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December 5, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elisa Palazzo, Senior Lecturer in Urban and Landscape Design, UNSW Science is clearly showing that the world is shifting towards a more unstable climate. Weather events like the flash floods in Sydney last week will be more frequent and extreme, while the intervals between them will become ... <a title="Design for flooding: how cities can make room for water" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/05/design-for-flooding-how-cities-can-make-room-for-water-105844/" aria-label="Read more about Design for flooding: how cities can make room for water">Read more</a>
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December 5, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hari Bapuji, Associate professor, University of Melbourne Twitter chief Jack Dorsey’s first visit to India had been going so well. He got to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi (an avid Tweeter with 44.5 million followers), “King of Bollywood” Shah Rukh Khan (36.8 million followers), and the Dalai ... <a title="How Twitter got blindsided by India’s still-toxic caste system" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/05/how-twitter-got-blindsided-by-indias-still-toxic-caste-system-107792/" aria-label="Read more about How Twitter got blindsided by India’s still-toxic caste system">Read more</a>
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December 5, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jill Vaughan, Research Fellow in Linguistics, University of Melbourne On Australia’s remote north-central coast, the small community of Maningrida is remarkable for many reasons. It boasts dramatic coastal scenery, world-renowned bark and sculptural artists, skilled weavers and textile printers, and unique local wildlife. But Maningrida is extraordinary ... <a title="Meet the remote Indigenous community where a few thousand people use 15 different languages" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/05/meet-the-remote-indigenous-community-where-a-few-thousand-people-use-15-different-languages-107716/" aria-label="Read more about Meet the remote Indigenous community where a few thousand people use 15 different languages">Read more</a>
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December 5, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra If anyone needs further evidence of the self-defeating weird places the Liberals seem to find themselves in, consider what happened on Tuesday. Malcolm Turnbull made another intervention in the political debate, this time talking about the National Energy Guarantee, when ... <a title="View from The Hill: Malcolm Turnbull and his NEG continue to haunt the government" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/05/view-from-the-hill-malcolm-turnbull-and-his-neg-continue-to-haunt-the-government-108200/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Malcolm Turnbull and his NEG continue to haunt the government">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Darren Palmer, Associate professor, Deakin University Victoria is finally getting a royal commission into policing following yesterday’s decisions of the High Court and earlier, the Victorian Supreme Court of Appeal, to release court rulings that outline an extraordinary episode in the use of a police informant. The ... <a title="Victorian royal commission into policing needs to take a broad approach: here’s why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/04/victorian-royal-commission-into-policing-needs-to-take-a-broad-approach-heres-why-108164/" aria-label="Read more about Victorian royal commission into policing needs to take a broad approach: here’s why">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Glyn Davis, Distinguished Professor of Political Science, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University This is an edited version of a speech given at a summit to explore issues of academic freedom and autonomy hosted by the Australian National University. It’s a longer read, at just ... <a title="Special pleading: free speech and Australian universities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/04/special-pleading-free-speech-and-australian-universities-108170/" aria-label="Read more about Special pleading: free speech and Australian universities">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anna Farmery, Research Fellow, University of Wollongong Many Australians are concerned with the sustainability of their seafood. While definitions of sustainability vary, according to government assessments, over 85% of seafood caught in Australia is sustainable. However, just because a fish is sustainably caught, it doesn’t make it ... <a title="Here’s the seafood Australians eat (and what we should be eating)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/04/heres-the-seafood-australians-eat-and-what-we-should-be-eating-108046/" aria-label="Read more about Here’s the seafood Australians eat (and what we should be eating)">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Daniela Kaleva, Head of Teaching and Learning, Australian Institute of Music Review: Artaserse, Sydney The opera Artaserse, written by Pietro Metastasio and composed by Johann Adolphe Hasse, is emerging from centuries of oblivion, with recent revivals in Europe and Australia. This opera seria (Italian opera based on ... <a title="Operatic goddess Vivica Genaux reigns supreme in a lyrical study of conflicting desires" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/04/operatic-goddess-vivica-genaux-reigns-supreme-in-a-lyrical-study-of-conflicting-desires-108045/" aria-label="Read more about Operatic goddess Vivica Genaux reigns supreme in a lyrical study of conflicting desires">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hedda Ransan-Cooper, Research Fellow, College of Engineering and Computer Science, Australian National University Opposition to coal seam gas (CSG) in Australia is remarkable. CSG proposals – mostly affecting rural areas – have spawned hundreds of opposition groups across the country. Some are now household names, like Lock ... <a title="Getting to the heart of coal seam gas protests – it’s not just the technical risks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/04/getting-to-the-heart-of-coal-seam-gas-protests-its-not-just-the-technical-risks-107086/" aria-label="Read more about Getting to the heart of coal seam gas protests – it’s not just the technical risks">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert McLachlan, Professor in Applied Mathematics, Massey University The recently released 2018 Living Planet report is among the most comprehensive global analyses of biodiversity yet. It is based on published data on 4,000 out of the 70,000 known species of mammals, birds, fish, reptiles and amphibians. Rather ... <a title="NZ is home to species found nowhere else but biodiversity losses match global crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/04/nz-is-home-to-species-found-nowhere-else-but-biodiversity-losses-match-global-crisis-106694/" aria-label="Read more about NZ is home to species found nowhere else but biodiversity losses match global crisis">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jennifer Kent, Research Fellow, University of Sydney The technology of autonomous vehicles (AVs) is progressing rapidly, but have we really thought through how they’ll work in reality? In its report on AVs in Australia, Austroads (the association of Australasian road transport and traffic agencies) paints both positive ... <a title="Why autonomous vehicles won’t reduce our dependence on cars in cities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/04/why-autonomous-vehicles-wont-reduce-our-dependence-on-cars-in-cities-107608/" aria-label="Read more about Why autonomous vehicles won’t reduce our dependence on cars in cities">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Don Carter, Senior Lecturer, Education, University of Technology Sydney Federal Education Minister Dan Tehan has announced the government will update the Melbourne Declaration on Educational Goals for Young Australians. This document sets out the agreed national purposes and role of schooling in order to deliver high-quality education ... <a title="The Melbourne Declaration on Educational Goals for Young Australians: what it is and why it needs updating" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/04/the-melbourne-declaration-on-educational-goals-for-young-australians-what-it-is-and-why-it-needs-updating-107895/" aria-label="Read more about The Melbourne Declaration on Educational Goals for Young Australians: what it is and why it needs updating">Read more</a>
