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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 no serious faults and buyer protection – is that too much to ask of builders and regulators?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/10/housing-with-no-serious-faults-and-buyer-protection-is-that-too-much-to-ask-of-builders-and-regulators-113115/" aria-label="Read more about Housing with no serious faults and buyer protection – 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 Olivia Murphy, Postdoctoral research fellow in English, University of Sydney A documentary from the Smithsonian Institute, examining new DNA and physical anthropology evidence, suggests the famous cavalry officer Casimir Pulaski (1745-1779) might have been a woman, or intersex. Pulaski is a hero of the struggles for Polish ... <a title="Adventurous identities: intersex soldiers and cross-dressing women at war" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/10/adventurous-identities-intersex-soldiers-and-cross-dressing-women-at-war-115126/" aria-label="Read more about Adventurous identities: intersex soldiers and cross-dressing women at war">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The fallout from the extraordinary revelations about Peter Dutton’s contacts with Chinese Communist Party-aligned billionaire Huang Xiangmo is a potent brew, its ingredients the issue of foreign interference and the legacy of last year’s leadership challenge. A tale full of ... <a title="View from The Hill: Dutton suffers reflux after tasty Chinese meal" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/09/view-from-the-hill-dutton-suffers-reflux-after-tasty-chinese-meal-115150/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Dutton suffers reflux after tasty Chinese meal">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Camilla Nelson, Associate Professor in Media, University of Notre Dame Australia Vicki Laveau-Harvie’s memoir of a “monstrous” mother has won the 2019 Stella Prize. The Erratics tells the story of Vicki’s return home to a prairie house in the sparse wintry landscapes of Alberta, Canada, where she ... <a title="Vicki Laveau-Harvie’s remarkable, uncomfortable memoir wins the 2019 Stella Prize" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/09/vicki-laveau-harvies-remarkable-uncomfortable-memoir-wins-the-2019-stella-prize-115120/" aria-label="Read more about Vicki Laveau-Harvie’s remarkable, uncomfortable memoir wins the 2019 Stella Prize">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Patrick Taylor, Professor of Environmental Science, Macquarie University Current smelting emissions from the Nyrstar smelter in the South Australian city of Port Pirie continue to pose a clear risk of harm to local children, our research has found. Port Pirie has been a world-leading centre for ... <a title="Children continue to be exposed to contaminated air in Port Pirie" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/09/children-continue-to-be-exposed-to-contaminated-air-in-port-pirie-113484/" aria-label="Read more about Children continue to be exposed to contaminated air in Port Pirie">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Duckett, Director, Health Program, Grattan Institute 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. The Turnbull/Morrison government has a mixed record, at best, on ... <a title="The Coalition’s report card on health includes some passes and quite a few fails" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/09/the-coalitions-report-card-on-health-includes-some-passes-and-quite-a-few-fails-113734/" aria-label="Read more about The Coalition’s report card on health includes some passes and quite a few fails">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Steven Bond-Smith, Research Fellow, Bankwest-Curtin Economics Centre, Curtin University The federal government has just promised to increase spending on public hospitals from A$21.7 billion in 2018 to A$26.2 billion by 2023. Expect more hospital promises in coming weeks. There is a long history of parties at both ... <a title="More hospitals will not cure Australia’s ailing health-care system. There’s a more efficient way" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/09/more-hospitals-will-not-cure-australias-ailing-health-care-system-theres-a-more-efficient-way-111084/" aria-label="Read more about More hospitals will not cure Australia’s ailing health-care system. There’s a more efficient way">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bill Laurance, Distinguished Research Professor and Australian Laureate, James Cook University For time immemorial, many wildlife species have survived by undertaking heroic long-distance migrations. But many of these great migrations are collapsing right before our eyes. Perhaps the biggest peril to migrations is so common that we ... <a title="From Australia to Africa, fences are stopping Earth’s great animal migrations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/09/from-australia-to-africa-fences-are-stopping-earths-great-animal-migrations-114586/" aria-label="Read more about From Australia to Africa, fences are stopping Earth’s great animal migrations">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne Six weeks before an expected May 18 election, this week’s Newspoll, conducted April 4-7 from a sample of 1,800, gave Labor a 52-48 lead. That’s a two-point gain for the Coalition since the last Newspoll, ... <a title="Post-budget poll wrap: Coalition gets a bounce in Newspoll, but not in Ipsos or Essential" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/09/post-budget-poll-wrap-coalition-gets-a-bounce-in-newspoll-but-not-in-ipsos-or-essential-114010/" aria-label="Read more about Post-budget poll wrap: Coalition gets a bounce in Newspoll, but not in Ipsos or Essential">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexandra Wake, Program Manager, Journalism, RMIT University Despite some reprieve in the 2019 federal budget, the ABC is still in dire financial straits. More job losses and a reduction in services remain on the agenda. The Coalition government has provided another three years of tied funding of ... <a title="The ABC didn’t receive a reprieve in the budget. It’s still facing staggering cuts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/09/the-abc-didnt-receive-a-reprieve-in-the-budget-its-still-facing-staggering-cuts-114922/" aria-label="Read more about The ABC didn’t receive a reprieve in the budget. It’s still facing staggering cuts">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kat Bolstad, Senior Lecturer, Auckland University of Technology Squids and octopuses could be considered the “parrots of the ocean”. Some are smart, and many have complex behaviours. And, of course, they have strange, bird-like beaks. They are the subject of ancient myths and legends about sea monsters, ... <a title="Squid team finds high species diversity off Kermadec Islands, part of stalled marine reserve proposal" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/09/squid-team-finds-high-species-diversity-off-kermadec-islands-part-of-stalled-marine-reserve-proposal-110893/" aria-label="Read more about Squid team finds high species diversity off Kermadec Islands, part of stalled marine reserve proposal">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Piero Moraro, Lecturer in Criminal Justice, Charles Sturt University Thirty-nine people were arrested yesterday in Melbourne over an animal rights protest that blocked a major intersection. The protest caused chaos for commuters during the morning peak hour, and politicians and the media were quick to condemn the ... <a title="Animal rights activists in Melbourne: green-collar criminals or civil ‘disobedients’?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/09/animal-rights-activists-in-melbourne-green-collar-criminals-or-civil-disobedients-115119/" aria-label="Read more about Animal rights activists in Melbourne: green-collar criminals or civil ‘disobedients’?">Read more</a>
