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July 23, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The two Centre Alliance senators, Stirling Griff and Rex Patrick will often be pivotal to the fate of government legislation. The smaller non-Green Senate crossbench this term means that if the government can muster Centre Alliance support, it only needs ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Centre Alliance’s Stirling Griff on Newstart" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/23/politics-with-michelle-grattan-centre-alliances-stirling-griff-on-newstart-120830/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Centre Alliance’s Stirling Griff on Newstart">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chongyi Feng, Associate Professor in China Studies, University of Technology Sydney Australian authorities have been told to stop interfering in the case of the Chinese-Australian writer Dr Yang Hengjun who has been detained by China since January. Amid reports last week that Yang was to be charged ... <a title="Why ‘Democracy peddler’ Yang Hengjun has been detained in China and why he must be released" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/23/why-democracy-peddler-yang-hengjun-has-been-detained-in-china-and-why-he-must-be-released-120751/" aria-label="Read more about Why ‘Democracy peddler’ Yang Hengjun has been detained in China and why he must be released">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tess Newton Cain, Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Political Science & International Studies, The University of Queensland Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape is visiting Australia this week, his first overseas trip since he was elevated to that office in June this year. And it’s the ... <a title="Everything but China is on the table during PNG prime minister’s visit" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/23/everything-but-china-is-on-the-table-during-png-prime-ministers-visit-120754/" aria-label="Read more about Everything but China is on the table during PNG prime minister’s visit">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christine Grové, Educational Psychologist and Lecturer, Monash University Curious Kids is a series for children. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskids@theconversation.edu.au You might also like the podcast Imagine This, a co-production between ABC KIDS listen and The Conversation, ... <a title="Curious Kids: why do some people worry more than others?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/23/curious-kids-why-do-some-people-worry-more-than-others-119874/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: why do some people worry more than others?">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Neville Nicholls, Professor emeritus, School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment, Monash University This month the world has been celebrating the 50th anniversary of Neil Armstrong setting foot on the Moon. But this week sees another scientific anniversary, perhaps just as important for the future of civilisation. Forty ... <a title="40 years ago, scientists predicted climate change. And hey, they were right" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/23/40-years-ago-scientists-predicted-climate-change-and-hey-they-were-right-120502/" aria-label="Read more about 40 years ago, scientists predicted climate change. And hey, they were right">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Giancaspro, Lecturer in Law, University of Adelaide Viral photo app FaceApp has taken the world by storm. Launched in 2017, the app has recently enjoyed mass popularity due largely to Hollywood celebrities posting their humorous edited pictures online. FaceApp uses “neural network” artificial intelligence technology to ... <a title="FaceApp’s fine print means you effectively can’t sue them, unless you send a letter to their Russian office within 30 days" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/23/faceapps-fine-print-means-you-effectively-cant-sue-them-unless-you-send-a-letter-to-their-russian-office-within-30-days-120658/" aria-label="Read more about FaceApp’s fine print means you effectively can’t sue them, unless you send a letter to their Russian office within 30 days">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Greg Barton, Chair in Global Islamic Politics, Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University A key element in the success of countering terrorism in Australia has been a series of new and amended pieces of legislation – at least 75 – developed to respond to ... <a title="Preventing foreign fighters from returning home could be dangerous to national security" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/23/preventing-foreign-fighters-from-returning-home-could-be-dangerous-to-national-security-120752/" aria-label="Read more about Preventing foreign fighters from returning home could be dangerous to national security">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Melissa Kang, Associate professor, University of Technology Sydney Around one-quarter of the world’s population menstruate. That’s more than 1.9 billion people in the world who will bleed, on average, for 65 days a year. The reusable menstrual cup and disposable tampon were both developed in the 1930s. ... <a title="Menstrual cups vs tampons – here’s how they compare" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/23/menstrual-cups-vs-tampons-heres-how-they-compare-120499/" aria-label="Read more about Menstrual cups vs tampons – here’s how they compare">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Therese Keane, Associate Professor, Deputy Chair Department of Education, Swinburne University of Technology A cute human-like robot taught students in a small, rural school how to code while also helping them learn their local Aboriginal language. The Maitland Lutheran School is an independent, co-educational primary and middle ... <a title="How a robot called Pink helped school children bring an Aboriginal language back to life" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/23/how-a-robot-called-pink-helped-school-children-bring-an-aboriginal-language-back-to-life-119810/" aria-label="Read more about How a robot called Pink helped school children bring an Aboriginal language back to life">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Will Rifkin, Chair in Applied Regional Economics and Director, Hunter Research Foundation Centre, University of Newcastle News of evacuations from cracked apartment buildings in Sydney and the need to replace combustible cladding across Australia illustrate how uncertainty compounds problems for those affected. Who is responsible for the ... <a title="It’s not just the building cracks or cladding – sometimes uncertainty does even more harm" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/23/its-not-just-the-building-cracks-or-cladding-sometimes-uncertainty-does-even-more-harm-120662/" aria-label="Read more about It’s not just the building cracks or cladding – sometimes uncertainty does even more harm">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Podger, Honorary Professor of Public Policy, Australian National University There is a case for not proceeding with, or at least further deferring, the legislated increase in employers’ compulsory superannuation contributions from 9.5% to 12%. But the Grattan Institute’s latest analysis, published in The Conversation and elsewhere, ... <a title="There is a problem with retirement incomes, but it isn’t the super guarantee" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/23/there-is-a-problem-with-retirement-incomes-but-it-isnt-the-super-guarantee-120591/" aria-label="Read more about There is a problem with retirement incomes, but it isn’t the super guarantee">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Susan Ostling, Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Queensland College of Art, Griffith University Review: Margaret Olley: A Generous Life, and Quilty, QAGOMA Margaret Olley’s exhibition at QAGOMA is titled A Generous Life, referring to her capacity to maintain enduring friendships, her support for her artist peers (it is said ... <a title="‘Are you one of us or one of them?’ Margaret Olley, Ben Quilty and a portrait of a generous friendship" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/23/are-you-one-of-us-or-one-of-them-margaret-olley-ben-quilty-and-a-portrait-of-a-generous-friendship-119528/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Are you one of us or one of them?’ Margaret Olley, Ben Quilty and a portrait of a generous friendship">Read more</a>
