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October 23, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Newman, Professor of Sustainability, Curtin University A Greenpeace video of me plugging a trackless tram that went viral with 4 million hits has caused a few eyebrows to be raised over whether I think light rail is dead. So let me be clear: light rail remains ... <a title="Trackless trams v light rail? It’s not a contest – both can improve our cities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/23/trackless-trams-v-light-rail-its-not-a-contest-both-can-improve-our-cities-125134/" aria-label="Read more about Trackless trams v light rail? It’s not a contest – both can improve our cities">Read more</a>
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October 23, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anthony Asher, Associate Professor, UNSW Here’s the boldest idea the government’s inquiry into retirement incomes should consider but might not: no longer exempting all of the value of each retiree’s home from the pension assets test. The test would merely exempt part of the value of retirees’ ... <a title="Postcode by postcode: a clever way to include homes in the age pension assets test" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/23/postcode-by-postcode-a-clever-way-to-include-homes-in-the-age-pension-assets-test-125500/" aria-label="Read more about Postcode by postcode: a clever way to include homes in the age pension assets test">Read more</a>
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October 23, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tracey Sernack-Chee Quee, PhD Candidate, Faculty of Design, Architecture & Building, University of Technology Sydney 1973 was a remarkable year for Sydney, with the opening of two major cultural icons. The first was the Sydney Opera House. The second, possibly more important opening, was Flamingo Park Frock ... <a title="Step into Paradise review: from koala jumpers to the Sydney Olympics, Jenny Kee and Linda Jackson defined Australian fashion" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/23/step-into-paradise-review-from-koala-jumpers-to-the-sydney-olympics-jenny-kee-and-linda-jackson-defined-australian-fashion-124985/" aria-label="Read more about Step into Paradise review: from koala jumpers to the Sydney Olympics, Jenny Kee and Linda Jackson defined Australian fashion">Read more</a>
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October 22, 2019
By Rebecca Ananian-Welsh Australians picked up their morning papers yesterday to find heavily blacked-out text instead of front-page headlines. This bold statement was instigated by the “Your Right to Know” campaign, an unlikely coalition of Australian media organisations fighting for press freedom and source protection. A key reform advocated by a range of organisations and experts – including our research ... <a title="Australia needs a Media Freedom Act – here’s how it could work" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/22/australia-needs-a-media-freedom-act-heres-how-it-could-work/" aria-label="Read more about Australia needs a Media Freedom Act – here’s how it could work">Read more</a>
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October 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Phil McManus, Professor of Urban and Environmental Geography: Head of School of Geosciences, University of Sydney In the wake of a shocking ABC report on the dismal end of many racehorses’ lives in slaughterhouses, many Australians are questioning whether the horse racing industry can operate ethically. Some ... <a title="Horse racing must change, or the court of public opinion will bury it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/22/horse-racing-must-change-or-the-court-of-public-opinion-will-bury-it-125637/" aria-label="Read more about Horse racing must change, or the court of public opinion will bury it">Read more</a>
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October 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mohiuddin Ahmed, Lecturer of Computing & Security, Edith Cowan University Machines and the internet are woven into the fabric of our society. A growing number of users, devices and applications work together to produce what we now call “big data”. And this data helps drive many of ... <a title="Data lakes: where big businesses dump their excess data, and hackers have a field day" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/22/data-lakes-where-big-businesses-dump-their-excess-data-and-hackers-have-a-field-day-123865/" aria-label="Read more about Data lakes: where big businesses dump their excess data, and hackers have a field day">Read more</a>
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October 22, 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. Transport Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): NZ Transport Agency to Phil Twyford: We should have done better Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): Light rail reality: The six power point slides that stopped a ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – October 22 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/22/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-october-22-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – October 22 2019">Read more</a>
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October 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sara Dehm, Lecturer, University of Technology Sydney Tasmanian Senator Jacqui Lambie has some sobering reading to do over the coming weeks: an 88-page Senate report into the government-sponsored bill to repeal the medevac law that allow refugees and asylum seekers in Papua New Guinea and Nauru to ... <a title="The evidence is clear: the medevac law saves lives. But even this isn’t enough to alleviate refugee suffering" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/22/the-evidence-is-clear-the-medevac-law-saves-lives-but-even-this-isnt-enough-to-alleviate-refugee-suffering-125308/" aria-label="Read more about The evidence is clear: the medevac law saves lives. But even this isn’t enough to alleviate refugee suffering">Read more</a>
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October 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Debra Wain, Academic in Professional and Creaive Writing, Deakin University Why do we tell stories, and how are they crafted? In this series, we unpick the work of the writer on both page and screen. Anna Spargo-Ryan’s debut novel, The Paper House (2016), is a layered articulation ... <a title="Inside the story: the art and genius of metaphor in Anna Spargo-Ryan’s The Paper House" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/22/inside-the-story-the-art-and-genius-of-metaphor-in-anna-spargo-ryans-the-paper-house-120506/" aria-label="Read more about Inside the story: the art and genius of metaphor in Anna Spargo-Ryan’s The Paper House">Read more</a>
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October 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ronald F Pol, Senior researcher NZ, La Trobe University Money laundering rarely gets as literal as the case in Thailand last week, where police raided homes of a ring suspected of laundering a billion baht (about A$48 million) of drug proceeds and found millions stashed in a ... <a title="A criminal asked to design our anti-money laundering laws would probably keep the ones we’ve got" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/22/a-criminal-asked-to-design-our-anti-money-laundering-laws-would-probably-keep-the-ones-weve-got-125143/" aria-label="Read more about A criminal asked to design our anti-money laundering laws would probably keep the ones we’ve got">Read more</a>
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October 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca Ananian-Welsh, Senior Lecturer, TC Beirne School of Law, The University of Queensland Australians picked up their morning papers yesterday to find heavily blacked-out text instead of front-page headlines. This bold statement was instigated by the “Your Right to Know” campaign, an unlikely coalition of Australian media ... <a title="Australia needs a Media Freedom Act. Here’s how it could work" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/22/australia-needs-a-media-freedom-act-heres-how-it-could-work-125315/" aria-label="Read more about Australia needs a Media Freedom Act. Here’s how it could work">Read more</a>
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October 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul McGreevy, Professor of Animal Behaviour and Animal Welfare Science, University of Sydney The slaughter of horses bred for racing in Australia, as revealed in the ABC’s investigation, highlights the challenge of what to do with racehorses when their careers are over. The ABC has questioned the ... <a title="We could reduce the slaughter of racehorses if we breed them for longer racing careers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/22/we-could-reduce-the-slaughter-of-racehorses-if-we-breed-them-for-longer-racing-careers-123760/" aria-label="Read more about We could reduce the slaughter of racehorses if we breed them for longer racing careers">Read more</a>
