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Why are we losing so many Indigenous children to suicide?

March 29, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Pat Dudgeon, Professor, The Centre of Best Practice in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Suicide Prevention, the Poche Centre for Indigenous Health, University of Western Australia This article was written with Rob McPhee, Deputy CEO of the Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Service and co-chair of the Commonwealth-funded Kimberley ... <a title="Why are we losing so many Indigenous children to suicide?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/29/why-are-we-losing-so-many-indigenous-children-to-suicide-114284/" aria-label="Read more about Why are we losing so many Indigenous children to suicide?">Read more</a>

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Hannah Gadsby’s follow-up to Nanette is an act of considered self-care

March 29, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jana Perkovic, Sessional lecturer and researcher, University of Melbourne Review: Hannah Gadsby, Douglas, Melbourne International Comedy Festival Hannah Gadsby’s new show, Douglas, is not earth-shattering the way Nanette was; but then, nothing could be. Many of us watched with fascination as Gadsby’s tenth solo show, Nanette, took ... <a title="Hannah Gadsby’s follow-up to Nanette is an act of considered self-care" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/29/hannah-gadsbys-follow-up-to-nanette-is-an-act-of-considered-self-care-114502/" aria-label="Read more about Hannah Gadsby’s follow-up to Nanette is an act of considered self-care">Read more</a>

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Why we need to fix encryption laws the tech sector says threaten Australian jobs

March 29, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Damien Manuel, Director, Centre for Cyber Security Research & Innovation (CSRI), Deakin University Australia’s technology sector is angry. This is because Australia’s encryption legislation clearly shows the government’s lack of understanding and poor consultation process with the wider public and industry stakeholders, big and small. The Telecommunications ... <a title="Why we need to fix encryption laws the tech sector says threaten Australian jobs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/29/why-we-need-to-fix-encryption-laws-the-tech-sector-says-threaten-australian-jobs-110435/" aria-label="Read more about Why we need to fix encryption laws the tech sector says threaten Australian jobs">Read more</a>

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Hannah Gadbsy’s follow-up to Nanette is an act of considered self-care

March 29, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jana Perkovic, Sessional lecturer and researcher, University of Melbourne Review: Hannah Gadsby, Douglas, Melbourne International Comedy Festival Hannah Gadsby’s new show, Douglas, is not earth-shattering the way Nanette was; but then, nothing could be. Many of us watched with fascination as Gadsby’s tenth solo show, Nanette, took ... <a title="Hannah Gadbsy’s follow-up to Nanette is an act of considered self-care" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/29/hannah-gadbsys-follow-up-to-nanette-is-an-act-of-considered-self-care-114502/" aria-label="Read more about Hannah Gadbsy’s follow-up to Nanette is an act of considered self-care">Read more</a>

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The government’s electricity shortlist rightly features pumped hydro (and wrongly includes coal)

March 29, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Diesendorf, Honorary Associate Professor, UNSW The federal government this week released a shortlist of 12 project proposals for “delivering reliable and affordable power” to be considered for subsidy under its Underwriting New Generation Investments program. The shortlist features six renewable electricity pumped hydro projects, five gas ... <a title="The government’s electricity shortlist rightly features pumped hydro (and wrongly includes coal)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/29/the-governments-electricity-shortlist-rightly-features-pumped-hydro-and-wrongly-includes-coal-114503/" aria-label="Read more about The government’s electricity shortlist rightly features pumped hydro (and wrongly includes coal)">Read more</a>

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The false hope offered by talk of a living wage

March 29, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Freebairn, Professor, Department of Economics, University of Melbourne Labor is promising a “living wage” rather than a “minimum wage” if elected. It will ask the Fair Work Commission to first determine what wage would offer a “decent standard of living for families”, and then to determine ... <a title="The false hope offered by talk of a living wage" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/29/the-false-hope-offered-by-talk-of-a-living-wage-114359/" aria-label="Read more about The false hope offered by talk of a living wage">Read more</a>

