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April 11, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Pedro Fidelman, Senior research fellow, The University of Queensland The Sixth Global Environment Outlook (GEO-6), the most comprehensive environmental assessment produced by the UN in five years, brought us both good and bad news. The environment has continued to deteriorate since the first GEO-6 report in 1997, ... <a title="There’s a lot of bad news in the UN Global Environment Outlook, but a sustainable future is still possible" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/11/theres-a-lot-of-bad-news-in-the-un-global-environment-outlook-but-a-sustainable-future-is-still-possible-115137/" aria-label="Read more about There’s a lot of bad news in the UN Global Environment Outlook, but a sustainable future is still possible">Read more</a>
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April 11, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jen Jackson, Education Policy Lead, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University Early childhood education and care barely rated a mention in the lead-up to the 2016 federal election. But the mood has changed in Canberra. In the lead-up to the May election, Labor has pledged $A1.75 billion to extend ... <a title="Both major parties are finally talking about the importance of preschool – here’s why it matters" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/11/both-major-parties-are-finally-talking-about-the-importance-of-preschool-heres-why-it-matters-114974/" aria-label="Read more about Both major parties are finally talking about the importance of preschool – here’s why it matters">Read more</a>
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April 11, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jock Collins, Professor of Social Economics, UTS Business School, University of Technology Sydney 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. Immigration policy will be ... <a title="Dog whistles, regional visas and wage theft – immigration policy is again an election issue" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/11/dog-whistles-regional-visas-and-wage-theft-immigration-policy-is-again-an-election-issue-113557/" aria-label="Read more about Dog whistles, regional visas and wage theft – immigration policy is again an election issue">Read more</a>
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April 11, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alan Montague, Senior Lecturer/Program Director, masters program in human resources management, RMIT University Over the next decade up to 40% of jobs could be replaced by automation. That’s according to a forecast from the Committee for the Economic Development of Australia. Risk of job automation by country. ... <a title="Artificial intelligence may take your job, so political leaders need to start doing theirs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/11/artificial-intelligence-may-take-your-job-so-political-leaders-need-to-start-doing-theirs-103764/" aria-label="Read more about Artificial intelligence may take your job, so political leaders need to start doing theirs">Read more</a>
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April 10, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tani Khara, PhD student in Sustainability, University of Technology Sydney Protests from animal-rights activists around the country have drawn a swift national backlash. The Prime Minister has condemned the animal-rights protesters as “shameful”, “un-Australian” and, memorably, “green-collar criminals”. It’s clear the protesters have touched a nerve, attracting ... <a title="Here’s why well-intentioned vegan protesters are getting it wrong" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/10/heres-why-well-intentioned-vegan-protesters-are-getting-it-wrong-115224/" aria-label="Read more about Here’s why well-intentioned vegan protesters are getting it wrong">Read more</a>
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April 10, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Geoff Hanmer, Adjunct Lecturer in Architecture, UNSW Regulation of the Australian building industry is broken, according to the Shergold-Weir report to the Building Ministers’ Forum (BMF). […] we have concluded that [the] nature and extent [of problems] are significant and concerning. The problems have led to diminishing ... <a title="Housing with buyer protection and no serious faults – is that too much to ask of builders and regulators?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/10/housing-with-buyer-protection-and-no-serious-faults-is-that-too-much-to-ask-of-builders-and-regulators-113115/" aria-label="Read more about Housing with buyer protection and no serious faults – is that too much to ask of builders and regulators?">Read more</a>
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April 10, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julian Meyrick, Professor of Creative Arts, Flinders 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. What happens when an opposition party wins power? In ... <a title="Arts and culture under the Coalition: a lurch between aggression and apathy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/10/arts-and-culture-under-the-coalition-a-lurch-between-aggression-and-apathy-114434/" aria-label="Read more about Arts and culture under the Coalition: a lurch between aggression and apathy">Read more</a>
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April 10, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anja Hilkemeijer, Lecturer in Law, University of Tasmania 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. Religious freedom Anja Hilkemeijer, Law Lecturer, University of Tasmania; ... <a title="The Coalition’s record on social policy: big on promises, short on follow-through" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/10/the-coalitions-record-on-social-policy-big-on-promises-short-on-follow-through-114611/" aria-label="Read more about The Coalition’s record on social policy: big on promises, short on follow-through">Read more</a>
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April 10, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julian Thomas, Professor of Media and Communications; Director, Social Change Enabling Capability Platform, RMIT University The national broadband network (NBN) has been a major issue in federal election campaigns for close to a decade. And the 2019 version of the NBN bears little resemblance to the futuristic, ... <a title="Labor will prioritise an NBN ‘digital inclusion drive’ – here’s what it should focus on" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/10/labor-will-prioritise-an-nbn-digital-inclusion-drive-heres-what-it-should-focus-on-115135/" aria-label="Read more about Labor will prioritise an NBN ‘digital inclusion drive’ – here’s what it should focus on">Read more</a>
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April 10, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Harvey, Associate professor in mathematics, UNSW Multiplication of two numbers is easy, right? At primary school we learn how to do long multiplication like this: The long way to multiplication. David Harvey Methods similar to this go back thousands of years, at least to the ancient ... <a title="We’ve found a quicker way to multiply really big numbers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/10/weve-found-a-quicker-way-to-multiply-really-big-numbers-114923/" aria-label="Read more about We’ve found a quicker way to multiply really big numbers">Read more</a>
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April 10, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joo-Cheong Tham, Professor, Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne The Coalition government’s use of taxpayer money for political advertising – as much as A$136 million since January, according to Labor figures – is far from an aberration in Australia. It is part of a sordid history in ... <a title="Government advertising may be legal, but it’s corrupting our electoral process" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/10/government-advertising-may-be-legal-but-its-corrupting-our-electoral-process-115061/" aria-label="Read more about Government advertising may be legal, but it’s corrupting our electoral process">Read more</a>
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April 10, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert Vertessy, Enterprise Professor, University of Melbourne Over the recent summer, three significant fish death events occurred in the lower Darling River near Menindee, New South Wales. Species involved included Murray Cod, Silver Perch, Golden Perch and Bony Herring, with deaths estimated to be in the range ... <a title="We wrote the report for the minister on fish deaths in the lower Darling – here’s why it could happen again" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/10/we-wrote-the-report-for-the-minister-on-fish-deaths-in-the-lower-darling-heres-why-it-could-happen-again-115063/" aria-label="Read more about We wrote the report for the minister on fish deaths in the lower Darling – here’s why it could happen again">Read more</a>
