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December 11, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachael Burgin, Research associate, Monash University The NSW Law Reform Commission will hand down its final recommendations for a reformed definition of sexual consent in the new year, following draft proposals in October. The commission’s inquiry is largely the result of the advocacy of Saxon Mullins, who ... <a title="Australian law doesn’t go far enough to legislate affirmative consent. NSW now has a chance to get it right" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/11/australian-law-doesnt-go-far-enough-to-legislate-affirmative-consent-nsw-now-has-a-chance-to-get-it-right-125719/" aria-label="Read more about Australian law doesn’t go far enough to legislate affirmative consent. NSW now has a chance to get it right">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Eric Brymer, Reader, Psychology with Outdoor and Adventure studies, Leeds Beckett University Review: Finke: There & Back, directed by Dylan River The Finke Desert Race takes place in the harsh desert environment near Alice Springs. Scores of motorbikes and cars are raced over two days along an ... <a title="Finke film review: riders daring to fly in a crazy desert race" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/11/finke-film-review-riders-daring-to-fly-in-a-crazy-desert-race-126597/" aria-label="Read more about Finke film review: riders daring to fly in a crazy desert race">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Blanche Verlie, Postdoctoral research fellow, University of Sydney I moved to Sydney less than five weeks ago and the city has been shrouded in smoke haze on and off since then. I joke this is my “Sydney hazing” but it’s only now – having worked on climate ... <a title="Now Australian cities are choking on smoke, will we finally talk about climate change?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/11/now-australian-cities-are-choking-on-smoke-will-we-finally-talk-about-climate-change-128543/" aria-label="Read more about Now Australian cities are choking on smoke, will we finally talk about climate change?">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jacob Blokland, Palaeontology PhD Candidate and Casual Academic, Flinders University A new species of extinct penguin has been discovered. It’s helping us bridge the gap between modern penguins and their counterparts from the Paleocene epoch – the 10-million-year period following dinosaur extinction. The world’s oldest known penguins ... <a title="Happy 6ft: ancient penguins were as tall as people. We’ve discovered the species that started the downsizing trend" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/11/happy-6ft-ancient-penguins-were-as-tall-as-people-weve-discovered-the-species-that-started-the-downsizing-trend-128546/" aria-label="Read more about Happy 6ft: ancient penguins were as tall as people. We’ve discovered the species that started the downsizing trend">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cameron Webb, Clinical Lecturer and Principal Hospital Scientist, University of Sydney Mosquito-borne disease is a concern for health authorities around Australia. Each year, thousands fall ill to Ross River virus disease caused by mosquito bites. Tracking mosquito populations can help us respond to these threats, and new ... <a title="As heat strikes, here’s one way to help fight disease-carrying and nuisance mosquitoes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/11/as-heat-strikes-heres-one-way-to-help-fight-disease-carrying-and-nuisance-mosquitoes-128466/" aria-label="Read more about As heat strikes, here’s one way to help fight disease-carrying and nuisance mosquitoes">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elaine Pearson, Adjunct Lecturer in Law, UNSW As we approach the last days of the decade, it’s important to reflect on the fight for human rights, the setbacks and successes over the past year in Australia and around the world. Our list isn’t ranked, and far from ... <a title="5 human rights issues that defined 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/11/5-human-rights-issues-that-defined-2019-126939/" aria-label="Read more about 5 human rights issues that defined 2019">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nathan Kettlewell, Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Economics Discipline Group, University of Technology Sydney Every year private health insurers raise premiums and every year we rue the hit to our hip pocket. This cycle is heavily regulated: insurers apply to the health minister who must approve premium hikes ... <a title="Private health premium increases might be the lowest in years, but that doesn’t mean they’re justified" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/11/private-health-premium-increases-might-be-the-lowest-in-years-but-that-doesnt-mean-theyre-justified-128311/" aria-label="Read more about Private health premium increases might be the lowest in years, but that doesn’t mean they’re justified">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jenny Johnston, Lecturer in Primary Education, Southern Cross University It’s the end of the first year of school for many children and proud parents. Some children may be reading quicker than their classmates, others slower; some can add double digits, others only single. What’s normal? Not all ... <a title="So your kid’s finished their first year of school. Here’s what they should have learnt" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/11/so-your-kids-finished-their-first-year-of-school-heres-what-they-should-have-learnt-127725/" aria-label="Read more about So your kid’s finished their first year of school. Here’s what they should have learnt">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Ann Wheeler, Professor in Water Economics, University of Adelaide For the thousand or so farmers in Canberra in the past week venting their anger at the federal government, it’s the Murray-Darling Basin Plan to blame for destroying their livelihoods and forcing them off the land. We ... <a title="Don’t blame the Murray-Darling Basin Plan. It’s climate and economic change driving farmers out" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/11/dont-blame-the-murray-darling-basin-plan-its-climate-and-economic-change-driving-farmers-out-128048/" aria-label="Read more about Don’t blame the Murray-Darling Basin Plan. It’s climate and economic change driving farmers out">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Ellerton, Lecturer in Critical Thinking; Curriculum Director, UQ Critical Thinking Project, The University of Queensland As bushfires rage and our cities lie shrouded in smoke, climate change is shaping as a likely topic of conversation at the family dinner table this Christmas. Such discussions can be ... <a title="Expect family talks about climate change this Christmas? Take tips from Greta Thunberg" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/11/expect-family-talks-about-climate-change-this-christmas-take-tips-from-greta-thunberg-124426/" aria-label="Read more about Expect family talks about climate change this Christmas? Take tips from Greta Thunberg">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jeff Seadon, Senior Lecturer, Auckland University of Technology CC BY-ND Climate Explained is a collaboration between The Conversation, Stuff and the New Zealand Science Media Centre to answer your questions about climate change. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, please send it ... <a title="Climate explained: seven reasons to be wary of waste-to-energy proposals" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/11/climate-explained-seven-reasons-to-be-wary-of-waste-to-energy-proposals-128630/" aria-label="Read more about Climate explained: seven reasons to be wary of waste-to-energy proposals">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Butt, Associate Professor in Sustainability and Urban Planning, RMIT University This is the third article in a series to mark the 50th anniversary of the landmark Melbourne Transportation Plan. Like the modernist plans of its time, the 1969 Melbourne Metropolitan Transportation Plan was bold in ambition. ... <a title="We’re still fighting city freeways after half a century" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/11/were-still-fighting-city-freeways-after-half-a-century-127722/" aria-label="Read more about We’re still fighting city freeways after half a century">Read more</a>
