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January 23, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Prue Gonzalez, Lecturer in Environmental Management, Charles Sturt University Universities across Australia – including in Canberra, Wollongong and Newcastle – have had to close their campuses in the past few months as a result of bushfires. But the deep and long-lasting impacts of the crisis are set ... <a title="From 9/11 to Christchurch earthquakes: how unis have supported students after a crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/23/from-9-11-to-christchurch-earthquakes-how-unis-have-supported-students-after-a-crisis-130047/" aria-label="Read more about From 9/11 to Christchurch earthquakes: how unis have supported students after a crisis">Read more</a>
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January 23, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Daniel Daly, Research Fellow at the Sustainable Buildings Research Centre, University of Wollongong Everybody wants an energy-efficient home. After all, an energy-efficient home is comfortable to live in, without large energy bills. These can be important factors for prospective home owners or renters. Our review of international ... <a title="Homes with higher energy ratings sell for more. Here’s how Australian owners could cash in" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/23/homes-with-higher-energy-ratings-sell-for-more-heres-how-australian-owners-could-cash-in-128548/" aria-label="Read more about Homes with higher energy ratings sell for more. Here’s how Australian owners could cash in">Read more</a>
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January 23, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Cull, Senior Lecturer in Accounting and Financial Planning, Western Sydney University Australia’s unprecedented bushfires have cemented its rural firefighters at the heart of the nation’s identity. It’s not just that these men and women put themselves in the line of fire. It’s that these “firies” are ... <a title="Value beyond money: Australia’s special dependency on volunteers to battle bushfires" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/23/value-beyond-money-australias-special-dependency-on-volunteers-to-battle-bushfires-129881/" aria-label="Read more about Value beyond money: Australia’s special dependency on volunteers to battle bushfires">Read more</a>
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January 23, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sue Rabbitt Roff, Researcher, Social History/Tutor in Medical Education, University of Dundee James Mollison, the founding director of the National Gallery of Australia, died on Sunday at the age of 88. He was a pivotal force in Australian art collecting, believing Australian galleries should work to educate ... <a title="James Mollison: the public art teacher who brought the Blue Poles to Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/23/james-mollison-the-public-art-teacher-who-brought-the-blue-poles-to-australia-130285/" aria-label="Read more about James Mollison: the public art teacher who brought the Blue Poles to Australia">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Prime Minister Scott Morrison has ordered the secretary of his department, Phil Gaetjens, to advise whether deputy Nationals leader Bridget McKenzie breached the ministerial code of conduct in the sports rorts affair. A statement from the prime minister’s office on ... <a title="Scott Morrison orders probe into whether Bridget McKenzie breached ministerial code" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/22/scott-morrison-orders-probe-into-whether-bridget-mckenzie-breached-ministerial-code-130403/" aria-label="Read more about Scott Morrison orders probe into whether Bridget McKenzie breached ministerial code">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2020
Pacific Media Watch Philip Jacobson, an award-winning editor for the non-profit environmental science news outlet Mongabay, has been arrested for an alleged visa violation in Palangkaraya, Central Kalimantan, after being put under city arrest for a month. Jacobson, 30, was first detained on 17 December 2019 after attending a hearing between the Central Kalimantan parliament ... <a title="Indonesia ‘arrests’ Mongabay editor – one month after first detaining him" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/22/indonesia-arrests-mongabay-editor-one-month-after-first-detaining-him/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesia ‘arrests’ Mongabay editor – one month after first detaining him">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2020
By Koro Vaka’uta of RNZ Pacific A school workbook containing “harmful” messages is being circulated in Fiji’s schools, says a local activist. Roshika Deo said her attention was drawn to the Year 8 Healthy Living Pupil’s Workbook when she was helping prepare her niece for the school year. Deo said she was shocked at the ... <a title="Fiji school workbook condemned for promoting ‘harmful’ gender roles" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/22/fiji-school-workbook-condemned-for-promoting-harmful-gender-roles/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji school workbook condemned for promoting ‘harmful’ gender roles">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kenley Kuoch, PhD Candidate in Psychology, Swinburne University of Technology Most of us don’t give much thought to going to the toilet. We go when we need to go. But for a small minority of people, the act of urinating or defecating can be a major source ... <a title="Can’t do what you need to do in a public toilet? You’re not alone – and there’s help" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/22/cant-do-what-you-need-to-do-in-a-public-toilet-youre-not-alone-and-theres-help-127719/" aria-label="Read more about Can’t do what you need to do in a public toilet? You’re not alone – and there’s help">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Roger Patulny, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Wollongong Humans are more connected to each other than ever, thanks to smartphones, the web and social media. At the same time, loneliness is a huge and growing social problem. Why is this so? Research shows social media use ... <a title="Does social media make us more or less lonely? Depends on how you use it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/22/does-social-media-make-us-more-or-less-lonely-depends-on-how-you-use-it-128468/" aria-label="Read more about Does social media make us more or less lonely? Depends on how you use it">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Beeson, Professor of International Politics, University of Western Australia As unprecedented bushfires continue to ravage the country, Prime Minister Scott Morrison and his government have been rightly criticised for their reluctance to talk about the underlying drivers of this crisis. Yet it’s not hard to see ... <a title="As Earth’s population heads to 10 billion, does anything Australians do on climate change matter?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/22/as-earths-population-heads-to-10-billion-does-anything-australians-do-on-climate-change-matter-129139/" aria-label="Read more about As Earth’s population heads to 10 billion, does anything Australians do on climate change matter?">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Craig Batty, Professor of Creative Writing, University of Technology Sydney Sarah Krasnostein’s The Trauma Cleaner has won many awards since it was published in 2017, including the Victorian Prize for Literature and the Australian Book Industry Award General Non-Fiction Book of the Year. While the title may ... <a title="Inside the story: The Trauma Cleaner – a beautiful meditation on death and decay" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/22/inside-the-story-the-trauma-cleaner-a-beautiful-meditation-on-death-and-decay-127436/" aria-label="Read more about Inside the story: The Trauma Cleaner – a beautiful meditation on death and decay">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Aaron J. Cavosie, Senior research fellow, Curtin University The world’s oldest remaining asteroid crater is at a place called Yarrabubba, southeast of the town of Meekatharra in Western Australia. Our new study puts a precise age on the cataclysmic impact – showing Yarrabubba is the oldest known ... <a title="We found the world’s oldest asteroid strike in Western Australia. It might have triggered a global thaw" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/22/we-found-the-worlds-oldest-asteroid-strike-in-western-australia-it-might-have-triggered-a-global-thaw-130192/" aria-label="Read more about We found the world’s oldest asteroid strike in Western Australia. It might have triggered a global thaw">Read more</a>
