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February 5, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Camilla Nelson, Associate Professor in Media, University of Notre Dame Australia In this series, we look at under-acknowledged women through the ages. In April 1941, just a few short years after Superman came swooping out of the Manhattan skies, Miss Fury – originally known as Black Fury ... <a title="Hidden women of history: Tarpe Mills, 1940s comic writer, and her feisty superhero Miss Fury" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/05/hidden-women-of-history-tarpe-mills-1940s-comic-writer-and-her-feisty-superhero-miss-fury-110179/" aria-label="Read more about Hidden women of history: Tarpe Mills, 1940s comic writer, and her feisty superhero Miss Fury">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Arjuna Dibley, Graduate Fellow, Steyer-Taylor Center for Energy Policy and Finance, Stanford University The tragic recent events on the Darling River, and the political and policy furore around them, have again highlighted the severe financial and environmental consequences of mismanaging climate risks. The Murray-Darling Royal Commission demonstrates ... <a title="Murray-Darling report shows public authorities must take climate change risk seriously" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/04/murray-darling-report-shows-public-authorities-must-take-climate-change-risk-seriously-110990/" aria-label="Read more about Murray-Darling report shows public authorities must take climate change risk seriously">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Morrison government has promised to establish a compensation scheme of last resort – paid for by the financial services industry – as it seeks to avoid the outcome of the banking royal commission becoming a damaging election issue for ... <a title="Compensation scheme to follow Hayne’s indictment of financial sector" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/04/compensation-scheme-to-follow-haynes-indictment-of-financial-sector-110981/" aria-label="Read more about Compensation scheme to follow Hayne’s indictment of financial sector">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2019
Political Roundup: Back to school poverty and inequality by Dr Bryce Edwards Many children were supposed to start back at school today – but how many actually turned up? On an average day in New Zealand schools, only 64 per cent of students show up. Many absences are obviously due to illness, but there are ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Back to school poverty and inequality" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/04/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-back-to-school-poverty-and-inequality/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Back to school poverty and inequality">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Isobel Ronai, Postdoctoral research fellow, University of Sydney In our fast-paced modern world there is an expectation that scientific breakthroughs occur quickly and efficiently. We are bombarded with headlines hyping new findings: Scientists “find cure for cancer which will be available within A YEAR”. Many scientists know ... <a title="New study confirms what scientists already know: basic research is under-valued" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/04/new-study-confirms-what-scientists-already-know-basic-research-is-under-valued-110778/" aria-label="Read more about New study confirms what scientists already know: basic research is under-valued">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2019
Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 04 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 Employment, income Shamubeel Eaqub (Stuff): Full employment: This is probably as good as it gets Richard Wagstaff and Kirk Hope ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 04 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/04/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-february-04-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 04 2019">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Samuel Becher, Associate Professor of Business Law, Victoria University of Wellington Most of us will have entered into consumer contracts with large companies and ticked a box to confirm we understand the terms and conditions – without bothering to read the fine print. We accept standard form ... <a title="Research shows most online consumer contracts are incomprehensible, but still legally binding" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/04/research-shows-most-online-consumer-contracts-are-incomprehensible-but-still-legally-binding-110793/" aria-label="Read more about Research shows most online consumer contracts are incomprehensible, but still legally binding">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mary-Louise McLaws, Professor of Epidemiology Healthcare Infection and Infectious Diseases Control, UNSW 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 ... <a title="Curious Kids: why do we need soap?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/04/curious-kids-why-do-we-need-soap-109083/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: why do we need soap?">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2019
By Dr Evita March It seems like internet trolling happens everywhere online these days – and it’s showing no signs of slowing down. The British press and Kensington Palace officials have called for an end to the merciless online trolling of Duchesses Kate Middleton and Meghan Markle, which reportedly includes racist and sexist content, and ... <a title="Online trolling: Once funny, but now the term meaning is far more sinister" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/04/online-trolling-once-funny-but-now-the-term-meaning-is-far-more-sinister/" aria-label="Read more about Online trolling: Once funny, but now the term meaning is far more sinister">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bronwyn Smithies, PhD Candidate, The University of Queensland Sign up to Beating Around the Bush, a series that profiles native plants: part gardening column, part dispatches from country, entirely Australian. If you are observant enough in the Australian bush, you may be able to spot the spade ... <a title="The humble spade flower moonlights as the ‘love shrub’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/04/the-humble-spade-flower-moonlights-as-the-love-shrub-110973/" aria-label="Read more about The humble spade flower moonlights as the ‘love shrub’">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Evita March, Senior Lecturer in Psychology, Federation University Australia It seems like internet trolling happens everywhere online these days – and it’s showing no signs of slowing down. This week, the British press and Kensington Palace officials have called for an end to the merciless online trolling ... <a title="Online trolling used to be funny, but now the term refers to something far more sinister" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/04/online-trolling-used-to-be-funny-but-now-the-term-refers-to-something-far-more-sinister-110272/" aria-label="Read more about Online trolling used to be funny, but now the term refers to something far more sinister">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Griffiths, Senior Associate, Grattan Institute A federal integrity commission is an idea whose time has finally come. The Coalition announced its proposal for a Commonwealth Integrity Commission in mid-December, joining the Greens, Labor and independents led by Cathy McGowan in recognising the need for a body ... <a title="Why the federal government’s new integrity commission isn’t up to the job" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/04/why-the-federal-governments-new-integrity-commission-isnt-up-to-the-job-110441/" aria-label="Read more about Why the federal government’s new integrity commission isn’t up to the job">Read more</a>
