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September 6, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marilyn McMahon, Deputy Dean, School of Law, Deakin University Victoria is facing an incarceration crisis. Despite a new prison (Ravenhall) opening in 2017, the state’s prison system is under enormous strain, with the premier recently announcing prefabricated prison cells would be introduced in existing prisons to cope ... <a title="Locking up legally innocent people before their trial is straining Victoria’s prisons" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/06/locking-up-legally-innocent-people-before-their-trial-is-straining-victorias-prisons-122392/" aria-label="Read more about Locking up legally innocent people before their trial is straining Victoria’s prisons">Read more</a>
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September 6, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Arosha Weerakoon, Lecturer, General Dentist & PhD Candidate, The University of Queensland Tooth enamel is one of the hardest tissues in the human body. It acts as a protective layer for our teeth, and gives our smile that pearly white shimmer. But when enamel erodes, it can’t ... <a title="Can we heal teeth? The quest to repair tooth enamel, nature’s crystal coat" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/06/can-we-heal-teeth-the-quest-to-repair-tooth-enamel-natures-crystal-coat-122544/" aria-label="Read more about Can we heal teeth? The quest to repair tooth enamel, nature’s crystal coat">Read more</a>
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September 6, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joanna Mendelssohn, Honorary Principal Fellow, University of Melbourne. Editor in Chief, Design and Art of Australia Online, University of Melbourne In October 1969, Sydney became the focus for dedicated followers of international avant garde art. It is hard to imagine how unusual it was at that time ... <a title="The heady sense of being at the heart of public art: 50 years of the Kaldor Foundation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/06/the-heady-sense-of-being-at-the-heart-of-public-art-50-years-of-the-kaldor-foundation-122557/" aria-label="Read more about The heady sense of being at the heart of public art: 50 years of the Kaldor Foundation">Read more</a>
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September 6, 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. Water Charlie Mitchell (Stuff): The tab for decades of water mismanagement is falling due Marnie Prickett (Stuff): Watch as critics fight to dilute freshwater policy No Right Turn: Cleaning up ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – September 6 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/06/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-september-6-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – September 6 2019">Read more</a>
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September 6, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mirjam Kaestli, Research Fellow, Charles Darwin University A study of three remote community water supplies in northern Australia, published today in the journal PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, revealed that bores with high levels of iron were more likely to harbour Burkholderia pseudomallei, the bacterium that causes the ... <a title="Bugs and bores: a source of dangerous bacteria in remote communities’ water supply" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/06/bugs-and-bores-a-source-of-dangerous-bacteria-in-remote-communities-water-supply-122941/" aria-label="Read more about Bugs and bores: a source of dangerous bacteria in remote communities’ water supply">Read more</a>
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September 6, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle O’Shea, Lecturer Sport Management, Western Sydney University This month, the biopic of jockey Michelle Payne’s life, Ride Like A Girl, will be released. In 2015, Payne made Australian sport history by riding Prince Of Penzance to victory in the Melbourne Cup at 100-1 odds. She was ... <a title="Riding (and winning) like a girl: female jockeys are more prevalent, but still treated as outsiders" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/06/riding-and-winning-like-a-girl-female-jockeys-are-more-prevalent-but-still-treated-as-outsiders-122846/" aria-label="Read more about Riding (and winning) like a girl: female jockeys are more prevalent, but still treated as outsiders">Read more</a>
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September 6, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mary Crock, Professor of Public Law, University of Sydney A three-year-old boy with haemophilia and an acquired brain injury is facing removal from the country because the home affairs department has ruled his medical costs would unduly burden Australian taxpayers. Kayban Jamshaad’s case is before Perth’s Administrative ... <a title="Many sick and disabled people are refused permanent visas. We need compassion not discrimination" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/06/many-sick-and-disabled-people-are-refused-permanent-visas-we-need-compassion-not-discrimination-122311/" aria-label="Read more about Many sick and disabled people are refused permanent visas. We need compassion not discrimination">Read more</a>
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September 6, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Brown, Lecturer, Curtin University The latest preliminary NAPLAN results came out recently, but new research has found the test might have little to do with what the kids are actually learning in class. Our research, presented at the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA) conference ... <a title="NAPLAN tests are not tough enough for the level of maths students are studying" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/06/naplan-tests-are-not-tough-enough-for-the-level-of-maths-students-are-studying-121934/" aria-label="Read more about NAPLAN tests are not tough enough for the level of maths students are studying">Read more</a>
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September 6, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jennifer Kent, Research Fellow, Urban and Regional Planning, University of Sydney Many of the chronic and costly diseases Australians face are related to how we live in cities. The speed of modern life clashes with poorly designed urban areas. As a result, health-promoting activities, such as regular ... <a title="Working the system: 3 ways planners can defy the odds to promote good health for all of us" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/06/working-the-system-3-ways-planners-can-defy-the-odds-to-promote-good-health-for-all-of-us-122181/" aria-label="Read more about Working the system: 3 ways planners can defy the odds to promote good health for all of us">Read more</a>
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September 6, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW Official figures released Wednesday show the Australian economy growing at the slowest pace since the financial crisis. GDP growth was only 0.5% for the June quarter, meaning that in the past year output grew by a feeble 1.4%. The figures weren’t ... <a title="Vital Signs. Sure, economic growth is low, but think about what’s gone right" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/06/vital-signs-sure-economic-growth-is-low-but-think-about-whats-gone-right-122973/" aria-label="Read more about Vital Signs. Sure, economic growth is low, but think about what’s gone right">Read more</a>
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September 6, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tyson Yunkaporta, Senior Lecturer Indigenous Knowledges, Deakin University In Dreaming stories, Emu is often a narcissist who damages social relationships. These stories teach us about the protocols for living sustainably, and warn us about unsustainable behaviours. The basic protocols of Aboriginal society, like most societies, include respecting ... <a title="Friday essay: lessons from stone – Indigenous thinking and the Law" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/06/friday-essay-lessons-from-stone-indigenous-thinking-and-the-law-122617/" aria-label="Read more about Friday essay: lessons from stone – Indigenous thinking and the Law">Read more</a>
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September 6, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra It was all gain for Scott Morrison when he took a bunch of senior colleagues to Nine’s Monday fundraiser which reaped mega dollars – the exact amount is unclear – for the Liberal party. Maximum productivity for minimum effort. The ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: When schmoozing the PM gets you a black eye" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/06/grattan-on-friday-when-schmoozing-the-pm-gets-you-a-black-eye-123032/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: When schmoozing the PM gets you a black eye">Read more</a>
