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April 26, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Philip Almond, Emeritus Professor in the History of Religious Thought, The University of Queensland Less than a week after the attack on the Twin Towers in New York on 11 September 2001, US President George W. Bush gave a remarkable speech about America’s “Muslim Brothers and sisters”. ... <a title="Friday essay: how Western attitudes towards Islam have changed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/26/friday-essay-how-western-attitudes-towards-islam-have-changed-111989/" aria-label="Read more about Friday essay: how Western attitudes towards Islam have changed">Read more</a>
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April 26, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Claire F.R. Wordley, Research Associate in Conservation Evidence, University of Cambridge The effects of European consumption are being felt in Brazil, driving disastrous deforestation and violence. But the destruction can end if the European Union demands higher environmental standards on Brazilian goods. Hundreds of scientists and Indigenous ... <a title="Message to the EU: you have the chance to stop fuelling devastation in the Amazon" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/26/message-to-the-eu-you-have-the-chance-to-stop-fuelling-devastation-in-the-amazon-115465/" aria-label="Read more about Message to the EU: you have the chance to stop fuelling devastation in the Amazon">Read more</a>
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April 26, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra This election is acquiring quite a few back-to-the-future touches. There’s John Howard, in robust campaign mode. One of those he’s spruiking for is the embattled Tony Abbott, with a letter to Warringah voters, a video and a planned street walk. ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: All is forgiven in the Liberal embrace of Palmer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/26/grattan-on-friday-all-is-forgiven-in-the-liberal-embrace-of-palmer-116011/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: All is forgiven in the Liberal embrace of Palmer">Read more</a>
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April 26, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra This election is acquiring quite a few back-to-the-future touches. There’s John Howard, in robust campaign mode. One of those he’s spruiking for is the embattled Tony Abbott, with a letter to Warringah voters, a video and a planned street walk. ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: All is forgiven in Liberal-Palmer embrace" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/26/grattan-on-friday-all-is-forgiven-in-liberal-palmer-embrace-116011/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: All is forgiven in Liberal-Palmer embrace">Read more</a>
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April 25, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christopher Wurster, Senior Research Associate of Stable Isotope Geochemistry, James Cook University The islands of Sumatra, Borneo and Java were once part of a much larger landmass connected to Asia called Sundaland. But there are some species that are unique to each island today – such as ... <a title="Bat and bird poo can tell you a lot about ancient landscapes in Southeast Asia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/25/bat-and-bird-poo-can-tell-you-a-lot-about-ancient-landscapes-in-southeast-asia-115628/" aria-label="Read more about Bat and bird poo can tell you a lot about ancient landscapes in Southeast Asia">Read more</a>
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April 25, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Greg Barton, Chair in Global Islamic Politics, Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University In the wake of any tragedy, it should be enough to grieve and stand in solidarity with those who mourn. With a massive toll – at least 359 dead and around ... <a title="Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the Sri Lanka terror attack. Here’s what that means" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/25/islamic-state-has-claimed-responsibility-for-the-sri-lanka-terror-attack-heres-what-that-means-115915/" aria-label="Read more about Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the Sri Lanka terror attack. Here’s what that means">Read more</a>
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April 25, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne With 23 days to go until the May 18 election, Newspoll had seat polls of Herbert, Lindsay, Deakin and Pearce. All four polls were conducted April 20 from samples of 500-620. Clive Palmer’s United Australia ... <a title="Poll wrap: Palmer’s party has good support in Newspoll seat polls, but is it realistic?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/25/poll-wrap-palmers-party-has-good-support-in-newspoll-seat-polls-but-is-it-realistic-115802/" aria-label="Read more about Poll wrap: Palmer’s party has good support in Newspoll seat polls, but is it realistic?">Read more</a>
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April 24, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Milford, Professor, Queensland University of Technology At the end of Avengers: Infinity War half the people (including heroes and villains) in the universe were gone in the snap of a finger from Thanos (Josh Brolin). So how can Avengers: Endgame (in cinemas from this week) try ... <a title="Avengers: Endgame exploits time travel and quantum mechanics as it tries to restore the universe" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/24/avengers-endgame-exploits-time-travel-and-quantum-mechanics-as-it-tries-to-restore-the-universe-115705/" aria-label="Read more about Avengers: Endgame exploits time travel and quantum mechanics as it tries to restore the universe">Read more</a>
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April 24, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Martin Williams, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Monash University An estimated one in ten Australians were taking antidepressants in 2015. That’s double the number using them in 2000, and the second-highest rate of antidepressant use among all OECD countries. Yet some studies have found antidepressants might be no more ... <a title="Psychedelics to treat mental illness? Australian researchers are giving it a go" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/24/psychedelics-to-treat-mental-illness-australian-researchers-are-giving-it-a-go-112952/" aria-label="Read more about Psychedelics to treat mental illness? Australian researchers are giving it a go">Read more</a>
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April 24, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kevin Brophy, Emeritus Professor of Creative writing, University of Melbourne Just as fiction’s George Smiley made sense of the world – and even made his baffling way about a world at war through knowing the works of minor German poets – our own very real Michael Sharkey ... <a title="Victorian women poets of WW1: capturing the reverberations of loss" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/24/victorian-women-poets-of-ww1-capturing-the-reverberations-of-loss-108084/" aria-label="Read more about Victorian women poets of WW1: capturing the reverberations of loss">Read more</a>
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April 24, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra While the major party leaders seem to have curated their images, University of Canberra assistant professor in communications and media Caroline Fisher says they can’t always control how these could be manipulated. Fisher says there has been “a real attempt ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Caroline Fisher on the spin machines of #AusVotes19" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/24/politics-with-michelle-grattan-caroline-fisher-on-the-spin-machines-of-ausvotes19-115918/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Caroline Fisher on the spin machines of #AusVotes19">Read more</a>
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April 24, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matt McDonald, Associate Professor of International Relations, The University of Queensland Australians don’t tend to vote on foreign policy in federal elections. This makes perfect sense: there is, for the most part, a tradition of bipartisanship on foreign policy and usually few key points of difference between ... <a title="Foreign policy should play a bigger role in Australian elections. This is why it probably won’t" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/24/foreign-policy-should-play-a-bigger-role-in-australian-elections-this-is-why-it-probably-wont-115298/" aria-label="Read more about Foreign policy should play a bigger role in Australian elections. This is why it probably won’t">Read more</a>
