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January 16, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Graeme Orr, Professor of Law, The University of Queensland “Make Australia Great.” So began several million text messages, sent last week from Clive Palmer’s United Australia Party. Palmer’s bumptious campaign techniques actually predated those of Donald Trump. But now he is aping Trump’s slogans and nationalism, if ... <a title="From robo calls to spam texts: annoying campaign tricks that are legal" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/16/from-robo-calls-to-spam-texts-annoying-campaign-tricks-that-are-legal-109943/" aria-label="Read more about From robo calls to spam texts: annoying campaign tricks that are legal">Read more</a>
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January 16, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Laura Crommelin, Research Lecturer, City Futures Research Centre, UNSW The saga of Opal Tower, the 36-storey Sydney apartment building evacuated on Christmas Eve after frightening cracking, has helped to expose the deep cracks in Australia’s approach to building apartments. An interim engineering assessment released yesterday indicates concrete ... <a title="The big lesson from Opal Tower is that badly built apartments aren’t only an issue for residents" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/16/the-big-lesson-from-opal-tower-is-that-badly-built-apartments-arent-only-an-issue-for-residents-109722/" aria-label="Read more about The big lesson from Opal Tower is that badly built apartments aren’t only an issue for residents">Read more</a>
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January 16, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Regina Scheyvens, Professor of Development Studies, Massey University If you live in a tourist destination, you might dread the holiday invasion. Likewise, disgruntled tourists complain about crowded and polluted beaches, national parks or attractions. Graffiti in Oviedo, northern Spain, following a spate of attacks on tourism facilities ... <a title="We’re in the era of overtourism but there is a more sustainable way forward" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/16/were-in-the-era-of-overtourism-but-there-is-a-more-sustainable-way-forward-108906/" aria-label="Read more about We’re in the era of overtourism but there is a more sustainable way forward">Read more</a>
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January 16, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonathon Sargeant, Senior Lecturer in Inclusive Education and Classroom Management, Australian Catholic University Recent reports suggest Australian classrooms, from the students’ perspective, are some of the most disruptive in the world. But do we have a behavioural crisis in our schools? Perhaps not. At the end of ... <a title="Are Australian classrooms really the most disruptive in the world? Not if you look at the whole picture" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/16/are-australian-classrooms-really-the-most-disruptive-in-the-world-not-if-you-look-at-the-whole-picture-109888/" aria-label="Read more about Are Australian classrooms really the most disruptive in the world? Not if you look at the whole picture">Read more</a>
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January 16, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paulomi (Polly) Burey, Senior Lecturer (Food Science), University of Southern Queensland Curious Kids is a series for children. Kids can send questions to curiouskids@theconversation.edu.au. You might also like the podcast Imagine This, a co-production between ABC KIDS listen and The Conversation, based on Curious Kids. How do ... <a title="Curious Kids: how do tongues taste food?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/16/curious-kids-how-do-tongues-taste-food-103744/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: how do tongues taste food?">Read more</a>
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January 16, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Charitha Pattiaratchi, Professor of Coastal Oceanography, University of Western Australia Many people in Australia will head to the beach this summer and that’ll most likely include a dip or a plunge into the sea. But have you ever wondered where those ocean waters come from, and what ... <a title="A current affair: the movement of ocean waters around Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/16/a-current-affair-the-movement-of-ocean-waters-around-australia-96779/" aria-label="Read more about A current affair: the movement of ocean waters around Australia">Read more</a>
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January 16, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Samuel Banister, Team Leader in Medicinal Chemistry, University of Sydney Recent media reports have suggested a rise in a dangerous new party drug known as “monkey dust”. This is a slang name for the drug MDPV (3,4-methylenedioxypyrovalerone), as well as other members of the chemical class known ... <a title="Weekly Dose: new drug MDPV, or ‘monkey dust’, found in Australia. What is it and what are the harms?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/16/weekly-dose-new-drug-mdpv-or-monkey-dust-found-in-australia-what-is-it-and-what-are-the-harms-109505/" aria-label="Read more about Weekly Dose: new drug MDPV, or ‘monkey dust’, found in Australia. What is it and what are the harms?">Read more</a>
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January 16, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Fran Sheldon, Professor, Australian Rivers Institute, Griffith University, Griffith University The deaths of millions of fish in the lower Darling River system over the past few weeks should come as no surprise. Quite apart from specific warnings given to the NSW government by their own specialists in ... <a title="The Darling River is simply not supposed to dry out, even in drought" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/16/the-darling-river-is-simply-not-supposed-to-dry-out-even-in-drought-109880/" aria-label="Read more about The Darling River is simply not supposed to dry out, even in drought">Read more</a>
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January 16, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Guy Dundas, Energy Fellow, Grattan Institute Summer is here with a vengeance. On hot days it’s very likely something in the power system will break and cause someone to lose power. And the weather bureau expects this summer to be hotter and drier than average – so ... <a title="35 degree days make blackouts more likely, but new power stations won’t help" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/16/35-degree-days-make-blackouts-more-likely-but-new-power-stations-wont-help-109085/" aria-label="Read more about 35 degree days make blackouts more likely, but new power stations won’t help">Read more</a>
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January 16, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Roy, Lecturer in Education, University of Newcastle This is a longer read at just over 1,300 words. Enjoy! A new school year can be daunting for any parent, prompting many questions: will my child settle in, make friends and progress academically? If your child has a ... <a title="What you need to know if your child with a disability is starting school soon" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/16/what-you-need-to-know-if-your-child-with-a-disability-is-starting-school-soon-107275/" aria-label="Read more about What you need to know if your child with a disability is starting school soon">Read more</a>
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January 16, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Beth Goldblatt, Associate Professor in the Faculty of Law, University of Technology Sydney ParentsNext is to be the subject of a Senate inquiry, with submissions closing on February 1. The program has been widely criticised for making parents’ lives more difficult and for unfairly stopping payments. But ... <a title="More than unpopular. How ParentsNext intrudes on single parents’ human rights" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/16/more-than-unpopular-how-parentsnext-intrudes-on-single-parents-human-rights-108754/" aria-label="Read more about More than unpopular. How ParentsNext intrudes on single parents’ human rights">Read more</a>
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January 16, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Miranda Stewart, Professor, University of Melbourne In international tax circles, as in other areas, we often talk about American exceptionalism. But these days, it is becoming increasingly clear that Australia is exceptional in taxation, among members of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and indeed, compared ... <a title="New figures put it beyond doubt. When it comes to company tax, we are a high-tax country, in part because it works well for us" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/16/new-figures-put-it-beyond-doubt-when-it-comes-to-company-tax-we-are-a-high-tax-country-in-part-because-it-works-well-for-us-109875/" aria-label="Read more about New figures put it beyond doubt. When it comes to company tax, we are a high-tax country, in part because it works well for us">Read more</a>
