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With the LNP returned to power, is there anything left in Adani’s way?

May 22, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Samantha Hepburn, Director of the Centre for Energy and Natural Resources Law, Deakin Law School, Deakin University After months of “start” and “stop” Adani campaigning, the coalmine is poised to go ahead following the surprise success of the Coalition government at the federal election. So is anything ... <a title="With the LNP returned to power, is there anything left in Adani’s way?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/22/with-the-lnp-returned-to-power-is-there-anything-left-in-adanis-way-117506/" aria-label="Read more about With the LNP returned to power, is there anything left in Adani’s way?">Read more</a>

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New data shows sex offenders in Victoria are going to prison for longer

May 22, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul McGorrery, PhD Candidate in Criminal Law, Deakin University Sentences for most sex offences are getting harsher in Victoria, according to new data released on Wednesday by the Victorian Sentencing Advisory Council. The data are for all cases sentenced in the County Court for certain sex offences ... <a title="New data shows sex offenders in Victoria are going to prison for longer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/22/new-data-shows-sex-offenders-in-victoria-are-going-to-prison-for-longer-116957/" aria-label="Read more about New data shows sex offenders in Victoria are going to prison for longer">Read more</a>

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Queensland to all those #Quexiteers: don’t judge, try to understand us

May 22, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anne Tiernan, Professor of Politics. Dean (Engagement) Griffith Business School, Griffith University “What the hell is wrong with Queensland?” Such comments are at the polite end of social media responses from progressive voters in other parts of Australia who were disappointed by the Coalition’s “miracle” win on ... <a title="Queensland to all those #Quexiteers: don’t judge, try to understand us" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/22/queensland-to-all-those-quexiteers-dont-judge-try-to-understand-us-117502/" aria-label="Read more about Queensland to all those #Quexiteers: don’t judge, try to understand us">Read more</a>

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In a notoriously sexist art form, Australian women composers are making their voices heard

May 22, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Karen Cummings, Lecturer in Singing, University of Wollongong Classical music has traditionally not been a welcoming environment for women composers. Opera Australia’s 2019 season, for instance, features just one work by a female composer, Elena Kats-Chernin. At a recent New Opera Workshop, held in Brisbane in April, ... <a title="In a notoriously sexist art form, Australian women composers are making their voices heard" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/22/in-a-notoriously-sexist-art-form-australian-women-composers-are-making-their-voices-heard-108991/" aria-label="Read more about In a notoriously sexist art form, Australian women composers are making their voices heard">Read more</a>

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Sex trafficking’s tragic paradox: when victims become perpetrators

May 22, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexandra Baxter, Researcher/PhD Candidate, criminology and human trafficking, Flinders University Born in rural Thailand, Watcharaporn Nantahkhum gave birth to her first child at the age of 17. Her father killed himself when she was young, to absolve the family of debt. Her mother later ran into debt, ... <a title="Sex trafficking’s tragic paradox: when victims become perpetrators" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/22/sex-traffickings-tragic-paradox-when-victims-become-perpetrators-115706/" aria-label="Read more about Sex trafficking’s tragic paradox: when victims become perpetrators">Read more</a>

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Charging the Christchurch mosque attacker with terrorism could be risky – but it’s important

May 22, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Keiran Hardy, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Griffith Criminology Institute, Griffith University On Tuesday, the gunman in the Christchurch mosque shootings was charged with committing a terrorist act. The new charge came more than two months after the massacre. The gunman, who the author and The Conversation have chosen ... <a title="Charging the Christchurch mosque attacker with terrorism could be risky – but it’s important" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/22/charging-the-christchurch-mosque-attacker-with-terrorism-could-be-risky-but-its-important-117513/" aria-label="Read more about Charging the Christchurch mosque attacker with terrorism could be risky – but it’s important">Read more</a>

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Cutting interest rates is just the start. It’s about to become much, much easier to borrow

