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August 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kamran Khalid, PhD Candidate, University of Sydney Tensions are on the rise in Jammu and Kashmir, an Indian state situated mostly in the Himalayas. For decades, it has had constitutional autonomy from India. The region is an area of major territorial conflict between India and Pakistan. Parts ... <a title="India revokes Kashmir’s autonomy, risking yet another war with Pakistan" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/07/india-revokes-kashmirs-autonomy-risking-yet-another-war-with-pakistan-121485/" aria-label="Read more about India revokes Kashmir’s autonomy, risking yet another war with Pakistan">Read more</a>
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August 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jaquelyne Hughes, Research Fellow, Menzies School of Health Research If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskids@theconversation.edu.au. Why is urine yellow? – Ronan, aged 9, Greenslopes, Brisbane. Thank you for your question, Ronan. Our bodies use nutrients from the food ... <a title="Curious Kids: why is urine yellow?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/07/curious-kids-why-is-urine-yellow-117747/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: why is urine yellow?">Read more</a>
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August 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexandra Macmillan, Senior Lecturer in environmental sustainability and public health and co-convenor of OraTaiao: NZ Climate & Health Council, University of Otago Climate change explained is a collaboration between The Conversation, Stuff and the New Zealand Science Media Centre to answer your questions about climate change. If ... <a title="Climate Q&A: will we be less healthy because of climate change?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/07/climate-qanda-will-we-be-less-healthy-because-of-climate-change-115800/" aria-label="Read more about Climate Q&A: will we be less healthy because of climate change?">Read more</a>
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August 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Dooley, Research Fellow, Climate and Energy College, University of Melbourne Tomorrow a special report on how land use affects climate change will be released by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Land degradation, deforestation, and the expansion of our deserts, along with agriculture and the other ... <a title="Want to beat climate change? Protect our natural forests" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/07/want-to-beat-climate-change-protect-our-natural-forests-121491/" aria-label="Read more about Want to beat climate change? Protect our natural forests">Read more</a>
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August 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amity James, Senior Lecturer, School of Economics, Finance and Property, Curtin University Australia faces a massive challenge delivering suitable housing for an ageing population. The nation is expected to have nearly 50% more people older than 55 by 2036, with a projected increase from around 6.4 million ... <a title="What sort of housing do older Australians want and where do they want to live?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/07/what-sort-of-housing-do-older-australians-want-and-where-do-they-want-to-live-120987/" aria-label="Read more about What sort of housing do older Australians want and where do they want to live?">Read more</a>
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August 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hui Feng, ARC Future Fellow and Senior Research Fellow, Griffith University When US President Donald Trump announced via Twitter on Friday that he was slapping tariffs on an extra US$300 billion of China’s exports, it was widely expected that China’s currency would slide against the US dollar. ... <a title="The China-Trump trade conflict has spread to Australia. We’re now at risk of global currency war" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/07/the-china-trump-trade-conflict-has-spread-to-australia-were-now-at-risk-of-global-currency-war-121486/" aria-label="Read more about The China-Trump trade conflict has spread to Australia. We’re now at risk of global currency war">Read more</a>
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August 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert Phiddian, Professor of English, Flinders University In April this year, the Ukraine elected comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy as its president, and the ABC reported on a sudden upsurge in Australian interest in something similar here. Many names came forward, but the only actually dead nominee with any ... <a title="How good was John Clarke? Some reflections on his poetics of tinkering" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/07/how-good-was-john-clarke-some-reflections-on-his-poetics-of-tinkering-120227/" aria-label="Read more about How good was John Clarke? Some reflections on his poetics of tinkering">Read more</a>
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August 7, 2019
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Human rights violations in West Papua are to be given priority at the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting in Tuvalu next week. According to RNZ Pacific, the forum’s Foreign Ministers have pushed for the alleged human rights abuses to be included on the forum agenda, citing the reported escalation of violence ... <a title="West Papua, climate to top agenda at Pacific Islands Forum" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/07/west-papua-climate-to-top-agenda-at-pacific-islands-forum/" aria-label="Read more about West Papua, climate to top agenda at Pacific Islands Forum">Read more</a>
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August 6, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tony Wood, Program Director, Energy, Grattan Institute “The Liberal-National government will help secure gas supplies, put downward pressure on prices and encourage new investment in gas supplies,” Tuesday’s announcement says. Only a supreme optimist would expect it to do all three. Ministers Frydenberg, Canavan and Taylor have ... <a title="Gas prices are set to stay high. The government’s moves, while welcome, won’t achieve much" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/06/gas-prices-are-set-to-stay-high-the-governments-moves-while-welcome-wont-achieve-much-121494/" aria-label="Read more about Gas prices are set to stay high. The government’s moves, while welcome, won’t achieve much">Read more</a>
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August 6, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrea Carson, Associate Professor at La Trobe University. Department of Politics, Media and Philosophy, La Trobe University In a landmark report, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has urged the federal government to fix the uneven market power of digital companies like Facebook and Google that make ... <a title="Media Files: ACCC seeks to clip wings of tech giants like Facebook and Google but international effort is required" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/06/media-files-accc-seeks-to-clip-wings-of-tech-giants-like-facebook-and-google-but-international-effort-is-required-121359/" aria-label="Read more about Media Files: ACCC seeks to clip wings of tech giants like Facebook and Google but international effort is required">Read more</a>
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August 6, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mandie Shean, Lecturer, School of Education, Edith Cowan University There is cause for concern for Australia’s young people with figures indicating they are experiencing the highest levels of anxiety and stress, and suicide than ever before. Writer and teacher John Marsden says poor youth outcomes are from ... <a title="John Marsden says parents and schools are failing kids, but his book offers little evidence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/06/john-marsden-says-parents-and-schools-are-failing-kids-but-his-book-offers-little-evidence-121124/" aria-label="Read more about John Marsden says parents and schools are failing kids, but his book offers little evidence">Read more</a>
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August 6, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Zoran Ristovski, Professor, Queensland University of Technology Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com. Why is air colder the higher up you go? Shouldn’t it be hotter as you’re ... <a title="Curious Kids: why is air colder the higher up you go?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/06/curious-kids-why-is-air-colder-the-higher-up-you-go-116822/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: why is air colder the higher up you go?">Read more</a>
