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April 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexandra Hansen, Chief of Staff, The Conversation Often during the day I feel the need to have a bit of a lie-down. Whether it’s been a busy day, I didn’t sleep well the night before, or for no particular reason I know of. But some will warn ... <a title="We asked five experts: should we nap during the day?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/08/we-asked-five-experts-should-we-nap-during-the-day-112523/" aria-label="Read more about We asked five experts: should we nap during the day?">Read more</a>
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April 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Larissa Schneider, DECRA fellow, Australian National University Tasmania’s bushfires may have resulted in the release of significant amounts of mercury from burnt trees into the atmosphere. Our research shows that industrial mercury pollution from decades past has been locked up in west Tasmanian trees. Mercury occurs naturally ... <a title="Mercury pollution from decades past may have been re-released by Tasmania’s bushfires" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/08/mercury-pollution-from-decades-past-may-have-been-re-released-by-tasmanias-bushfires-114603/" aria-label="Read more about Mercury pollution from decades past may have been re-released by Tasmania’s bushfires">Read more</a>
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April 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dorothy Wardale, MBA, Deputy Director, Curtin University More Australian universities are relying on casual academics to teach their students. It’s difficult to estimate the exact proportion of academic staff on casual contracts, but reports suggest up to 80% of undergraduate courses in some Australian universities have been ... <a title="Casual academics aren’t going anywhere, so what can universities do to ensure learning isn’t affected?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/08/casual-academics-arent-going-anywhere-so-what-can-universities-do-to-ensure-learning-isnt-affected-113567/" aria-label="Read more about Casual academics aren’t going anywhere, so what can universities do to ensure learning isn’t affected?">Read more</a>
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April 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nathan Pittman, PhD Candidate in Transportation Planning, University of Melbourne Half a billion dollars sounds like a lot of money, but that really depends on what you’re spending it on. In Tuesday’s federal budget, the Coalition government announced its Commuter Car Park Fund, a A$500 million package ... <a title="$500m for station car parks? Other transport solutions could do much more for the money" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/08/500m-for-station-car-parks-other-transport-solutions-could-do-much-more-for-the-money-114908/" aria-label="Read more about $500m for station car parks? Other transport solutions could do much more for the money">Read more</a>
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April 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hans Hendrischke, Professor of Chinese Business and Management, University of Sydney Chinese investment in Australia fell 36% in 2018, to A$8.2 billion (US$6.2 billion) from A$13 billion (US$10 billion) in 2017, according to research by KPMG and the University of Sydney Business School. This is despite Chinese ... <a title="Chinese investment in Australia is down 36%. It’s time for a more balanced debate about the national interest" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/08/chinese-investment-in-australia-is-down-36-its-time-for-a-more-balanced-debate-about-the-national-interest-114984/" aria-label="Read more about Chinese investment in Australia is down 36%. It’s time for a more balanced debate about the national interest">Read more</a>
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April 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Camilla Nelson, Associate Professor in Media, University of Notre Dame Australia Young people – how they think and feel, how institutions (families, schools, clinics, courts) fail them – are a recurring theme in the books shortlisted for the 2019 Stella Prize. These six surprising books – four ... <a title="Six books that shock, delve deeply and destroy pieties: your guide to the 2019 Stella Prize shortlist" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/08/six-books-that-shock-delve-deeply-and-destroy-pieties-your-guide-to-the-2019-stella-prize-shortlist-114829/" aria-label="Read more about Six books that shock, delve deeply and destroy pieties: your guide to the 2019 Stella Prize shortlist">Read more</a>
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April 7, 2019
This year is a crucial year for Papua New Guinea’s mining industry as important players – in Hela, Porgera and Madang – are being examined over their performance. Video: EMTV COMMENTARY: By Scott Waide in Lae Just into the fourth month of 2019, and resource projects in Papua New Guinea have come under scrutiny. Early ... <a title="Scott Waide: Will PNG project reviews mean more benefits for landowners?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/07/scott-waide-will-png-project-reviews-mean-more-benefits-for-landowners/" aria-label="Read more about Scott Waide: Will PNG project reviews mean more benefits for landowners?">Read more</a>
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April 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Terry Slevin, Adjunct Professor, School of Psychology, Curtin University and College of Health and Medicine, Australian National University Removing the financial worries from Australians diagnosed with cancer is bound to be a popular move. The Opposition’s A$2.3 billion cancer care plan – announced in Bill Shorten’s budget ... <a title="Cutting cancer costs is a worthy policy, but we need to try to prevent it too" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/07/cutting-cancer-costs-is-a-worthy-policy-but-we-need-to-try-to-prevent-it-too-114976/" aria-label="Read more about Cutting cancer costs is a worthy policy, but we need to try to prevent it too">Read more</a>
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April 7, 2019
By Colin Peacock of RNZ Mediawatch Newstalk ZB broadcaster Heather du Plessis-Allan has been censured for Pacific Island slurs in a ruling that contains uncharacteristically strong language from the official broadcasting watchdog. It may end up costing NZME more than the $3000 the company must cough up in costs. On her Newstalk ZB show Wellington ... <a title="Mediawatch: Broadcaster’s Pacific slurs on Newstalk ZB censured" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/07/mediawatch-broadcasters-pacific-slurs-on-newstalk-zb-censured/" aria-label="Read more about Mediawatch: Broadcaster’s Pacific slurs on Newstalk ZB censured">Read more</a>
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April 6, 2019
A presiding officer assists elderly voter Artemas Maeta to cast his ballot in West Constituency in the Solomon Islands general election on Wednesday. Image: Solomon Star By Ofani Eremae in Honiara Former Solomon Islands prime minister Manasseh Sogavare has been returned for his sixth term in Parliament after retaining his East Choiseul seat in Wednesday’s ... <a title="Former PM Sogavare back for sixth term in Solomon Islands poll" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/06/former-pm-sogavare-back-for-sixth-term-in-solomon-islands-poll/" aria-label="Read more about Former PM Sogavare back for sixth term in Solomon Islands poll">Read more</a>
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April 6, 2019
AUT is a strategic partner for New Zealand’s Techweek19 programme next month, on May 20-26, and the only NZ university taking part. Dr Roseanne Ellis and Professor Guy Littlefair talk about innovation. Video: AUT By Alison Sykora Auckland University of Technology is 16th in the world in the newly released Times Higher Education University Impact ... <a title="Times global university sustainability index ranks ‘creative’ AUT 16th" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/06/times-global-university-sustainability-index-ranks-creative-aut-16th/" aria-label="Read more about Times global university sustainability index ranks ‘creative’ AUT 16th">Read more</a>
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April 5, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Gray, Director, ANU Centre for Social Research and Methods, Australian National University The 2018 budget contained big tax measures – worth A$143 billion over the next decade – initially targeted at lower and middle income Australians, but after five or so years to be heavily weighted ... <a title="Those future tax cut promises… they’re nowhere near as big as you’d think" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/05/those-future-tax-cut-promises-theyre-nowhere-near-as-big-as-youd-think-114912/" aria-label="Read more about Those future tax cut promises… they’re nowhere near as big as you’d think">Read more</a>
