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July 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachel Goldlust, Phd candidate in environmental history, La Trobe University The term “self-sufficiency” commonly evokes images of communes, yurts and 1970s hippies, most likely living off the land in northern New South Wales. More recently, it has been linked to an explosion of interest in solar powered ... <a title="Friday essay: the Australians who pioneered self-sufficiency, generations before Nimbin" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/12/friday-essay-the-australians-who-pioneered-self-sufficiency-generations-before-nimbin-114594/" aria-label="Read more about Friday essay: the Australians who pioneered self-sufficiency, generations before Nimbin">Read more</a>
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July 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anoosh Soltani, PhD candidate, University of Waikato Ardern, wearing a hijab, is depicted on the world’s tallest building, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai. EPA, CC BY-ND Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s decision to wear a headscarf following the Christchurch mosque attacks in March has earned her worldwide praise. ... <a title="How Muslim women break stereotypes by mixing faith and modesty with fashion" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/12/how-muslim-women-break-stereotypes-by-mixing-faith-and-modesty-with-fashion-110767/" aria-label="Read more about How Muslim women break stereotypes by mixing faith and modesty with fashion">Read more</a>
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July 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra If the Morrison government manages to have a referendum passed to give Australia’s Indigenous people constitutional recognition it will be truly remarkable. A prime minister who has previously taken little interest in this area, at least publicly, would have done ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: When it comes to Indigenous recognition, Ken Wyatt will have to close multiple gaps" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/12/grattan-on-friday-when-it-comes-to-indigenous-recognition-ken-wyatt-will-have-to-close-multiple-gaps-120230/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: When it comes to Indigenous recognition, Ken Wyatt will have to close multiple gaps">Read more</a>
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July 11, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Hawkins, Assistant professor, University of Canberra In 1960 DC Comics introduced the “Bizarro” planet of “Htrae”. Created with a duplicating ray, the planet’s inhabitants are all imperfect versions of Superman and Lois Lane, doing “opposite of all Earthly things”. Adventure Comics They go to bed when ... <a title="‘Guaranteed to lose money’: welcome to the bizarro world of negative interest rates" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/11/guaranteed-to-lose-money-welcome-to-the-bizarro-world-of-negative-interest-rates-119994/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Guaranteed to lose money’: welcome to the bizarro world of negative interest rates">Read more</a>
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July 11, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Eddie Synot, Senior Research Assistant, Griffith University Recently, I wrote that Ken Wyatt’s appointment as the minister for Indigenous Australians was a momentous occasion in Australian history. The appointment showed the government is committed to doing things differently when it comes to its responsibilities and obligations to ... <a title="Listening with ‘our ears and our eyes’: Ken Wyatt’s big promises on Indigenous affairs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/11/listening-with-our-ears-and-our-eyes-ken-wyatts-big-promises-on-indigenous-affairs-120165/" aria-label="Read more about Listening with ‘our ears and our eyes’: Ken Wyatt’s big promises on Indigenous affairs">Read more</a>
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July 11, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul McGreevy, Professor of Animal Behaviour and Animal Welfare Science, University of Sydney The news of a fatal dog-bite incident in Melbourne last night has shocked dog lovers around the country. A 61 year old man was dead by the time police arrived at the property in ... <a title="Understanding dog personalities can help prevent attacks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/11/understanding-dog-personalities-can-help-prevent-attacks-120224/" aria-label="Read more about Understanding dog personalities can help prevent attacks">Read more</a>
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July 11, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul McInerney, Research Fellow, La Trobe University For nine hours, my colleague Michael Shackleton and I held onto our scooters for dear life while being slapped in the face by spiked jungle plants in the mountains of Cambodia. We only disembarked either to help push a scooter ... <a title="In the remote Cambodian jungles, we made sure rare Siamese crocodiles would have enough food" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/11/in-the-remote-cambodian-jungles-we-made-sure-rare-siamese-crocodiles-would-have-enough-food-118264/" aria-label="Read more about In the remote Cambodian jungles, we made sure rare Siamese crocodiles would have enough food">Read more</a>
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July 11, 2019
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk The bodies of the Karida village massacre victims in Papua New Guinea’s Hela province have been buried as fearful villagers in the district have fled to safety, reports NBC News. The victims in the Tari Pori district were buried late yesterday afternoon in the presence of Hela Provincial Administrator William Bando, ... <a title="Karida massacre victims buried as other PNG villagers flee in fear" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/11/karida-massacre-victims-buried-as-other-png-villagers-flee-in-fear/" aria-label="Read more about Karida massacre victims buried as other PNG villagers flee in fear">Read more</a>
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July 11, 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 Medicinal cannabis plan Laura Walters (Newsroom): Medicinal cannabis proposals greeted with optimism and concern Craig McCulloch (RNZ): Specialist sign-off for medicinal cannabis ‘upsetting and problematic’ Tova O’Brien (Newshub): ‘We clearly aren’t their focus’: Patients ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – July 11 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/11/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-july-11-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – July 11 2019">Read more</a>
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July 11, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Belinda Nicholson, Lecturer, University of Southern Queensland Curious Kids is a series for children. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskids@theconversation.edu.au You might also like the podcast Imagine This, a co-production between ABC KIDS listen and The Conversation, based ... <a title="Curious Kids: why is the Sun orange when white stars are the hottest?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/11/curious-kids-why-is-the-sun-orange-when-white-stars-are-the-hottest-120216/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: why is the Sun orange when white stars are the hottest?">Read more</a>
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July 11, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dominic O’Sullivan, Associate Professor of Political Science, Charles Sturt University Indigenous public policy fails consistently. The research evidence is compelling. Across post-settler colonial societies like New Zealand, Australia and Canada, schooling is not as effective for Indigenous citizens, employment and housing outcomes are not as good, and ... <a title="How to improve health outcomes for Indigenous peoples by making space for self-determination" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/11/how-to-improve-health-outcomes-for-indigenous-peoples-by-making-space-for-self-determination-120070/" aria-label="Read more about How to improve health outcomes for Indigenous peoples by making space for self-determination">Read more</a>
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July 11, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Eleanor Malbon, Research Fellow, UNSW While the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) has made incredible improvements to the lives of many Australians living with disabilities, not everyone is benefiting from the scheme in the same way. Our review, published recently in journal BMC Public Health, found the ... <a title="Women, rural and disadvantaged Australians may be missing out on care in the NDIS" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/11/women-rural-and-disadvantaged-australians-may-be-missing-out-on-care-in-the-ndis-120081/" aria-label="Read more about Women, rural and disadvantaged Australians may be missing out on care in the NDIS">Read more</a>
