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August 23, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gabriel Crowley, Adjunct Principal Research Fellow, James Cook University In February, about 600,000 cattle were killed by catastrophic flooding across north Queensland’s Carpentaria Gulf plains. The flood waters rose suddenly, forming a wall of water up to 70km wide. Record depths were reached along 500km of the ... <a title="Catastrophic Queensland floods killed 600,000 cattle and devastated native species" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/23/catastrophic-queensland-floods-killed-600-000-cattle-and-devastated-native-species-120753/" aria-label="Read more about Catastrophic Queensland floods killed 600,000 cattle and devastated native species">Read more</a>
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August 23, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma Willamson, Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, Monash University Australia’s gender pay gap is diminishing, says a new report, but some contributors to it seem harder to overcome than others. For me, the finding hit close to home. The report, by KPMG for the Diversity Council of Australia ... <a title="Four home traps that contribute to the gender pay gap" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/23/four-home-traps-that-contribute-to-the-gender-pay-gap-122261/" aria-label="Read more about Four home traps that contribute to the gender pay gap">Read more</a>
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August 23, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tony Press, Adjunct Professor, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania This week, the ABC revealed that the Australian Defence Force wants to roll out military technology in Antarctica. The article raises the issue of what is, or is not, legitimate use of technology under ... <a title="Australia wants to install military technology in Antarctica – here’s why that’s allowed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/23/australia-wants-to-install-military-technology-in-antarctica-heres-why-thats-allowed-122122/" aria-label="Read more about Australia wants to install military technology in Antarctica – here’s why that’s allowed">Read more</a>
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August 23, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Holly Lawford-Smith, Senior Lecturer in Political Philosophy, University of Melbourne A bill currently before the Victorian parliament would allow people in the state to choose the sex listed on their birth certificates. The Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Amendment Bill 2019 has passed its second reading in ... <a title="Why some feminists oppose allowing people to choose their sex on birth certificates" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/23/why-some-feminists-oppose-allowing-people-to-choose-their-sex-on-birth-certificates-121874/" aria-label="Read more about Why some feminists oppose allowing people to choose their sex on birth certificates">Read more</a>
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August 23, 2019
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards – The nature of New Zealand general election campaigns could be significantly changed with the proposed establishment of an “umpire” to adjudicate over political party manifesto policies. A suggestion has been put forward by the Government for the establishment of a parliamentary watchdog to make rulings on the economics of ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Playing politics with proposals for an election policy watchdog" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/23/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-playing-politics-with-proposals-for-an-election-policy-watchdog/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Playing politics with proposals for an election policy watchdog">Read more</a>
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August 23, 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 by Dr Bryce Edwards. Ihumātao Delphine Herbert and Dan Satherley (Newshub): Tainui to buy Ihumātao land – sources Danielle Clent (Stuff): Ihumātao: Protest leader Pania Newton questions reports Tainui is set to buy ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 23 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/23/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-august-23-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 23 2019">Read more</a>
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August 23, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachel A. Ankeny, Professor of History and Philosophy, and Deputy Dean Research (Faculty of Arts), University of Adelaide The South Australian government recently announced its intention to lift the long-standing statewide moratorium on genetically modified (GM) crops, following a statutory six-week consultation period. A government-commissioned independent review ... <a title="GM crops: to ban or not to ban? That’s not the question" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/23/gm-crops-to-ban-or-not-to-ban-thats-not-the-question-122202/" aria-label="Read more about GM crops: to ban or not to ban? That’s not the question">Read more</a>
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August 23, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vicki Sentas, Senior Lecturer, UNSW Law, UNSW Being strip searched by the police can be intrusive, humiliating and harmful. Typically, strip searches involve being required to strip naked in front of police officers, who often give the direction to “squat and cough”, bend over or otherwise contort ... <a title="Unlawful strip searches are on the rise in NSW and police aren’t being held accountable" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/23/unlawful-strip-searches-are-on-the-rise-in-nsw-and-police-arent-being-held-accountable-121986/" aria-label="Read more about Unlawful strip searches are on the rise in NSW and police aren’t being held accountable">Read more</a>
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August 23, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Louise Remond, Clinical Psychologist, University of Technology Sydney Hi, I was just wondering if something’s wrong with me because I’m never happy and never want to do anything and I’m getting really lazy and I really hate school. Thanks – Anonymous Everyone experiences down days at times. ... <a title="‘What is wrong with me? I’m never happy and I hate school’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/23/what-is-wrong-with-me-im-never-happy-and-i-hate-school-120889/" aria-label="Read more about ‘What is wrong with me? I’m never happy and I hate school’">Read more</a>
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August 23, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jaco Le Roux, Associate Professor, Macquarie University Earth is seeing an unprecedented loss of species, which some ecologists are calling a sixth mass extinction. In May, a United Nations report warned that 1 million species are threatened by extinction. More recently, 571 plant species were declared extinct. ... <a title="Plants are going extinct up to 350 times faster than the historical norm" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/23/plants-are-going-extinct-up-to-350-times-faster-than-the-historical-norm-122255/" aria-label="Read more about Plants are going extinct up to 350 times faster than the historical norm">Read more</a>
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August 23, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Luke Zaphir, Researcher for the University of Queensland Critical Thinking Project; and Online Teacher at Education Queensland’s IMPACT Centre, The University of Queensland From as early as Grade 3 teachers start teaching children how to put across their own points of view. It’s not about winning arguments, ... <a title="How to make good arguments at school (and everywhere else)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/23/how-to-make-good-arguments-at-school-and-everywhere-else-121305/" aria-label="Read more about How to make good arguments at school (and everywhere else)">Read more</a>
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August 23, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW It’s four years since then Prime Minister Tony Abbott warned Australia had been heading to “a Greek-style economic future”. He was referring to what he said had been happening under the previous Labor government. When Labor left office in 2013 the ... <a title="Vital Signs: economically, Australia is at risk of becoming Germany, and not in a good way" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/23/vital-signs-economically-australia-is-at-risk-of-becoming-germany-and-not-in-a-good-way-122217/" aria-label="Read more about Vital Signs: economically, Australia is at risk of becoming Germany, and not in a good way">Read more</a>
