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July 23, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Martin Parkinson, secretary of the Prime Minister’s department, has cleared Christopher Pyne and Julie Bishop of breaching the government’s code of ministerial standards with their post-politics jobs. But it’s doubtful the average voter would take such a literal or generous ... <a title="View from The Hill: Senate decides Pyne and Bishop have a few more parliamentary questions to answer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/23/view-from-the-hill-senate-decides-pyne-and-bishop-have-a-few-more-parliamentary-questions-to-answer-120761/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Senate decides Pyne and Bishop have a few more parliamentary questions to answer">Read more</a>
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July 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anastasia Powell, Associate Professor, Criminology and Justice Studies, RMIT University A Perth man who pleaded guilty to distributing an intimate image of his ex-girlfriend without her consent has been sentenced to a 12-month intensive supervision order, sparing him jail time. According to media reports, Mitchell Brindley repeatedly ... <a title="1 in 5 Australians is a victim of ‘revenge porn’, despite new laws to prevent it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/22/1-in-5-australians-is-a-victim-of-revenge-porn-despite-new-laws-to-prevent-it-117838/" aria-label="Read more about 1 in 5 Australians is a victim of ‘revenge porn’, despite new laws to prevent it">Read more</a>
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July 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Piero Moraro, Lecturer in Criminal Justice, Charles Sturt University The Morrison government has introduced new legislation responding to recent protests by animal rights activists in Australia. The bill –named The Criminal Code Amendment (Agricultural Protection) Bill 2019 – will tighten up existing laws, creating harsher penalties for ... <a title="It isn’t clear how the new bill against animal rights activists will protect farmers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/22/it-isnt-clear-how-the-new-bill-against-animal-rights-activists-will-protect-farmers-120588/" aria-label="Read more about It isn’t clear how the new bill against animal rights activists will protect farmers">Read more</a>
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July 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David King, Senior Lecturer, The University of Queensland Dry, moist, productive, hacking, chesty, whooping, barking, throaty. These are just some of the terms people use to describe their cough. While we’re deep into cold and flu season, it’s one of the most common reasons people see their ... <a title="Health Check: why do I have a cough and what can I do about it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/22/health-check-why-do-i-have-a-cough-and-what-can-i-do-about-it-119172/" aria-label="Read more about Health Check: why do I have a cough and what can I do about it?">Read more</a>
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July 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ashlee Curtis, Research Fellow, School of Psychology, Deakin University The Victorian government introduced 24-hour public transport on Friday and Saturday nights in Melbourne from January 1 2016. Services mostly run every hour from 1am to 5am on all metropolitan lines with some additional tram and bus services. ... <a title="All-night public transport hasn’t reduced alcohol-related harm in Melbourne" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/22/all-night-public-transport-hasnt-reduced-alcohol-related-harm-in-melbourne-118999/" aria-label="Read more about All-night public transport hasn’t reduced alcohol-related harm in Melbourne">Read more</a>
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July 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Kenny, Senior Fellow, Australian Studies Institute, Australian National University If the first week of the 46th Parliament was heavily ceremonial – dominated by the new governor-general, a raft of first-time MPs and Bob Hawke condolence speeches – the next two weeks will mark a return to ... <a title="Bills, banks and promises: here’s what you can expect as ‘government business’ starts again" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/22/bills-banks-and-promises-heres-what-you-can-expect-as-government-business-starts-again-120589/" aria-label="Read more about Bills, banks and promises: here’s what you can expect as ‘government business’ starts again">Read more</a>
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July 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tony Walker, Adjunct Professor, School of Communications, La Trobe University In a world run ragged by multiple crises and an unravelling of American global leadership, military confrontation in the Gulf poses risks that extend well beyond the region itself. One of the greater risks is to a ... <a title="Iran and US refusing to budge as tit-for-tat ship seizures in Middle East raise the temperature" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/22/iran-and-us-refusing-to-budge-as-tit-for-tat-ship-seizures-in-middle-east-raise-the-temperature-120732/" aria-label="Read more about Iran and US refusing to budge as tit-for-tat ship seizures in Middle East raise the temperature">Read more</a>
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July 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Craig Dalton, Conjoint Senior Lecturer School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle Over recent months, the news has been saturated with headlines claiming we’re experiencing a “killer flu season”. Researchers watching laboratory data are using the term “flunami”. Data suggests this is a serious year ... <a title="Media hype and increased testing: this year’s flu numbers are high, but there’s more to the story" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/22/media-hype-and-increased-testing-this-years-flu-numbers-are-high-but-theres-more-to-the-story-120004/" aria-label="Read more about Media hype and increased testing: this year’s flu numbers are high, but there’s more to the story">Read more</a>
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July 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Richard Braczkowski, PhD Candidate – Wildlife Cameraman, The University of Queensland Last week saw the release of the rebooted The Lion King, an attempt to capitalise on the billion-dollar success of the 1994 original. With a star-studded cast, the reboot closely follows the plot of the ... <a title="It’s Sarabi’s pride, Mufasa just lives there: a biologist on The Lion King" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/22/its-sarabis-pride-mufasa-just-lives-there-a-biologist-on-the-lion-king-120660/" aria-label="Read more about It’s Sarabi’s pride, Mufasa just lives there: a biologist on The Lion King">Read more</a>
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July 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Felicity Fenner, Associate Professor at UNSW Art & Design, UNSW Over the past few weeks, artists from around Australia have been creating small artworks depicting the endangered black-throated finch and sending them to politicians involved in decision-making around the Adani Carmichael mine in Queensland’s Galilee Basin. Before ... <a title="Protest art: rallying cry or elegy for the black-throated finch?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/22/protest-art-rallying-cry-or-elegy-for-the-black-throated-finch-120593/" aria-label="Read more about Protest art: rallying cry or elegy for the black-throated finch?">Read more</a>
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July 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Craig Campbell, Associate Professor, University of Sydney New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian made a “captain’s call” in recent months that raised the ire of many parents, teachers and education groups. She announced NSW would build a 49th selective school. It will be the first new fully ... <a title="New South Wales has 48 selective schools, while Victoria has 4. There’s an interesting history behind this" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/22/new-south-wales-has-48-selective-schools-while-victoria-has-4-theres-an-interesting-history-behind-this-118823/" aria-label="Read more about New South Wales has 48 selective schools, while Victoria has 4. There’s an interesting history behind this">Read more</a>
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July 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Beer, Dean, Research and Innovation, University of South Australia Australia’s biggest city is abuzz with news of yet another housing development declared unsafe for human habitation. This time it is apartments built on a toxic dump the local council fears was not properly cleaned up. In ... <a title="Dangerous to human health: that’s a housing problem much bigger than a few high-profile apartment blocks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/22/dangerous-to-human-health-thats-a-housing-problem-much-bigger-than-a-few-high-profile-apartment-blocks-120656/" aria-label="Read more about Dangerous to human health: that’s a housing problem much bigger than a few high-profile apartment blocks">Read more</a>
