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February 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andre Oboler, Senior Lecturer, Master of Cyber-Security Program (Law), La Trobe University A growing debate over Labor’s policy to end cash rebates for excess franking credits has led to calls for the chair of parliament’s economics committee, Liberal MP Tim Wilson, to resign. Labor has accused Wilson ... <a title="Tim Wilson’s ‘retirement tax’ website doesn’t have a privacy policy. So how is he using the data?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/08/tim-wilsons-retirement-tax-website-doesnt-have-a-privacy-policy-so-how-is-he-using-the-data-111076/" aria-label="Read more about Tim Wilson’s ‘retirement tax’ website doesn’t have a privacy policy. So how is he using the data?">Read more</a>
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February 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sara Holton, Research Fellow, Deakin University Most women want and expect to have children. But women who have a chronic health condition such as polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) often have concerns about childbearing, including whether they can become pregnant. PCOS is a complex hormonal condition which affects ... <a title="I have PCOS and I want to have a baby, what do I need to know?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/08/i-have-pcos-and-i-want-to-have-a-baby-what-do-i-need-to-know-109800/" aria-label="Read more about I have PCOS and I want to have a baby, what do I need to know?">Read more</a>
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February 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elyse Methven, Lecturer in Law, University of Technology Sydney The police-informer relationship has come under scrutiny in the case of Lawyer X – a barrister who acted as counsel for a number of prominent criminal defendants. Victoria police initially reported Lawyer X had been registered as an ... <a title="Lawyer X and police informants: what is a lawyer’s duty to their client and are there exceptions?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/08/lawyer-x-and-police-informants-what-is-a-lawyers-duty-to-their-client-and-are-there-exceptions-111349/" aria-label="Read more about Lawyer X and police informants: what is a lawyer’s duty to their client and are there exceptions?">Read more</a>
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February 8, 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 with Michelle Grattan about the week in politics. They discuss the political implications of the royal commission report into banking, and the suspense as parliament returns around the refugee medical transfer ... <a title="VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the backlash to the banking report and the medical transfer bill" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/08/video-michelle-grattan-on-the-backlash-to-the-banking-report-and-the-medical-transfer-bill-111417/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the backlash to the banking report and the medical transfer bill">Read more</a>
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February 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alex Taylor, Senior Lecturer, University of Auckland My ideas about animal behaviour were turned upside down in 2002 when I watched Betty, a New Caledonian crow, fashion a hook from a piece of wire and use it to pull a small container with meat from a tube. ... <a title="New Caledonian crows smart enough to plan three steps ahead to solve tricky problem" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/08/new-caledonian-crows-smart-enough-to-plan-three-steps-ahead-to-solve-tricky-problem-110431/" aria-label="Read more about New Caledonian crows smart enough to plan three steps ahead to solve tricky problem">Read more</a>
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February 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Terry Goldsworthy, Associate Professor in Criminology, Bond University A six-month-old baby was killed earlier this week in what is suspected to be a murder-suicide. Police are investigating whether the child was killed by its father, after their bodies were found in a car on the Sunshine Coast. ... <a title="Why do parents kill their children? The facts about filicide in Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/08/why-do-parents-kill-their-children-the-facts-about-filicide-in-australia-111338/" aria-label="Read more about Why do parents kill their children? The facts about filicide in Australia">Read more</a>
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February 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jennifer Power, Senior Research Fellow at the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University Millions of Australians use, or have used, illicit substances at some point in their life, while millions more are regular users of legal drugs such as alcohol, tobacco or ... <a title="In debates about drug use, fun is important" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/08/in-debates-about-drug-use-fun-is-important-110696/" aria-label="Read more about In debates about drug use, fun is important">Read more</a>
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February 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Fraser, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Western Australia The devastating bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef in 2016 and 2017 rightly captured the world’s attention. But what’s less widely known is that another World Heritage-listed marine ecosystem in Australia, Shark Bay, was also recently devastated by ... <a title="Shark Bay: A World Heritage Site at catastrophic risk" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/08/shark-bay-a-world-heritage-site-at-catastrophic-risk-111194/" aria-label="Read more about Shark Bay: A World Heritage Site at catastrophic risk">Read more</a>
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February 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Bell, Senior Lecturer and Co-Director of Studies for Construction Law, University of Melbourne For many of us, the reality of Australian homes now sits many storeys up in the sky. High-rise apartment buildings have sprouted across the nation’s cities. In recent weeks – on Christmas Eve ... <a title="Don’t overlook residents’ role in apartment building safety" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/08/dont-overlook-residents-role-in-apartment-building-safety-111255/" aria-label="Read more about Don’t overlook residents’ role in apartment building safety">Read more</a>
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February 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Clare JM Burns, Sessional academic in management, PhD student, Griffith University Defensive, some say arrogant, behaviour just cost Ken Henry his job. Between 2001 and 2011 Henry was the highly regarded head of the federal treasury. He steered Australia through the global financial crisis, led the Henry ... <a title="Defence mechanisms. Why NAB chairman Ken Henry lost his job" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/08/defence-mechanisms-why-nab-chairman-ken-henry-lost-his-job-111182/" aria-label="Read more about Defence mechanisms. Why NAB chairman Ken Henry lost his job">Read more</a>
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February 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW It was a great story. Philip Lowe had taken over as Reserve Bank governor after 25 years of uninterrupted economic growth. The Australian economy was transitioning nicely away from the country’s biggest-ever mining boom. Interest rates had been cut to historic ... <a title="Vital Signs. If needed, this man can and will cut rates during the election campaign" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/08/vital-signs-if-needed-this-man-can-and-will-cut-rates-during-the-election-campaign-111254/" aria-label="Read more about Vital Signs. If needed, this man can and will cut rates during the election campaign">Read more</a>
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February 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cassandra Pybus, Adjunct Professor in History, University of Tasmania This piece is republished with permission from GriffithReview 63: Writing the Country (Text), ed Ashley Hay. When I was in my middle thirties, I abruptly abandoned a long-term relationship and impulsively moved from Sydney to Melbourne, having accepted ... <a title="Friday essay: lost and found in the Tasmanian bush" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/08/friday-essay-lost-and-found-in-the-tasmanian-bush-110876/" aria-label="Read more about Friday essay: lost and found in the Tasmanian bush">Read more</a>
