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May 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Samantha Hepburn, Director of the Centre for Energy and Natural Resources Law, Deakin Law School, Deakin University After months of “start” and “stop” Adani campaigning, the coalmine is poised to go ahead following the surprise success of the Coalition government at the federal election. So is anything ... <a title="With the LNP returned to power, is there anything left in Adani’s way?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/22/with-the-lnp-returned-to-power-is-there-anything-left-in-adanis-way-117506/" aria-label="Read more about With the LNP returned to power, is there anything left in Adani’s way?">Read more</a>
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May 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul McGorrery, PhD Candidate in Criminal Law, Deakin University Sentences for most sex offences are getting harsher in Victoria, according to new data released on Wednesday by the Victorian Sentencing Advisory Council. The data are for all cases sentenced in the County Court for certain sex offences ... <a title="New data shows sex offenders in Victoria are going to prison for longer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/22/new-data-shows-sex-offenders-in-victoria-are-going-to-prison-for-longer-116957/" aria-label="Read more about New data shows sex offenders in Victoria are going to prison for longer">Read more</a>
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May 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anne Tiernan, Professor of Politics. Dean (Engagement) Griffith Business School, Griffith University “What the hell is wrong with Queensland?” Such comments are at the polite end of social media responses from progressive voters in other parts of Australia who were disappointed by the Coalition’s “miracle” win on ... <a title="Queensland to all those #Quexiteers: don’t judge, try to understand us" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/22/queensland-to-all-those-quexiteers-dont-judge-try-to-understand-us-117502/" aria-label="Read more about Queensland to all those #Quexiteers: don’t judge, try to understand us">Read more</a>
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May 22, 2019
Should Trevor Mallard remain as Speaker of Parliament? It’s a legitimate question, given the current accumulation of concerns about his bullying and bias, and the heightened public concern about the health of this important democratic institution. Certainly some of his past conduct and allegations against him make for sobering reading – including physical assault, attempts ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Trevor Mallard – the bullying, biased boss of Parliament" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/22/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-trevor-mallard-the-bullying-biased-boss-of-parliament/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Trevor Mallard – the bullying, biased boss of Parliament">Read more</a>
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May 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Karen Cummings, Lecturer in Singing, University of Wollongong Classical music has traditionally not been a welcoming environment for women composers. Opera Australia’s 2019 season, for instance, features just one work by a female composer, Elena Kats-Chernin. At a recent New Opera Workshop, held in Brisbane in April, ... <a title="In a notoriously sexist art form, Australian women composers are making their voices heard" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/22/in-a-notoriously-sexist-art-form-australian-women-composers-are-making-their-voices-heard-108991/" aria-label="Read more about In a notoriously sexist art form, Australian women composers are making their voices heard">Read more</a>
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May 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexandra Baxter, Researcher/PhD Candidate, criminology and human trafficking, Flinders University Born in rural Thailand, Watcharaporn Nantahkhum gave birth to her first child at the age of 17. Her father killed himself when she was young, to absolve the family of debt. Her mother later ran into debt, ... <a title="Sex trafficking’s tragic paradox: when victims become perpetrators" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/22/sex-traffickings-tragic-paradox-when-victims-become-perpetrators-115706/" aria-label="Read more about Sex trafficking’s tragic paradox: when victims become perpetrators">Read more</a>
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May 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Keiran Hardy, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Griffith Criminology Institute, Griffith University On Tuesday, the gunman in the Christchurch mosque shootings was charged with committing a terrorist act. The new charge came more than two months after the massacre. The gunman, who the author and The Conversation have chosen ... <a title="Charging the Christchurch mosque attacker with terrorism could be risky – but it’s important" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/22/charging-the-christchurch-mosque-attacker-with-terrorism-could-be-risky-but-its-important-117513/" aria-label="Read more about Charging the Christchurch mosque attacker with terrorism could be risky – but it’s important">Read more</a>
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May 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Warren Hogan, Industry Professor, University of Technology Sydney Australia’s lowest ever Reserve Bank cash rate – 1.5% – is about to be consigned to history. On Tuesday Governor Philip Lowe made it clear that he plans to cut it in two weeks time. The money market cash ... <a title="Cutting interest rates is just the start. It’s about to become much, much easier to borrow" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/22/cutting-interest-rates-is-just-the-start-its-about-to-become-much-much-easier-to-borrow-117500/" aria-label="Read more about Cutting interest rates is just the start. It’s about to become much, much easier to borrow">Read more</a>
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May 22, 2019
By RNZ Pacific The Australian election result has precipitated a wave of suicide attempts among Manus Island refugees that the government can no longer ignore, warns a refugee advocate. The Liberal Party-led Coalition was returned to power on Saturday. It defeated the Labor Party, which had promised to expedite the resettlement of about 900 refugees ... <a title="Canberra cannot ignore Manus Island suicide attempt crisis, warns advocate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/22/canberra-cannot-ignore-manus-island-suicide-attempt-crisis-warns-advocate/" aria-label="Read more about Canberra cannot ignore Manus Island suicide attempt crisis, warns advocate">Read more</a>
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May 22, 2019
By RNZ New Zealand police have laid a terrorism charge against the man accused of murdering 51 people in Christchurch in deadly terror attacks on two Christchurch mosques on March 15. In addition to the murder charges, Brenton Tarrant faces 40 of attempted murder and one charge under the Terrorism Suppression Act. In a statement, ... <a title="Police lay terrorism charge against man accused of mosque shootings" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/22/police-lay-terrorism-charge-against-man-accused-of-mosque-shootings/" aria-label="Read more about Police lay terrorism charge against man accused of mosque shootings">Read more</a>
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May 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. Today’s content Parliamentary bullying and harassment report, National’s review into party culture Jamie Ensor (Newshub):Former National MP Tau Henare lets rip on bullying in Parliament after review release Duncan Garner (Newshub): Speaker of the ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 22 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/22/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-may-22-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 22 2019">Read more</a>
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May 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca Carey, Senior Lecturer in Earth Sciences, University of Tasmania Predicting when a volcano will next blow is tricky business, but lessons we learned from one of Hawaii’s recent eruptions may help. Kīlauea, on the Big Island of Hawai’i, is probably the best understood volcano on Earth. ... <a title="The ‘pulse’ of a volcano can be used to help predict its next eruption" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/22/the-pulse-of-a-volcano-can-be-used-to-help-predict-its-next-eruption-117005/" aria-label="Read more about The ‘pulse’ of a volcano can be used to help predict its next eruption">Read more</a>
