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May 3, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kathryn Daley, Lecturer, School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University, RMIT University I Need to Know is an ongoing series for teens in search of reliable, confidential advice about life’s tricky questions. If you’re a teen, send us your questions about sex, drugs, health and ... <a title="How hard is it to say ‘no’ to drugs?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/03/how-hard-is-it-to-say-no-to-drugs-111536/" aria-label="Read more about How hard is it to say ‘no’ to drugs?">Read more</a>
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May 3, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Levinson, Professor of Transport, University of Sydney Train riders have to get to stations somehow. This is often referred to as the “first mile” or “last mile” problem. There are many technical solutions to help travellers get from home to the station and back, ranging from ... <a title="How to increase train use by up to 35% with one simple trick" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/03/how-to-increase-train-use-by-up-to-35-with-one-simple-trick-115222/" aria-label="Read more about How to increase train use by up to 35% with one simple trick">Read more</a>
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May 3, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brendan Coates, Fellow, Grattan Institute Stagnant wages are a huge issue in this election campaign. So it is odd that both major parties are hanging onto a policy that will take more out of workers’ pockets. Lifting compulsory superannuation contributions from 9.5% to 12% in five annual ... <a title="$20 billion per year. That’s how much higher superannuation could take from wages" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/03/20-billion-per-year-thats-how-much-higher-superannuation-could-take-from-wages-116353/" aria-label="Read more about $20 billion per year. That’s how much higher superannuation could take from wages">Read more</a>
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May 3, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW There’s an election on. Half a million of us have already voted. There’s just two weeks to go. With that comes more intense scrutiny of different policies (which is good) and disingenuous claims by those with vested interests (which is not ... <a title="Vital Signs: policies come and policies go, but surely we shouldn’t be subsidising inheritances" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/03/vital-signs-policies-come-and-policies-go-but-surely-we-shouldnt-be-subsidising-inheritances-116415/" aria-label="Read more about Vital Signs: policies come and policies go, but surely we shouldn’t be subsidising inheritances">Read more</a>
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May 3, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Davis, Associate Professor, Media and Communications, University of Melbourne This is an edited extract of an essay in The New Disruptors, the 64th edition of Griffith Review. Every era is defined by its sustaining myths. Among ours is surely “disruption”. The book that seeded the mythology, ... <a title="Friday essay: networked hatred – new technology and the rise of the right" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/03/friday-essay-networked-hatred-new-technology-and-the-rise-of-the-right-115837/" aria-label="Read more about Friday essay: networked hatred – new technology and the rise of the right">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Martijn Boersma, Lecturer, University of Technology Sydney There’s a good chance the device on which you are reading this contains cobalt. It’s an essential metal for batteries in phones and laptops. There’s also a chance the cobalt was mined by slaves. Almost two-thirds of the cobalt mined ... <a title="Blockchain can help break the chains of modern slavery, but it is not a complete solution" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/02/blockchain-can-help-break-the-chains-of-modern-slavery-but-it-is-not-a-complete-solution-115358/" aria-label="Read more about Blockchain can help break the chains of modern slavery, but it is not a complete solution">Read more</a>
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May 2, 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 On Wednesday night a bipartisan UK Parliament passed an extraordinary measure: a national declaration of an Environment and Climate Emergency. The UK is the first national government to ... <a title="UK becomes first country to declare a ‘climate emergency’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/02/uk-becomes-first-country-to-declare-a-climate-emergency-116428/" aria-label="Read more about UK becomes first country to declare a ‘climate emergency’">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hannah Feldman, PhD Researcher in Science Communication, Australian National University Today young Australians will hit the streets for the second Climate Strike of 2019. Youths are often brushed off as being politically disengaged, but the Australian Electoral Commission has reported record high numbers of youth enrolment, and ... <a title="Young people won’t accept inaction on climate change, and they’ll be voting in droves" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/02/young-people-wont-accept-inaction-on-climate-change-and-theyll-be-voting-in-droves-116361/" aria-label="Read more about Young people won’t accept inaction on climate change, and they’ll be voting in droves">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Wanna, Sir John Bunting Chair of Public Administration, Australian National University As head of the United Australia Party, Clive Palmer is no classic right-winger nor crotchety conservative. He is no angel either. He is often wrongly lumped in with Pauline Hanson and One Nation, and maybe ... <a title="Now for the $55 million question: what does Clive Palmer actually want?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/02/now-for-the-55-million-question-what-does-clive-palmer-actually-want-116350/" aria-label="Read more about Now for the $55 million question: what does Clive Palmer actually want?">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Deb Lee-Talbot, PhD candidate, History, Deakin University When visitors first enter the exhibition Tudors to Windsors: British Royal Portraits at Bendigo Art Gallery, they are greeted with soaring sounds of coronation anthems. These genteel songs entice patrons into an exhibition that is ultimately conservative in both content ... <a title="The exhibition Tudors to Windsors is an uncritical glorification of empire" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/02/the-exhibition-tudors-to-windsors-is-an-uncritical-glorification-of-empire-115908/" aria-label="Read more about The exhibition Tudors to Windsors is an uncritical glorification of empire">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Woodley, PhD candidate, School of History, Australian National University With taxes, health care and climate change 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 ... <a title="Issues that swung elections: rural voters get a voice and topple a government in 1913" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/02/issues-that-swung-elections-rural-voters-get-a-voice-and-topple-a-government-in-1913-115154/" aria-label="Read more about Issues that swung elections: rural voters get a voice and topple a government in 1913">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Morey, Senior Lecturer, Department of Languages and Linguistics, La Trobe University At the May 18 federal election, voters in every electorate of Australia’s House of Representatives will have a choice of multiple candidates. Preferential voting means that we rank candidates in the order that we prefer ... <a title="Explainer: how does preferential voting work in the House of Representatives?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/02/explainer-how-does-preferential-voting-work-in-the-house-of-representatives-116348/" aria-label="Read more about Explainer: how does preferential voting work in the House of Representatives?">Read more</a>
