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December 4, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Patrick Harris, Senior Research Fellow, Menzies Centre for Health Policy, University of Sydney WestConnex, the most expensive piece of transport infrastructure being built in Australia, looms large over the next New South Wales election. Construction is well under way, fuelling community concern about the project’s impact on ... <a title="Health impacts and murky decision-making feed public distrust of projects like WestConnex" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/04/health-impacts-and-murky-decision-making-feed-public-distrust-of-projects-like-westconnex-106996/" aria-label="Read more about Health impacts and murky decision-making feed public distrust of projects like WestConnex">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michal Carrington, Lecturer in Marketing, University of Melbourne We consume the products of slavery every day. All of us. Today’s globalised supply chains make it is almost impossible to avoid goods or services free of the fingerprints of slavery. Electronic gadgets, clothing, fish, cocoa and cane sugar ... <a title="We all buy slave-made products: here’s how we avoid feeling guilty" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/04/we-all-buy-slave-made-products-heres-how-we-avoid-feeling-guilty-107197/" aria-label="Read more about We all buy slave-made products: here’s how we avoid feeling guilty">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sasha Grishin, Adjunct Professor of Art History, Australian National University Review: Escher x nendo, National Gallery of Victoria. M. C. Escher (1898-1972) is an artist whose name is synonymous with mathematically challenging, optically intriguing and intellectually perplexing prints. This Dutch artist created a world of impossible objects, ... <a title="Escher x nendo will surprise, delight and challenge" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/04/escher-x-nendo-will-surprise-delight-and-challenge-108036/" aria-label="Read more about Escher x nendo will surprise, delight and challenge">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Blair, Emeritus Professor, ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery, OzGrav, University of Western Australia Four new detections of gravitational waves have been announced at the Gravitational Waves Physics and Astronomy Workshop, at the University of Maryland in the United States. This brings the total ... <a title="New detections of gravitational waves brings the number to 11 – so far" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/04/new-detections-of-gravitational-waves-brings-the-number-to-11-so-far-107962/" aria-label="Read more about New detections of gravitational waves brings the number to 11 – so far">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Rebel right wing Liberal Craig Kelly is a paradox – a man who chronically lacks the numbers but possesses the power to force prime ministers to protect him. On Monday, fresh from a G20 where he was less than feted, ... <a title="View from The Hill: Craig Kelly triumphs in the ‘outwit, outplay, outlast’ game of Survivor" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/04/view-from-the-hill-craig-kelly-triumphs-in-the-outwit-outplay-outlast-game-of-survivor-108097/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Craig Kelly triumphs in the ‘outwit, outplay, outlast’ game of Survivor">Read more</a>
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December 3, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Samantha Hepburn, Director of the Centre for Energy and Natural Resources Law, Deakin Law School, Deakin University Indian mining multinational Adani has announced that it will self-fund a significantly smaller coal mine in the Galilee Basin, after failing to secure finance from more than 30 domestic and ... <a title="Adani’s new mini version of its mega mine still faces some big hurdles" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/03/adanis-new-mini-version-of-its-mega-mine-still-faces-some-big-hurdles-108038/" aria-label="Read more about Adani’s new mini version of its mega mine still faces some big hurdles">Read more</a>
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December 3, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Bright, Senior Lecturer of Addiction, Edith Cowan University Media reports last week linked the use of “nangs” to the death of a teenager at schoolies week on the Gold Coast. Hamish Bidgood died when he fell from a balcony. He and his friends had reportedly been ... <a title="Explainer: what is nitrous oxide (or nangs) and how dangerous is it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/03/explainer-what-is-nitrous-oxide-or-nangs-and-how-dangerous-is-it-108019/" aria-label="Read more about Explainer: what is nitrous oxide (or nangs) and how dangerous is it?">Read more</a>
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December 3, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tony Walker, Adjunct Professor, School of Communications, La Trobe University The United States and China have arrived at a temporary truce in a trade conflict that was threatening to further destabilise world equity markets, entrench a global slowdown and cause more damage to a rules-based international order. ... <a title="G20 summit bring a truce in US-China trade relations – but it’s likely to be temporary" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/03/g20-summit-bring-a-truce-in-us-china-trade-relations-but-its-likely-to-be-temporary-108017/" aria-label="Read more about G20 summit bring a truce in US-China trade relations – but it’s likely to be temporary">Read more</a>
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December 3, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jake Clark, PhD Candidate, University of Southern Queensland This is an article from Curious Kids, a series for children. The Conversation is asking kids to send in questions they’d like an expert to answer. All questions are welcome – serious, weird or wacky! You might also like ... <a title="Curious Kids: What existed before the Big Bang? Did something have to be there to go boom?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/03/curious-kids-what-existed-before-the-big-bang-did-something-have-to-be-there-to-go-boom-103742/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: What existed before the Big Bang? Did something have to be there to go boom?">Read more</a>
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December 3, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Scott Morrison faces a major Liberal party crisis after Malcolm Turnbull moved to torpedo the Prime Minister’s plan to protect the preselection of controversial rightwing backbencher Craig Kelly. Morrison wants the NSW Liberal executive to re-endorse sitting NSW federal members ... <a title="Turnbull versus Morrison in Liberal crisis over Craig Kelly" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/03/turnbull-versus-morrison-in-liberal-crisis-over-craig-kelly-108034/" aria-label="Read more about Turnbull versus Morrison in Liberal crisis over Craig Kelly">Read more</a>
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December 3, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bronwyn Orr, Veterinarian and PhD candidate, University of Sydney Have you thought about adopting a new pet for Christmas? Far from dismissing the idea, animal welfare groups now support the practice of gifting a pet for Christmas – so long as it’s done the right way. With ... <a title="Yes, you can adopt a pet as a Christmas gift – so long as you do it correctly" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/03/yes-you-can-adopt-a-pet-as-a-christmas-gift-so-long-as-you-do-it-correctly-105286/" aria-label="Read more about Yes, you can adopt a pet as a Christmas gift – so long as you do it correctly">Read more</a>
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December 3, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sophia Maalsen, I.B. Fell Postdoctoral Researcher, School of Architecture, Design and Planning, University of Sydney An increasing number of older Australians are living in share housing. A relatively new group to emerge on the share-housing scene, they are choosing to share for financial reasons, but finding unexpected ... <a title="Generation Share: why more older Australians are living in share houses" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/03/generation-share-why-more-older-australians-are-living-in-share-houses-107183/" aria-label="Read more about Generation Share: why more older Australians are living in share houses">Read more</a>
