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January 23, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julia Kindt, Professor, Department of Classics and Ancient History, University of Sydney In this series, we look at under acknowledged women through the ages. In a time and place that offered few career opportunities for women, the job of the priestess of Apollo at Delphi stands out. ... <a title="Hidden women of history: the priestess Pythia at the Delphic Oracle, who spoke truth to power" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/23/hidden-women-of-history-the-priestess-pythia-at-the-delphic-oracle-who-spoke-truth-to-power-108401/" aria-label="Read more about Hidden women of history: the priestess Pythia at the Delphic Oracle, who spoke truth to power">Read more</a>
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January 23, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Scott Morrison’s controversial move to install former Labor party president Warren Mundine as Liberal candidate in the ultra-marginal NSW seat of Gilmore has triggered a local implosion. As members of the Liberal state executive were voting on Tuesday to admit ... <a title="View from The Hill: Morrison’s Gilmore candidate is the man who’s been everywhere" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/23/view-from-the-hill-morrisons-gilmore-candidate-is-the-man-whos-been-everywhere-110300/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Morrison’s Gilmore candidate is the man who’s been everywhere">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2019
Ousted Timorese RTTL television chief fought hard to prevent political pressure on his journalists. Video: RTTLEP Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk The former president of of Timor-Leste’s public television network says he has been sacked for political reasons. Gil da Costa was removed this month from the post of chairperson of the board of directors of ... <a title="Sacked head of Timor-Leste state broadcaster claims ‘political axe’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/22/sacked-head-of-timor-leste-state-broadcaster-claims-political-axe/" aria-label="Read more about Sacked head of Timor-Leste state broadcaster claims ‘political axe’">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Harcourt, Professor, University of Waikato A more equal society with less income disparity is good for well-being. In their latest book, epidemiologists Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett argue people living in more equal societies empathise more and worry less about income, possessions and social status. But ... <a title="How a default union membership could help reduce income inequality" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/22/how-a-default-union-membership-could-help-reduce-income-inequality-110021/" aria-label="Read more about How a default union membership could help reduce income inequality">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Craig Stevens, Associate Professor in Ocean Physics, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research As New Zealanders are enjoying their days at the beach, unusually warm ocean temperatures look to be a harbinger of another marine heatwave. Despite the exceptional conditions during last year’s heatwave in the ... <a title="Coastal seas around New Zealand are heading into a marine heatwave, again" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/22/coastal-seas-around-new-zealand-are-heading-into-a-marine-heatwave-again-110028/" aria-label="Read more about Coastal seas around New Zealand are heading into a marine heatwave, again">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kylie Pitt, Professor, Griffith University Reports that Irukandji jellyfish might be moving south may be panicking people unnecessarily. It’s almost impossible to tell where the tiny jellyfish are along our coast, but that could change with new technology that can “sweep” the ocean for traces of DNA. ... <a title="Why we don’t know if Irukandji jellyfish are moving south" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/22/why-we-dont-know-if-irukandji-jellyfish-are-moving-south-109653/" aria-label="Read more about Why we don’t know if Irukandji jellyfish are moving south">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicole Lee, Professor at the National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University To demonstrate the failure of the war on drugs, NSW Greens MP Cate Faehrmann came out this week about about her own drug use: Since my 20s, I’ve occasionally taken MDMA [ecstasy] at dance parties and ... <a title="Three Charts on who uses illicit drugs in Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/22/three-charts-on-who-uses-illicit-drugs-in-australia-110169/" aria-label="Read more about Three Charts on who uses illicit drugs in Australia">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma Kathryn White, PhD Candidate, Infrastructure Engineering, University of Melbourne Curious Kids is a series for children. Send your question to curiouskids@theconversation.edu.au. You might also like the podcast Imagine This, a co-production between ABC KIDS listen and The Conversation, based on Curious Kids. How is water made? ... <a title="Curious Kids: how is water made?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/22/curious-kids-how-is-water-made-109434/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: how is water made?">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2019
Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – January 22 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 Housing Geoff Simmons (Spinoff): New Zealand is losing at housing. How could we win? RNZ: Morning Report: Watch: Chris Hipkins ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – January 22 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/22/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-january-22-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – January 22 2019">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2019
By Sofia Tomacruz in Sultan Kudarat, Mindanao Battle-scarred they might be, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front have faced their toughest campaign yet. Armed with nothing but a first-time vote, young troops from the Bangsamoro Islamic Armed Forces prayed they would win the decades-old struggle for autonomy and independence through yesterday’s ballot. More than 150,000 former ... <a title="Bangsamoro Islamic troops choose peace via historic Philippines vote" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/22/bangsamoro-islamic-troops-choose-peace-via-historic-philippines-vote/" aria-label="Read more about Bangsamoro Islamic troops choose peace via historic Philippines vote">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lloyd White, Lecturer (Geology), University of Wollongong Video games have long been criticised for encouraging violence and antisocial behaviour. And parents often express concern that they could have detrimental effects on their child’s learning abilities. But research has shown that off-the-shelf video games can also aid learning ... <a title="Video games could teach spatial skills lost to a society dependent on devices" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/22/video-games-could-teach-spatial-skills-lost-to-a-society-dependent-on-devices-109500/" aria-label="Read more about Video games could teach spatial skills lost to a society dependent on devices">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris Wallace, ARC DECRA Fellow, Australian National University Look around the world this week and you see women exercising power and influence everywhere. In the United States, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is wrangling US President Donald Trump over his shutdown of federal government. In the UK, Prime ... <a title="The Liberal Party is failing women miserably compared to other democracies, and needs quotas" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/22/the-liberal-party-is-failing-women-miserably-compared-to-other-democracies-and-needs-quotas-110172/" aria-label="Read more about The Liberal Party is failing women miserably compared to other democracies, and needs quotas">Read more</a>
