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March 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Barbara Pocock, Emeritus Professor University of South Australia, University of South Australia This is the third in a three-part mini-symposium on Wages, Unemployment and Underemployment presented by The Conversation and the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia. Read the other pieces in the series here. For ... <a title="Jobs but not enough work. How power keeps workers anxious and wages low" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/22/jobs-but-not-enough-work-how-power-keeps-workers-anxious-and-wages-low-113360/" aria-label="Read more about Jobs but not enough work. How power keeps workers anxious and wages low">Read more</a>
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March 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cherine Fahd, Director Photography, School of Design, University of Technology Sydney Before her death in 2010 my paternal grandmother gave me a box of family photographs. It contained mostly black and white images taken between 1950 and 1975. As a child I had often sorted through these ... <a title="Friday essay: images of mourning and the power of acknowledging grief" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/22/friday-essay-images-of-mourning-and-the-power-of-acknowledging-grief-112129/" aria-label="Read more about Friday essay: images of mourning and the power of acknowledging grief">Read more</a>
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March 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim McCreanor, Professor Race Relations, Health and Wellbeing, Massey University An escalating crisis at Ihumaatao, near Auckland’s airport, is challenging the commercial development of Māori land that is part of a rare cultural heritage landscape. Transnational corporation Fletcher Building Limited has the legal consent to build 480 ... <a title="Local Māori urge government to address long-running dispute over rare cultural heritage landscape" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/22/local-maori-urge-government-to-address-long-running-dispute-over-rare-cultural-heritage-landscape-113122/" aria-label="Read more about Local Māori urge government to address long-running dispute over rare cultural heritage landscape">Read more</a>
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March 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra With the election likely to be called in about a fortnight – the weekend after the April 2 budget – behind the scenes Labor is “measuring the curtains” of government. Any sign of hubris must be avoided, but a prudent ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Shorten’s not getting ahead of himself, but the tape measure is out" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/22/grattan-on-friday-shortens-not-getting-ahead-of-himself-but-the-tape-measure-is-out-114030/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Shorten’s not getting ahead of himself, but the tape measure is out">Read more</a>
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March 21, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rick Sarre, Professor of Law and Criminal Justice, University of South Australia As she foreshadowed in the aftermath of the Christchurch massacre last Friday, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has just announced a ban in that country on specific military-style firearms. It will soon become an ... <a title="Will the New Zealand gun law changes prevent future mass shootings?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/21/will-the-new-zealand-gun-law-changes-prevent-future-mass-shootings-113838/" aria-label="Read more about Will the New Zealand gun law changes prevent future mass shootings?">Read more</a>
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March 21, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Don Driscoll, Professor in Terrestrial Ecology, Deakin University The future management of New South Wales’s national parks is one of the issues on the line in Saturday’s state election. Other states will be watching the outcome closely. Depending on who wins, the outcome for Kosciuszko National Park ... <a title="NSW election: where do the parties stand on brumby culling?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/21/nsw-election-where-do-the-parties-stand-on-brumby-culling-114008/" aria-label="Read more about NSW election: where do the parties stand on brumby culling?">Read more</a>
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March 21, 2019
Armed police bedecked with flowers amid heightened national security following the Christchurch mosque attacks last Friday. Traditionazlly, New Zealand police are unarmed. Image: Sulzy/Twitter By RNZ News Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern today announced a New Zealand ban on all military-style semi-automatic weapons and all assault rifles She pledged the day after the terrorist massacre in ... <a title="NZ bans military-style semi-automatic weapons and all assault rifles" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/21/nz-bans-military-style-semi-automatic-weapons-and-all-assault-rifles/" aria-label="Read more about NZ bans military-style semi-automatic weapons and all assault rifles">Read more</a>
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March 21, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Fron Jackson-Webb, Deputy Editor/Senior Health + Medicine Editor This week, the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety hearings focused on aged care in the home. Most Australians want to stay in their homes for as long as possible as they advance in age. And the ... <a title="Confused about aged care in the home? These 10 charts explain how it works" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/21/confused-about-aged-care-in-the-home-these-10-charts-explain-how-it-works-113923/" aria-label="Read more about Confused about aged care in the home? These 10 charts explain how it works">Read more</a>
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March 21, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Dodd, Director of the Centre for Advancing Journalism, University of Melbourne When Judge Peter Kidd sentenced Cardinal George Pell last week, it was broadcast live on radio and television. It was a stark contrast to the preceding trial, which was subject to a suppression order that ... <a title="PODCAST: Pell trial reporters, a judge and a media lawyer on why the suppression order debate is far from over" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/21/podcast-pell-trial-reporters-a-judge-and-a-media-lawyer-on-why-the-suppression-order-debate-is-far-from-over-111634/" aria-label="Read more about PODCAST: Pell trial reporters, a judge and a media lawyer on why the suppression order debate is far from over">Read more</a>
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March 21, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Geoffrey Wescott, Honorary Research Fellow, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University Victoria is struggling with biodiversity conservation, according to a State of the Environment report tabled in parliament this week. While the scorecard is bleak – not one of the state’s key biodiversity indicators ranks ... <a title="What Australia can learn from Victoria’s shocking biodiversity record" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/21/what-australia-can-learn-from-victorias-shocking-biodiversity-record-113757/" aria-label="Read more about What Australia can learn from Victoria’s shocking biodiversity record">Read more</a>
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March 21, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Crosby, Professor, Monash University In 2013 I wrote a piece on The Conversation arguing that foreign exchange trading should be much more tightly regulated. In particular, I said that retail (mum and dad) investors should only be allowed to trade foreign currencies in limited circumstances. Since ... <a title="No better than roulette. How foreign exchange trading rips off mum and dad investors" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/21/no-better-than-roulette-how-foreign-exchange-trading-rips-off-mum-and-dad-investors-113743/" aria-label="Read more about No better than roulette. How foreign exchange trading rips off mum and dad investors">Read more</a>
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March 21, 2019
Political Roundup: Playing the Christchurch terrorism blame-game is dangerous by Dr Bryce Edwards Jacinda Ardern has led the way in how she’s responded to the Christchurch terrorist atrocity. The prime minister has emphasised the need to come together and to not allow the actions of a terrorist to divide New Zealand any further. She has ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Playing the Christchurch terrorism blame-game is dangerous" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/21/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-playing-the-christchurch-terrorism-blame-game-is-dangerous/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Playing the Christchurch terrorism blame-game is dangerous">Read more</a>
