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January 28, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julie Sonnemann, Fellow, Grattan Institute Australia needs to lift the status of teachers to attract the best and brightest to teaching. The world’s top-performing school systems make it a national priority to attract the strongest candidates. Improving teacher selection improves student results. Australia’s brightest students are increasingly ... <a title="Lift teacher status to improve student performance" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/28/lift-teacher-status-to-improve-student-performance-110095/" aria-label="Read more about Lift teacher status to improve student performance">Read more</a>
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January 28, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Heather Shearer, Research Fellow, Cities Research Institute, Griffith University Mention “tiny house” in any social gathering and people almost always say, “Oh I love tiny houses.” The enthusiasm for tiny houses isn’t matched, however, by the take-up of tiny house living. Very few people actually live in ... <a title="Life in a tiny house: what’s it like and how can it be made better?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/28/life-in-a-tiny-house-whats-it-like-and-how-can-it-be-made-better-110495/" aria-label="Read more about Life in a tiny house: what’s it like and how can it be made better?">Read more</a>
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January 28, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Susan Broomhall, Professor of History, University of Western Australia In 1635, María, a slave woman from the Indian sub-continent living in the Spanish-controlled Philippine Islands, enters the historical record. We know that women as well as men were involved in forced movements like María’s around the region ... <a title="Hidden women of history: María, a slave in Manila who resisted sexual exploitation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/28/hidden-women-of-history-maria-a-slave-in-manila-who-resisted-sexual-exploitation-110182/" aria-label="Read more about Hidden women of history: María, a slave in Manila who resisted sexual exploitation">Read more</a>
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January 25, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tony Walker, Adjunct Professor, School of Communications, La Trobe University The arrest of an Australian-Chinese citizen in China for unspecified reasons is the last thing Australia needs at a sensitive moment in the reset of a relationship that has chilled over the past two years. But whether ... <a title="Australian-Chinese author’s detention raises important questions about China’s motivations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/25/australian-chinese-authors-detention-raises-important-questions-about-chinas-motivations-110433/" aria-label="Read more about Australian-Chinese author’s detention raises important questions about China’s motivations">Read more</a>
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January 25, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elizabeth Joyce, PhD candidate, James Cook University Sign up to Beating Around the Bush, a series that profiles native plants: part gardening column, part dispatches from country, entirely Australian. It’s a pale rebel with a mysterious past, who doesn’t play by the family rules. You might not ... <a title="Geosiris is an early contender for Sexiest Plant of 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/25/geosiris-is-an-early-contender-for-sexiest-plant-of-2019-109889/" aria-label="Read more about Geosiris is an early contender for Sexiest Plant of 2019">Read more</a>
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January 25, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Caroline Wake, Senior Lecturer in Theatre and Performance, UNSW Review: Beware of Pity, Sydney Festival 2019 Performances in the Roslyn Packer Theatre typically begin when the house lights go down, the stage lights come up, and the audience falls silent. In Beware of Pity, the house lights ... <a title="Beware of Pity is beautiful to watch, but clashes with modern sensibilities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/25/beware-of-pity-is-beautiful-to-watch-but-clashes-with-modern-sensibilities-110440/" aria-label="Read more about Beware of Pity is beautiful to watch, but clashes with modern sensibilities">Read more</a>
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January 25, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra [embedded content] University of Canberra Vice-Chancellor Deep Saini speaks with Michelle Grattan about the week in Australian politics. They discuss Scott Morrison’s decision to install former Labor president Warren Mundine as the candidate for the ultra-marginal NSW seat of Gilmore, ... <a title="VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on Morrison’s first political plays of 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/25/video-michelle-grattan-on-morrisons-first-political-plays-of-2019-110500/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on Morrison’s first political plays of 2019">Read more</a>
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January 25, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael (Mike) Joy, Senior Researcher; Institute for Governance and Policy Studies, Victoria University of Wellington Last year, a Danish study reported a link between nitrate in drinking water and the risk of developing colorectal (bowel) cancer. This finding could have important implications for New Zealanders. New Zealand ... <a title="Drinking water study raises health concerns for New Zealanders" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/25/drinking-water-study-raises-health-concerns-for-new-zealanders-108510/" aria-label="Read more about Drinking water study raises health concerns for New Zealanders">Read more</a>
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January 25, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sally Baker, Lecturer, School of Social Sciences, UNSW For some time, lowering standards and inadequate English language proficiency have dominated discussions about international students in Australia. Studies show many international students struggle in their relationships, with their finances, feelings of isolation and belonging, all of which affect ... <a title="Higher English entry standards for international students won’t necessarily translate to success" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/25/higher-english-entry-standards-for-international-students-wont-necessarily-translate-to-success-110350/" aria-label="Read more about Higher English entry standards for international students won’t necessarily translate to success">Read more</a>
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January 25, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicholas Gruen, Adjunct Professor, Business School, University of Technology Sydney It’s almost Australia Day and hundreds of us are in line for an award. Sadly, as unpublished research by my firm Lateral Economics reveals, many will get it for little more than doing their job. And the ... <a title="We’re awarding the Order of Australia to the wrong people" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/25/were-awarding-the-order-of-australia-to-the-wrong-people-110487/" aria-label="Read more about We’re awarding the Order of Australia to the wrong people">Read more</a>
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January 25, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Salmon, Professor of Human Factors, University of the Sunshine Coast Artificial intelligence can play chess, drive a car and diagnose medical issues. Examples include Google DeepMind’s AlphaGo, Tesla’s self-driving vehicles, and IBM’s Watson. This type of artificial intelligence is referred to as Artificial Narrow Intelligence (ANI) ... <a title="To protect us from the risks of advanced artificial intelligence, we need to act now" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/25/to-protect-us-from-the-risks-of-advanced-artificial-intelligence-we-need-to-act-now-107615/" aria-label="Read more about To protect us from the risks of advanced artificial intelligence, we need to act now">Read more</a>
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January 25, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Darren Pennay, Campus Visitor, ANU Centre for Social Research and Methods, Australian National University In the cultural warfare over whether January 26 should be retained as Australia Day, survey results are deployed like guided missiles. But what do Australians really think about the continuing debate? A recent ... <a title="New research reveals our complex attitudes to Australia Day" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/25/new-research-reveals-our-complex-attitudes-to-australia-day-110035/" aria-label="Read more about New research reveals our complex attitudes to Australia Day">Read more</a>
