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December 14, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gregg Müller, Lecturer in Natural History, La Trobe University People don’t like parasites. But there’s a local Aussie tree that’s only a little bit parasitic: the native cherry, or cherry ballart. It’s what we call hemiparasitic. It can photosynthesise, but gains extra nutrients by attaching its roots ... <a title="Native cherries are a bit mysterious, and possibly inside-out" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/14/native-cherries-are-a-bit-mysterious-and-possibly-inside-out-108760/" aria-label="Read more about Native cherries are a bit mysterious, and possibly inside-out">Read more</a>
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December 14, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lisa Heap, Adjunct Professor at Institute of Religion, Politics and Society, Australian Catholic University There are good reasons why those experiencing sexual harassment – particularly in the workplace – don’t report it at the time it occurs. To do so is likely to result in ostracism, exclusion, ... <a title="Women don’t speak up over workplace harassment because no one hears them if they do" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/14/women-dont-speak-up-over-workplace-harassment-because-no-one-hears-them-if-they-do-107803/" aria-label="Read more about Women don’t speak up over workplace harassment because no one hears them if they do">Read more</a>
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December 14, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By George Roff, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, The University of Queensland There has been a striking decline in the number of large sharks caught off Queensland’s coast over the past 50 years, suggesting that populations have declined dramatically. Our study, published today in the journal Communications Biology, used historical ... <a title="Some sharks have declined by 92% in the past half-century off Queensland’s coast" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/14/some-sharks-have-declined-by-92-in-the-past-half-century-off-queenslands-coast-108742/" aria-label="Read more about Some sharks have declined by 92% in the past half-century off Queensland’s coast">Read more</a>
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December 14, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nina Hall, Assistant Professor of International Relations, Johns Hopkins University New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern stands out on the international stage. In an era of poisonous xenophobia and mean-spirited rhetoric, she has called for more compassion and kindness in politics and has stressed the importance of ... <a title="How to narrow the gap between Ardern’s foreign policy aspirations and domestic debate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/14/how-to-narrow-the-gap-between-arderns-foreign-policy-aspirations-and-domestic-debate-106230/" aria-label="Read more about How to narrow the gap between Ardern’s foreign policy aspirations and domestic debate">Read more</a>
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December 14, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lisa Hartley, Senior Lecturer, Centre for Human Rights Education, Curtin University Accessing higher education is critical for many people seeking asylum. It’s not simply a means of acquiring the qualifications and skills necessary for employment. It’s also essential to living a meaningful life Despite this, people seeking ... <a title="How people seeking asylum in Australia access higher education, and the enormous barriers they face" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/14/how-people-seeking-asylum-in-australia-access-higher-education-and-the-enormous-barriers-they-face-107892/" aria-label="Read more about How people seeking asylum in Australia access higher education, and the enormous barriers they face">Read more</a>
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December 14, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cris Brack, Associate professor in forest measurement and management, Australian National University I teach measurement – the quantification of things. Some people think this is the most objective of the sciences; just numbers and observations, or what many people call objective facts. Lord Kelvin, a famous British ... <a title="It’s not so easy to gain the true measure of things" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/14/its-not-so-easy-to-gain-the-true-measure-of-things-92741/" aria-label="Read more about It’s not so easy to gain the true measure of things">Read more</a>
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December 14, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Duckett, Director, Health Program, Grattan Institute The A$1.25 billion Community Health and Hospitals Program Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced this week should be awarded a big policy fail. The move sets back Commonwealth-state relations by decades – and it’s unclear exactly how much money will actually ... <a title="Morrison’s health handout is bad policy (but might be good politics)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/14/morrisons-health-handout-is-bad-policy-but-might-be-good-politics-108747/" aria-label="Read more about Morrison’s health handout is bad policy (but might be good politics)">Read more</a>
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December 14, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sebastien Darchen, Senior Lecturer in Planning, The University of Queensland Thirty years after the landmark Brundtland report, the debate on urban sustainability continues. Urban planners are still grappling with the challenges of making our cities sustainable. Urban sustainability is an evolving concept. Our edited volume provides planning ... <a title="Our cities fall short on sustainability, but planning innovations offer local solutions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/14/our-cities-fall-short-on-sustainability-but-planning-innovations-offer-local-solutions-107091/" aria-label="Read more about Our cities fall short on sustainability, but planning innovations offer local solutions">Read more</a>
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December 14, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Warren Hogan, Industry Professor, University of Technology Sydney An appallingly perfect storm is brewing for the federal budget: a government with much more income than expected a federal election due within months a government well behind in the polls With the election all but announced for May, ... <a title="Monday’s MYEFO will look good, but it will set the budget up for awful trouble down the track" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/14/mondays-myefo-will-look-good-but-it-will-set-the-budget-up-for-awful-trouble-down-the-track-107567/" aria-label="Read more about Monday’s MYEFO will look good, but it will set the budget up for awful trouble down the track">Read more</a>
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December 14, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics and PLuS Alliance Fellow, UNSW Anyone who has been to La Guardia airport in New York can attest the dire need in the United States for infrastructure spending. It’s not just crumbling bridges, pot-holed roads and lousy airports that provide the impetus ... <a title="Vital Signs: No, Joe, America should not be copying Australia’s ‘asset recycling’ misdirection" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/14/vital-signs-no-joe-america-should-not-be-copying-australias-asset-recycling-misdirection-108663/" aria-label="Read more about Vital Signs: No, Joe, America should not be copying Australia’s ‘asset recycling’ misdirection">Read more</a>
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December 14, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Aileen Marwung Walsh, ARC Laureate Research Scholarship, Rediscovering Deep Human History, Australian National University Untangling the web that is the history of the stolen generations is a very satisfying process. In October, I went to the Centenary Memorial gathering at Mogumber, on the site of the Moore ... <a title="Friday essay: back to Moore River and finding family" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/14/friday-essay-back-to-moore-river-and-finding-family-107522/" aria-label="Read more about Friday essay: back to Moore River and finding family">Read more</a>
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December 14, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra In this week’s Newspoll 55% believed Labor would win next year’s election, compared with just 24% who thought the Coalition would. These are figures to frighten Scott Morrison, and make Bill Shorten just a touch nervous. If most people think ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Unions likely to be more challenging for a Shorten government than boats" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/14/grattan-on-friday-unions-likely-to-be-more-challenging-for-a-shorten-government-than-boats-108771/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Unions likely to be more challenging for a Shorten government than boats">Read more</a>
