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November 26, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Georgina Heydon, Associate professor, RMIT University If you’re an avid viewer of crime shows, you’ve probably come across cases in which an expert, often a psychologist, is called in to help solve a crime using their language analysis skills. However, in real life it’s the job of ... <a title="Forensic linguists can make or break a court case. So who are they and what do they do?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/26/forensic-linguists-can-make-or-break-a-court-case-so-who-are-they-and-what-do-they-do-149920/" aria-label="Read more about Forensic linguists can make or break a court case. So who are they and what do they do?">Read more</a>
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November 26, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shaun Rosier, Practice-based PhD Researcher in Landscape Architecture, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington New Zealand has more than 1,100 registered quarries. Some of these mined sites are small, rural operations, but a significant number are large and complex, and within a city’s urban boundaries. ... <a title="Mining companies are required to return quarried sites to their ‘natural character’. But is that enough?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/26/mining-companies-are-required-to-return-quarried-sites-to-their-natural-character-but-is-that-enough-149814/" aria-label="Read more about Mining companies are required to return quarried sites to their ‘natural character’. But is that enough?">Read more</a>
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November 26, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Keating, Visiting Fellow, College of Business & Economics, Australian National University From the 1980s right through to the global financial crisis, the standard response in Australia and elsewhere to too weak or too strong an economy has been monetary policy — the manipulation of interest rates ... <a title="From here on our recovery will need more than fiscal policy, it’ll need redistribution" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/26/from-here-on-our-recovery-will-need-more-than-fiscal-policy-itll-need-redistribution-150081/" aria-label="Read more about From here on our recovery will need more than fiscal policy, it’ll need redistribution">Read more</a>
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November 26, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amanda Laugesen, Director, Australian National Dictionary Centre, Australian National University Women have had a fraught historical relationship to swearing. Long regarded as guardians of morality and respectability, their use of swear words has been policed and punished in various ways. Yet women have a rich history of ... <a title="From ‘common scolds’ to feminist reclamation: the fraught history of women and swearing in Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/26/from-common-scolds-to-feminist-reclamation-the-fraught-history-of-women-and-swearing-in-australia-150615/" aria-label="Read more about From ‘common scolds’ to feminist reclamation: the fraught history of women and swearing in Australia">Read more</a>
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November 25, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Scott Morrison has encouraged federal public servants to engage with their Chinese counterparts, saying these are important connections particularly given the tensions in the bilateral relationship. Answering a question during a virtual forum on Wednesday with federal bureaucrats, Morrison said ... <a title="Officials’ engagement with China especially important in tense times: Morrison" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/25/officials-engagement-with-china-especially-important-in-tense-times-morrison-150857/" aria-label="Read more about Officials’ engagement with China especially important in tense times: Morrison">Read more</a>
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November 25, 2020
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Campaigners at a TAPOL-hosted global webinar have called on the people of Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States and other countries to stop funding military training for Indonesian security forces who are “killing innocent West Papuans”. Rosa Moiwend, a member of the War Resisters International, said West Papuans wanted to ... <a title="Stop funding military repression in Papua, plead TAPOL speakers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/25/stop-funding-military-repression-in-papua-plead-tapol-speakers/" aria-label="Read more about Stop funding military repression in Papua, plead TAPOL speakers">Read more</a>
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November 25, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The increase in the compulsory superannuation contribution, legislated to rise next July from 9.5% to 10%, is being fiercely debated following the release of the retirement income report. In this podcast we hear the views of Brendan Coates, Director of ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: two views on increasing the super contribution" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/25/politics-with-michelle-grattan-two-views-on-increasing-the-super-contribution-150846/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: two views on increasing the super contribution">Read more</a>
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November 25, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Armstrong, Senior Lecturer in Special and Inclusive Education, RMIT University The Victorian government has announced an investment of nearly A$1.6 billion for public schools to ensure students with disability are supported in the classroom. The money will double the number of students with disability receiving extra ... <a title="Victoria is boosting disability support in schools by A$1.6 billion. Here are 4 ways to make the most of it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/25/victoria-is-boosting-disability-support-in-schools-by-a-1-6-billion-here-are-4-ways-to-make-the-most-of-it-150633/" aria-label="Read more about Victoria is boosting disability support in schools by A$1.6 billion. Here are 4 ways to make the most of it">Read more</a>
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November 25, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Power, Associate Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University Many of us are aware of the enormous threat of antibiotic- (or “antimicrobial”) resistant bacteria on human health. But few realise just how pervasive these superbugs are — antimicrobial-resistant bacteria have jumped from humans and ... <a title="Humans are polluting the environment with antibiotic-resistant bacteria, and I’m finding them everywhere" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/25/humans-are-polluting-the-environment-with-antibiotic-resistant-bacteria-and-im-finding-them-everywhere-150744/" aria-label="Read more about Humans are polluting the environment with antibiotic-resistant bacteria, and I’m finding them everywhere">Read more</a>
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November 25, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Subhadra Evans, Senior lecturer, Psychology, Deakin University Parents have faced unprecedented stress during the pandemic as they care for children while juggling paid work from home. However, very little research so far has focused on family well-being during the pandemic. So we asked more than 2,000 parents ... <a title="We asked over 2,000 Australian parents how they fared in lockdown. Here’s what they said" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/25/we-asked-over-2-000-australian-parents-how-they-fared-in-lockdown-heres-what-they-said-150545/" aria-label="Read more about We asked over 2,000 Australian parents how they fared in lockdown. Here’s what they said">Read more</a>
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November 25, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Harriette Richards, Honorary (Fellow) Cultural Studies, University of Melbourne As Australian consumers step out of their loungewear post-lockdown, many might be looking to buy new clothes for themselves or as gifts. Whether you’re buying sweatpants or sequins, online or in-store, ethical fashion shopping can be confusing. There ... <a title="Ethical fashion is confusing — even shoppers with good intentions get overwhelmed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/25/ethical-fashion-is-confusing-even-shoppers-with-good-intentions-get-overwhelmed-145935/" aria-label="Read more about Ethical fashion is confusing — even shoppers with good intentions get overwhelmed">Read more</a>
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November 25, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Swati Nagar, Lecturer, International Business, Strategy and Entrepreneurship, Auckland University of Technology The COVID border restrictions might be saving lives but they’re also threatening the livelihoods of New Zealand farmers, unless a way can be found to allow Pacific Island seasonal workers to return and pick the ... <a title="NZ needs a plan to help migrant workers pick fruit and veg, or prices will soar and farms go bust" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/25/nz-needs-a-plan-to-help-migrant-workers-pick-fruit-and-veg-or-prices-will-soar-and-farms-go-bust-150447/" aria-label="Read more about NZ needs a plan to help migrant workers pick fruit and veg, or prices will soar and farms go bust">Read more</a>
