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January 31, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicole Lee, Professor at the National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University Drug-related offences take up a lot of the resources within Australia’s criminal justice system. In 2016–17 law enforcement made 113,533 illicit drug seizures and 154,650 drug-related arrests. Harm-reduction advocates are calling for the legalisation of some ... <a title="History, not harm, dictates why some drugs are legal and others aren’t" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/31/history-not-harm-dictates-why-some-drugs-are-legal-and-others-arent-110564/" aria-label="Read more about History, not harm, dictates why some drugs are legal and others aren’t">Read more</a>
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January 31, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bradley J. Moggridge, Indigenous Water Research, University of Canberra The Murray-Darling crisis has led to drinking water shortages, drying rivers, and fish kills in the Darling, Macintyre and Murrumbidgee Rivers. This has been the catalyst for recommendations for a Royal Commission and creation of two independent scientific ... <a title="Aboriginal voices are missing from the Murray-Darling Basin crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/31/aboriginal-voices-are-missing-from-the-murray-darling-basin-crisis-110769/" aria-label="Read more about Aboriginal voices are missing from the Murray-Darling Basin crisis">Read more</a>
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January 31, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joanne Dickson, Associate Professor of Psychology, Edith Cowan University The final year of high school is one of the most significant transition periods in a young person’s life. One of the least enjoyable by-products is the stress associated with year 12 – the daunting sense that it’s ... <a title="Five tips to help year 12 students set better goals in the final year of school" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/31/five-tips-to-help-year-12-students-set-better-goals-in-the-final-year-of-school-109954/" aria-label="Read more about Five tips to help year 12 students set better goals in the final year of school">Read more</a>
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January 31, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Walters, Senior Lecturer in Sociology, The University of Queensland One of the stark differences between neighbourhoods in the inner city and outer suburbs in Australia is the quality and type of retail offerings. Gentrifying inner-city suburbs – places like West End in Brisbane, Fitzroy in Melbourne ... <a title="Why outer suburbs lack inner city’s ‘third places’: a partial defence of the hipster" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/31/why-outer-suburbs-lack-inner-citys-third-places-a-partial-defence-of-the-hipster-110177/" aria-label="Read more about Why outer suburbs lack inner city’s ‘third places’: a partial defence of the hipster">Read more</a>
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January 31, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Hopkins, Emeritus Professor of Sociology, Australian National University In its interim report published four months ago, the Banking Royal Commission chalks up shocking misconduct in the finance industry to greed – “the pursuit of short-term profit at the expense of basic standards of honesty”. “How else,” ... <a title="What banking regulators can learn from Deepwater Horizon and other industrial catastrophes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/31/what-banking-regulators-can-learn-from-deepwater-horizon-and-other-industrial-catastrophes-108989/" aria-label="Read more about What banking regulators can learn from Deepwater Horizon and other industrial catastrophes">Read more</a>
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January 31, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Susan Davis, Deputy Dean Research, Education and the Arts, CQUniversity Australia In this series, we look at under-acknowledged women through the ages. This year marks 50 years since the launch of one of Australia’s first major conservation battles, waged against Queensland’s ultra-conservative, pro-development premier Joh Bjelke-Petersen. It ... <a title="Hidden women of history: Kathleen McArthur, the wildflower woman who took on Joh Bjelke-Petersen" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/31/hidden-women-of-history-kathleen-mcarthur-the-wildflower-woman-who-took-on-joh-bjelke-petersen-110269/" aria-label="Read more about Hidden women of history: Kathleen McArthur, the wildflower woman who took on Joh Bjelke-Petersen">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2019
By Dan McGarry The government of Vanuatu has convened three major tourism and travel stakeholders this week to announce a major shakeup in the sector. Dubbed Shared Vision 2030, the plan commits Air Vanuatu, the Vanuatu Tourism Office, and Airports Vanuatu Ltd to an ambitious expansion strategy. The Vanuatu Daily Post reported yesterday that Air ... <a title="Vanuatu’s ‘shared vision 2013’ tourism shakeup – pipe dream or survival plan" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/30/vanuatus-shared-vision-2013-tourism-shakeup-pipe-dream-or-survival-plan/" aria-label="Read more about Vanuatu’s ‘shared vision 2013’ tourism shakeup – pipe dream or survival plan">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2019
Dr Janet Tupou … injecting diversity into university communications space. Image: AUT Pacific By Dr Janet Tupou Hand over heart, speaking life into your goals and dreams can see them come true. After sitting in my first ever lecture at university, I knew that I wanted to be the one on the other side of ... <a title="Janet Tupou: Speaking life into your goals and seeing dreams come true" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/30/janet-tupou-speaking-life-into-your-goals-and-seeing-dreams-come-true/" aria-label="Read more about Janet Tupou: Speaking life into your goals and seeing dreams come true">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Aaron Burton, Lecturer in Media Arts, University of Wollongong SBS’s suite of slow TV programs, “Slow Summer”, arrived at a fortuitous time in our annual media trajectory, when we were briefly relieved of the busyness plaguing our lives. On the back of last year’s successful trip on ... <a title="Why slow TV deserves our (divided) attention" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/30/why-slow-tv-deserves-our-divided-attention-110695/" aria-label="Read more about Why slow TV deserves our (divided) attention">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Usman W. Chohan, Economist, UNSW The seat of World Bank president is becoming vacant. Its president, Jim Yong Kim, will step down on January 31, three years earlier than his term formally ends. His move – described as “sudden” and a “shock,” particularly since the World Bank ... <a title="A Trump-aligned World Bank may be bad for climate action and trade, but good for Chinese ambitions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/30/a-trump-aligned-world-bank-may-be-bad-for-climate-action-and-trade-but-good-for-chinese-ambitions-110265/" aria-label="Read more about A Trump-aligned World Bank may be bad for climate action and trade, but good for Chinese ambitions">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne This week’s Newspoll, conducted January 24-27 from a sample of 1,630, gave Labor a 53-47 lead, a two-point gain for the Coalition since the last Newspoll in early December. Primary votes were 38% Labor (down ... <a title="Poll wrap: Coalition gains in first Newspoll of 2019, but big swings to Labor in Victorian seats; NSW is tied" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/30/poll-wrap-coalition-gains-in-first-newspoll-of-2019-but-big-swings-to-labor-in-victorian-seats-nsw-is-tied-110684/" aria-label="Read more about Poll wrap: Coalition gains in first Newspoll of 2019, but big swings to Labor in Victorian seats; NSW is tied">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2019
Political Roundup: KiwiBuild – fix it or ditch it by Dr Bryce Edwards Given the ongoing problems with the Government’s flagship housing policy, it seems inevitable that a major change of direction is required for KiwiBuild. A consensus is growing that the policy either needs to be revamped or replaced with something more effective and ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: KiwiBuild – fix it or ditch it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/30/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-kiwibuild-fix-it-or-ditch-it/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: KiwiBuild – fix it or ditch it">Read more</a>
