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February 1, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Caroline Fisher, Assistant Professor in Journalism, University of Canberra It’s election season again and behind the scenes, the political “spin doctors” are working around the clock. They are the campaign advisers, social media strategists, press secretaries and others who craft political messages to help “sell” their candidate. ... <a title="The vomit principle, the dead bat, the freeze: how political spin doctors’ tactics aim to shape the news" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/01/the-vomit-principle-the-dead-bat-the-freeze-how-political-spin-doctors-tactics-aim-to-shape-the-news-106453/" aria-label="Read more about The vomit principle, the dead bat, the freeze: how political spin doctors’ tactics aim to shape the news">Read more</a>
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February 1, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sunanda Creagh, Head of Digital Storytelling It’s February, the holidays seem like a distant memory and here we are barrelling toward a federal election, which the government has indicated will be in May. Remember in the olden days – as in, a few elections ago – we ... <a title="Trust Me, I’m An Expert: how to spot the work of a political spin doctor this election season" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/01/trust-me-im-an-expert-how-to-spot-the-work-of-a-political-spin-doctor-this-election-season-106338/" aria-label="Read more about Trust Me, I’m An Expert: how to spot the work of a political spin doctor this election season">Read more</a>
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February 1, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Justin Rizzari, Lecturer in Fisheries Science, Deakin University Much of the Great Barrier Reef is legally protected in an effort to conserve and rebuild the fragile marine environment. Marine reserves are considered the gold standard for conservation, and often shape our perception of what an “undisturbed ecosystem” ... <a title="The presence of people is slowing shark recovery on the Great Barrier Reef" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/01/the-presence-of-people-is-slowing-shark-recovery-on-the-great-barrier-reef-110877/" aria-label="Read more about The presence of people is slowing shark recovery on the Great Barrier Reef">Read more</a>
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February 1, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Becky Batagol, Associate Professor of Law, Monash Sustainable Development Institute, Monash University The Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry delivers its final report today. During its hearings there was an important problem that it has missed. Banks and financial service providers ... <a title="Banks are enabling economic abuse. Here’s how they could be stopping it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/01/banks-are-enabling-economic-abuse-heres-how-they-could-be-stopping-it-110439/" aria-label="Read more about Banks are enabling economic abuse. Here’s how they could be stopping it">Read more</a>
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February 1, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW The Reserve Bank kicks off its first meeting for the year next Tuesday facing the same dilemma it did throughout last year. It hasn’t got easier. The bank has a very public, fairly clear objective: to keep inflation between 2% and ... <a title="Vital Signs. Yet another year of steady rates. What’s the point of the RBA inflation target?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/01/vital-signs-yet-another-year-of-steady-rates-whats-the-point-of-the-rba-inflation-target-110574/" aria-label="Read more about Vital Signs. Yet another year of steady rates. What’s the point of the RBA inflation target?">Read more</a>
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February 1, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca Giblin, ARC Future Fellow; Associate Professor, Monash University Who makes the money in publishing? Nobody. This often repeated dark joke highlights a serious issue. The most recent figures show that Australian authors earn just $12,900 a year from writing work (the median, at $2,800, was even ... <a title="Five ways to boost Australian writers’ earnings" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/01/five-ways-to-boost-australian-writers-earnings-110694/" aria-label="Read more about Five ways to boost Australian writers’ earnings">Read more</a>
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January 31, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Asked this week to nominate Labor’s main problem, one insider said “time”. As the very remote possibility of a March election drifted away, the opposition bunkered down for the long wait until May 11 or 18. Labor has an entrenched ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: What Labor has to fear is the Big Scare" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/31/grattan-on-friday-what-labor-has-to-fear-is-the-big-scare-110910/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: What Labor has to fear is the Big Scare">Read more</a>
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January 31, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adam Karg, Senior research fellow, Swinburne University of Technology When the New England Patriots face the Los Angeles Rams in the Super Bowl on Sunday night (US eastern time), they will be cheered on by about 75,000 fans in the stadium, more than 100 million television viewers ... <a title="Why Australians are falling in love with American football, and what it means for local leagues" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/31/why-australians-are-falling-in-love-with-american-football-and-what-it-means-for-local-leagues-110705/" aria-label="Read more about Why Australians are falling in love with American football, and what it means for local leagues">Read more</a>
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January 31, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jamie Manolev, Research assistant, University of South Australia ClassDojo is one of the most popular classroom communication apps in the world. It claims to assist teachers to create happier classrooms and bills itself as “the simple way to build an amazing classroom community”. Since it was released ... <a title="Digitally tracking student behaviour in the classroom encourages compliance, not learning" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/31/digitally-tracking-student-behaviour-in-the-classroom-encourages-compliance-not-learning-110181/" aria-label="Read more about Digitally tracking student behaviour in the classroom encourages compliance, not learning">Read more</a>
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January 31, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Maria Seton, ARC Future Fellow, University of Sydney Lord Howe Island is a beautiful and incredibly isolated world heritage site some 600km off the coast of New South Wales, lauded for its unique volcanic landforms and endemic species. In a study published this month in Geological Magazine, ... <a title="How we traced the underwater volcanic ancestry of Lord Howe Island" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/31/how-we-traced-the-underwater-volcanic-ancestry-of-lord-howe-island-110503/" aria-label="Read more about How we traced the underwater volcanic ancestry of Lord Howe Island">Read more</a>
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January 31, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alan Pears, Senior Industry Fellow, RMIT University A new OECD report has warned that Australia risks falling short of its 2030 emissions target unless it implements “a major effort to move to a low-carbon model”. This view is consistent both with official government projections released late last ... <a title="Australia is counting on cooking the books to meet its climate targets" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/31/australia-is-counting-on-cooking-the-books-to-meet-its-climate-targets-110768/" aria-label="Read more about Australia is counting on cooking the books to meet its climate targets">Read more</a>
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January 31, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Kenny, Senior Fellow, Australian Studies Institute, Australian National University Nancy Pelosi is back. Back throwing her weight around. Back in charge. As the newly-elected Speaker of the US House of Representatives – arguably the most powerful position after the president – the top-ranking Democrat is suddenly ... <a title="How Australia’s political ageism may be robbing us of our best leaders" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/31/how-australias-political-ageism-may-be-robbing-us-of-our-best-leaders-110491/" aria-label="Read more about How Australia’s political ageism may be robbing us of our best leaders">Read more</a>
