar-place-among-the-chaos-how-schools-can-help-students-cope-after-the-bushfires-129904/" aria-label="Read more about A familiar place among the chaos: how schools can help students cope after the bushfires">Read more</a>
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January 21, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Norman Day, Lecturer in Architecture, Practice and Design, Swinburne University of Technology We are entering a new world where skyscrapers and other huge buildings are becoming redundant and need significant overhaul or replacement. The process is called unbuilding or, if you’re a bit highfalutin, deconstruction. These so-called ... <a title="Unbuilding cities as high-rises reach their use-by date" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/21/unbuilding-cities-as-high-rises-reach-their-use-by-date-129002/" aria-label="Read more about Unbuilding cities as high-rises reach their use-by date">Read more</a>
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January 21, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Philip C. Almond, Emeritus Professor in the History of Religious Thought, The University of Queensland Since his inauguration on January 20, 2017, US President Donald Trump has tweeted the words “Witch Hunt” (always with or in capitals) 337 times, or roughly once every three days in his ... <a title="You think this is a witch hunt, Mr President? That’s an insult to the women who suffered" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/21/you-think-this-is-a-witch-hunt-mr-president-thats-an-insult-to-the-women-who-suffered-129775/" aria-label="Read more about You think this is a witch hunt, Mr President? That’s an insult to the women who suffered">Read more</a>
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January 20, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Scott Morrison’s Monday salvo against the NSW environment minister, Matt Kean, one of the Liberal progressives on climate change, was gratuitous and inept. Quizzed about Kean’s claim that there’s pressure from senior Liberals for strong climate policies, Morrison let fly ... <a title="View from The Hill: Morrison should control that temper in Liberal climate debate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/20/view-from-the-hill-morrison-should-control-that-temper-in-liberal-climate-debate-130227/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Morrison should control that temper in Liberal climate debate">Read more</a>
