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July 8, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lorelle Holland, PhD Candidate, The University of Queensland In some Australian states, children can legally be detained from the age of ten years old. This has led to over-policing and over-incarceration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children. First Nations children represent 50% of youth incarcerated during ... <a title="Raising the age of criminal responsibility is only a first step. First Nations kids need cultural solutions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/08/raising-the-age-of-criminal-responsibility-is-only-a-first-step-first-nations-kids-need-cultural-solutions-186201/" aria-label="Read more about Raising the age of criminal responsibility is only a first step. First Nations kids need cultural solutions">Read more</a>
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July 8, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Darcy Watchorn, PhD Candidate, Deakin University The southern and central greater glider, the world’s largest gliding marsupial, was officially listed as “endangered” this week, with the species facing a very high risk of extinction. In just six years, the number of greater gliders has declined at a ... <a title="Greater gliders are hurtling towards extinction, and the blame lies squarely with Australian governments" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/08/greater-gliders-are-hurtling-towards-extinction-and-the-blame-lies-squarely-with-australian-governments-186469/" aria-label="Read more about Greater gliders are hurtling towards extinction, and the blame lies squarely with Australian governments">Read more</a>
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July 8, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Helen Dinmore, Research Fellow, University of South Australia A family standing outside a tin shack called Wiloma during the Great Depression, New South Wales, 1932 Skyrocketing property prices and an impossible rental market have seen growing numbers of Australians struggling to find a place to live. Recent ... <a title="Shanty towns and eviction riots: the radical history of Australia’s property market" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/08/shanty-towns-and-eviction-riots-the-radical-history-of-australias-property-market-185129/" aria-label="Read more about Shanty towns and eviction riots: the radical history of Australia’s property market">Read more</a>
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July 8, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Suzie Gibson, Senior Lecturer in English Literature, Charles Sturt University Kate Smith For many, Bathurst’s Mount Panorama is exclusively a car racing venue. For Indigenous Australians it is a place called Wahluu, where First Nations women once offered their sons for tribal initiation. It is a cherished ... <a title="How a new art project in Bathurst is embracing the many identities of the town" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/08/how-a-new-art-project-in-bathurst-is-embracing-the-many-identities-of-the-town-185860/" aria-label="Read more about How a new art project in Bathurst is embracing the many identities of the town">Read more</a>
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July 8, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amir Ghapanchi, Senior Lecturer and Course Chair, Master of Project Management, Victoria University Shutterstock Australia’s higher education system is, more or less, focused on training people who will work for others’ companies. This “employee mindset” leads students to have a vision of being recruited as an employee ... <a title="Some uni students want to be more than employees, but we’re neglecting these would-be entrepreneurs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/08/some-uni-students-want-to-be-more-than-employees-but-were-neglecting-these-would-be-entrepreneurs-185604/" aria-label="Read more about Some uni students want to be more than employees, but we’re neglecting these would-be entrepreneurs">Read more</a>
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July 8, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Max Rashbrooke, Research Associate, Institute for Governance and Policy Studies, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Shutterstock Proposed changes to New Zealand’s political donation rules have put the spotlight on donors who give thousands and the motivations they have for their generosity. Our current research ... <a title="‘They’re nice to me, I’m nice to them’: new research sheds light on what motivates political party donors in New Zealand" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/08/theyre-nice-to-me-im-nice-to-them-new-research-sheds-light-on-what-motivates-political-party-donors-in-new-zealand-185574/" aria-label="Read more about ‘They’re nice to me, I’m nice to them’: new research sheds light on what motivates political party donors in New Zealand">Read more</a>
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July 8, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cohen Marcus Lionel Brown, Sessional Academic, University of Wollongong Shutterstock It’s a mistake to think problematic aggression is limited to those with psychiatric disorders. Healthy people have also the capacity for impulsive violence – and resulting “morally” poor behaviour. Traditionally, moral development has been facilitated by social ... <a title="Humans are aggressive, sometimes too much – could ‘moral enhancement’ technologies offer a solution?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/08/humans-are-aggressive-sometimes-too-much-could-moral-enhancement-technologies-offer-a-solution-186119/" aria-label="Read more about Humans are aggressive, sometimes too much – could ‘moral enhancement’ technologies offer a solution?">Read more</a>
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July 8, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Sussex, Fellow, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has finally delivered him something approaching a minor victory. With his forces recently taking control of Lysychansk, Russia now controls virtually all of Luhansk oblast (province). That’s one of the two ... <a title="Russia’s Ukraine invasion is slowly approaching an inflection point. Is the West prepared to step up?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/08/russias-ukraine-invasion-is-slowly-approaching-an-inflection-point-is-the-west-prepared-to-step-up-186388/" aria-label="Read more about Russia’s Ukraine invasion is slowly approaching an inflection point. Is the West prepared to step up?">Read more</a>
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July 8, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Leon Salter, Postdoctoral Fellow, Massey University Shutterstock As in many Western countries, New Zealand’s universities have become increasingly reliant on casual and temporary employees to run classes and undertake research. The situation is becoming critical, both for young academics themselves and for the country in general. The ... <a title="For many NZ scholars, the old career paths are broken. Our survey shows the reality for this new ‘academic precariat’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/08/for-many-nz-scholars-the-old-career-paths-are-broken-our-survey-shows-the-reality-for-this-new-academic-precariat-186303/" aria-label="Read more about For many NZ scholars, the old career paths are broken. Our survey shows the reality for this new ‘academic precariat’">Read more</a>
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July 8, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Highfield, Senior Lecturer, Deputy Head of School (ACT and regional NSW), Australian Catholic University www.shutterstock.com It is school holidays in Australia and, in many parts of the country, it’s also raining and bitterly cold. This means many children are stuck indoors and many parents will be ... <a title="‘Screen time’ for kids is an outdated concept, so let’s ditch it and focus on quality instead" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/08/screen-time-for-kids-is-an-outdated-concept-so-lets-ditch-it-and-focus-on-quality-instead-186462/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Screen time’ for kids is an outdated concept, so let’s ditch it and focus on quality instead">Read more</a>
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July 7, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra It was a sharp contrast. Similar disasters, very different politics. Responding to the NSW and Queensland floods earlier this year, Scott Morrison couldn’t put a foot right. Complaints abounded – over the Commonwealth’s response, and his own. In this week’s ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Albanese is pursuing harmony but consensus has its limits" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/07/grattan-on-friday-albanese-is-pursuing-harmony-but-consensus-has-its-limits-186561/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Albanese is pursuing harmony but consensus has its limits">Read more</a>
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July 7, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Albanese government has acted quickly to abandon the prosecution of Bernard Collaery, who was charged in relation to the leaking of information about Australia’s alleged spying in Timor-Leste. Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus said that in taking this decision “I have ... <a title="Dreyfus ends prosecution of lawyer over alleged leaking about Australian spying in against Timor-Leste" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/07/dreyfus-ends-prosecution-of-lawyer-over-alleged-leaking-about-australian-spying-in-against-timor-leste-186555/" aria-label="Read more about Dreyfus ends prosecution of lawyer over alleged leaking about Australian spying in against Timor-Leste">Read more</a>
