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May 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Denis Muller, Senior Research Fellow in the Centre for Advancing Journalism, University of Melbourne Two big media-related issues have emerged from the federal election: how opinion polls are reported and the polarisation of the main newspaper groups. Opinion polls have been part of Australia’s political landscape for ... <a title="Outrage, polls and bias: 2019 federal election showed Australian media need better regulation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/22/outrage-polls-and-bias-2019-federal-election-showed-australian-media-need-better-regulation-117401/" aria-label="Read more about Outrage, polls and bias: 2019 federal election showed Australian media need better regulation">Read more</a>
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May 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sacha Kendall, Post-doctoral research fellow in public health, University of Technology Sydney Aboriginal women are the fastest growing prison population in Australia. They comprise around one-third of female prisoners in New South Wales, despite making up just 3% of the population. The majority of Aboriginal women in ... <a title="Aboriginal mothers are incarcerated at alarming rates – and their mental and physical health suffers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/22/aboriginal-mothers-are-incarcerated-at-alarming-rates-and-their-mental-and-physical-health-suffers-116827/" aria-label="Read more about Aboriginal mothers are incarcerated at alarming rates – and their mental and physical health suffers">Read more</a>
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May 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Paton Gilmour, Research Scientist: Coral Ecology, Australian Institute of Marine Science Diving on the remote coral reefs in the north of Western Australia during the world’s worst bleaching event in 2016, the first thing I noticed was the heat. It was like diving into a warm ... <a title="‘Bright white skeletons’: some Western Australian reefs have the lowest coral cover on record" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/22/bright-white-skeletons-some-western-australian-reefs-have-the-lowest-coral-cover-on-record-116423/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Bright white skeletons’: some Western Australian reefs have the lowest coral cover on record">Read more</a>
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May 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Sievers, Research Fellow, Global Wetlands Project, Australia Rivers Institute, Griffith University When we think of mangrove forests, seagrass meadows and saltmarshes, we don’t immediately think of shark habitats. But the first global review of links between large marine animals (megafauna) and coastal wetlands is challenging this ... <a title="From sharks in seagrass to manatees in mangroves, we’ve found large marine species in some surprising places" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/22/from-sharks-in-seagrass-to-manatees-in-mangroves-weve-found-large-marine-species-in-some-surprising-places-116177/" aria-label="Read more about From sharks in seagrass to manatees in mangroves, we’ve found large marine species in some surprising places">Read more</a>
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May 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Somwrita Sarkar, Senior Lecturer in Design and Computation, University of Sydney The Greater Sydney Commission has proposed a 40-year vision of a metropolitan region formed of three “cities”: the Eastern “Harbour” City, the Central “River” City, and the Western “Parkland” City. The plan aims to create 30-minute ... <a title="How close is Sydney to the vision of creating three 30-minute cities?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/22/how-close-is-sydney-to-the-vision-of-creating-three-30-minute-cities-115847/" aria-label="Read more about How close is Sydney to the vision of creating three 30-minute cities?">Read more</a>
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May 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tracey West, Lecturer in Behavioural Finance, Griffith University The Australian Labor Party’s 2019 election campaign showed a depth and breadth of economic policies rare for an opposition party to present. Its policy agenda was boldly extensive. But in developing these policies over the past five years, it ... <a title="3 lessons from behavioural economics Bill Shorten’s Labor Party forgot about" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/22/3-lessons-from-behavioural-economics-bill-shortens-labor-party-forgot-about-117404/" aria-label="Read more about 3 lessons from behavioural economics Bill Shorten’s Labor Party forgot about">Read more</a>
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May 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Louise Pryke, Lecturer, Languages and Literature of Ancient Israel, Macquarie University In this series, we look at under-acknowledged women through the ages. “It belongs in a museum.” With these words, Indiana Jones, the world’s best-known fictional archaeologist, articulated an association between archaeologists, antiquities, and museums that has ... <a title="Hidden women of history: Ennigaldi-Nanna, curator of the world’s first museum" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/22/hidden-women-of-history-ennigaldi-nanna-curator-of-the-worlds-first-museum-116431/" aria-label="Read more about Hidden women of history: Ennigaldi-Nanna, curator of the world’s first museum">Read more</a>
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May 21, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jenna Price, Senior lecturer, University of Technology Sydney Social media backlash and a Queensland government complaint to the Australian Press Council has forced the Sunshine Coast Daily to apologise to its readers for picturing Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk in crosshairs on its front page, next to the ... <a title="Queensland paper backtracks after using violent imagery to depict Annastacia Palaszczuk" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/21/queensland-paper-backtracks-after-using-violent-imagery-to-depict-annastacia-palaszczuk-117501/" aria-label="Read more about Queensland paper backtracks after using violent imagery to depict Annastacia Palaszczuk">Read more</a>
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May 21, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Shadow treasurer Chris Bowen is running for Labor leader, despite carrying the baggage of being the architect of election policies, especially on franking credits, now being blamed after Saturday’s rout. As they fight for the job of opposition leader, Bowen ... <a title="Bowen carries baggage into Labor leadership contest" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/21/bowen-carries-baggage-into-labor-leadership-contest-117525/" aria-label="Read more about Bowen carries baggage into Labor leadership contest">Read more</a>
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May 21, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nick Bisley, Head of Humanities and Social Sciences and Professor of International Relations at La Trobe University, La Trobe University Trump’s long-threatened trade war with China is now a reality. Beijing has met Washington’s sanctions with retaliatory measures as the world’s two most important economies square off. ... <a title="US-China relations are certainly at a low point, but this is not the next Cold War" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/21/us-china-relations-are-certainly-at-a-low-point-but-this-is-not-the-next-cold-war-117509/" aria-label="Read more about US-China relations are certainly at a low point, but this is not the next Cold War">Read more</a>
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May 21, 2019
There are just so many damning statements and statistics that need to be highlighted from today’s parliamentary bullying report. These all show that Parliamentary staff work in a dangerous and toxic place. But one of the most revealing facts in the report is actually found in the introduction and does not arise directly out of ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Toxic politicians under scrutiny" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/21/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-toxic-politicians-under-scrutiny/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Toxic politicians under scrutiny">Read more</a>
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May 21, 2019
By Johnny Blades of RNZ Pacific Papua New Guinea’s opposition says it is withdrawing its motion of no confidence against Prime Minister Peter O’Neill, but is likely to lodge a new one soon. Also, former Finance Minister James Marape is withdrawing as the opposition’s choice for alternative Prime Minister, paving the way for a new nomination for the ... <a title="PNG opposition withdraws vote of no confidence against O’Neill" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/21/png-opposition-withdraws-vote-of-no-confidence-against-oneill/" aria-label="Read more about PNG opposition withdraws vote of no confidence against O’Neill">Read more</a>
