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December 6, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Courtney Hempton, Associate Research Fellow, Deakin University Western Australia is on the brink of becoming the second state in Australia to legalise voluntary assisted dying, with its upper house last night passing the Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2019 (WA). A total of 55 amendments to the initial ... <a title="Western Australia looks set to legalise voluntary assisted dying. Here’s what’s likely to happen from next week" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/06/western-australia-looks-set-to-legalise-voluntary-assisted-dying-heres-whats-likely-to-happen-from-next-week-128386/" aria-label="Read more about Western Australia looks set to legalise voluntary assisted dying. Here’s what’s likely to happen from next week">Read more</a>
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December 6, 2019
The latest allegations of a corruption scandal involving a Cabinet minister suggests this government is far too loose when it comes to providing access to power for friends and associates. Kris Faafoi is in trouble because of his alleged role in helping a mate with an immigration matter when he was the Associate Minister of ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Should Kris Faafoi be sacked?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/06/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-should-kris-faafoi-be-sacked/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Should Kris Faafoi be sacked?">Read more</a>
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December 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. Kris Faafoi immigration case Fiona Connor and Tova O’Brien (Newshub): ‘I’m on it bro’: Messages show Kris Faafoi offering help to friend Jason Kerrison over immigration case Audrey Young (Herald): Kris Faafoi is in trouble ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – December 06 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/06/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-december-06-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – December 06 2019">Read more</a>
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December 6, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gottfried Lechner, Associate Professor and Director of the Institute for Telecommunications Research, University of South Australia, University of South Australia Satellites are becoming increasingly important in our lives, as they help us meet a demand for more data, exchanged at higher speeds. This is why we are ... <a title="We’re using lasers and toaster-sized satellites to beam information faster through space" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/06/were-using-lasers-and-toaster-sized-satellites-to-beam-information-faster-through-space-126344/" aria-label="Read more about We’re using lasers and toaster-sized satellites to beam information faster through space">Read more</a>
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December 6, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Terry Goldsworthy, Associate Professor in Criminology, Bond University According to the latest figures, homicides in Australia are at historic lows and compare well against international trends. So what do the trends tell us and why is the homicide rate in Australia declining? Perceptions and realities A search ... <a title="Explainer: why homicide rates in Australia are declining" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/06/explainer-why-homicide-rates-in-australia-are-declining-128124/" aria-label="Read more about Explainer: why homicide rates in Australia are declining">Read more</a>
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December 6, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Timothy O’Rourke, Senior Lecturer, School of Architecture, The University of Queensland Welcome to the next article in our Designing Hospitals series, where we explore how architecture and design shape our hospitals and medical centres. Today, we look at what Indigenous people tell us they need in hospital ... <a title="Making space: how designing hospitals for Indigenous people might benefit everyone" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/06/making-space-how-designing-hospitals-for-indigenous-people-might-benefit-everyone-122550/" aria-label="Read more about Making space: how designing hospitals for Indigenous people might benefit everyone">Read more</a>
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December 6, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW The latest Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) results are bad news for Australian students, parents, employers and policymakers. Pretty much everyone. Australian 15-year-olds are now below the OECD average in mathematics, and our results in reading and science have fallen ... <a title="Vital Signs: Australia’s slipping student scores will lead to greater income inequality" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/06/vital-signs-australias-slipping-student-scores-will-lead-to-greater-income-inequality-128301/" aria-label="Read more about Vital Signs: Australia’s slipping student scores will lead to greater income inequality">Read more</a>
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December 6, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Danielle Clode, Senior Research Fellow in Creative Writing, Flinders University It is only mid-November but we have to walk early to avoid the heat. A northerly wind picks up clouds of dust and pollen, sending dirty billows across the paddocks. The long limbs of the gum trees ... <a title="Friday essay: living with fire and facing our fears" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/06/friday-essay-living-with-fire-and-facing-our-fears-128093/" aria-label="Read more about Friday essay: living with fire and facing our fears">Read more</a>
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December 6, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Scott Morrison said it with a straight face, and repetition for emphasis. “I’m very pleased, very pleased, with the performance of all of my ministers,” he declared on Thursday. This ringing if unconvincing universal endorsement came as the unfortunate Angus ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Angus Taylor’s troubles go international, in brawl with Naomi Wolf" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/06/grattan-on-friday-angus-taylors-troubles-go-international-in-brawl-with-naomi-wolf-128402/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Angus Taylor’s troubles go international, in brawl with Naomi Wolf">Read more</a>
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December 5, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jane Tomnay, Assoc. Professor / Director of Centre for Excellence in Rural Sexual Health, University of Melbourne Around one in six Australian women have had an abortion by their mid-30s. These women come from all age groups and demographics: some are mothers already, while others are child-free; ... <a title="Early medical abortion is legal across Australia but rural women often don’t have access to it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/05/early-medical-abortion-is-legal-across-australia-but-rural-women-often-dont-have-access-to-it-125300/" aria-label="Read more about Early medical abortion is legal across Australia but rural women often don’t have access to it">Read more</a>
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December 5, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Roslyn Petelin, Course coordinator, The University of Queensland Reports this week about the demise of the Apostrophe Protection Society may have been greatly exaggerated. The Apostrophe Protection Society was set up in 2001 in the UK by retired journalist John Richards with the aim of “preserving the ... <a title="All hail apostrophes – the heavy lifters who ‘point a sentence in the right direction’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/05/all-hail-apostrophes-the-heavy-lifters-who-point-a-sentence-in-the-right-direction-128218/" aria-label="Read more about All hail apostrophes – the heavy lifters who ‘point a sentence in the right direction’">Read more</a>
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December 5, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca Pearse, Lecturer, Department of Political Economy, University of Sydney Federal Labor this week commemorated a dubious anniversary – a decade of climate policy failure. And it pointed the finger of blame squarely at the Greens. Labor claimed that had the Greens not voted against its Carbon ... <a title="It’s the 10-year anniversary of our climate policy abyss. But don’t blame the Greens" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/05/its-the-10-year-anniversary-of-our-climate-policy-abyss-but-dont-blame-the-greens-128239/" aria-label="Read more about It’s the 10-year anniversary of our climate policy abyss. But don’t blame the Greens">Read more</a>
