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May 6, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yvonne Meng, PhD Candidate, Department of Architecture, Monash University When we think about public spaces, we often imagine large open areas such as squares and parks. The humble footpath is overlooked, although it is an equally if not more important public space for urban social life. Every ... <a title="Don’t forget the footpath – it’s vital public space" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/06/dont-forget-the-footpath-its-vital-public-space-115151/" aria-label="Read more about Don’t forget the footpath – it’s vital public space">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Warren Hogan, Industry Professor, University of Technology Sydney Unbelievably, given that he hasn’t moved interest rates once during his entire 33 months as governor, financial markets have Reserve Bank chief Philip Lowe odds on favourite to cut them on Tuesday, just a week and a half before ... <a title="Why the Reserve Bank shouldn’t (but might) cut interest rates on Tuesday" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/06/why-the-reserve-bank-shouldnt-but-might-cut-interest-rates-on-tuesday-116354/" aria-label="Read more about Why the Reserve Bank shouldn’t (but might) cut interest rates on Tuesday">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sue Joseph, Senior Lecturer, Writing and Journalism, FASS, University of Technology Sydney Why do we tell stories, and how are they crafted? In a new series, we unpick the work of the writer on both page and screen. Decades ago, American journalist and screenwriter Dan Wakefield published ... <a title="Inside the story: Leigh Sales, ordinary days and crafting empathy ‘between the lines’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/06/inside-the-story-leigh-sales-ordinary-days-and-crafting-empathy-between-the-lines-107890/" aria-label="Read more about Inside the story: Leigh Sales, ordinary days and crafting empathy ‘between the lines’">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Bill Shorten’s Sunday launch in Brisbane was politics at its most slickly professional. Every box was ticked. Indigenous dancers were part of the Welcome to Country. Pat Dodson – who would be Indigenous affairs minister in a Shorten government – ... <a title="View from The Hill: Shorten presents the ‘case for change’ in sleek launch" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/05/view-from-the-hill-shorten-presents-the-case-for-change-in-sleek-launch-116580/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Shorten presents the ‘case for change’ in sleek launch">Read more</a>
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May 4, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Bill Shorten’s many town hall meetings stood him in good stead in the Sky “people’s forum” in Brisbane on Friday night. His engagement with the audience was more direct than Scott Morrison’s, and he packed multiple references to his promises ... <a title="View from The Hill: Bill Shorten at ease in town hall-type forum" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/04/view-from-the-hill-bill-shorten-at-ease-in-town-hall-type-forum-116555/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Bill Shorten at ease in town hall-type forum">Read more</a>
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May 3, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rob Manwaring, Senior Lecturer, Politics and Public Policy, Flinders University The best line of the second leaders’ debate between Scott Morrison and Bill Shorten wasn’t about policy, it was about … personal space. Some in Queensland may have skipped the debate to watch the Friday night rugby, ... <a title="Up close and personal: Morrison and Shorten get punchy in the second leaders’ debate. Our experts respond." class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/03/up-close-and-personal-morrison-and-shorten-get-punchy-in-the-second-leaders-debate-our-experts-respond-116521/" aria-label="Read more about Up close and personal: Morrison and Shorten get punchy in the second leaders’ debate. Our experts respond.">Read more</a>
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May 3, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra [embedded content] University of Canberra Deputy Vice-Chancellor Leigh Sullivan joins Michelle Grattan to talk about the week in politics. They discuss the first leaders debate on Monday held in Western Australia, the loss of candidates from multiple parties over offensive ... <a title="VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on candidate troubles – and pre-polling" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/03/video-michelle-grattan-on-candidate-troubles-and-pre-polling-116530/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on candidate troubles – and pre-polling">Read more</a>
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May 3, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Scott, Lecturer, School of Creative Industries, Faculty of Education and Arts, University of Newcastle The Newcastle Herald has won eight Walkley awards for journalistic excellence over the past seven years. This includes a Gold Walkley for the groundbreaking reportage that led to Australia’s royal commission into ... <a title="What a local newspaper means to a regional city like Newcastle" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/03/what-a-local-newspaper-means-to-a-regional-city-like-newcastle-116276/" aria-label="Read more about What a local newspaper means to a regional city like Newcastle">Read more</a>
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May 3, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tara Murphy, Professor and ARC Future Fellow, University of Sydney The hunt for gravitational waves is back on with the announcement overnight of the detection of signals from what’s thought to be the merger of two neutron stars, the incredibly dense remains of a collapsed star. The ... <a title="We’ve detected new gravitational waves, we just don’t know where they come from (yet)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/03/weve-detected-new-gravitational-waves-we-just-dont-know-where-they-come-from-yet-116267/" aria-label="Read more about We’ve detected new gravitational waves, we just don’t know where they come from (yet)">Read more</a>
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May 3, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gwenda Tavan, Associate Professor, Politics and International Relations, La Trobe University With taxes and health care emerging as key issues in the upcoming federal election, we’re running a series this week looking at the main issues that swung elections in the past, from agricultural workers’ wages to ... <a title="Issues that swung elections: Tampa and the national security election of 2001" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/03/issues-that-swung-elections-tampa-and-the-national-security-election-of-2001-115143/" aria-label="Read more about Issues that swung elections: Tampa and the national security election of 2001">Read more</a>
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May 3, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christa Lam-Cassettari, Interim Leader MARCS Institute BabyLab, Western Sydney 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 ... <a title="Curious Kids: how do babies learn to talk?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/03/curious-kids-how-do-babies-learn-to-talk-111613/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: how do babies learn to talk?">Read more</a>
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May 3, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joanna Mendelssohn, Honorary Associate Professor, Art & Design: UNSW Australia. Editor in Chief, Design and Art of Australia Online, UNSW In a continuation of a recent trend, there are no politicians in this year’s Archibald Prize. The last time a portrait of a politician was awarded the ... <a title="Puckish charm and no politicians: the 2019 Archibald Prize" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/03/puckish-charm-and-no-politicians-the-2019-archibald-prize-116346/" aria-label="Read more about Puckish charm and no politicians: the 2019 Archibald Prize">Read more</a>
