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April 30, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert Hassan, Professor, School of Culture and Communication, University of Melbourne It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. Winston Smith, his chin nuzzled into his breast in an effort to escape the vile wind, slipped quickly through the glass doors ... <a title="Guide to the classics: Orwell’s 1984 and how it helps us understand tyrannical power today" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/30/guide-to-the-classics-orwells-1984-and-how-it-helps-us-understand-tyrannical-power-today-112066/" aria-label="Read more about Guide to the classics: Orwell’s 1984 and how it helps us understand tyrannical power today">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Perth studio audience of undecided voters gave the campaign’s first debate to Bill Shorten by a decisive margin. Of the 48 present, 25 thought the opposition leader won, 12 believed the night was Morrison’s and the rest were undecided. ... <a title="View from The Hill: Shorten had the content, Morrison had the energy in first debate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/30/view-from-the-hill-shorten-had-the-content-morrison-had-the-energy-in-first-debate-116218/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Shorten had the content, Morrison had the energy in first debate">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David McCooey, Professor of Writing and Literature, Deakin University The death of the Australian poet Les Murray at the age of 80 is a profound loss for his family and friends. It is also a great loss for literature. Whether one writes “world literature” or “Australian literature” ... <a title="Vale Les Murray, a witty, anti-authoritarian, national poet who spoke to the world" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/30/vale-les-murray-a-witty-anti-authoritarian-national-poet-who-spoke-to-the-world-116186/" aria-label="Read more about Vale Les Murray, a witty, anti-authoritarian, national poet who spoke to the world">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW Through smirks, jabs and plenty of policy disagreements, Scott Morrison and Bill Shorten took aim at one another in the first leaders’ debate of the 2019 federal election and attempted to provide voters with a sense of how their parties would ... <a title="Morrison and Shorten take aim at one another in leaders’ debate: experts respond" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/29/morrison-and-shorten-take-aim-at-one-another-in-leaders-debate-experts-respond-116187/" aria-label="Read more about Morrison and Shorten take aim at one another in leaders’ debate: experts respond">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Charlton-Robb, Conservation geneticist and dolphin researcher, Monash University For women who marry men, in 2019 this question still comes up: will you be taking your husband’s name? It is no longer a legal requirement nor the default position for Australian women to take their partner’s name. ... <a title="How three scientists navigated the personal and career implications of a name change with marriage" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/29/how-three-scientists-navigated-the-personal-and-career-implications-of-a-name-change-with-marriage-114918/" aria-label="Read more about How three scientists navigated the personal and career implications of a name change with marriage">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra ANU marketing lecturer Andrew Hughes says this is the first election where the advertising spend and activity has been more focussed on digital. He told The Conversation that on Monday, the first day of pre-polling, there was a surge in ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Andrew Hughes on political advertising – and Clive Palmer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/29/politics-with-michelle-grattan-andrew-hughes-on-political-advertising-and-clive-palmer-116183/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Andrew Hughes on political advertising – and Clive Palmer">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Lavender, Lecturer, School of Physiotherapy and Exercise Science, Curtin University Perhaps your GP has recommended you exercise more, or you’ve had a recent health scare. Maybe your family’s been nagging you to get off the couch or you’ve decided yourself that it’s time to lose some ... <a title="Health Check: how to start exercising if you’re out of shape" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/29/health-check-how-to-start-exercising-if-youre-out-of-shape-114437/" aria-label="Read more about Health Check: how to start exercising if you’re out of shape">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne With 19 days to go until election day, this week’s Newspoll, conducted April 26-28 from a sample of 2,140, gave Labor just a 51-49 lead, a one-point gain for the Coalition since last fortnight. Primary ... <a title="Poll wrap: Australia Labor Party’s Newspoll lead falls to 51-49 on dubious assumptions as Palmer and Coalition do a deal" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/29/poll-wrap-labors-newspoll-lead-falls-to-51-49-on-dubious-assumptions-as-palmer-and-coalition-do-a-deal-116062/" aria-label="Read more about Poll wrap: Australia Labor Party’s Newspoll lead falls to 51-49 on dubious assumptions as Palmer and Coalition do a deal">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katie Woolaston, Lawyer, Queensland University of Technology Two small children were hospitalised in recent weeks after being attacked by dingoes on K’gari (Fraser Island). The latest attack involved a 14-month-old boy who was dragged from his family campervan by dingoes, an incident that could have ended with ... <a title="Dingoes and humans were once friends. Separating them could be why they attack" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/29/dingoes-and-humans-were-once-friends-separating-them-could-be-why-they-attack-115917/" aria-label="Read more about Dingoes and humans were once friends. Separating them could be why they attack">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James C. Murphy, PhD Student in Politics & History, Swinburne University of Technology With taxes and health care emerging as key issues in the upcoming federal election, we’re running a series this week looking at the main issues that swung elections in the past, from agricultural workers’ ... <a title="Issues that swung elections: an arbitration dispute and the first ousting of a PM from parliament" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/29/issues-that-swung-elections-an-arbitration-dispute-and-the-first-ousting-of-a-pm-from-parliament-115129/" aria-label="Read more about Issues that swung elections: an arbitration dispute and the first ousting of a PM from parliament">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Reza Tajaddini, Senior Lecturer in Finance, Swinburne University of Technology There is disquiet about the French owners of the luxury brands Luis Vuitton, Christian Dior, Givenchy and Gucci giving a whopping €300 million to the rebuilding of Notre Dame Cathedral. Such largesse, critics say, could be better ... <a title="It’s the luxuries that give it away. To fight corruption, follow the goods" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/29/its-the-luxuries-that-give-it-away-to-fight-corruption-follow-the-goods-113553/" aria-label="Read more about It’s the luxuries that give it away. To fight corruption, follow the goods">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tanya Latty, Senior Lecturer, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney You’d think it would be a simple piece of biological accounting – how many distinct species make up life on Earth? But the answer may come as a bit of a shock. We simply ... <a title="How many species on Earth? Why that’s a simple question but hard to answer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/29/how-many-species-on-earth-why-thats-a-simple-question-but-hard-to-answer-114909/" aria-label="Read more about How many species on Earth? Why that’s a simple question but hard to answer">Read more</a>
