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July 23, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Therese Keane, Associate Professor, Deputy Chair Department of Education, Swinburne University of Technology A cute human-like robot taught students in a small, rural school how to code while also helping them learn their local Aboriginal language. The Maitland Lutheran School is an independent, co-educational primary and middle ... <a title="How a robot called Pink helped school children bring an Aboriginal language back to life" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/23/how-a-robot-called-pink-helped-school-children-bring-an-aboriginal-language-back-to-life-119810/" aria-label="Read more about How a robot called Pink helped school children bring an Aboriginal language back to life">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Will Rifkin, Chair in Applied Regional Economics and Director, Hunter Research Foundation Centre, University of Newcastle News of evacuations from cracked apartment buildings in Sydney and the need to replace combustible cladding across Australia illustrate how uncertainty compounds problems for those affected. Who is responsible for the ... <a title="It’s not just the building cracks or cladding – sometimes uncertainty does even more harm" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/23/its-not-just-the-building-cracks-or-cladding-sometimes-uncertainty-does-even-more-harm-120662/" aria-label="Read more about It’s not just the building cracks or cladding – sometimes uncertainty does even more harm">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Podger, Honorary Professor of Public Policy, Australian National University There is a case for not proceeding with, or at least further deferring, the legislated increase in employers’ compulsory superannuation contributions from 9.5% to 12%. But the Grattan Institute’s latest analysis, published in The Conversation and elsewhere, ... <a title="There is a problem with retirement incomes, but it isn’t the super guarantee" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/23/there-is-a-problem-with-retirement-incomes-but-it-isnt-the-super-guarantee-120591/" aria-label="Read more about There is a problem with retirement incomes, but it isn’t the super guarantee">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Susan Ostling, Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Queensland College of Art, Griffith University Review: Margaret Olley: A Generous Life, and Quilty, QAGOMA Margaret Olley’s exhibition at QAGOMA is titled A Generous Life, referring to her capacity to maintain enduring friendships, her support for her artist peers (it is said ... <a title="‘Are you one of us or one of them?’ Margaret Olley, Ben Quilty and a portrait of a generous friendship" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/23/are-you-one-of-us-or-one-of-them-margaret-olley-ben-quilty-and-a-portrait-of-a-generous-friendship-119528/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Are you one of us or one of them?’ Margaret Olley, Ben Quilty and a portrait of a generous friendship">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Martin Parkinson, secretary of the Prime Minister’s department, has cleared Christopher Pyne and Julie Bishop of breaching the government’s code of ministerial standards with their post-politics jobs. But it’s doubtful the average voter would take such a literal or generous ... <a title="View from The Hill: Senate decides Pyne and Bishop have a few more parliamentary questions to answer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/23/view-from-the-hill-senate-decides-pyne-and-bishop-have-a-few-more-parliamentary-questions-to-answer-120761/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Senate decides Pyne and Bishop have a few more parliamentary questions to answer">Read more</a>
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July 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 Foreign affairs – Australia Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Ardern in Oz: Little progress but much adulation Tracy Watkins (Stuff): Home and away: Jacinda Ardern’s trip of two halves Brigitte Morten (RNZ): Ardern can take a ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – July 20 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/22/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-july-20-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – July 20 2019">Read more</a>
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July 22, 2019
ANALYSIS: By David Robie Indonesia recently hosted a bold public relations window-dressing expo in Auckland presenting itself as a “Pacific” nation while attempting to provide an unconvincing impression of normality in the two Melanesian provinces known collectively as West Papua. Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi hailed “a new era of Pacific partnership – a Pacific ... <a title="Indonesia’s cover up over Papuan media freedom violations exposed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/22/indonesias-cover-up-over-papuan-media-freedom-violations-exposed/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesia’s cover up over Papuan media freedom violations exposed">Read more</a>
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July 22, 2019
By RNZ Pacific West Papuan fighters have killed an Indonesian soldier in a renewed threat to Jakarta’s road project there. State news agency Antara reported the hit-and-run attack on Saturday took place in Nduga regency, where pro-independence forces are waging war on the Indonesia’s military. An Indonesian researcher, Hipo Wangge, said it was the ninth ... <a title="West Papuan independence fighters kill Indonesian soldier" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/22/west-papuan-independence-fighters-kill-indonesian-soldier/" aria-label="Read more about West Papuan independence fighters kill Indonesian soldier">Read more</a>
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July 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anastasia Powell, Associate Professor, Criminology and Justice Studies, RMIT University A Perth man who pleaded guilty to distributing an intimate image of his ex-girlfriend without her consent has been sentenced to a 12-month intensive supervision order, sparing him jail time. According to media reports, Mitchell Brindley repeatedly ... <a title="1 in 5 Australians is a victim of ‘revenge porn’, despite new laws to prevent it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/22/1-in-5-australians-is-a-victim-of-revenge-porn-despite-new-laws-to-prevent-it-117838/" aria-label="Read more about 1 in 5 Australians is a victim of ‘revenge porn’, despite new laws to prevent it">Read more</a>
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July 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Piero Moraro, Lecturer in Criminal Justice, Charles Sturt University The Morrison government has introduced new legislation responding to recent protests by animal rights activists in Australia. The bill –named The Criminal Code Amendment (Agricultural Protection) Bill 2019 – will tighten up existing laws, creating harsher penalties for ... <a title="It isn’t clear how the new bill against animal rights activists will protect farmers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/22/it-isnt-clear-how-the-new-bill-against-animal-rights-activists-will-protect-farmers-120588/" aria-label="Read more about It isn’t clear how the new bill against animal rights activists will protect farmers">Read more</a>
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July 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David King, Senior Lecturer, The University of Queensland Dry, moist, productive, hacking, chesty, whooping, barking, throaty. These are just some of the terms people use to describe their cough. While we’re deep into cold and flu season, it’s one of the most common reasons people see their ... <a title="Health Check: why do I have a cough and what can I do about it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/22/health-check-why-do-i-have-a-cough-and-what-can-i-do-about-it-119172/" aria-label="Read more about Health Check: why do I have a cough and what can I do about it?">Read more</a>
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July 22, 2019
By RNZ Pacific Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape wants Australia to close the detention centre it has been running on PNG’s Manus island for six years. According to Australian media, Marape has asked Canberra to give him a timeline for closing the facilities where Australia has been holding refugees and asylum seekers who ... <a title="PNG’s Marape wants Australia to close Manus detention camp" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/22/pngs-marape-wants-australia-to-close-manus-detention-camp/" aria-label="Read more about PNG’s Marape wants Australia to close Manus detention camp">Read more</a>
