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October 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Guy Dundas, Energy Fellow, Grattan Institute More than two years on from the sudden closure of Victoria’s Hazelwood coal power station, quite a mess remains. It is clear the federal government’s market interventions have not worked. Electricity prices are higher and supply is tight. Consumers are not ... <a title="Governments took the hard road on clean energy – and consumers are feeling the bumps" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/08/governments-took-the-hard-road-on-clean-energy-and-consumers-are-feeling-the-bumps-124575/" aria-label="Read more about Governments took the hard road on clean energy – and consumers are feeling the bumps">Read more</a>
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October 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jessica Ford, Lecturer in Film, Media and Cultural Studies, University of Newcastle It’s 1963. Frances “Baby” Houseman (Jennifer Grey) is a college-bound teenager staying at Kellerman’s Mountain Lodge with her family. Johnny Castle (Patrick Swayze) is a dance instructor at the resort – and Baby’s love interest. ... <a title="The Real Dirty Dancing reduces a political film to little more than coy dance numbers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/08/the-real-dirty-dancing-reduces-a-political-film-to-little-more-than-coy-dance-numbers-124483/" aria-label="Read more about The Real Dirty Dancing reduces a political film to little more than coy dance numbers">Read more</a>
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October 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mohiuddin Ahmed, Lecturer of Computing & Security, Edith Cowan University Unmanned aerial vehicles, more commonly called drones, are now a fundamental part of defence force capability, from intelligence gathering to unmanned engagement in military operations. But what happens if our own technology is turned against us? Between ... <a title="Aerial threat: why drone hacking could be bad news for the military" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/08/aerial-threat-why-drone-hacking-could-be-bad-news-for-the-military-124588/" aria-label="Read more about Aerial threat: why drone hacking could be bad news for the military">Read more</a>
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October 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris Barrie, Honorary Professor, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University This is part of a new series looking at the national security challenges facing Australia, how our leaders are responding to them through legislation and how these measures are impacting society. Read the rest of ... <a title="Climate change poses a ‘direct threat’ to Australia’s national security. It must be a political priority" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/08/climate-change-poses-a-direct-threat-to-australias-national-security-it-must-be-a-political-priority-123264/" aria-label="Read more about Climate change poses a ‘direct threat’ to Australia’s national security. It must be a political priority">Read more</a>
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October 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Diarmuid Cooney-O’Donoghue, PhD student, Monash University Chinese students with nationalist sentiments can be seen as agents of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Such concerns were particularly evident during reports of clashes at Australian and New Zealand universities between pro-CCP and pro-Hong Kong students. In similar recent clashes ... <a title="Students from China may defend their country but that doesn’t make them Communist Party agents" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/08/students-from-china-may-defend-their-country-but-that-doesnt-make-them-communist-party-agents-124497/" aria-label="Read more about Students from China may defend their country but that doesn’t make them Communist Party agents">Read more</a>
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October 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Cull, Senior Lecturer in Accounting and Financial Planning, Western Sydney University Few Australian charities have been as high-profile as the White Ribbon organisation. In its stated mission to prevent men’s violence against women, it garnered the support of politicians, sporting champions, celebrities and the general public. ... <a title="All the signs were there: lessons from the collapse of White Ribbon Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/08/all-the-signs-were-there-lessons-from-the-collapse-of-white-ribbon-australia-124771/" aria-label="Read more about All the signs were there: lessons from the collapse of White Ribbon Australia">Read more</a>
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October 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Silke Meyer, Associate Professor in Crimninology; Monash Gender and Family Violence Prevention Centre, Monash University Last month, eight women died as the result of male violence in Australia. Five were within one week. In six of the cases, the alleged perpetrator was a current or former partner. ... <a title="When mothers are killed by their partners, children often become ‘forgotten’ victims. It’s time they were given a voice" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/07/when-mothers-are-killed-by-their-partners-children-often-become-forgotten-victims-its-time-they-were-given-a-voice-124580/" aria-label="Read more about When mothers are killed by their partners, children often become ‘forgotten’ victims. It’s time they were given a voice">Read more</a>
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October 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Helen Rawson, Senior Research Fellow, Deakin University This week, the aged care royal commission looks at diversity in aged care, an issue becoming increasingly relevant to both residents and the staff who care for them. Diversity includes gender, sexual orientation, religion and social background. The issue is ... <a title="Nursing homes for all: why aged care needs to reflect multicultural Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/07/nursing-homes-for-all-why-aged-care-needs-to-reflect-multicultural-australia-123373/" aria-label="Read more about Nursing homes for all: why aged care needs to reflect multicultural Australia">Read more</a>
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October 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sunanda Creagh, Head of Digital Storytelling A few episodes ago, we heard from forensic scientists at the Australian Facility for Taphonomic Experimental Research (AFTER) – that’s the official name for what, in books and movies, they would call a body farm. It’s there, at a secret bushland ... <a title="Trust Me, I’m An Expert: forensic entomology, or what bugs can tell police about when someone died" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/07/trust-me-im-an-expert-forensic-entomology-or-what-bugs-can-tell-police-about-when-someone-died-124416/" aria-label="Read more about Trust Me, I’m An Expert: forensic entomology, or what bugs can tell police about when someone died">Read more</a>
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October 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Charles Livingstone, Associate Professor, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University Gambling operators often seek to persuade governments and the public of their virtue by funding “good causes”. Lotteries, for example, have been used to fund such things as the Sydney Opera House, hospitals in ... <a title="New research shows pokie operators are not nearly as charitable as they claim" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/07/new-research-shows-pokie-operators-are-not-nearly-as-charitable-as-they-claim-124085/" aria-label="Read more about New research shows pokie operators are not nearly as charitable as they claim">Read more</a>
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October 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Catherine Tran, Senior Research Officer and Pharmacist, National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance, University of Sydney Vaccines have long been available from GPs and nurses. But in recent years, laws have changed to add pharmacists to the list of health professionals who can give select vaccines ... <a title="Pharmacists can vaccinate adults against whooping cough, measles and the flu, but it might cost you more" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/07/pharmacists-can-vaccinate-adults-against-whooping-cough-measles-and-the-flu-but-it-might-cost-you-more-122191/" aria-label="Read more about Pharmacists can vaccinate adults against whooping cough, measles and the flu, but it might cost you more">Read more</a>
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October 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brad Ridoutt, Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO Agriculture, CSIRO Our diets can have a big environmental impact. The greenhouse gas emissions involved in producing and transporting various foods has been well researched, but have you ever thought about the water-scarcity impacts of producing your favourite foods? The answers ... <a title="It takes 21 litres of water to produce a small chocolate bar. How water-wise is your diet?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/07/it-takes-21-litres-of-water-to-produce-a-small-chocolate-bar-how-water-wise-is-your-diet-123180/" aria-label="Read more about It takes 21 litres of water to produce a small chocolate bar. How water-wise is your diet?">Read more</a>
