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July 4, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tets Kimura, Adjunct Lecturer, Creative Arts, Flinders University Shutterstock Maneki-neko, translated as beckoning cat but also known as lucky cat or welcome cat, is recognisable internationally, often found behind cash registers of restaurants and retail outlets – and also in your phone. But how did the cat ... <a title="What is the story of maneki-neko, the Japanese beckoning cat?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/04/what-is-the-story-of-maneki-neko-the-japanese-beckoning-cat-203906/" aria-label="Read more about What is the story of maneki-neko, the Japanese beckoning cat?">Read more</a>
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July 4, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jennifer Curtin, Professor of Politics and Policy, University of Auckland Getty Images In 1865, my Irish-born great great grandparents travelled from Dunedin to Sydney to marry in St Mary’s Cathedral. Some 63 years later, my grandmother Mary also travelled to Australia to marry my grandfather Ted. He ... <a title="As new Aussie citizenship rules kick in, the ‘fair go’ finally returns to trans-Tasman relations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/04/as-new-aussie-citizenship-rules-kick-in-the-fair-go-finally-returns-to-trans-tasman-relations-208739/" aria-label="Read more about As new Aussie citizenship rules kick in, the ‘fair go’ finally returns to trans-Tasman relations">Read more</a>
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July 3, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marnee Shay, Associate Professor, Principal Research Fellow, The University of Queensland Australian universities are calling on the federal government to uncap university places for all Indigenous students. This would mean any Indigenous applicant, provided they met the entrance requirements, could go to university. Currently, places are only ... <a title="Uncapping uni places for Indigenous students is a step in the right direction, but we must do much more" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/03/uncapping-uni-places-for-indigenous-students-is-a-step-in-the-right-direction-but-we-must-do-much-more-208918/" aria-label="Read more about Uncapping uni places for Indigenous students is a step in the right direction, but we must do much more">Read more</a>
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July 3, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Effie Karageorgos, Lecturer, University of Newcastle Wikipedia Recent sustained anti-coal action by Blockade Australia in the Hunter Valley has brought public protest back into the news cycle. Activists have occupied trains, railway lines and machinery in an attempt to obstruct coal production and broadcast their message about ... <a title="Not just a youth movement: history too often forgets older protesters" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/03/not-just-a-youth-movement-history-too-often-forgets-older-protesters-208472/" aria-label="Read more about Not just a youth movement: history too often forgets older protesters">Read more</a>
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July 3, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Ellerton, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy and Education; Curriculum Director, UQ Critical Thinking Project, The University of Queensland Shutterstock Educators involved in curriculum design know one hard truth: you can’t fit in everything. Whatever the finished product, there will always be someone who thinks something important has ... <a title="4 reasons not teaching evolution in schools is immoral" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/03/4-reasons-not-teaching-evolution-in-schools-is-immoral-208653/" aria-label="Read more about 4 reasons not teaching evolution in schools is immoral">Read more</a>
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July 3, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Maryanne Macdonald, Lecturer, Indigenous Education, Edith Cowan University GettyImages As Australia prepares for the Voice referendum later this year, some commentators struggle to create a respectful space for all sides of politics. Especially to discuss the proposed constitutional change. Debates with wide-ranging opinions have the potential to ... <a title="How to have informed and respectful conversations about Indigenous issues like the Voice" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/03/how-to-have-informed-and-respectful-conversations-about-indigenous-issues-like-the-voice-206093/" aria-label="Read more about How to have informed and respectful conversations about Indigenous issues like the Voice">Read more</a>
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July 3, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben White, Professor of End-of-Life Law and Regulation, Australian Centre for Health Law Research, Queensland University of Technology Shutterstock Voluntary assisted dying is legal in five Australian states with the sixth, New South Wales, following in November 2023. The territories are now permitted to legalise voluntary assisted ... <a title="Voluntary assisted dying is legal in Victoria, but you may not be able to access it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/03/voluntary-assisted-dying-is-legal-in-victoria-but-you-may-not-be-able-to-access-it-208282/" aria-label="Read more about Voluntary assisted dying is legal in Victoria, but you may not be able to access it">Read more</a>
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July 3, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anne Hewitt, Associate Professor, Law, University of Adelaide Shutterstock Many people, at some stage in their search for a career, have worked for free in return for some much valued experience. But it’s surprisingly hard to find exact numbers. A 2016 national survey of 3,800 Australians found ... <a title="It’s time we stopped exploiting interns and paid them for the hours worked" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/03/its-time-we-stopped-exploiting-interns-and-paid-them-for-the-hours-worked-208025/" aria-label="Read more about It’s time we stopped exploiting interns and paid them for the hours worked">Read more</a>
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July 3, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robin Smit, Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Technology Sydney Shutterstock The need to cut the emissions driving climate change is urgent, but it’s proving hard to decarbonise road transport in Australia. Its share of the nation’s total greenhouse gas emissions doubled from 8% in 1990 to 16% ... <a title="Too big, too heavy and too slow to change: road transport is way off track for net zero" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/03/too-big-too-heavy-and-too-slow-to-change-road-transport-is-way-off-track-for-net-zero-208655/" aria-label="Read more about Too big, too heavy and too slow to change: road transport is way off track for net zero">Read more</a>
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July 3, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Schoone, Senior Lecturer in Education, Auckland University of Technology Getty Images It wasn’t surprising when last week’s Education Review Office (ERO) report found New Zealand’s alternative education (AE) system suffers from inadequate facilities, a lack of qualified teaching personnel and poor long-term outcomes. After all, alternative ... <a title="School of last resort: how to fix NZ’s vital but ignored alternative education system" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/03/school-of-last-resort-how-to-fix-nzs-vital-but-ignored-alternative-education-system-208741/" aria-label="Read more about School of last resort: how to fix NZ’s vital but ignored alternative education system">Read more</a>
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July 3, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rowena Christiansen, Lecturer and Topic Coordinator, The University of Melbourne Noah Silliman/Unsplash Why do humans undertake journeys of personal exploration, or subject themselves to challenging conditions for long periods of time? What might we learn from their experiences? British mountaineer George Mallory undertook his fatal attempt to ... <a title="Alone in a dark cave: what can we learn from extreme survival experiments?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/03/alone-in-a-dark-cave-what-can-we-learn-from-extreme-survival-experiments-208300/" aria-label="Read more about Alone in a dark cave: what can we learn from extreme survival experiments?">Read more</a>
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July 3, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lesley Russell, Adjunct Associate Professor, Menzies Centre for Health Policy, University of Sydney Pixabay, CC BY There’s growing awareness public dental programs are unable to meet the demand for services. Private dental care is increasingly unaffordable, and millions of Australians go without the treatment they need. The ... <a title="Expensive dental care worsens inequality. Is it time for a Medicare-style ‘Denticare’ scheme?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/03/expensive-dental-care-worsens-inequality-is-it-time-for-a-medicare-style-denticare-scheme-207910/" aria-label="Read more about Expensive dental care worsens inequality. Is it time for a Medicare-style ‘Denticare’ scheme?">Read more</a>