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VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on One Nation’s NRA affair and the Morrison’s coal offering

March 29, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra [embedded content] University of Canberra Vice-Chancellor Deep Saini speaks to Michelle Grattan about the week in politics. They discuss One Nation seeking donations from the American gun lobby, Scott Morrison’s preference decision on One Nation, the government placating the Nationals ... <a title="VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on One Nation’s NRA affair and the Morrison’s coal offering" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/29/video-michelle-grattan-on-one-nations-nra-affair-and-the-morrisons-coal-offering-114506/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on One Nation’s NRA affair and the Morrison’s coal offering">Read more</a>

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One Nation, guns and the Queensland question: what does it all mean for the 2019 federal election?

March 29, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris Salisbury, Research Associate, The University of Queensland Of all the controversies to conceivably bring Pauline Hanson undone, private discussions about gun law amendments wasn’t an obvious candidate. Yet her recorded comments about the 1996 Port Arthur massacre and subsequent gun law reforms are potentially destructive for ... <a title="One Nation, guns and the Queensland question: what does it all mean for the 2019 federal election?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/29/one-nation-guns-and-the-queensland-question-what-does-it-all-mean-for-the-2019-federal-election-114280/" aria-label="Read more about One Nation, guns and the Queensland question: what does it all mean for the 2019 federal election?">Read more</a>

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From the bronze age to food cans, here’s how tin changed humanity

March 29, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Cortie, Physics Discipline Leader, University of Technology Sydney To mark the International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements we’re taking a look at how researchers study some of the elements in their work. Today’s it’s tin, a chemical that has little use by itself, ... <a title="From the bronze age to food cans, here’s how tin changed humanity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/29/from-the-bronze-age-to-food-cans-heres-how-tin-changed-humanity-114195/" aria-label="Read more about From the bronze age to food cans, here’s how tin changed humanity">Read more</a>

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The AFL and its clubs must continue to expose and sanction online trolls, it’s the law

March 29, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Eric Windholz, Senior Lecturer and Associate, Monash Centre for Commercial Law and Regulatory Studies, Monash University We have experienced what at times has felt like an epidemic of online trolling of AFL players in recent weeks. Some of the trolling has taken the form of sexual abuse, ... <a title="The AFL and its clubs must continue to expose and sanction online trolls, it’s the law" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/29/the-afl-and-its-clubs-must-continue-to-expose-and-sanction-online-trolls-its-the-law-114293/" aria-label="Read more about The AFL and its clubs must continue to expose and sanction online trolls, it’s the law">Read more</a>

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The challenge of drawing a line between objectionable material and freedom of expression online

March 29, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Philippa Smith, Senior Lecturer in English and New Media, Auckland University of Technology When it comes to debates about free speech that needs to be protected and hate speech that needs to be legislated, the idiom of “drawing the line” is constantly referenced by politicians, journalists and ... <a title="The challenge of drawing a line between objectionable material and freedom of expression online" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/29/the-challenge-of-drawing-a-line-between-objectionable-material-and-freedom-of-expression-online-108764/" aria-label="Read more about The challenge of drawing a line between objectionable material and freedom of expression online">Read more</a>

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Premiums up, rebates down, and a new tiered system – what the private health insurance changes mean

March 29, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Sivey, Associate Professor, School of Economics, Finance and Marketing, RMIT University If you have private health insurance, or are considering getting it, a series of changes coming into effect on April 1 are worth knowing about. These include the annual premium increase, a small decrease in ... <a title="Premiums up, rebates down, and a new tiered system – what the private health insurance changes mean" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/29/premiums-up-rebates-down-and-a-new-tiered-system-what-the-private-health-insurance-changes-mean-114086/" aria-label="Read more about Premiums up, rebates down, and a new tiered system – what the private health insurance changes mean">Read more</a>