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October 28, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Democracy 2025 is an initiative by the Museum of Australian Democracy and the University of Canberra, which aims to stimulate a national conversation on the state of our democracy, including the trust divide between the political class and everyday citizens. ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: On the trust divide in politics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/28/politics-with-michelle-grattan-on-the-trust-divide-in-politics-125820/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: On the trust divide in politics">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dr Tess Ryan, Project Officer- Building Cultural Capacity Project Learning and Teaching Centre, Australian Catholic University In 2006, an African-American woman, Tarana Burke, started the #MeToo movement on social media, a call for victims of sexual violence and harassment to share their experiences. Yet, 11 years later, ... <a title="For Indigenous women, the #MeToo movement is a deeper fight against racism, power and oppression" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/28/for-indigenous-women-the-metoo-movement-is-a-deeper-fight-against-racism-power-and-oppression-124502/" aria-label="Read more about For Indigenous women, the #MeToo movement is a deeper fight against racism, power and oppression">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gery Karantzas, Associate professor in Social Psychology / Relationship Science, Deakin University Research across many years and many cultures has found around 35-40% of people say they feel insecure in their adult relationships. While 60-65% experience secure, loving and satisfying relationships. How secure or insecure we are ... <a title="What is ‘attachment’ and how does it affect our relationships?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/28/what-is-attachment-and-how-does-it-affect-our-relationships-120503/" aria-label="Read more about What is ‘attachment’ and how does it affect our relationships?">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kita Ashman, PhD candidate in koala conservation, Deakin University In the past two decades there has been an unprecedented increase in the area of blue gum (Eucalyptus globulus) plantations in southern Australia. In southwest Victoria alone, some additional 80,000 hectares of commercial blue gum have been planted. ... <a title="The Blinky Bill effect: when gum trees are cut down, where do the koalas go?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/28/the-blinky-bill-effect-when-gum-trees-are-cut-down-where-do-the-koalas-go-125558/" aria-label="Read more about The Blinky Bill effect: when gum trees are cut down, where do the koalas go?">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachael Shaw, Rutherford Discovery Fellow, Victoria University of Wellington When we think about animals storing food, the image that usually comes to mind is a squirrel busily hiding nuts for the winter. We don’t usually think of a small songbird taking down an enormous invertebrate, tearing it ... <a title="A small New Zealand songbird that hides food for later use provides insights into cognitive evolution" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/28/a-small-new-zealand-songbird-that-hides-food-for-later-use-provides-insights-into-cognitive-evolution-125304/" aria-label="Read more about A small New Zealand songbird that hides food for later use provides insights into cognitive evolution">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cameron Parsell, Associate Professor, School of Social Science, The University of Queensland A plan to provide homeless people with overnight beds and shelter in car parks might sound like a good idea but it does little to solve their problem in the long term. There are other ... <a title="Beds in car parks don’t solve Australia’s rough sleeping problem" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/28/beds-in-car-parks-dont-solve-australias-rough-sleeping-problem-125235/" aria-label="Read more about Beds in car parks don’t solve Australia’s rough sleeping problem">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicholas Smith, Professor of Philosophy, Macquarie University “We should work to live, not live to work,” declared Britain’s shadow chancellor John McDonnell last month, as he announced the British Labour Party would reduce the standard working week to 32 hours, without loss of pay, within 10 years ... <a title="The ethics of the 4 day work week. It’s not just about the hours" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/28/the-ethics-of-the-4-day-work-week-its-not-just-about-the-hours-124418/" aria-label="Read more about The ethics of the 4 day work week. It’s not just about the hours">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Megan Mooney Taylor, Sessional Academic in Creative Writing and Literature, Swinburne University of Technology Norman Lindsay’s novel for children, The Magic Pudding, turned 100 last year and was widely celebrated. But the Lindsay family’s auction of three previously unseen manuscripts could help us gain a greater understanding ... <a title="New Norman Lindsay novels: stitched together stories of friendship and family seen for the first time" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/28/new-norman-lindsay-novels-stitched-together-stories-of-friendship-and-family-seen-for-the-first-time-123773/" aria-label="Read more about New Norman Lindsay novels: stitched together stories of friendship and family seen for the first time">Read more</a>
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October 25, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra [embedded content] University of Canberra Assistant Professor Caroline Fisher and Michelle Grattan discuss the fallout from Pauline Hanson’s deal with the agriculture minister Bridget McKenzie regarding the dairy code. They also talk about John Setka’s resignation from the Labor Party, ... <a title="VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the Hanson dairy deal – and John Setka’s resignation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/25/video-michelle-grattan-on-the-hanson-dairy-deal-and-john-setkas-resignation-125884/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the Hanson dairy deal – and John Setka’s resignation">Read more</a>
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October 25, 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. Environment Russel Norman (Stuff): Pact between farming lobby groups and Government is the opposite of climate action Steve Abel (Newshub):Opinion: Will this Green Party save us from climate ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – October 25 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/25/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-october-25-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – October 25 2019">Read more</a>
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October 25, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elvira Sojli, Associate Professor of Finance, Scientia Fellow, UNSW Barely six months after Facebook announced its own digital currency, a plan heralded as the beginning of the end for central banks and government controls over the money supply, the whole thing is looking like a house of ... <a title="Libra isn’t dead yet — the killer blow will come from governments issuing their own digital currencies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/25/libra-isnt-dead-yet-the-killer-blow-will-come-from-governments-issuing-their-own-digital-currencies-125375/" aria-label="Read more about Libra isn’t dead yet — the killer blow will come from governments issuing their own digital currencies">Read more</a>
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October 25, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Fabien B. Vincent, Research Fellow; Rheumatology Research Group, Centre for Inflammatory Diseases, Monash University Arthritis is a broad term to describe inflammation of the joints which become swollen and painful. There are many different kinds. Osteoarthritis, the most common, is caused by wear and tear. This is ... <a title="What is rheumatoid arthritis, the condition tennis champion Caroline Wozniacki lives with?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/25/what-is-rheumatoid-arthritis-the-condition-tennis-champion-caroline-wozniacki-lives-with-119537/" aria-label="Read more about What is rheumatoid arthritis, the condition tennis champion Caroline Wozniacki lives with?">Read more</a>
