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December 6, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marc Hudson, PhD Candidate, Sustainable Consumption Institute, University of Manchester Among the tributes, critiques and personal reminsces on the life of former US president George H.W. Bush, there has been plenty of reflection on his war record – but less on how he handled himself during the ... <a title="George Bush Sr could have got in on the ground floor of climate action – history would have thanked him" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/06/george-bush-sr-could-have-got-in-on-the-ground-floor-of-climate-action-history-would-have-thanked-him-108050/" aria-label="Read more about George Bush Sr could have got in on the ground floor of climate action – history would have thanked him">Read more</a>
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December 6, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Dodd, Director of the Centre for Advancing Journalism, University of Melbourne Today we’re taking a look back at some of the biggest issues of 2018 with special guest Kath Viner, editor-in-chief of The Guardian. As the media grappled this year with how to cover Donald Trump ... <a title="Media Files: Covering Trump, funding news and the rise of impunity. The Guardian’s Kath Viner on the big media stories of 2018" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/06/media-files-covering-trump-funding-news-and-the-rise-of-impunity-the-guardians-kath-viner-on-the-big-media-stories-of-2018-106540/" aria-label="Read more about Media Files: Covering Trump, funding news and the rise of impunity. The Guardian’s Kath Viner on the big media stories of 2018">Read more</a>
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December 6, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicholas Biddle, Associate Professor, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University Support for democracy and trust in politicians is falling. We hear a lot about evidence-based policy as a way to stem this decline, but less about how that evidence should be generated. One ... <a title="Voters are crying out for better government but have mixed views on how to achieve it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/06/voters-are-crying-out-for-better-government-but-have-mixed-views-on-how-to-achieve-it-107713/" aria-label="Read more about Voters are crying out for better government but have mixed views on how to achieve it">Read more</a>
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December 6, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jana Matthews, ANZ Chair in Business Growth. Director, Australian Centre for Business Growth, University of South Australia The Australian government has a plan to help the nation’s small and medium-sized businesses – but it’s not a very well-developed one. Its cornerstone is A$2 billion for a “Securitisation ... <a title="Thanks for the $2 billion for small-business expansion; now all we need are plans to expand" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/06/thanks-for-the-2-billion-for-small-business-expansion-now-all-we-need-are-plans-to-expand-107797/" aria-label="Read more about Thanks for the $2 billion for small-business expansion; now all we need are plans to expand">Read more</a>
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December 6, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kellie Bousfield, Lecturer, Charles Sturt University Australia’s education system often suffers a barrage of criticism – claims of stagnant or declining NAPLAN results, slippage in international comparisons and rankings, and an irrelevant curriculum, tend to draw the attention of politicians, the media, and the Australian public. It’s ... <a title="Student protests show Australian education does get some things right" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/06/student-protests-show-australian-education-does-get-some-things-right-108258/" aria-label="Read more about Student protests show Australian education does get some things right">Read more</a>
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December 6, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Linden, Sessional Lecturer, PhD (Management) Candidate, School of Management, RMIT University As the final round of what the Twitterverse calls #BankingRC ended, two of Australia’s most highly respected business journalists sought to sum up what has emerged in the 68 days of hearings. They didn’t hold ... <a title="Will Hayne blink? The problems with banks demand tough measures that neither they nor their regulators want" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/06/will-hayne-blink-the-problems-with-banks-demand-tough-measures-that-neither-they-nor-their-regulators-want-107953/" aria-label="Read more about Will Hayne blink? The problems with banks demand tough measures that neither they nor their regulators want">Read more</a>
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December 6, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tanya Dalziell, Associate Professor, English and Literary Studies, University of Western Australia The note Leonard Cohen wrote to his former lover Marianne Ihlen as she lay upon her death bed became a viral phenomenon after they both died in 2016. But Cohen’s last letter to Ihlen was ... <a title="Mythmaking, social media and the truth about Leonard Cohen’s last letter to Marianne Ihlen" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/06/mythmaking-social-media-and-the-truth-about-leonard-cohens-last-letter-to-marianne-ihlen-108082/" aria-label="Read more about Mythmaking, social media and the truth about Leonard Cohen’s last letter to Marianne Ihlen">Read more</a>
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December 6, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stanley Shanapinda, Research Fellow, La Trobe University One of the key functions of the government is to collect and archive national records. This includes everything from property records and registers of births, deaths and taxes, to Parliamentary proceedings, and even the ABC’s digital library of Australian news ... <a title="Protecting our digital heritage in the age of cyber threats" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/06/protecting-our-digital-heritage-in-the-age-of-cyber-threats-108252/" aria-label="Read more about Protecting our digital heritage in the age of cyber threats">Read more</a>
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December 6, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonathon Louth, Research Fellow, Australian Centre for Community Services Research, Flinders University Sport is central to the lives of many Australians. This isn’t simply a reference to participation levels, but the importance of sport as a social institution. Organised sport, from the elite level though to local ... <a title="How sport can tackle violence against women and girls" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/06/how-sport-can-tackle-violence-against-women-and-girls-107886/" aria-label="Read more about How sport can tackle violence against women and girls">Read more</a>
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December 6, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Seth Delpachitra, Clinical Tutor in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne If you’re about to, or have had, surgery in a public hospital, you may have wondered which doctor was actually operating on you. Was there one, or several? ... <a title="I’m having surgery in a public hospital. Will a junior doctor operate on me?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/06/im-having-surgery-in-a-public-hospital-will-a-junior-doctor-operate-on-me-106710/" aria-label="Read more about I’m having surgery in a public hospital. Will a junior doctor operate on me?">Read more</a>
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December 6, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Pep Canadell, CSIRO Scientist, and Executive Director of the Global Carbon Project, CSIRO Carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions from fossil fuels and industry are projected to rise more than 2% (range 1.8% to 3.7%) in 2018, taking global fossil CO₂ emissions to a new record high of 37.1 ... <a title="Carbon emissions will reach 37 billion tonnes in 2018, a record high" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/06/carbon-emissions-will-reach-37-billion-tonnes-in-2018-a-record-high-108041/" aria-label="Read more about Carbon emissions will reach 37 billion tonnes in 2018, a record high">Read more</a>
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December 6, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bruce Mountain, Director, Victoria Energy Policy Centre, Victoria University Does renewable electricity raise or lower electricity prices? There is more to this question than meets the eye: are prices lower before or after renewable subsidies are recovered, how has variability been accounted for, how have changes in ... <a title="The verdict is in: renewables reduce energy prices (yes, even in South Australia)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/06/the-verdict-is-in-renewables-reduce-energy-prices-yes-even-in-south-australia-108251/" aria-label="Read more about The verdict is in: renewables reduce energy prices (yes, even in South Australia)">Read more</a>
