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July 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ashlee Curtis, Research Fellow, School of Psychology, Deakin University The Victorian government introduced 24-hour public transport on Friday and Saturday nights in Melbourne from January 1 2016. Services mostly run every hour from 1am to 5am on all metropolitan lines with some additional tram and bus services. ... <a title="All-night public transport hasn’t reduced alcohol-related harm in Melbourne" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/22/all-night-public-transport-hasnt-reduced-alcohol-related-harm-in-melbourne-118999/" aria-label="Read more about All-night public transport hasn’t reduced alcohol-related harm in Melbourne">Read more</a>
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July 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Kenny, Senior Fellow, Australian Studies Institute, Australian National University If the first week of the 46th Parliament was heavily ceremonial – dominated by the new governor-general, a raft of first-time MPs and Bob Hawke condolence speeches – the next two weeks will mark a return to ... <a title="Bills, banks and promises: here’s what you can expect as ‘government business’ starts again" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/22/bills-banks-and-promises-heres-what-you-can-expect-as-government-business-starts-again-120589/" aria-label="Read more about Bills, banks and promises: here’s what you can expect as ‘government business’ starts again">Read more</a>
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July 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tony Walker, Adjunct Professor, School of Communications, La Trobe University In a world run ragged by multiple crises and an unravelling of American global leadership, military confrontation in the Gulf poses risks that extend well beyond the region itself. One of the greater risks is to a ... <a title="Iran and US refusing to budge as tit-for-tat ship seizures in Middle East raise the temperature" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/22/iran-and-us-refusing-to-budge-as-tit-for-tat-ship-seizures-in-middle-east-raise-the-temperature-120732/" aria-label="Read more about Iran and US refusing to budge as tit-for-tat ship seizures in Middle East raise the temperature">Read more</a>
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July 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Craig Dalton, Conjoint Senior Lecturer School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle Over recent months, the news has been saturated with headlines claiming we’re experiencing a “killer flu season”. Researchers watching laboratory data are using the term “flunami”. Data suggests this is a serious year ... <a title="Media hype and increased testing: this year’s flu numbers are high, but there’s more to the story" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/22/media-hype-and-increased-testing-this-years-flu-numbers-are-high-but-theres-more-to-the-story-120004/" aria-label="Read more about Media hype and increased testing: this year’s flu numbers are high, but there’s more to the story">Read more</a>
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July 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Richard Braczkowski, PhD Candidate – Wildlife Cameraman, The University of Queensland Last week saw the release of the rebooted The Lion King, an attempt to capitalise on the billion-dollar success of the 1994 original. With a star-studded cast, the reboot closely follows the plot of the ... <a title="It’s Sarabi’s pride, Mufasa just lives there: a biologist on The Lion King" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/22/its-sarabis-pride-mufasa-just-lives-there-a-biologist-on-the-lion-king-120660/" aria-label="Read more about It’s Sarabi’s pride, Mufasa just lives there: a biologist on The Lion King">Read more</a>
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July 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Felicity Fenner, Associate Professor at UNSW Art & Design, UNSW Over the past few weeks, artists from around Australia have been creating small artworks depicting the endangered black-throated finch and sending them to politicians involved in decision-making around the Adani Carmichael mine in Queensland’s Galilee Basin. Before ... <a title="Protest art: rallying cry or elegy for the black-throated finch?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/22/protest-art-rallying-cry-or-elegy-for-the-black-throated-finch-120593/" aria-label="Read more about Protest art: rallying cry or elegy for the black-throated finch?">Read more</a>
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July 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Craig Campbell, Associate Professor, University of Sydney New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian made a “captain’s call” in recent months that raised the ire of many parents, teachers and education groups. She announced NSW would build a 49th selective school. It will be the first new fully ... <a title="New South Wales has 48 selective schools, while Victoria has 4. There’s an interesting history behind this" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/22/new-south-wales-has-48-selective-schools-while-victoria-has-4-theres-an-interesting-history-behind-this-118823/" aria-label="Read more about New South Wales has 48 selective schools, while Victoria has 4. There’s an interesting history behind this">Read more</a>
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July 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Beer, Dean, Research and Innovation, University of South Australia Australia’s biggest city is abuzz with news of yet another housing development declared unsafe for human habitation. This time it is apartments built on a toxic dump the local council fears was not properly cleaned up. In ... <a title="Dangerous to human health: that’s a housing problem much bigger than a few high-profile apartment blocks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/22/dangerous-to-human-health-thats-a-housing-problem-much-bigger-than-a-few-high-profile-apartment-blocks-120656/" aria-label="Read more about Dangerous to human health: that’s a housing problem much bigger than a few high-profile apartment blocks">Read more</a>
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July 20, 2019
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk New Zealand’s unprecedented “internet-native mass shooting” attack on two mosques, the New Caledonia independence referendum, Fiji’s general election and news media responses are featured in the latest Pacific Journalism Review being published next week. Analysis articles in the “democracy and terrorism edition” include award-winning New Zealand Herald cartoonist Rod Emmerson and ... <a title="NZ mosque massacre, New Caledonia referendum and Fiji elections top PJR" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/20/nz-mosque-massacre-new-caledonia-referendum-and-fiji-elections-top-pjr/" aria-label="Read more about NZ mosque massacre, New Caledonia referendum and Fiji elections top PJR">Read more</a>
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July 20, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Flannery, Planetary Scientist, Queensland University of Technology This weekend marks 50 years exactly since humans first walked on the Moon. It also marks Australia’s small but significant role in enabling NASA to place boots on the lunar landscape – or at least to broadcast the event. ... <a title="Why isn’t Australia in deep space?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/20/why-isnt-australia-in-deep-space-119533/" aria-label="Read more about Why isn’t Australia in deep space?">Read more</a>
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July 19, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra [embedded content] University of Canberra Vice-Chancellor Professor Deep Saini discusses the week in politics with Michelle Grattan – one with a reduced pace, despite the 24 hour news cycle. They talk about whether this new pace is a better way ... <a title="VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the next sitting week – and Scott Morrison’s relationship with Trump" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/19/video-michelle-grattan-on-the-next-sitting-week-and-scott-morrisons-relationship-with-trump-120680/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the next sitting week – and Scott Morrison’s relationship with Trump">Read more</a>
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July 19, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Geoff Hanmer, Adjunct Lecturer in Architecture, UNSW The Building Ministers’ Forum (BMF) met yesterday yet again to discuss implementing the February 2018 Shergold-Weir Report they commissioned in mid-2017. The BMF is responsible for overseeing the Australian Building Codes Board (ABCB) and building regulation across Australia. The BMF ... <a title="Ministers fiddle while buildings crack and burn" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/19/ministers-fiddle-while-buildings-crack-and-burn-120592/" aria-label="Read more about Ministers fiddle while buildings crack and burn">Read more</a>
