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February 6, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Octavia Bryant, Doctoral Candidate, National School of Arts, Australian Catholic University No doubt thanks to Donald Trump, Brexit, and a string of anti-establishment leaders and parties in Europe, Latin America and Asia, everyone seems to be talking about populism. But populism is nothing new. It’s long accompanied ... <a title="What actually is populism? And why does it have a bad reputation?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/06/what-actually-is-populism-and-why-does-it-have-a-bad-reputation-109874/" aria-label="Read more about What actually is populism? And why does it have a bad reputation?">Read more</a>
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February 6, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wendy Rogers, Professor in Clinical Ethics, Macquarie University Scientist He Jiankui’s claimed use of the genetic tool CRISPR to edit the genomes of twin girls led to international condemnation. His actions have focused a spotlight on research ethics – and what the consequences should be when scientists ... <a title="Whose hearts, livers and lungs are transplanted in China? Origins must be clear in human organ research" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/06/whose-hearts-livers-and-lungs-are-transplanted-in-china-origins-must-be-clear-in-human-organ-research-108077/" aria-label="Read more about Whose hearts, livers and lungs are transplanted in China? Origins must be clear in human organ research">Read more</a>
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February 6, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sandra Morrison, Associate Professor, Faculty of Māori and Indigenous Studies, University of Waikato The Treaty of Waitangi is New Zealand’s foundation document. On February 6, 1840, the treaty was signed by representatives of the British Crown and Māori chiefs who acted on behalf of their hapū (sub-tribes). ... <a title="Explainer: the significance of the Treaty of Waitangi" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/06/explainer-the-significance-of-the-treaty-of-waitangi-110982/" aria-label="Read more about Explainer: the significance of the Treaty of Waitangi">Read more</a>
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February 6, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hannah Brown, Chief Science Storyteller, South Australian Health & Medical Research Institute If it’s not you, perhaps it’s someone you know. You don’t look infertile, you don’t feel infertile, but after many months (or years) of trying to start a family, followed by several months of monitoring ... <a title="Considering using IVF to have a baby? Here’s what you need to know" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/06/considering-using-ivf-to-have-a-baby-heres-what-you-need-to-know-108910/" aria-label="Read more about Considering using IVF to have a baby? Here’s what you need to know">Read more</a>
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February 6, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brendon Hyndman, Senior Lecturer and Course Director of Postgraduate Studies in Education, Charles Sturt University School is back, so students new to secondary school will be beginning to adapt to their new school environments. This adaption commonly involves suddenly having multiple classes with different teachers and locations, ... <a title="Adapting to secondary school: why the physical environment is important too" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/06/adapting-to-secondary-school-why-the-physical-environment-is-important-too-110894/" aria-label="Read more about Adapting to secondary school: why the physical environment is important too">Read more</a>
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February 6, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kathleen Flanagan, Research Fellow & Deputy Director, HACRU, University of Tasmania We know that safe, adequate, affordable and appropriate housing is essential for our health, well-being and social and economic security. However, even as house prices subside from recent record highs, many Australians struggle to obtain the ... <a title="Is social housing essential infrastructure? How we think about it does matter" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/06/is-social-housing-essential-infrastructure-how-we-think-about-it-does-matter-110777/" aria-label="Read more about Is social housing essential infrastructure? How we think about it does matter">Read more</a>
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February 6, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonathon Louth, Research Fellow, The Australian Alliance for Social Enterprise, University of South Australia It’s been an enormous year for the financial services industry. First there was a Productivity Commission report calling for major changes to superannuation, then a Senate inquiry into financial services targeted at Australians ... <a title="Banking Royal Commission: How Hayne failed remote Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/06/banking-royal-commission-how-hayne-failed-remote-australia-111100/" aria-label="Read more about Banking Royal Commission: How Hayne failed remote Australia">Read more</a>
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February 6, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Carmody, Academic Specialist, Latin America, University of Melbourne Imagine going to the store and finding that nothing has a price tag on it. Instead you take it to the cashier and they calculate the price. What you pay could be twice as much, or more, than ... <a title="How public ineptitude and private enterprise combined to give Venezuela hyperinflation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/06/how-public-ineptitude-and-private-enterprise-combined-to-give-venezuela-hyperinflation-102483/" aria-label="Read more about How public ineptitude and private enterprise combined to give Venezuela hyperinflation">Read more</a>
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February 6, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alicia Byrnes, PhD Candidate and Sessional Tutor, Screen and Cultural Studies, University of Melbourne On the morning I went to see Mimi Leder’s Ruth Bader Ginsburg biopic, On the Basis of Sex, Fox News accidentally aired a graphic reporting Ginsburg’s death. Representatives for the channel immediately apologised ... <a title="Feminist hero Ruth Bader Ginsburg has been stifled by a new patriarchal construct: the cinema" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/06/feminist-hero-ruth-bader-ginsburg-has-been-stifled-by-a-new-patriarchal-construct-the-cinema-109956/" aria-label="Read more about Feminist hero Ruth Bader Ginsburg has been stifled by a new patriarchal construct: the cinema">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Humphery-Jenner, Associate Professor of Finance, UNSW The Banking Royal Commission landed after the stock exchange closed for business on Monday. It recommended additional controls on banks and financial services providers, and excoriated one. But the banks’ share prices jumped on Tuesday, by much more than the ... <a title="Why bank shares are climbing despite the royal commission" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/05/why-bank-shares-are-climbing-despite-the-royal-commission-111175/" aria-label="Read more about Why bank shares are climbing despite the royal commission">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Deputy prime minister and Nationals leader Michael McCormack says the banking royal commission report contained a good outcome for farmers. McCormack praised Nationals backbenchers Llew O’Brien, George Christensen and John “Wacka” Williams for their role in pushing for the commission, ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Michael McCormack on banks and the bush, and the election battle" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/05/politics-with-michelle-grattan-michael-mccormack-on-banks-and-the-bush-and-the-election-battle-111192/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Michael McCormack on banks and the bush, and the election battle">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul McGreevy, Professor of Animal Behaviour and Animal Welfare Science, University of Sydney Trainer Darren Weir will not contest three charges for alleged possession of electronic devices used to give shocks to horses, according to a statement released by Racing Victoria earlier today. The statement says assistant ... <a title="The shocking use of ‘jiggers’ in horse racing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/05/the-shocking-use-of-jiggers-in-horse-racing-111176/" aria-label="Read more about The shocking use of ‘jiggers’ in horse racing">Read more</a>
