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October 16, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Keith Rathbone, Lecturer, Modern European History and Sports History, Macquarie University It’s unlikely Daryl Morey, general manager of the Houston Rockets basketball team, realised he’d be sparking an international diplomatic incident when, on October 4, he tweeted the following Stand with Hong Kong logo. CC BY-NC-ND The ... <a title="China has form as a sports bully, but its full-court press on the NBA may backfire" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/16/china-has-form-as-a-sports-bully-but-its-full-court-press-on-the-nba-may-backfire-125141/" aria-label="Read more about China has form as a sports bully, but its full-court press on the NBA may backfire">Read more</a>
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October 15, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The last PM shock jock Alan Jones slapped down was Jacinda Ardern. His language was particularly offensive, advertisers deserted his program and he apologised to New Zealand’s leader. But at least Ardern didn’t have to endure the excoriating on-air encounter ... <a title="View from The Hill: Alan Jones V Scott Morrison on the question of how you feed a cow" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/15/view-from-the-hill-alan-jones-v-scott-morrison-on-the-question-of-how-you-feed-a-cow-125303/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Alan Jones V Scott Morrison on the question of how you feed a cow">Read more</a>
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October 15, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Benjamin Cowie, Director, WHO Collaborating Centre for Viral Hepatitis, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity Around one-third of Australians living with hepatitis C have been cured in the last four years. Hepatitis means inflammation of the liver. Hepatitis C is one of five varieties of ... <a title="In contrast to Australia’s success with hepatitis C, our response to hepatitis B is lagging" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/15/in-contrast-to-australias-success-with-hepatitis-c-our-response-to-hepatitis-b-is-lagging-122547/" aria-label="Read more about In contrast to Australia’s success with hepatitis C, our response to hepatitis B is lagging">Read more</a>
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October 15, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Greg Austin, Professor UNSW Canberra Cyber, UNSW This is part of a new series looking at the national security challenges facing Australia, how our leaders are responding to them and how these measures are impacting society. Read other stories in the series here. Australia’s social scientists and ... <a title="Australia is facing a looming cyber emergency, and we don’t have the high-tech workforce to counter it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/15/australia-is-facing-a-looming-cyber-emergency-and-we-dont-have-the-high-tech-workforce-to-counter-it-124776/" aria-label="Read more about Australia is facing a looming cyber emergency, and we don’t have the high-tech workforce to counter it">Read more</a>
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October 15, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Gillespie, Professor of Law, University of Waikato Following the Christchurch mosque shootings, the New Zealand government’s first response was to ban the firearms the alleged gunman had used to murder 51 people. Seven months later, the second tranche of this process is underway. This new law ... <a title="Comprehensive gun register part of next stage of firearms law reform post Christchurch shootings" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/15/comprehensive-gun-register-part-of-next-stage-of-firearms-law-reform-post-christchurch-shootings-125082/" aria-label="Read more about Comprehensive gun register part of next stage of firearms law reform post Christchurch shootings">Read more</a>
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October 15, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Frank Jotzo, Director, Centre for Climate and Energy Policy, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University In the four years since the Paris climate agreement was adopted, countries have debated the fine print of how emissions reduction should be tracked and reported. One critical detail is ... <a title="Double counting of emissions cuts may undermine Paris climate deal" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/15/double-counting-of-emissions-cuts-may-undermine-paris-climate-deal-125019/" aria-label="Read more about Double counting of emissions cuts may undermine Paris climate deal">Read more</a>
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October 15, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gabriela D’Souza, Affiliate, Monash department of business statistics and econometrics, Monash University For most people the second week in October probably doesn’t hold much promise. Longer days for some, perhaps. But for those is us in the economics profession, come the second week of October we’re furiously ... <a title="Why the winners of this year’s Nobel Prize for Economics matter for me" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/15/why-the-winners-of-this-years-nobel-prize-for-economics-matter-for-me-125288/" aria-label="Read more about Why the winners of this year’s Nobel Prize for Economics matter for me">Read more</a>
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October 15, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Ellerton, Lecturer in Critical Thinking; Curriculum Director, UQ Critical Thinking Project, The University of Queensland It’s not uncommon for science and religion to be framed as two opposing forces. The Catholic church has famously struggled to accommodate scientific research in its past, but recently there has ... <a title="Pope Francis and the Catholic church continue to look towards science, and that can only be a good thing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/15/pope-francis-and-the-catholic-church-continue-to-look-towards-science-and-that-can-only-be-a-good-thing-123640/" aria-label="Read more about Pope Francis and the Catholic church continue to look towards science, and that can only be a good thing">Read more</a>
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October 15, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Erin Wilson, Associate Professor of Politics and Religion, University of Groningen The Coalition government’s proposed religious discrimination bill has been criticised for the potential problems it poses for women, the LGBTQI+ community, people with disabilities and people from diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds. Yet, there is another ... <a title="The biggest hurdle for the Coalition’s religious discrimination bill: how to define ‘religion’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/15/the-biggest-hurdle-for-the-coalitions-religious-discrimination-bill-how-to-define-religion-125214/" aria-label="Read more about The biggest hurdle for the Coalition’s religious discrimination bill: how to define ‘religion’">Read more</a>
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October 15, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cat Pausé, Senior Lecturer in Human Development, Massey University The British Psychological Society is calling for changes for how we talk about fatness, suggesting we should no longer use the phrase “obese people”, but instead, “people with obesity” or “people living with obesity”. These changes are being ... <a title="Changing the terminology to ‘people with obesity’ won’t reduce stigma against fat people" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/15/changing-the-terminology-to-people-with-obesity-wont-reduce-stigma-against-fat-people-124266/" aria-label="Read more about Changing the terminology to ‘people with obesity’ won’t reduce stigma against fat people">Read more</a>
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October 15, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bruce Mountain, Director, Victoria Energy Policy Centre, Victoria University The federal government’s much-vaunted Snowy Hydro expansion is supposed to smooth out the bumps in electricity supply as Australia transitions to renewables. But not only is the project a bad deal for taxpayers, our analysis suggests it will ... <a title="Snowy 2.0 will not produce nearly as much electricity as claimed. We must hit the pause button" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/15/snowy-2-0-will-not-produce-nearly-as-much-electricity-as-claimed-we-must-hit-the-pause-button-125017/" aria-label="Read more about Snowy 2.0 will not produce nearly as much electricity as claimed. We must hit the pause button">Read more</a>
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October 15, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chyi Lin Lee, Associate Professor of Property, UNSW Value capture has been advocated as an innovative way to fund infrastructure, including by the Australian government. However, its effectiveness in Australia has been questioned. Our research, based on railway level crossing removals in Victoria, suggests infrastructure projects do ... <a title="Rail works lift property prices, pointing to value capture’s potential to fund city infrastructure" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/15/rail-works-lift-property-prices-pointing-to-value-captures-potential-to-fund-city-infrastructure-123757/" aria-label="Read more about Rail works lift property prices, pointing to value capture’s potential to fund city infrastructure">Read more</a>
