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August 28, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joanna Merwood-Salisbury, Professor of Architecture, Victoria University of Wellington Public space is an essential component of democratic cities. Modelled on the agora of ancient Greece, it is a marketplace for the exchange of goods and ideas, a place where public affairs are debated and disputes resolved. But ... <a title="How New York’s Union Square helped shape free speech in the US" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/28/how-new-yorks-union-square-helped-shape-free-speech-in-the-us-118677/" aria-label="Read more about How New York’s Union Square helped shape free speech in the US">Read more</a>
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August 27, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sunanda Creagh, Head of Digital Storytelling The dust has well and truly settled on Scott Morrison’s surprise victory in this year’s federal election but opinion is still divided on exactly what happened in Queensland. Why did Labor perform so poorly in the Sunshine State? Is Queensland an ... <a title="Trust Me, I’m An Expert: Queensland still mystifies too many politicians but its needs are surprisingly simple" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/27/trust-me-im-an-expert-queensland-still-mystifies-too-many-politicians-but-its-needs-are-surprisingly-simple-122386/" aria-label="Read more about Trust Me, I’m An Expert: Queensland still mystifies too many politicians but its needs are surprisingly simple">Read more</a>
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August 27, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Judi Lowe, PhD Candidate, Southern Cross University A group of the world’s poorest fishermen are protecting endangered whale sharks from being finned alive at Oslob in the Philippines. The fishermen have stopped fishing and turned to tourism, feeding whale sharks tiny amounts of krill to draw them ... <a title="Poor Filipino fishermen are making millions protecting whale sharks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/27/poor-filipino-fishermen-are-making-millions-protecting-whale-sharks-122451/" aria-label="Read more about Poor Filipino fishermen are making millions protecting whale sharks">Read more</a>
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August 27, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Lesh, University of Sydney Federation Square in Melbourne has been listed on the Victorian state heritage register just 17 years after its completion. The push for heritage status was provoked by the now-abandoned Apple store proposal for the city centre site. Heritage considerations will now guide ... <a title="How can a 17-year-old place gain heritage status? What this means for Melbourne’s Fed Square" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/27/how-can-a-17-year-old-place-gain-heritage-status-what-this-means-for-melbournes-fed-square-122455/" aria-label="Read more about How can a 17-year-old place gain heritage status? What this means for Melbourne’s Fed Square">Read more</a>
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August 27, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Arvanitakis, Professor in Cultural and Social Analysis, Western Sydney University For most of us, it is easy to pass judgement on others while finding it difficult to reflect on ourselves. Diversity Arts Australia recently undertook a research project, Shifting the Balance, with the assistance of Western ... <a title="Australia’s art institutions don’t reflect our diversity: it’s time to change that" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/27/australias-art-institutions-dont-reflect-our-diversity-its-time-to-change-that-122308/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s art institutions don’t reflect our diversity: it’s time to change that">Read more</a>
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August 27, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Thalia Anthony, Associate Professor in Law, University of Technology Sydney As the inquest begins into the death in custody of Yorta Yorta woman Tanya Day, who fell asleep on a train in Victoria before she was arrested for public intoxication, questions are being asked about what it ... <a title="Legal and welfare checks should be extended to save Aboriginal lives in custody" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/27/legal-and-welfare-checks-should-be-extended-to-save-aboriginal-lives-in-custody-121814/" aria-label="Read more about Legal and welfare checks should be extended to save Aboriginal lives in custody">Read more</a>
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August 27, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Opposition leader Anthony Albanese is a step closer to securing the expulsion of rogue union leader John Setka from the ALP, although a court judgment has highlighted possible internal party complications. The Supreme Court of Victoria on Tuesday dismissed the ... <a title="Albanese one step closer in long march towards John Setka’s expulsion" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/27/albanese-one-step-closer-in-long-march-towards-john-setkas-expulsion-122457/" aria-label="Read more about Albanese one step closer in long march towards John Setka’s expulsion">Read more</a>
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August 27, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Morrison government has declared that Australian citizen and writer Dr Yang Hengjun has not been spying for Australia. Yang, 54, who has been incarcerated by the Chinese for more than seven months, was formally arrested last Friday on suspicion ... <a title="Foreign Minister Marise Payne says Yang Hengjun is not Australian spy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/27/foreign-minister-marise-payne-says-yang-hengjun-is-not-australian-spy-122453/" aria-label="Read more about Foreign Minister Marise Payne says Yang Hengjun is not Australian spy">Read more</a>
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August 27, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Terry Slevin, Adjunct Professor, School of Psychology, Curtin University and College of Health and Medicine, Australian National University Much loved former deputy prime minister Tim Fischer, who died last week from leukaemia, has talked about the possible link between his exposure to Agent Orange in Vietnam and ... <a title="What Tim Fischer’s cancer tells us about the impact of Agent Orange on other Vietnam veterans" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/27/what-tim-fischers-cancer-tells-us-about-the-impact-of-agent-orange-on-other-vietnam-veterans-122273/" aria-label="Read more about What Tim Fischer’s cancer tells us about the impact of Agent Orange on other Vietnam veterans">Read more</a>
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August 27, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amanda Spry, Lecturer in Marketing, RMIT University When Alan Jones encouraged Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison to “shove a sock down” the throat of New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, it was not the first time he launched a broadside and lost advertisers. This time, 52 advertisers ... <a title="Shoving a sock in it is not the answer. Have advertisers called time on Alan Jones?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/27/shoving-a-sock-in-it-is-not-the-answer-have-advertisers-called-time-on-alan-jones-122367/" aria-label="Read more about Shoving a sock in it is not the answer. Have advertisers called time on Alan Jones?">Read more</a>
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August 27, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christian Moro, Associate Professor of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Bond University If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskids@theconversation.edu.au. Why do our toes and fingers get wrinkly in the bath? – Jade, aged almost 4. Thanks for your question, Jade. ... <a title="Curious Kids: why do our toes and fingers get wrinkly in the bath?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/27/curious-kids-why-do-our-toes-and-fingers-get-wrinkly-in-the-bath-120229/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: why do our toes and fingers get wrinkly in the bath?">Read more</a>
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August 27, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amanda Tattersall, Postdoc in Urban Geography and Research Lead at Sydney Policy Lab. Host of ChangeMakers Podcast., University of Sydney The Hong Kong protest movement is not deescalating – nor will it. Having battled for 12 weeks, this multi-million-person movement has lasted much longer than the unsuccessful ... <a title="Like ‘shooting water’: why the Hong Kong government must accept that compromise is the only way forward" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/27/like-shooting-water-why-the-hong-kong-government-must-accept-that-compromise-is-the-only-way-forward-122382/" aria-label="Read more about Like ‘shooting water’: why the Hong Kong government must accept that compromise is the only way forward">Read more</a>
