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June 26, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris Turney, Professor of Earth Science and Climate Change, ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage, UNSW Late on Monday night, the City of Sydney became the first state capital in Australia to officially declare a climate emergency. With climate change considered a threat to ... <a title="Sydney declares a climate emergency – what does that mean in practice?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/26/sydney-declares-a-climate-emergency-what-does-that-mean-in-practice-119387/" aria-label="Read more about Sydney declares a climate emergency – what does that mean in practice?">Read more</a>
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June 26, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Debra Adelaide, Associate Professor, Creative Practices Group, University of Technology Sydney Why do we tell stories, and how are they crafted? In this series, we unpick the work of the writer on both page and screen. Early in Tom Lee’s debut novel, Coach Fitz, the narrator declares ... <a title="Inside the story: Coach Fitz and the accidentally comic voice" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/26/inside-the-story-coach-fitz-and-the-accidentally-comic-voice-117976/" aria-label="Read more about Inside the story: Coach Fitz and the accidentally comic voice">Read more</a>
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June 26, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Renae Barker, Lecturer in Law, University of Western Australia This week, the Australian Christian Lobby set up an online fundraising campaign on behalf of Israel Folau to help defray the cost of his legal battle against Rugby Australia over the recent termination of his contract. The campaign ... <a title="Explainer: could the Australian Christian Lobby be investigated for its Israel Folau fundraiser?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/26/explainer-could-the-australian-christian-lobby-be-investigated-for-its-israel-folau-fundraiser-119457/" aria-label="Read more about Explainer: could the Australian Christian Lobby be investigated for its Israel Folau fundraiser?">Read more</a>
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June 26, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Neil Selwyn, Distinguished Research Professor, Monash University Victorian education minister James Merlino’s announcement mobile phones will be banned for all students at state primary and secondary schools is certainly a bold move. The policy has been justified as a direct response to mounting levels of cyberbullying, concerns ... <a title="Banning mobile phones in schools: beneficial or risky? Here’s what the evidence says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/26/banning-mobile-phones-in-schools-beneficial-or-risky-heres-what-the-evidence-says-119456/" aria-label="Read more about Banning mobile phones in schools: beneficial or risky? Here’s what the evidence says">Read more</a>
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June 26, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca Ananian-Welsh, Senior Lecturer, TC Beirne School of Law, The University of Queensland In the first week of June, the AFP raided the home of News Corp journalist Annika Smethurst and the ABC’s Sydney headquarters. The raids concerned stories published over a year earlier, based on documents ... <a title="Explainer: what are the media companies’ challenges to the AFP raids about?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/26/explainer-what-are-the-media-companies-challenges-to-the-afp-raids-about-119382/" aria-label="Read more about Explainer: what are the media companies’ challenges to the AFP raids about?">Read more</a>
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June 26, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Thomas Astell-Burt, Professor of Population Health and Environmental Data Science, NHMRC Boosting Dementia Research Leadership Fellow, University of Wollongong People who live in regional or remote areas may be at lower risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease, according to our recent research. Using data from more 260,000 adults ... <a title="People living in rural areas may be at lower risk of Alzheimer’s disease" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/26/people-living-in-rural-areas-may-be-at-lower-risk-of-alzheimers-disease-112417/" aria-label="Read more about People living in rural areas may be at lower risk of Alzheimer’s disease">Read more</a>
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June 26, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jane Jarvis, Senior Lecturer in Education, Flinders University Less than half (38%) of Australian teachers feel prepared to teach students with special needs when they finish their formal training. This is despite 74% having trained to teach in mixed-ability settings as part of their studies. The latest ... <a title="Most Australian teachers feel unprepared to teach students with special needs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/26/most-australian-teachers-feel-unprepared-to-teach-students-with-special-needs-119227/" aria-label="Read more about Most Australian teachers feel unprepared to teach students with special needs">Read more</a>
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June 26, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julie Lawson, Honorary Associate Professor, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University Australia will need another 730,000 social housing dwellings in 20 years if it is to tackle homelessness and housing stress among low-income renters. These are the findings of a new report from the Australian Housing and ... <a title="Australia’s social housing policy needs stronger leadership and an investment overhaul" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/26/australias-social-housing-policy-needs-stronger-leadership-and-an-investment-overhaul-119097/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s social housing policy needs stronger leadership and an investment overhaul">Read more</a>
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June 26, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Daniel Dinale, PhD Candidate, University of Sydney The traditional understanding of women’s economic empowerment is that, as participation in paid employment increases, fertility decreases. This was certainly true in industrialised nations up to the early 1980s. But then things began to change. OECD data now shows a ... <a title="How English-speaking countries upended the trade-off between babies and jobs without even trying" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/26/how-english-speaking-countries-upended-the-trade-off-between-babies-and-jobs-without-even-trying-118459/" aria-label="Read more about How English-speaking countries upended the trade-off between babies and jobs without even trying">Read more</a>
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June 26, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The attitudes of Australians towards China have soured dramatically in the past year, according to the Lowy Institute’s annual poll released on Wednesday. Only 32% trust China to act responsibly in the world – which is a drop of 20 ... <a title="Australians’ feelings sour towards China: Lowy poll" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/26/australians-feelings-sour-towards-china-lowy-poll-119392/" aria-label="Read more about Australians’ feelings sour towards China: Lowy poll">Read more</a>
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June 26, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Scott Morrison will warn of the danger of any further escalation in US-China tensions and declare Australia won’t let its relations with China be dominated by inevitable differences, in a major speech ahead of this week’s G20 meeting. Walking a ... <a title="Australia’s PM Morrison warns of widespread pain if US-China trade tensions are not contained" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/26/morrison-warns-of-widespread-pain-if-us-china-trade-tensions-are-not-contained-119424/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s PM Morrison warns of widespread pain if US-China trade tensions are not contained">Read more</a>
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June 25, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicholas Wood, Associate Professor, Discipline of Childhood and Adolescent Health, University of Sydney This year, we’ve seen a resurgence of measles around the globe. The World Health Organisation (WHO) recorded more than 230,000 cases in the first five months of 2019, compared to 160,000 in a similar ... <a title="To protect us all, babies travelling overseas may need the measles shot at 6 months instead of 12" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/25/to-protect-us-all-babies-travelling-overseas-may-need-the-measles-shot-at-6-months-instead-of-12-119230/" aria-label="Read more about To protect us all, babies travelling overseas may need the measles shot at 6 months instead of 12">Read more</a>
