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October 21, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wilfred Wang, Lecturer, Communications & Media Studies, Monash University The Australian society has changed significantly since cemeteries in Victoria were planned and designed 150 years ago. But there haven’t been any major redevelopment or review of the community’s changing requirements for what happens to our bodies when ... <a title="Migrant communities keep our cemeteries alive as more Anglo-Australians turn to cremation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/21/migrant-communities-keep-our-cemeteries-alive-as-more-anglo-australians-turn-to-cremation-124180/" aria-label="Read more about Migrant communities keep our cemeteries alive as more Anglo-Australians turn to cremation">Read more</a>
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October 21, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Justine Shaw, Conservation Biologist, The University of Queensland This year, five of the seven Prime Minister’s Prizes for Science were awarded to women. While this is a welcome development, the great majority of awards and prizes for science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) in Australia still go ... <a title="Science prizes are still a boys’ club. Here’s how we can change that" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/21/science-prizes-are-still-a-boys-club-heres-how-we-can-change-that-124995/" aria-label="Read more about Science prizes are still a boys’ club. Here’s how we can change that">Read more</a>
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October 21, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Scott Morrison seized the opportunity of his Jakarta weekend visit for Indonesian President Joko Widodo’s inauguration to obtain a meeting with Chinese Vice President Wang Qishan. Morrison told a news conference he had come out of the discussion “pleased that ... <a title="Morrison says China knows ‘where Australia is coming from’, after meeting Chinese vice-president" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/21/morrison-says-china-knows-where-australia-is-coming-from-after-meeting-chinese-vice-president-125553/" aria-label="Read more about Morrison says China knows ‘where Australia is coming from’, after meeting Chinese vice-president">Read more</a>
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October 21, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brendon O’Connor, Associate Professor in American Politics at the United States Studies Centre, University of Sydney During the 2016 US presidential campaign, people around the world were regularly reassured by election experts that Donald Trump was too outrageous to be elected president. Reflecting this conventional wisdom, Hilary ... <a title="The Trump presidency should not be shocking. It’s a symptom of our cultural malaise" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/21/the-trump-presidency-should-not-be-shocking-its-a-symptom-of-our-cultural-malaise-125054/" aria-label="Read more about The Trump presidency should not be shocking. It’s a symptom of our cultural malaise">Read more</a>
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October 21, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julie Leask, Professor, University of Sydney Your neighbour is telling you about his new baby. He feels nervous about vaccinating, and says he’s considering delaying Lucy’s vaccines. Your mother’s group is chatting about vaccines. One mother tells the group Jimmy isn’t vaccinated, and she’s using the Immune-Strengthening ... <a title="4 ways to talk with vaccine skeptics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/21/4-ways-to-talk-with-vaccine-skeptics-125142/" aria-label="Read more about 4 ways to talk with vaccine skeptics">Read more</a>
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October 21, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Fenner, PhD Candidate (Equine Training and Welfare), University of Sydney This weekend saw protests at Caulfield racecourse, following a shocking report last week on the ABC’s 7:30 program on the fate of thousands of racehorses in Australia. It is a confronting wake-up call for an industry ... <a title="Who’s responsible for the slaughtered ex-racehorses, and what can be done?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/21/whos-responsible-for-the-slaughtered-ex-racehorses-and-what-can-be-done-125551/" aria-label="Read more about Who’s responsible for the slaughtered ex-racehorses, and what can be done?">Read more</a>
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October 21, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hal Pawson, Associate Director – City Futures – Urban Policy and Strategy, City Futures Research Centre, Housing Policy and Practice, UNSW Low-income tenants in Australia are increasingly likely to be trapped in rental stress for years. New evidence from the Productivity Commission shows almost half of such ... <a title="Growing numbers of renters are trapped for years in homes they can’t afford" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/21/growing-numbers-of-renters-are-trapped-for-years-in-homes-they-cant-afford-125216/" aria-label="Read more about Growing numbers of renters are trapped for years in homes they can’t afford">Read more</a>
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October 21, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Quiggin, Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland In line with his usual practice, Prime Minister Scott Morrison has backed Donald Trump over the World Trade Organisation, criticising of China’s status in it as a “developing country”. Critics of the intervention have pointed out that ... <a title="Arrogance destroyed the World Trade Organisation. What replaces it will be even worse" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/21/arrogance-destroyed-the-world-trade-organisation-what-replaces-it-will-be-even-worse-125321/" aria-label="Read more about Arrogance destroyed the World Trade Organisation. What replaces it will be even worse">Read more</a>
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October 21, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kristal Spreadborough, Casual Academic, University of New England As the Australian premier season of The Masked Singer draws to a close, fans are listening hard to guess which celebrities remain behind the weird and wonderful costumes. Although the celebrities throw listeners a few cryptic clues, the main ... <a title="The voice unmasked: how we hear image, emotion and identity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/21/the-voice-unmasked-how-we-hear-image-emotion-and-identity-125126/" aria-label="Read more about The voice unmasked: how we hear image, emotion and identity">Read more</a>
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October 20, 2019
David Robie, concluding his three-part series about Iran, profiles an extraordinary pair of Tehran brothers who have been pioneering global research adventurers. They have been dubbed the “Persian Indiana Joneses”. Their adventures are fabled and hair-raising, as shown by a Jivaro shrunken human head and relics from curious rituals on display from almost 70 years ... <a title="Iran’s great global adventurers – around the lost world in 10 years" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/20/irans-great-global-adventurers-around-the-lost-world-in-10-years/" aria-label="Read more about Iran’s great global adventurers – around the lost world in 10 years">Read more</a>
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October 19, 2019
David Robie continues his three-part series about travelling in Iran. I stumbled on the scene by chance. Our host family in Iran’s second city Mashhad, a modern and beautiful metropolis that would comfortably fit in New Zealand’s entire population, was taking us on a drive to the outskirts to visit the tomb of the famous ... <a title="10 reasons why tourists must visit Iran" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/19/10-reasons-why-tourists-must-visit-iran/" aria-label="Read more about 10 reasons why tourists must visit Iran">Read more</a>
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October 18, 2019
Iran attracts an onslaught of negative media in New Zealand and Western media. But is it fair or deserved? David Robie has spent several weeks travelling in the country on sabbatical and finds the media negativity far from the reality of the “most friendly” country he has ever visited in the first of a three-part ... <a title="Iran a hugely ‘friendly’ country behind the sabre-rattling" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/18/iran-a-hugely-friendly-country-behind-the-sabre-rattling/" aria-label="Read more about Iran a hugely ‘friendly’ country behind the sabre-rattling">Read more</a>
