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February 11, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Leanne Smith, Visiting Fellow, Western Sydney University The Australian government has spent the past year promoting its “Pacific step-up” as one of the country’s “highest foreign policy priorities”. Although there has been some progress on the diplomatic front in the past year – an increase in diplomatic ... <a title="Despite its Pacific ‘step-up’, Australia is still not listening to the region, new research shows" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/11/despite-its-pacific-step-up-australia-is-still-not-listening-to-the-region-new-research-shows-130539/" aria-label="Read more about Despite its Pacific ‘step-up’, Australia is still not listening to the region, new research shows">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cameron Webb, Clinical Lecturer and Principal Hospital Scientist, University of Sydney It’s always you, isn’t it? The person busy swatting away buzzing backyard mosquitoes or nursing an arm full of itchy red lumps after a weekend camping trip. You’re not imagining it – mosquitoes really are attracted ... <a title="Feel like you’re a mozzie magnet? It’s true – mosquitoes prefer to bite some people over others" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/11/feel-like-youre-a-mozzie-magnet-its-true-mosquitoes-prefer-to-bite-some-people-over-others-128788/" aria-label="Read more about Feel like you’re a mozzie magnet? It’s true – mosquitoes prefer to bite some people over others">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lily van Eeden, PhD Candidate in Human-Wildlife Conflict, University of Sydney Almost one in five Australians think introduced horses and foxes are native to Australia, and others don’t want “cute” or “charismatic” animals culled, even when they damage the environment. So what are the implications of these ... <a title="When introduced species are cute and loveable, culling them is a tricky proposition" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/11/when-introduced-species-are-cute-and-loveable-culling-them-is-a-tricky-proposition-130471/" aria-label="Read more about When introduced species are cute and loveable, culling them is a tricky proposition">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Helen Joanne Adam, Lecturer in Literacy Education and Children’s Literature, Edith Cowan University Only 18% of books available in four Australian childcare centres include non-white characters. Animal characters make up around half the books available, with the animals largely leading lives, and adhering to values, of middle-class ... <a title="Bias starts early – most books in childcare centres have white, middle-class heroes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/11/bias-starts-early-most-books-in-childcare-centres-have-white-middle-class-heroes-130208/" aria-label="Read more about Bias starts early – most books in childcare centres have white, middle-class heroes">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Norman Day, Lecturer in Architecture, Practice and Design, Swinburne University of Technology As high-rise cities grow upwards and outwards, increasing numbers of birds die by crashing into glass buildings each year. And of course many others break beaks, wings and legs or suffer other physical harm. But ... <a title="Buildings kill millions of birds. Here’s how to reduce the toll" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/11/buildings-kill-millions-of-birds-heres-how-to-reduce-the-toll-130695/" aria-label="Read more about Buildings kill millions of birds. Here’s how to reduce the toll">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bjorn Sturmberg, Research Leader, Battery Storage & Grid Integration Program at The Australian National University, Australian National University Bushfires, storms and floods regularly leave thousands of Australian homes and businesses without power. Sydney’s wettest weekend in three decades left more than 130,000 households without power on Sunday. ... <a title="Go local: how to keep the power on when disaster hits" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/11/go-local-how-to-keep-the-power-on-when-disaster-hits-130534/" aria-label="Read more about Go local: how to keep the power on when disaster hits">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elodie Paillard, Honorary Associate, Department of Classics and Ancient History, University of Sydney Many will be familiar with the looming presence of Oedipus or Antigone in Classical Greek tragedy. But how many remember the so-called secondary characters (nurses, soldiers, pedagogues) with whom the great heroes of the ... <a title="As Fates would have it – what we learn from minor players in Greek tragedies and Hollywood films" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/11/as-fates-would-have-it-what-we-learn-from-minor-players-in-greek-tragedies-and-hollywood-films-124155/" aria-label="Read more about As Fates would have it – what we learn from minor players in Greek tragedies and Hollywood films">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2020
Solicitor-General Jose Calida has shocked media freedom defenders by filing a petition against the television network giant ABS-CBN barely a month before its franchise expires on March 31. Video: Rappler By Felipe F. Salvosa II in Manila The top lawyer of the Philippine government has asked the Supreme Court to void the legislative franchise of ... <a title="Duterte top state lawyer asks Supreme Court to shut ‘abusive’ media network" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/11/duterte-top-state-lawyer-asks-supreme-court-to-shut-abusive-media-network/" aria-label="Read more about Duterte top state lawyer asks Supreme Court to shut ‘abusive’ media network">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Colin Brown, Adjunct Professor, Griffith Asia Institute, Griffith University Indonesian President Joko Widodo – Jokowi – has shown himself to be generally less interested in international affairs than his predecessor, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY). He has also been less committed to the Indonesia-Australia relationship. Nonetheless, Australia’s invitation ... <a title="Jokowi’s visit shows the Australia-Indonesia relationship is strong, but faultlines remain" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/11/jokowis-visit-shows-the-australia-indonesia-relationship-is-strong-but-faultlines-remain-131463/" aria-label="Read more about Jokowi’s visit shows the Australia-Indonesia relationship is strong, but faultlines remain">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Nationals’ internal turmoil has created further chaos in the Coalition, with rebel backbencher Llew O’Brien defying the government to win a House of Representatives vote for deputy speaker – a day after quitting his party. In a highly astute ... <a title="View from The Hill: It turned into a profitable day at the office for Nat rat" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/10/view-from-the-hill-it-turned-into-a-profitable-day-at-the-office-for-nat-rat-131489/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: It turned into a profitable day at the office for Nat rat">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Adam Bandt began his political journey in the Labor party, but the issue of climate change drew him to the Greens. Last week he became their leader, elected unopposed. Asked about his ambitions for the party, Bandt aspires to a ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Adam Bandt on Greens’ hopes for future power sharing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/10/politics-with-michelle-grattan-adam-bandt-on-greens-hopes-for-future-power-sharing-131466/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Adam Bandt on Greens’ hopes for future power sharing">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Silke, Leader, Infection, Inflammation and Immunity theme, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute Just over 20 years ago, people from three generations of an American family were referred to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Washington DC with an unknown disease. They were ten to 82 ... <a title="What is autoinflammatory disease, the rare immune condition with waves of fever?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/10/what-is-autoinflammatory-disease-the-rare-immune-condition-with-waves-of-fever-128696/" aria-label="Read more about What is autoinflammatory disease, the rare immune condition with waves of fever?">Read more</a>
