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February 26, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Carolyn D’Cruz, Senior Lecturer, Gender Sexuality and Diversity Studies, La Trobe University “Intersectionality” – a word most commonly used in relation to feminism – can be hard to define and easy to abuse. Still, it remains essential for analysing and changing patterns of inequality and injustice. Put ... <a title="Explainer: what does ‘intersectionality’ mean?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/26/explainer-what-does-intersectionality-mean-104937/" aria-label="Read more about Explainer: what does ‘intersectionality’ mean?">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW This is part of a major series called Advancing Australia, in which leading academics examine the key issues facing Australia in the lead-up to the 2019 federal election and beyond. Read the other pieces in the series here. Australia’s nearly three ... <a title="Now is the time to plan how to fight the next recession" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/26/now-is-the-time-to-plan-how-to-fight-the-next-recession-111497/" aria-label="Read more about Now is the time to plan how to fight the next recession">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Westaway, Senior Research Fellow, Australian Research Centre for Human Evolution, Griffith University The Tasmanian devil – despite its name – once roamed the mainland of Australia. Returning the devil to the mainland may not only help its threatened status but could help control invasive predators such ... <a title="Could Tassie devils help control feral cats on the mainland? Fossils say yes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/26/could-tassie-devils-help-control-feral-cats-on-the-mainland-fossils-say-yes-63120/" aria-label="Read more about Could Tassie devils help control feral cats on the mainland? Fossils say yes">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Frank Bongiorno, Professor of History, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University This is part of a major series called Advancing Australia, in which leading academics examine the key issues facing Australia in the lead-up to the 2019 federal election and beyond. Read the ... <a title="A Shorten government could shift the country on important issues and show a little spunk" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/26/a-shorten-government-could-shift-the-country-on-important-issues-and-show-a-little-spunk-110885/" aria-label="Read more about A Shorten government could shift the country on important issues and show a little spunk">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Carol Johnson, Adjunct Professor, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Adelaide This is part of a major series called Advancing Australia, in which leading academics examine the key issues facing Australia in the lead-up to the 2019 federal election and beyond. Read the other pieces ... <a title="Win or lose the next election, it may be time for the Liberals to rethink their economic narrative" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/26/win-or-lose-the-next-election-it-may-be-time-for-the-liberals-to-rethink-their-economic-narrative-110902/" aria-label="Read more about Win or lose the next election, it may be time for the Liberals to rethink their economic narrative">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ana Ramírez, PhD candidate, James Cook University Western Australian health authorities recently issued warnings about Murray Valley encephalitis, a serious disease that can spread by the bite of an infected mosquito and cause inflammation of the brain. Thankfully, no human cases have been reported this wet season. ... <a title="Explainer: what is Murray Valley encephalitis virus?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/26/explainer-what-is-murray-valley-encephalitis-virus-112212/" aria-label="Read more about Explainer: what is Murray Valley encephalitis virus?">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian A. MacKenzie, Senior Lecturer in Economics, The University of Queensland Australia’s new flagship Climate Solutions Fund, announced this week by Prime Minister Scott Morrison, will spend more than A$2 billion on cutting greenhouse emissions by 2030. While action on climate change is welcomed, this announcement seems ... <a title="The government’s $2bn climate fund: a rebadged rehash of old mistakes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/26/the-governments-2bn-climate-fund-a-rebadged-rehash-of-old-mistakes-112412/" aria-label="Read more about The government’s $2bn climate fund: a rebadged rehash of old mistakes">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Pep Canadell, CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere; Executive Director, Global Carbon Project, CSIRO Eighteen countries from developed economies have had declining carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels for at least a decade. While every nation is unique, they share some common themes that can show Australia, and the ... <a title="Eighteen countries showing the way to carbon zero" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/26/eighteen-countries-showing-the-way-to-carbon-zero-112295/" aria-label="Read more about Eighteen countries showing the way to carbon zero">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Hunt, Associate Professor, La Trobe University Climate change has already reduced yields for Australian wheat growers, thanks to increasingly unreliable rains and hostile temperatures. But our new research offers farmers a way to adapt. By sowing much earlier than they currently do, wheat growers can potentially ... <a title="Early sowing can help save Australia’s wheat from climate change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/26/early-sowing-can-help-save-australias-wheat-from-climate-change-112306/" aria-label="Read more about Early sowing can help save Australia’s wheat from climate change">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Edward Narayan, Senior Lecturer in Animal Science, Western Sydney University Australia is one of the world’s most highly urbanised nations – 90% of Australians live in cities and towns, with development concentrated along the coast. This poses a major threat to native wildlife such as the koala, ... <a title="Koalas can learn to live the city life if we give them the trees and safe spaces they need" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/26/koalas-can-learn-to-live-the-city-life-if-we-give-them-the-trees-and-safe-spaces-they-need-112068/" aria-label="Read more about Koalas can learn to live the city life if we give them the trees and safe spaces they need">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Evgenia Bourova, Research Fellow (Financial Hardship Project), University of Melbourne Two thirds of Australian adults feel financially insecure. Almost one in two have less than three months’ income saved, and almost one in three have less than one month’s income. One in seven have negligible or no ... <a title="What 1,100 Australians told us about the experience of living with debt they can’t repay" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/26/what-1-100-australians-told-us-about-the-experience-of-living-with-debt-they-cant-repay-105296/" aria-label="Read more about What 1,100 Australians told us about the experience of living with debt they can’t repay">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stuart Richards, Lecturer in Screen Studies, University of South Australia Every year it is the same story: the Academy comes so close to catching up with the rest of the film world, only to award the Oscar for Best Picture to the most middling of the bunch. ... <a title="#Oscars2019 play it safe with Green Book – but don’t look to the Academy for enlightened thinking" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/26/oscars2019-play-it-safe-with-green-book-but-dont-look-to-the-academy-for-enlightened-thinking-111733/" aria-label="Read more about #Oscars2019 play it safe with Green Book – but don’t look to the Academy for enlightened thinking">Read more</a>
