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January 24, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Ramsay, Professor, Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne Bankruptcy is affecting more and more older people. About 2,400 of the almost 17,000 new bankruptcies in Australia in 2017-18 were aged 60 or more, information from the bankruptcy regulator suggests. Since 2002 the proportion of bankrupts being ... <a title="Low income, no assets, large credit-card debt: why more older Australians are declaring bankruptcy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/24/low-income-no-assets-large-credit-card-debt-why-more-older-australians-are-declaring-bankruptcy-107511/" aria-label="Read more about Low income, no assets, large credit-card debt: why more older Australians are declaring bankruptcy">Read more</a>
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January 24, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Ewans, Conjoint Professor, School of Humanities and Social Science, University of Newcastle Alban Berg’s Wozzeck is arguably the most important opera composed in the first half of the 20th century. It is certainly one of the most powerful, and its emotional impact remains as strong today ... <a title="Decoding the music masterpieces: Alban Berg’s Wozzeck, an apocalyptic descent into madness" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/24/decoding-the-music-masterpieces-alban-bergs-wozzeck-an-apocalyptic-descent-into-madness-107896/" aria-label="Read more about Decoding the music masterpieces: Alban Berg’s Wozzeck, an apocalyptic descent into madness">Read more</a>
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January 23, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne The current US government shutdown began on December 22, and is still going. At 32 days, it is the longest shutdown in US history, beating the previous record of 21 days in a 1995-96 shutdown. ... <a title="Record US government shutdown harms Trump’s ratings, plus Brexit chaos and Australian Essential poll" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/23/record-us-government-shutdown-harms-trumps-ratings-plus-brexit-chaos-and-australian-essential-poll-110348/" aria-label="Read more about Record US government shutdown harms Trump’s ratings, plus Brexit chaos and Australian Essential poll">Read more</a>
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January 23, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Caroline Wake, Senior Lecturer in Theatre and Performance, UNSW Review: The Weekend, Sydney Festival If this year’s Sydney Festival is any indication, the monologue is back. So far, I have seen Adam Lazarus’s Daughter, Joel Bray’s Biladurang, Omar Musa’s Since Ali Died, Tara Beagan’s Deer Woman, and ... <a title="Henrietta Baird’s The Weekend proves the enduring power of solo performance" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/23/henrietta-bairds-the-weekend-proves-the-enduring-power-of-solo-performance-110281/" aria-label="Read more about Henrietta Baird’s The Weekend proves the enduring power of solo performance">Read more</a>
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January 23, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Benjamin T. Jones, Lecturer in History, CQUniversity Australia It is fitting that Scott Morrison represents the federal division of Cook, named after British explorer James Cook. First as treasurer, and now as prime minister, Morrison is committed to a A$50 million plan to celebrate the upcoming 250th ... <a title="Rough seas ahead: why the government’s James Cook infatuation may further divide the nation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/23/rough-seas-ahead-why-the-governments-james-cook-infatuation-may-further-divide-the-nation-110275/" aria-label="Read more about Rough seas ahead: why the government’s James Cook infatuation may further divide the nation">Read more</a>
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January 23, 2019
Fiji’s new online safety law … deemed by the government as necessary to make the internet a safe space for women and children. Image: S&S By Mong Palatino of Global Voices Fiji’s Online Safety Act took effect this month amid concerns that it will be used to censor the internet. The law was passed in ... <a title="Critics see Fiji’s Online Safety Act as ‘Trojan horse’ for online censors" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/23/critics-see-fijis-online-safety-act-as-trojan-horse-for-online-censors/" aria-label="Read more about Critics see Fiji’s Online Safety Act as ‘Trojan horse’ for online censors">Read more</a>
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January 23, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicholas Medland, Sexual health physician and senior researcher, UNSW Australia aims to “virtually eliminate” HIV transmission by 2022, according to the health minister’s new national HIV strategy. This ambitious goal has been made possible by biomedical HIV prevention, a new and highly effective way of preventing HIV ... <a title="Australia will never be HIV-free if access to prevention requires a medicare card" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/23/australia-will-never-be-hiv-free-if-access-to-prevention-requires-a-medicare-card-109511/" aria-label="Read more about Australia will never be HIV-free if access to prevention requires a medicare card">Read more</a>
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January 23, 2019
Indonesian cleric Abu Bakar Bashir … controversy over presidential plan for his early release. Image: YouTube still Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk Indonesian President Joko Widodo says a radical Muslim cleric linked to the 2002 Bali bombings would only be released from jail if he pledged loyalty to the state and its ideology, following news he ... <a title="Jakarta Post: Free radical cleric linked to Bali bombing – why now?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/23/jakarta-post-free-radical-cleric-linked-to-bali-bombing-why-now/" aria-label="Read more about Jakarta Post: Free radical cleric linked to Bali bombing – why now?">Read more</a>
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January 23, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anthony Blazevich, Professor of Biomechanics, Edith Cowan University Hard courts are very negative for the body. I know the sport is a business and creating these courts is easier than clay or grass, but I am 100% sure it is wrong. I may have to play more ... <a title="All that slipping and sliding on tennis courts prevents injuries: a biomechanics expert explains how" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/23/all-that-slipping-and-sliding-on-tennis-courts-prevents-injuries-a-biomechanics-expert-explains-how-106938/" aria-label="Read more about All that slipping and sliding on tennis courts prevents injuries: a biomechanics expert explains how">Read more</a>
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January 23, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brendan Churchill, Research Fellow in Sociology, University of Melbourne The resignation of Kelly O’Dwyer, Federal Minister for Women, Jobs and Industrial Relations, tells us what we have known for some time: Australia’s parliament is a hostile workplace for women and working mothers. O’Dwyer’s desire for a bigger ... <a title="Australia can do more to attract and keep women in parliament – here are some ideas" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/23/australia-can-do-more-to-attract-and-keep-women-in-parliament-here-are-some-ideas-110174/" aria-label="Read more about Australia can do more to attract and keep women in parliament – here are some ideas">Read more</a>
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January 23, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicole Lee, Professor at the National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University MDMA (Methylenedioxymethamphetamine), commonly referred to as ecstasy, was manufactured as a potential pharmaceutical early last century. It had some limited use in the 1970s as a therapeutic aid in trauma treatment and in relationship counselling, and ... <a title="How does ecstasy kill?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/23/how-does-ecstasy-kill-109506/" aria-label="Read more about How does ecstasy kill?">Read more</a>
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January 23, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jenni Downes, Senior Research Consultant, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney A wave of decluttering is sweeping the nation. St Vincent de Paul has reported a 38% increase in donated goods in some areas compared with the same time last year. However much of this ... <a title="So you’ve KonMarie’d your life: here’s how to throw your stuff out" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/23/so-youve-konmaried-your-life-heres-how-to-throw-your-stuff-out-109945/" aria-label="Read more about So you’ve KonMarie’d your life: here’s how to throw your stuff out">Read more</a>
