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January 31, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Asked this week to nominate Labor’s main problem, one insider said “time”. As the very remote possibility of a March election drifted away, the opposition bunkered down for the long wait until May 11 or 18. Labor has an entrenched ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: What Labor has to fear is the Big Scare" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/31/grattan-on-friday-what-labor-has-to-fear-is-the-big-scare-110910/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: What Labor has to fear is the Big Scare">Read more</a>
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January 31, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adam Karg, Senior research fellow, Swinburne University of Technology When the New England Patriots face the Los Angeles Rams in the Super Bowl on Sunday night (US eastern time), they will be cheered on by about 75,000 fans in the stadium, more than 100 million television viewers ... <a title="Why Australians are falling in love with American football, and what it means for local leagues" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/31/why-australians-are-falling-in-love-with-american-football-and-what-it-means-for-local-leagues-110705/" aria-label="Read more about Why Australians are falling in love with American football, and what it means for local leagues">Read more</a>
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January 31, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jamie Manolev, Research assistant, University of South Australia ClassDojo is one of the most popular classroom communication apps in the world. It claims to assist teachers to create happier classrooms and bills itself as “the simple way to build an amazing classroom community”. Since it was released ... <a title="Digitally tracking student behaviour in the classroom encourages compliance, not learning" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/31/digitally-tracking-student-behaviour-in-the-classroom-encourages-compliance-not-learning-110181/" aria-label="Read more about Digitally tracking student behaviour in the classroom encourages compliance, not learning">Read more</a>
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January 31, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Maria Seton, ARC Future Fellow, University of Sydney Lord Howe Island is a beautiful and incredibly isolated world heritage site some 600km off the coast of New South Wales, lauded for its unique volcanic landforms and endemic species. In a study published this month in Geological Magazine, ... <a title="How we traced the underwater volcanic ancestry of Lord Howe Island" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/31/how-we-traced-the-underwater-volcanic-ancestry-of-lord-howe-island-110503/" aria-label="Read more about How we traced the underwater volcanic ancestry of Lord Howe Island">Read more</a>
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January 31, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alan Pears, Senior Industry Fellow, RMIT University A new OECD report has warned that Australia risks falling short of its 2030 emissions target unless it implements “a major effort to move to a low-carbon model”. This view is consistent both with official government projections released late last ... <a title="Australia is counting on cooking the books to meet its climate targets" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/31/australia-is-counting-on-cooking-the-books-to-meet-its-climate-targets-110768/" aria-label="Read more about Australia is counting on cooking the books to meet its climate targets">Read more</a>
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January 31, 2019
By Sara Stefanini Political uncertainty hangs over large swathes of the world’s tropical forests this year, raising the risk of more destruction and carbon emissions. Recent leadership changes in Brazil and the Democratic Republic of Congo, and presidential elections in Indonesia in April, are fuelling concerns that politics could side with industries such as palm ... <a title="Precarious politics pose threats to world’s three biggest rainforests" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/31/precarious-politics-pose-threats-to-worlds-three-biggest-rainforests/" aria-label="Read more about Precarious politics pose threats to world’s three biggest rainforests">Read more</a>
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January 31, 2019
An angry mob torches the courthouse on Rapa Nui. Image: Latercera Online/RNZ Pacific By RNZ Pacific Rapa Nui has been hit by serious disturbances after a family tried to lynch a homicide suspect, reports Chilean news media. The news site Ahora Noticias reports that police were assaulted and injured, and a court building and a ... <a title="Courthouse torched, police assaulted during Rapa Nui unrest" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/31/courthouse-torched-police-assaulted-during-rapa-nui-unrest/" aria-label="Read more about Courthouse torched, police assaulted during Rapa Nui unrest">Read more</a>
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January 31, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Kenny, Senior Fellow, Australian Studies Institute, Australian National University Nancy Pelosi is back. Back throwing her weight around. Back in charge. As the newly-elected Speaker of the US House of Representatives – arguably the most powerful position after the president – the top-ranking Democrat is suddenly ... <a title="How Australia’s political ageism may be robbing us of our best leaders" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/31/how-australias-political-ageism-may-be-robbing-us-of-our-best-leaders-110491/" aria-label="Read more about How Australia’s political ageism may be robbing us of our best leaders">Read more</a>
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January 31, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jason Yosar, Associate Lecturer, School of Medicine, The University of Queensland 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 between ABC KIDS listen ... <a title="Curious Kids: will I go blind if I shut my eyes and face the Sun?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/31/curious-kids-will-i-go-blind-if-i-shut-my-eyes-and-face-the-sun-109070/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: will I go blind if I shut my eyes and face the Sun?">Read more</a>
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January 31, 2019
Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – January 31 2019 Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. The Beehive and Parliament Buildings.Today’s content National Party Richard Harman (Politik): Big caveat on new National tax policy Claire Trevett (Herald): ‘Winning ugly’ for National may ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – January 31 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/31/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-january-31-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – January 31 2019">Read more</a>
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January 31, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Zenobia Jacobs, Professor, University of Wollongong We know that some modern human genomes contain fragments of DNA from an ancient population of humans called Denisovans, the remains of which have been found at only one site, a cave in what is now Siberia. Two papers published in ... <a title="Fresh clues to the life and times of the Denisovans, a little-known ancient group of humans" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/31/fresh-clues-to-the-life-and-times-of-the-denisovans-a-little-known-ancient-group-of-humans-110504/" aria-label="Read more about Fresh clues to the life and times of the Denisovans, a little-known ancient group of humans">Read more</a>
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January 31, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Joseph, Professor, Director, Castan Centre for Human Rights Law, Monash University Hakeem Al-Araibi is a refugee from Bahrain who plays semi-professional soccer in Melbourne for Pascoe Vale. He is a former member of the Bahraini national football team. He is currently detained in Thailand, the subject ... <a title="Hakeem Al-Araibi’s case is a test of world soccer’s human rights credentials. Here’s why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/31/hakeem-al-araibis-case-is-a-test-of-world-soccers-human-rights-credentials-heres-why-110580/" aria-label="Read more about Hakeem Al-Araibi’s case is a test of world soccer’s human rights credentials. Here’s why">Read more</a>
