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February 5, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jathan Sadowski, Research Fellow in the Emerging Technologies Research Lab, Monash University Darwin City Council installed a network of hundreds of new devices across the centre of the city last year. This web of “smart” lights, environmental sensors and video cameras is designed to give the council ... <a title="Darwin’s ‘smart city’ project is about surveillance and control" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/05/darwins-smart-city-project-is-about-surveillance-and-control-127118/" aria-label="Read more about Darwin’s ‘smart city’ project is about surveillance and control">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yun Jiang, Senior Research Officer, Australian National University Last week, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared coronavirus a global health emergency. In the same statement, the agency said it welcomed the leadership and political commitment of the very highest levels of Chinese government, their commitment to transparency ... <a title="Why the coronavirus has become a major test for the leadership of Xi Jinping and the Communist Party" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/05/why-the-coronavirus-has-become-a-major-test-for-the-leadership-of-xi-jinping-and-the-communist-party-130788/" aria-label="Read more about Why the coronavirus has become a major test for the leadership of Xi Jinping and the Communist Party">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Wright, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Science, Western Sydney University Cooling off with a swim in the river is a popular summer pastime in Australia, particularly for people who live a long distance from the beach. But urban waterways often have poor water quality, and swimming in ... <a title="A tale of 2 rivers: is it safer to swim in the Yarra in Victoria, or the Nepean in NSW?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/05/a-tale-of-2-rivers-is-it-safer-to-swim-in-the-yarra-in-victoria-or-the-nepean-in-nsw-130791/" aria-label="Read more about A tale of 2 rivers: is it safer to swim in the Yarra in Victoria, or the Nepean in NSW?">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tani Khara, PhD student in Sustainability, University of Technology Sydney Industrial livestock farms or factory farms account for more than 50% of global pork and poultry meat production and 10% of beef and mutton production. Graphic exposés of how animals are processed in such places rarely fail ... <a title="Animals suffer for meat production – and abattoir workers do too" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/05/animals-suffer-for-meat-production-and-abattoir-workers-do-too-127506/" aria-label="Read more about Animals suffer for meat production – and abattoir workers do too">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rola Ajjawi, Associate Professor, Deakin University As Australian students start university, failure is probably the last thing they want to think about. But university failure is depressingly common. Our study in a large Australian university found up to 52% of students in education, civil engineering, nursing and ... <a title="Failing a subject isn’t just the student’s fault. Universities can and should help" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/05/failing-a-subject-isnt-just-the-students-fault-universities-can-and-should-help-126195/" aria-label="Read more about Failing a subject isn’t just the student’s fault. Universities can and should help">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tan Yigitcanlar, Associate Professor of Urban Studies and Planning, Queensland University of Technology The highest-ranked areas in an Australia-wide assessment of smart city performance are all in metropolitan regions with higher population densities. “Australia’s 60 top-performing local government areas house more than quarter of the nation’s population,” ... <a title="Smart city or not? Now you can see how yours compares" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/05/smart-city-or-not-now-you-can-see-how-yours-compares-130881/" aria-label="Read more about Smart city or not? Now you can see how yours compares">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cameron Murray, Research Fellow – Henry Halloran Trust, University of Sydney Discussions about Australia’s retirement income system typically begin by reciting the political slogan that there are “three pillars” to the system — the age pension, compulsory super, and voluntary savings. It was the way the Abbott ... <a title="Superannuation isn’t a retirement income system – we should scrap it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/05/superannuation-isnt-a-retirement-income-system-we-should-scrap-it-130191/" aria-label="Read more about Superannuation isn’t a retirement income system – we should scrap it">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Scott Davie, Lecturer in Piano, School of Music, Australian National University In a series marking the 250th year of his birth, we analyse the brilliance of Ludwig van Beethoven. When Beethoven died in 1827, thousands of pages of highly notated music were bequeathed to posterity. Yet unlike ... <a title="Performing Beethoven – what it feels like to embody a master on today’s stage" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/05/performing-beethoven-what-it-feels-like-to-embody-a-master-on-todays-stage-129184/" aria-label="Read more about Performing Beethoven – what it feels like to embody a master on today’s stage">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Scott Morrison dodged a bullet when the Nationals clung on to Michael McCormack. There was palpable relief when the news came through to the Liberals. “We still have a Coalition,” one MP was heard to say during the Liberal party ... <a title="View from The Hill: Michael McCormack’s battle to hold off a second shot from Joyce’s locker" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/05/view-from-the-hill-michael-mccormacks-battle-to-hold-off-a-second-shot-from-joyces-locker-131164/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Michael McCormack’s battle to hold off a second shot from Joyce’s locker">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joanne Dickson, Associate Professor of Psychology, Edith Cowan University Research shows anxiety levels are high for many students in year 12 as they focus on academic goals that may determine their future. The way you pursue your goals can be the difference between maintaining happiness or feeling ... <a title="Year 12 can be stressful, but setting strong and healthy goals can help you thrive" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/04/year-12-can-be-stressful-but-setting-strong-and-healthy-goals-can-help-you-thrive-131028/" aria-label="Read more about Year 12 can be stressful, but setting strong and healthy goals can help you thrive">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Kenny, Senior Fellow, Australian Studies Institute, Australian National University Mad Monday usually describes sports teams “on the tear” at the end of season, not embattled governments embarking on a new parliamentary year. But Monday, February 3, had that devil-may-care feeling when the two second-tier parties of ... <a title="Adam Bandt will be a tougher leader, but the challenge will be in broadening the Greens’ appeal" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/04/adam-bandt-will-be-a-tougher-leader-but-the-challenge-will-be-in-broadening-the-greens-appeal-131145/" aria-label="Read more about Adam Bandt will be a tougher leader, but the challenge will be in broadening the Greens’ appeal">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim Baxter, Fellow – Melbourne Law School; Senior Researcher – Climate Council; Associate – Australian-German Climate and Energy College, University of Melbourne As Australia continues to battle horrific bushfires, Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced a renewed focus on gas-fired electricity to reduce emissions and lower energy ... <a title="Scott Morrison’s gas transition plan is a dangerous road to nowhere" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/04/scott-morrisons-gas-transition-plan-is-a-dangerous-road-to-nowhere-130951/" aria-label="Read more about Scott Morrison’s gas transition plan is a dangerous road to nowhere">Read more</a>
