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April 15, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Patrick D. Nunn, Professor of Geography, School of Social Sciences, University of the Sunshine Coast On many continents during the last ice age, typically from about 50,000 to 12,000 years ago, species of megafauna that had lived there for hundreds of thousands of years became extinct. Comparatively ... <a title="Of bunyips and other beasts: living memories of long-extinct creatures in art and stories" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/15/of-bunyips-and-other-beasts-living-memories-of-long-extinct-creatures-in-art-and-stories-113031/" aria-label="Read more about Of bunyips and other beasts: living memories of long-extinct creatures in art and stories">Read more</a>
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April 14, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The fact the Victorian Liberals are having to change candidates in three seats draws attention to an issue that should be properly fixed but won’t be any time soon – the problem of section 44 of the constitution. The candidates ... <a title="View from The Hill: Section 44 remains a constitutional trip wire that should be addressed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/14/view-from-the-hill-section-44-remains-a-constitutional-trip-wire-that-should-be-addressed-115435/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Section 44 remains a constitutional trip wire that should be addressed">Read more</a>
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April 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Chris Bowen has unpleasantly vivid memories, from when he was treasurer during the 2013 election campaign, of attributing costings of opposition policy to the public service. Bowen, at a joint news conference with Kevin Rudd and Penny Wong, claimed a ... <a title="View from The Hill: Frydenberg up to Bowen’s old tricks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/12/view-from-the-hill-frydenberg-up-to-bowens-old-tricks-115382/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Frydenberg up to Bowen’s old tricks">Read more</a>
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April 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Holly Cullen, Adjunct professor, University of Western Australia Julian Assange, the Australian cofounder of Wikileaks, was arrested on April 11 by British police at the Ecuadorian embassy in London, where he had been claiming political asylum for almost seven years. He has faced a range of criminal ... <a title="Explainer: what charges does Julian Assange face, and what’s likely to happen next?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/12/explainer-what-charges-does-julian-assange-face-and-whats-likely-to-happen-next-115362/" aria-label="Read more about Explainer: what charges does Julian Assange face, and what’s likely to happen next?">Read more</a>
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April 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Saurav Dutta, Head of School at the School of Accounting, Curtin University From Shakespeare’s Shylock to Dickens’ Ebenezer Scrooge to HBO’s Tony Soprano, characters who lend out money at exorbitant interest rates are unsavoury. So what should we think of businesses that deliberately target the poorest and ... <a title="Four common debt traps: payday loans, consumer leases, blackmail securities and credit ‘management’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/12/four-common-debt-traps-payday-loans-consumer-leases-blackmail-securities-and-credit-management-113564/" aria-label="Read more about Four common debt traps: payday loans, consumer leases, blackmail securities and credit ‘management’">Read more</a>
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April 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Manu Saunders, Research fellow, University of New England The recent story of four live bees pulled from inside a woman’s eye quickly grabbed people’s attention. News reports claimed the bees were “sweat bees”, the common name for species in the bee family Halictidae. There are some contradictory ... <a title="Bees seeking blood, sweat and tears is more common than you think" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/12/bees-seeking-blood-sweat-and-tears-is-more-common-than-you-think-115300/" aria-label="Read more about Bees seeking blood, sweat and tears is more common than you think">Read more</a>
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April 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Whitehead, Research Fellow in Evolutionary Ecology, University of Melbourne It is perhaps poetic that a region most famous for its lack of trees lies so close to one of Australia’s greatest tree-based spectacles. The Nullarbor Plain, our famous, flat, featureless expanse is literally named for its ... <a title="The sexy gum: a love story" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/12/the-sexy-gum-a-love-story-115363/" aria-label="Read more about The sexy gum: a love story">Read more</a>
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April 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hal Pawson, Associate Director – City Futures – Urban Policy and Strategy, City Futures Research Centre, Housing Policy and Practice, UNSW Labor’s bold stance on housing tax reform and investment makes this one of the likely policy flashpoints in the coming election campaign. How does the Coalition ... <a title="On housing, there’s clear blue water between the main parties" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/12/on-housing-theres-clear-blue-water-between-the-main-parties-113556/" aria-label="Read more about On housing, there’s clear blue water between the main parties">Read more</a>
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April 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra [embedded content] University of Canberra Deputy Vice-Chancellor Leigh Sullivan talks about the start of the federal election campaign with Michelle Grattan. They discuss the messages and tone of each of the leaders, the north-south divide of voters, and the impact ... <a title="VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the starting line of the 2019 election campaign" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/12/video-michelle-grattan-on-the-starting-line-of-the-2019-election-campaign-115365/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the starting line of the 2019 election campaign">Read more</a>
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April 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Caroline Henckels, Senior Lecturer, Monash University The High Court of Australia handed down a judgment on April 10 that upheld Tasmanian and Victorian laws that created “safe access zones” around abortion clinics. The court ruled the laws are constitutionally valid. Safe access zones prevent anti-abortionists from targeting ... <a title="High Court delivers landmark ruling validating abortion clinic ‘safe access zones’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/12/high-court-delivers-landmark-ruling-validating-abortion-clinic-safe-access-zones-115062/" aria-label="Read more about High Court delivers landmark ruling validating abortion clinic ‘safe access zones’">Read more</a>
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April 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kylie Walker, Visiting Fellow, Australian National University This article is part of a series examining the Coalition government’s record on key issues while in power and what Labor is promising if it wins the 2019 federal election. Evidence from around the world shows that public investment in ... <a title="STEM is worth investing in, but Australia’s major parties offer scant details on policy and funding" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/12/stem-is-worth-investing-in-but-australias-major-parties-offer-scant-details-on-policy-and-funding-113739/" aria-label="Read more about STEM is worth investing in, but Australia’s major parties offer scant details on policy and funding">Read more</a>
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April 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul McGreevy, Professor of Animal Behaviour and Animal Welfare Science, University of Sydney As Australia prepares to farewell the beloved racehorse Winx in her final race this weekend, it’s interesting to look at the factors that contributed to her incredible success. This magnificent mare’s extraordinary career reflects ... <a title="The success of Winx shows the value of symmetry in race horses" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/12/the-success-of-winx-shows-the-value-of-symmetry-in-race-horses-115148/" aria-label="Read more about The success of Winx shows the value of symmetry in race horses">Read more</a>
