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Fixing Australia’s extinction crisis means thinking bigger than individual species

May 9, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stuart Collard, Research Fellow, The Centre for Global Food and Resources, University of Adelaide The world’s largest assessment of biodiversity recently shared the alarming news that 1 million species are under threat of extinction. Australia’s extinction record is poor compared to the rest of the world, and ... <a title="Fixing Australia’s extinction crisis means thinking bigger than individual species" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/09/fixing-australias-extinction-crisis-means-thinking-bigger-than-individual-species-115559/" aria-label="Read more about Fixing Australia’s extinction crisis means thinking bigger than individual species">Read more</a>

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Why Australia needs to kill cats

May 9, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Read, Associate Lecturer, Ecology and Environmental Sciences, University of Adelaide Introduced cats are a key threat to 123 of Australia’s threatened species. The management of cats is challenging and divisive; many options such as rehoming, trap-neuter-release and euthanasia have been used around the world with varying ... <a title="Why Australia needs to kill cats" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/09/why-australia-needs-to-kill-cats-116654/" aria-label="Read more about Why Australia needs to kill cats">Read more</a>

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Too much love: helicopter parents could be raising anxious, narcissistic children

May 9, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marilyn Campbell, Professor Faculty of Education, School of Cultural and Professional Learning, Queensland University of Technology The Age newspaper recently highlighted the issue of so-called “helicopter parenting” at universities. The report talked of parents contacting lecturers to ask about their adult children’s grades, sitting in on meetings ... <a title="Too much love: helicopter parents could be raising anxious, narcissistic children" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/09/too-much-love-helicopter-parents-could-be-raising-anxious-narcissistic-children-116182/" aria-label="Read more about Too much love: helicopter parents could be raising anxious, narcissistic children">Read more</a>

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Why suburban parks offer an antidote to helicopter parenting

May 9, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Debra Flanders Cushing, Associate Professor in Landscape Architecture, Queensland University of Technology Well-designed suburban parks could be an antidote to helicopter parenting. As well as giving kids much-needed time outdoors being active, suburban parks offer kids opportunities to decide what activities they do, new research shows. It’s ... <a title="Why suburban parks offer an antidote to helicopter parenting" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/09/why-suburban-parks-offer-an-antidote-to-helicopter-parenting-115155/" aria-label="Read more about Why suburban parks offer an antidote to helicopter parenting">Read more</a>

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Labor wants to pay childcare wages itself. A perfect storm makes it not such a bad idea

May 9, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Warwick Smith, Research economist, University of Melbourne This article is part of an election series on wages, industrial relations, Labor and the union movement ahead of the 2019 federal election. You can read other pieces in the series here, here, here, here, and here. Opposition Leader Bill ... <a title="Labor wants to pay childcare wages itself. A perfect storm makes it not such a bad idea" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/09/labor-wants-to-pay-childcare-wages-itself-a-perfect-storm-makes-it-not-such-a-bad-idea-116272/" aria-label="Read more about Labor wants to pay childcare wages itself. A perfect storm makes it not such a bad idea">Read more</a>

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We need to do more about cyberbullying against Indigenous Australians

May 9, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bronwyn Carlson, Professor, Indigenous Studies, Macquarie University As part of his re-election pitch, Prime Minister Scott Morrison has promised to crack down on online trolls, increasing the penalties for online harassment. The Melbourne Demons, meanwhile, have announced a new campaign targeting online bullying. They recently opened a ... <a title="We need to do more about cyberbullying against Indigenous Australians" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/09/we-need-to-do-more-about-cyberbullying-against-indigenous-australians-115297/" aria-label="Read more about We need to do more about cyberbullying against Indigenous Australians">Read more</a>

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View from The Hill: Third debate contained some messages about and from the leaders

May 9, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Two moments stood out in Wednesday night’s debate, which substantially canvassed issues that have been chewed over endlessly through the campaign. These moments were significant not for the impact they’ll have on voters – who are probably over debates, if ... <a title="View from The Hill: Third debate contained some messages about and from the leaders" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/09/view-from-the-hill-third-debate-contained-some-messages-about-and-from-the-leaders-116769/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Third debate contained some messages about and from the leaders">Read more</a>

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Shorten and Morrison make their final cases in third leaders’ debate: our experts respond

May 9, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris Salisbury, Research Associate, School of Political Science & International Studies, The University of Queensland Bill Shorten and Scott Morrison were given the chance to ask each other questions in Wednesday night’s third and final leaders’ debate in the election campaign. Fortunately, the leaders stuck to policy ... <a title="Shorten and Morrison make their final cases in third leaders’ debate: our experts respond" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/09/shorten-and-morrison-make-their-final-cases-in-third-leaders-debate-our-experts-respond-116668/" aria-label="Read more about Shorten and Morrison make their final cases in third leaders’ debate: our experts respond">Read more</a>

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Passenger planes need enough cabin crew to operate all the exits in an emergency

May 8, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Geoffrey Dell, Associate Professor/Discipline Leader Accident Investigation and Forensics, CQUniversity Australia The crash of Aeroflot flight SU1492 in Moscow raises concerns about cabin safety in terms of the number of crew needed in an emergency. The Sukhoi Superjet-100 aircraft was carrying 73 passengers and five crew members ... <a title="Passenger planes need enough cabin crew to operate all the exits in an emergency" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/08/passenger-planes-need-enough-cabin-crew-to-operate-all-the-exits-in-an-emergency-116671/" aria-label="Read more about Passenger planes need enough cabin crew to operate all the exits in an emergency">Read more</a>

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How camp was the Met Gala? Not very

May 8, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Sini, Lecturer in Screen Media, University of the Sunshine Coast The Met Gala is an annual fundraising event for the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute where fashion and celebrity often collide. It always manages to raise eyebrows and this years’ theme, “Camp: Notes on Fashion,” ... <a title="How camp was the Met Gala? Not very" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/08/how-camp-was-the-met-gala-not-very-116742/" aria-label="Read more about How camp was the Met Gala? Not very">Read more</a>

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View from The Hill: Shorten turns Daily Telegraph sledge to advantage

May 8, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra News Corp outlets have been mostly unrelentingly anti-Bill Shorten and Labor during this campaign. They rarely let up. But Wednesday’s Daily Telegraph story with the screaming headline “Mother of Invention” backfired, handing the opposition leader the opportunity of a powerful ... <a title="View from The Hill: Shorten turns Daily Telegraph sledge to advantage" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/08/view-from-the-hill-shorten-turns-daily-telegraph-sledge-to-advantage-116740/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Shorten turns Daily Telegraph sledge to advantage">Read more</a>

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Indigenous rangers don’t receive the funding they deserve – here’s why

May 8, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Noel D Preece, Adjunct Asssociate Professor, James Cook University Australia heavily relies on the work of Indigenous rangers to meet our conservation targets, but they’re being short-changed by federal government funding. Indigenous-owned land for biodiversity and cultural conservation, called Indigenous Protected Areas (IPAs), make up almost half ... <a title="Indigenous rangers don’t receive the funding they deserve – here’s why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/08/indigenous-rangers-dont-receive-the-funding-they-deserve-heres-why-115916/" aria-label="Read more about Indigenous rangers don’t receive the funding they deserve – here’s why">Read more</a>