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September 19, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lucas Walsh, Professor, Education Policy and Practice, Youth Studies in the Faculty of Education. Latest books with Rosalyn Black include "Imagining Youth Futures: University Students in Post-Truth Times" and "Rethinking Youth Citizenship after the Age of Entitlement", Monash University Senator Jacqui Lambie has proposed establishing a Senate ... <a title="Stop calling young people apathetic. For many, volunteering and activism go hand-in-hand" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/19/stop-calling-young-people-apathetic-for-many-volunteering-and-activism-go-hand-in-hand-123754/" aria-label="Read more about Stop calling young people apathetic. For many, volunteering and activism go hand-in-hand">Read more</a>
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September 19, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Dodd, Director of the Centre for Advancing Journalism, University of Melbourne Today on Media Files, a podcast on major themes and issues in the media, we meet Bastian Obermayer, the Pulitizer prize-winning journalist who led the Panama Papers investigation into global tax evasion and money laundering. ... <a title="Media Files: investigative journalist Bastian Obermayer, who led the Panama Papers tax exposé" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/19/media-files-investigative-journalist-bastian-obermayer-who-led-the-panama-papers-tax-expose-122643/" aria-label="Read more about Media Files: investigative journalist Bastian Obermayer, who led the Panama Papers tax exposé">Read more</a>
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September 19, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Gillespie, Professor of Law, University of Waikato After nearly two decades of fighting, the death toll in the war in Afghanistan is staggering. Apart from more than 45,000 Afghani soldiers killed since 2014 and 3,576 western coalition soldiers since the beginning of the conflict in 2001, ... <a title="Operation Burnham: inquiry underway to determine any wrongdoing by New Zealand troops in Afghanistan" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/19/operation-burnham-inquiry-underway-to-determine-any-wrongdoing-by-new-zealand-troops-in-afghanistan-123438/" aria-label="Read more about Operation Burnham: inquiry underway to determine any wrongdoing by New Zealand troops in Afghanistan">Read more</a>
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September 19, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brendan Coates, Program Director, Household Finances, Grattan Institute Compared to the rest of the world, income inequality is not particularly high in Australia, nor is it getting much worse. The real problem is housing inequality. Rising house prices have increased wealth inequality. Rising housing costs have dramatically ... <a title="Rising inequality in Australia isn’t about incomes: it’s almost all about housing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/19/rising-inequality-in-australia-isnt-about-incomes-its-almost-all-about-housing-119872/" aria-label="Read more about Rising inequality in Australia isn’t about incomes: it’s almost all about housing">Read more</a>
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September 19, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben Rich, Lecturer in International Relations and Security Studies, Curtin University This week’s strikes on the Abqaiq and Khurais oil processing facilities in Saudi Arabia represent the latest in a pattern of actions by the Islamic Republic of Iran to escalate tensions in the Persian Gulf. Unlike ... <a title="How likely is conflict between the US and Iran?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/19/how-likely-is-conflict-between-the-us-and-iran-123714/" aria-label="Read more about How likely is conflict between the US and Iran?">Read more</a>
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September 19, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bill Bateman, Associate professor, Curtin University Every spring in Australia is heralded by reports of magpies swooping at people. While it is of little comfort to those at the receiving end of a surprise attack, such events are actually quite rare when one considers the number of ... <a title="Cable ties probably won’t stop magpie attacks – here are a few things to try instead" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/19/cable-ties-probably-wont-stop-magpie-attacks-here-are-a-few-things-to-try-instead-123759/" aria-label="Read more about Cable ties probably won’t stop magpie attacks – here are a few things to try instead">Read more</a>
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September 19, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben Rich, Lecturer in International Relations and Security Studies, Curtin University This week’s strikes on the Abqaiq and Khurais oil processing facilities in Saudi Arabia represent the latest in a pattern of actions by the Islamic Republic of Iran to escalate tensions in the Persian Gulf. Unlike ... <a title="Iran wants to create chaos in the Middle East. But conflict with the US remains a limited, if worrying, possibility" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/19/iran-wants-to-create-chaos-in-the-middle-east-but-conflict-with-the-us-remains-a-limited-if-worrying-possibility-123714/" aria-label="Read more about Iran wants to create chaos in the Middle East. But conflict with the US remains a limited, if worrying, possibility">Read more</a>
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September 19, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Burridge, Professor of Linguistics, Monash University There’s no shortage of special days throughout the year. Some — like International Literacy Day — speak to important issues in society. Others speak to our inner dag. Today marks one of the daggier days, International Talk Like a Pirate ... <a title="Why would anyone shiver their timbers? Here’s how pirate words arrr preserving old language" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/19/why-would-anyone-shiver-their-timbers-heres-how-pirate-words-arrr-preserving-old-language-121493/" aria-label="Read more about Why would anyone shiver their timbers? Here’s how pirate words arrr preserving old language">Read more</a>
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September 19, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katie Pickles, Professor of History at the University of Canterbury and current Royal Society of New Zealand Te Apārangi James Cook Research Fellow, University of Canterbury Today marks the passing of the much celebrated 1893 Electoral Act, 126 years ago, which made New Zealand the first country ... <a title="NZ was first to grant women the vote in 1893, but then took 26 years to let them stand for parliament" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/19/nz-was-first-to-grant-women-the-vote-in-1893-but-then-took-26-years-to-let-them-stand-for-parliament-123467/" aria-label="Read more about NZ was first to grant women the vote in 1893, but then took 26 years to let them stand for parliament">Read more</a>
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September 19, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Meagan Brennan, Clinical A/Prof Breast Physician, Westmead Breast Cancer Institute, University of Sydney Victorian Minister for Health Jenny Mikakos recently announced six new 3D breast screening machines would be rolled out across the state. These will be used to assess women recalled for further investigation when a ... <a title="For routine breast screening, you may not need a 3D mammogram" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/19/for-routine-breast-screening-you-may-not-need-a-3d-mammogram-122126/" aria-label="Read more about For routine breast screening, you may not need a 3D mammogram">Read more</a>
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September 19, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jon Brodie, Professorial Fellow, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University Few feel the pain of the Great Barrier Reef’s decline more acutely than the scientists trying to save it. Ahead of next week’s UN climate summit, two researchers write of their grief, ... <a title="‘This situation brings me to despair’: two reef scientists share their climate grief" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/19/this-situation-brings-me-to-despair-two-reef-scientists-share-their-climate-grief-123520/" aria-label="Read more about ‘This situation brings me to despair’: two reef scientists share their climate grief">Read more</a>
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September 19, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hilary Whitehouse, Associate Professor, James Cook University This story is part of Covering Climate Now, a global collaboration of more than 250 news outlets to strengthen coverage of the climate story. Climate change is one of the most pressing issues facing our society today, so you would ... <a title="Ever wondered what our curriculum teaches kids about climate change? The answer is ‘not much’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/19/ever-wondered-what-our-curriculum-teaches-kids-about-climate-change-the-answer-is-not-much-123272/" aria-label="Read more about Ever wondered what our curriculum teaches kids about climate change? The answer is ‘not much’">Read more</a>
