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December 13, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brendan Wintle, Professor Conservation Ecology, University of Melbourne It may not look like a pristine expanse of Amazon rainforest or an African savannah, but the patch of bush at the end of the street could be one of the only places on the planet that harbour a ... <a title="The small patch of bush over your back fence might be key to a species’ survival" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/13/the-small-patch-of-bush-over-your-back-fence-might-be-key-to-a-species-survival-108672/" aria-label="Read more about The small patch of bush over your back fence might be key to a species’ survival">Read more</a>
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December 13, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim Harcourt, J.W. Nevile Fellow in Economics, UNSW It has been called “the Kylie effect”, after one of Australia’s most famous exports. It is the path taken by Australians wanting to crack the big time in Britain. Long before pop princess Kylie Minogue hit the stage, indeed, ... <a title="Australia’s Brexit strategy: a little less Britpopulism, a little more Eurovision please" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/13/australias-brexit-strategy-a-little-less-britpopulism-a-little-more-eurovision-please-108587/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s Brexit strategy: a little less Britpopulism, a little more Eurovision please">Read more</a>
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December 13, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben Phillips, Associate Professor, Centre for Social Research and Methods, Director, Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), Australian National University It would be unlikely if our current welfare system gave us the best possible value for the A$120 billion we hand out in benefits each year. For ... <a title="Cut the pension, boost Newstart. What our algorithm says is the best way to get value for our welfare dollars" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/13/cut-the-pension-boost-newstart-what-our-algorithm-says-is-the-best-way-to-get-value-for-our-welfare-dollars-108417/" aria-label="Read more about Cut the pension, boost Newstart. What our algorithm says is the best way to get value for our welfare dollars">Read more</a>
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December 13, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Lilley, Professor in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, The University of Queensland Journalist Stan Grant once compared our Indigenous cultural heritage to the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel. Ironically, though Grant pointed to the Lake Mungo site in the Willandra Lakes as an example, Aboriginal people are ... <a title="Australia’s problem with Aboriginal World Heritage" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/13/australias-problem-with-aboriginal-world-heritage-82912/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s problem with Aboriginal World Heritage">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Labor frontbencher Anthony Albanese, a senior minister in the last Labor government and briefly deputy prime minister, is preparing to “hit the ground running” if the ALP wins next year’s election. But meanwhile the opposition is concentrating on staying focused ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Anthony Albanese on Labor’s road ahead" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/12/politics-with-michelle-grattan-anthony-albanese-on-labors-road-ahead-108687/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Anthony Albanese on Labor’s road ahead">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ittima Cherastidtham, Fellow, Higher Education Program, Grattan Institute School leavers across Australia are about to get their ATAR (Australian Tertiary Admission Rank). In the coming weeks, they will get a chance to update their university course preferences. Most students attend university to improve their job prospects. But ... <a title="Three things high school graduates should keep in mind when they have their ATARs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/12/three-things-high-school-graduates-should-keep-in-mind-when-they-have-their-atars-107601/" aria-label="Read more about Three things high school graduates should keep in mind when they have their ATARs">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Wright, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Science, Western Sydney University As the drought drags on, small communities in eastern Australia are turning to emergency water supplies. Often, this means bore water, which has prompted health fears over its high salt content. As alarming as this is, drinking ... <a title="Your drinking water could be saltier than you think (even if you live in a capital)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/12/your-drinking-water-could-be-saltier-than-you-think-even-if-you-live-in-a-capital-106054/" aria-label="Read more about Your drinking water could be saltier than you think (even if you live in a capital)">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Greste, Professor of Journalism and Communications, The University of Queensland Time Magazine has just announced its “Person of the Year” for 2018, and for once, it isn’t one person. This time it is four people and a newspaper. Collectively calling them “The Guardians”, Time has awarded ... <a title="Four journalists, one newspaper: Time Magazine’s Person of the Year recognises the global assault on journalism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/12/four-journalists-one-newspaper-time-magazines-person-of-the-year-recognises-the-global-assault-on-journalism-108669/" aria-label="Read more about Four journalists, one newspaper: Time Magazine’s Person of the Year recognises the global assault on journalism">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Neera Bhatia, Senior Lecturer in Law, Deakin University Organ transplantation relies on the generosity of a person to volunteer their organs for donation after death, or the generosity of the family to gift or donate the organs of their deceased relative. But last year, the organs of ... <a title="An opt-out system isn’t the solution to Australia’s low rate of organ donation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/12/an-opt-out-system-isnt-the-solution-to-australias-low-rate-of-organ-donation-108336/" aria-label="Read more about An opt-out system isn’t the solution to Australia’s low rate of organ donation">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anna Olijnyk, Lecturer, Adelaide Law School, University of Adelaide Victorian schools could potentially be without federal funding after 31 December 2018 if the state government refuses to sign up to the Gonski 2.0 funding reforms. In a letter to Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews on Monday, Prime Minister ... <a title="What the Victorian government’s decision not to sign on to the Gonski reforms means for schools in the new year" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/12/what-the-victorian-governments-decision-not-to-sign-on-to-the-gonski-reforms-means-for-schools-in-the-new-year-108674/" aria-label="Read more about What the Victorian government’s decision not to sign on to the Gonski reforms means for schools in the new year">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joanna Mendelssohn, Honorary Associate Professor, Art & Design: UNSW Australia. Editor in Chief, Design and Art of Australia Online, UNSW Alex Seton’s sculpture A Durable Solution? is concentrating the minds of some delegates as they approach this weekend’s ALP national conference in Adelaide. It is the key ... <a title="Honouring the dead: Alex Seton’s stark, moving protest sculptures carved from marble" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/12/honouring-the-dead-alex-setons-stark-moving-protest-sculptures-carved-from-marble-108502/" aria-label="Read more about Honouring the dead: Alex Seton’s stark, moving protest sculptures carved from marble">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Hemer, Senior Research Scientist, Oceans and Atmosphere, CSIRO This is an article from Curious Kids, a series for children. You can send your question to curiouskids@theconversation.edu.au. You might also like the podcast Imagine This, a co-production between ABC KIDS listen and The Conversation, based on Curious ... <a title="Curious Kids: How does the Moon, being so far away, affect the tides on Earth?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/12/curious-kids-how-does-the-moon-being-so-far-away-affect-the-tides-on-earth-105371/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: How does the Moon, being so far away, affect the tides on Earth?">Read more</a>