May 22, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Warren Hogan, Industry Professor, University of Technology Sydney Australia’s lowest ever Reserve Bank cash rate – 1.5% – is about to be consigned to history. On Tuesday Governor Philip Lowe made it clear that he plans to cut it in two weeks time. The money market cash ... <a title="Cutting interest rates is just the start. It’s about to become much, much easier to borrow" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/22/cutting-interest-rates-is-just-the-start-its-about-to-become-much-much-easier-to-borrow-117500/" aria-label="Read more about Cutting interest rates is just the start. It’s about to become much, much easier to borrow">Read more</a>

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The ‘pulse’ of a volcano can be used to help predict its next eruption

May 22, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca Carey, Senior Lecturer in Earth Sciences, University of Tasmania Predicting when a volcano will next blow is tricky business, but lessons we learned from one of Hawaii’s recent eruptions may help. Kīlauea, on the Big Island of Hawai’i, is probably the best understood volcano on Earth. ... <a title="The ‘pulse’ of a volcano can be used to help predict its next eruption" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/22/the-pulse-of-a-volcano-can-be-used-to-help-predict-its-next-eruption-117005/" aria-label="Read more about The ‘pulse’ of a volcano can be used to help predict its next eruption">Read more</a>

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Outrage, polls and bias: 2019 federal election showed Australian media need better regulation

May 22, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Denis Muller, Senior Research Fellow in the Centre for Advancing Journalism, University of Melbourne Two big media-related issues have emerged from the federal election: how opinion polls are reported and the polarisation of the main newspaper groups. Opinion polls have been part of Australia’s political landscape for ... <a title="Outrage, polls and bias: 2019 federal election showed Australian media need better regulation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/22/outrage-polls-and-bias-2019-federal-election-showed-australian-media-need-better-regulation-117401/" aria-label="Read more about Outrage, polls and bias: 2019 federal election showed Australian media need better regulation">Read more</a>

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Aboriginal mothers are incarcerated at alarming rates – and their mental and physical health suffers

May 22, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sacha Kendall, Post-doctoral research fellow in public health, University of Technology Sydney Aboriginal women are the fastest growing prison population in Australia. They comprise around one-third of female prisoners in New South Wales, despite making up just 3% of the population. The majority of Aboriginal women in ... <a title="Aboriginal mothers are incarcerated at alarming rates – and their mental and physical health suffers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/22/aboriginal-mothers-are-incarcerated-at-alarming-rates-and-their-mental-and-physical-health-suffers-116827/" aria-label="Read more about Aboriginal mothers are incarcerated at alarming rates – and their mental and physical health suffers">Read more</a>

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‘Bright white skeletons’: some Western Australian reefs have the lowest coral cover on record

May 22, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Paton Gilmour, Research Scientist: Coral Ecology, Australian Institute of Marine Science Diving on the remote coral reefs in the north of Western Australia during the world’s worst bleaching event in 2016, the first thing I noticed was the heat. It was like diving into a warm ... <a title="‘Bright white skeletons’: some Western Australian reefs have the lowest coral cover on record" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/22/bright-white-skeletons-some-western-australian-reefs-have-the-lowest-coral-cover-on-record-116423/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Bright white skeletons’: some Western Australian reefs have the lowest coral cover on record">Read more</a>

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From sharks in seagrass to manatees in mangroves, we’ve found large marine species in some surprising places

May 22, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Sievers, Research Fellow, Global Wetlands Project, Australia Rivers Institute, Griffith University When we think of mangrove forests, seagrass meadows and saltmarshes, we don’t immediately think of shark habitats. But the first global review of links between large marine animals (megafauna) and coastal wetlands is challenging this ... <a title="From sharks in seagrass to manatees in mangroves, we’ve found large marine species in some surprising places" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/22/from-sharks-in-seagrass-to-manatees-in-mangroves-weve-found-large-marine-species-in-some-surprising-places-116177/" aria-label="Read more about From sharks in seagrass to manatees in mangroves, we’ve found large marine species in some surprising places">Read more</a>