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September 26, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Timothy J. Lynch, Associate Professor in American Politics, University of Melbourne US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has announced the Democrats have begun a formal impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump over allegations he tried to pressure the Ukrainian president to investigate a Democratic political rival. And now ... <a title="8 reasons why impeaching Donald Trump is a big risk for the Democrats. (And 3 reasons why it’s not)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/26/8-reasons-why-impeaching-donald-trump-is-a-big-risk-for-the-democrats-and-3-reasons-why-its-not-124154/" aria-label="Read more about 8 reasons why impeaching Donald Trump is a big risk for the Democrats. (And 3 reasons why it’s not)">Read more</a>
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September 26, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sebastian Thomas, Lecturer in Sustainability Governance and Leadership, University of Melbourne Since 2013, Australia’s policy response to climate change has been the Emissions Reduction Fund, which awards government contracts to projects that reduce carbon emissions by planting trees, flaring landfill gas, improving energy efficiency, and other methods. ... <a title="Australia’s carbon market needs to be faster and smarter. Blockchain can help" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/26/australias-carbon-market-needs-to-be-faster-and-smarter-blockchain-can-help-123991/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s carbon market needs to be faster and smarter. Blockchain can help">Read more</a>
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September 26, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Beatrice Alba, Research Fellow, La Trobe University Sexism and misogyny harm women in many obvious ways. Women experience economic, workforce and health-care disadvantages, intimate partner violence, gendered violence in public places, and street harassment. Women are also faced with denials gender inequality still exists in 2019. Some ... <a title="Still serving guests while your male relatives relax? Everyday sexism like this hurts women’s mental health" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/26/still-serving-guests-while-your-male-relatives-relax-everyday-sexism-like-this-hurts-womens-mental-health-116728/" aria-label="Read more about Still serving guests while your male relatives relax? Everyday sexism like this hurts women’s mental health">Read more</a>
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September 26, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jeremy Moss, Professor of Political Philosophy, UNSW There are many reasons for Australia’s absence from the podium of the the United Nations Climate Action Summit this week. No doubt it would send a poor message if emission reduction laggards such as Australia had taken centre stage. But ... <a title="When it comes to climate change, Australia’s mining giants are an accessory to the crime" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/26/when-it-comes-to-climate-change-australias-mining-giants-are-an-accessory-to-the-crime-124077/" aria-label="Read more about When it comes to climate change, Australia’s mining giants are an accessory to the crime">Read more</a>
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September 26, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Zoran Endekov, Education Policy Fellow, Victoria University In recent months, one of Victoria’s oldest Catholic girls’ schools, Presentation College, announced it was closing down, citing falling enrolments. Other Catholic schools have decided to merge together, some also pointing to dwindling enrolments. Meanwhile, Australia is in the midst ... <a title="Five charts on Catholic school enrolments: they’re trending down while Australia’s population booms" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/26/five-charts-on-catholic-school-enrolments-theyre-trending-down-while-australias-population-booms-121616/" aria-label="Read more about Five charts on Catholic school enrolments: they’re trending down while Australia’s population booms">Read more</a>
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September 26, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David M. Herold, Sustainable Logistics Researcher, Griffith University A rise in online shopping is often blamed for an increase in the number of parcel delivery vehicles clogging up our busy city roads. But a study we at Vienna University carried out for a European postal service found ... <a title="Don’t blame parcel delivery vans for clogging up city traffic, look to the tradies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/26/dont-blame-parcel-delivery-vans-for-clogging-up-city-traffic-look-to-the-tradies-123776/" aria-label="Read more about Don’t blame parcel delivery vans for clogging up city traffic, look to the tradies">Read more</a>
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September 26, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amy Dawel, Lecturer, Australian National University In 2016, the Richmond Tigers failed to reach their potential, finishing 13th on the AFL ladder. They had not taken home a premiership for more than three decades. As is often the case when things are this low, the club looked ... <a title="Playing without fear of the outcome: a psychologist tells us what we can learn from the success of the Richmond Tigers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/26/playing-without-fear-of-the-outcome-a-psychologist-tells-us-what-we-can-learn-from-the-success-of-the-richmond-tigers-123992/" aria-label="Read more about Playing without fear of the outcome: a psychologist tells us what we can learn from the success of the Richmond Tigers">Read more</a>
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September 25, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Scott Morrison doesn’t shy away from talking about his family, so it was perhaps unsurprising he told reporters he discussed climate change with his daughters, aged 10 and 12. “We don’t have deep conversations about emissions reduction targets and what’s ... <a title="View from The Hill: What might Lily and Abbey say to Scott Morrison about Greta Thunberg?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/25/view-from-the-hill-what-might-lily-and-abbey-say-to-scott-morrison-about-greta-thunberg-124179/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: What might Lily and Abbey say to Scott Morrison about Greta Thunberg?">Read more</a>
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September 25, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sue Green, Deputy Co-ordinator, Journalism Program, Swinburne University of Technology The spare, white-walled Australian Tapestry Workshop gallery is very much of its place, a wall of windows fronting the South Melbourne street. Cars, trams and shoppers are just metres away, the occasional pedestrian observing the observer. It’s ... <a title="Place Makers review: tapestries interweave traditions with a new sense of place" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/25/place-makers-review-tapestries-interweave-traditions-with-a-new-sense-of-place-123514/" aria-label="Read more about Place Makers review: tapestries interweave traditions with a new sense of place">Read more</a>
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September 25, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Juliette McIntyre, Lecturer in Law, University of South Australia Yesterday, climate activist Greta Thunberg joined 15 other children from around the world to submit a complaint – or “communication” – to the Committee on the Rights of the Child. They targeted Argentina, Brazil, France, Germany and Turkey. ... <a title="With 15 other children, Greta Thunberg has filed a UN complaint against 5 countries. Here’s what it’ll achieve" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/25/with-15-other-children-greta-thunberg-has-filed-a-un-complaint-against-5-countries-heres-what-itll-achieve-124090/" aria-label="Read more about With 15 other children, Greta Thunberg has filed a UN complaint against 5 countries. Here’s what it’ll achieve">Read more</a>
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September 25, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Forrest, PhD Candidate, University of Western Australia Since the mass production of plastic began, almost six billion tonnes of it – approximately 91% – has remained in our air, land and water. Plastic production and use is embedded in the global economy, and in our natural ... <a title="Here is a global solution to the plastic waste crisis – and A$443 million to get it started" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/25/here-is-a-global-solution-to-the-plastic-waste-crisis-and-a-443-million-to-get-it-started-123762/" aria-label="Read more about Here is a global solution to the plastic waste crisis – and A$443 million to get it started">Read more</a>
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September 25, 2019
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk At least 32 people have been killed and scores more injured in Papua amid fresh protests against racism and police persecution, reports Al Jazeera. In the regional capital of Wamena, 28 people, including 16 non-Papuans were reportedly killed when protestors torched buildings and damaged property in response to claims that a ... <a title="Death toll rises to 32 amid fresh Papua protests" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/25/death-toll-rises-to-32-amid-fresh-papua-protests/" aria-label="Read more about Death toll rises to 32 amid fresh Papua protests">Read more</a>
