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August 21, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben Mathews, Professor, School of Law, Queensland University of Technology Victoria’s Court of Appeal today delivered one of the most significant judgments in Australian legal history, dismissing Cardinal George Pell’s appeal against convictions for five child sex offences. Given Pell’s seniority in the Catholic Church as a ... <a title="George Pell has lost his appeal. What did the court decide and what happens now?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/21/george-pell-has-lost-his-appeal-what-did-the-court-decide-and-what-happens-now-118054/" aria-label="Read more about George Pell has lost his appeal. What did the court decide and what happens now?">Read more</a>
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August 21, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Professor Tim Bentley, Director of Research, professor of Work and Organisation, Massey University According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), the workplace can be a positive force for improving mental health. But many workers are exposed to work environments that are damaging to their psychological health and ... <a title="NZ workplace study shows more than quarter of employees feel depressed much of the time" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/21/nz-workplace-study-shows-more-than-quarter-of-employees-feel-depressed-much-of-the-time-118989/" aria-label="Read more about NZ workplace study shows more than quarter of employees feel depressed much of the time">Read more</a>
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August 21, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Denis Muller, Senior Research Fellow in the Centre for Advancing Journalism, University of Melbourne Alan Jones’s political power is to a large extent based on a self-fulfilling prophecy: politicians believe he can shift votes, so they pay homage to him, which adds to the impression that he ... <a title="It will be money, not morality, that finally turns the tide on Alan Jones" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/21/it-will-be-money-not-morality-that-finally-turns-the-tide-on-alan-jones-122051/" aria-label="Read more about It will be money, not morality, that finally turns the tide on Alan Jones">Read more</a>
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August 21, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Maria Bargh, Associate Professor, Victoria University of Wellington New Zealand’s government statistician resigned last week, following the release of an independent review of the 2018 census. The census was the first to be carried out online, but its 83% response rate fell short of the 94% target ... <a title="Bungled NZ census highlights need for multiple voting options to raise Māori participation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/21/bungled-nz-census-highlights-need-for-multiple-voting-options-to-raise-maori-participation-121831/" aria-label="Read more about Bungled NZ census highlights need for multiple voting options to raise Māori participation">Read more</a>
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August 21, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rosemary Stanton, Visiting Fellow, School of Medical Sciences, UNSW Research Checks interrogate newly published studies and how they’re reported in the media. The analysis is undertaken by one or more academics not involved with the study, and reviewed by another, to make sure it’s accurate. You might ... <a title="Will eating chicken reduce your risk of breast cancer?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/21/will-eating-chicken-reduce-your-risk-of-breast-cancer-121628/" aria-label="Read more about Will eating chicken reduce your risk of breast cancer?">Read more</a>
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August 21, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Associate Professor Ralph Brougham Chapman, Director, Environmental Studies, Victoria University of Wellington CC BY-ND Climate Explained is a collaboration between The Conversation, Stuff and the New Zealand Science Media Centre to answer your questions about climate change. If you have a question you’d like an expert to ... <a title="Climate explained: why we need to cut emissions as well as prepare for impacts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/21/climate-explained-why-we-need-to-cut-emissions-as-well-as-prepare-for-impacts-122030/" aria-label="Read more about Climate explained: why we need to cut emissions as well as prepare for impacts">Read more</a>
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August 21, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Salvatore Babones, Associate Professor, University of Sydney Australia’s leading universities are now looking to India in search of new sources of international students. This comes amid worries they may have reached a “China max” – no more room for growth in Chinese students and numbers at risk ... <a title="Australian universities can’t rely on India if funds from Chinese students start to fall" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/21/australian-universities-cant-rely-on-india-if-funds-from-chinese-students-start-to-fall-122052/" aria-label="Read more about Australian universities can’t rely on India if funds from Chinese students start to fall">Read more</a>
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August 21, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jen Couch, Senior Lecturer – Youth Work and International Development, Australian Catholic University One of the biggest challenges young people of refugee background face in their new country is finding safe, affordable and appropriate housing. Yet this is central to social inclusion and to a young person’s ... <a title="‘We all slept in the car, five of us’. Young refugees talk about being homeless in Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/21/we-all-slept-in-the-car-five-of-us-young-refugees-talk-about-being-homeless-in-australia-121559/" aria-label="Read more about ‘We all slept in the car, five of us’. Young refugees talk about being homeless in Australia">Read more</a>
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August 21, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christopher Sheil, Visiting Senior Fellow in History, UNSW The results of the latest Australian Bureau of Statistics biennial survey of income and wealth met have met with an uneven response, perhaps in part due to a slipshod press release. Released with the data on July 12, it ... <a title="What the Bureau of Statistics didn’t highlight: our continuing upward redistribution of wealth" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/21/what-the-bureau-of-statistics-didnt-highlight-our-continuing-upward-redistribution-of-wealth-121731/" aria-label="Read more about What the Bureau of Statistics didn’t highlight: our continuing upward redistribution of wealth">Read more</a>
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August 21, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christina Lee, Senior Lecturer in Literary and Cultural Studies, Curtin University This story contains spoilers for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. While promoting Once Upon a Time in Hollywood at the Cannes Film Festival, filmmaker Quentin Tarantino was asked why Margot Robbie’s character – murdered actress ... <a title="Tarantino has a questionable record in the #MeToo context, so should we boycott his new film?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/21/tarantino-has-a-questionable-record-in-the-metoo-context-so-should-we-boycott-his-new-film-121985/" aria-label="Read more about Tarantino has a questionable record in the #MeToo context, so should we boycott his new film?">Read more</a>
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August 20, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bradley L Garrett, Research Fellow, University of Sydney A small plane looped through the tranquil and cloudless Sydney sky today, spewing engine-heated liquid paraffin from its exhaust, creating puffy tracers. As people all over the city watched from rooftop bars, beach towels or their office windows, the ... <a title="Free speech or sky vandalism? Here’s what the law says about skywriting in Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/20/free-speech-or-sky-vandalism-heres-what-the-law-says-about-skywriting-in-australia-122054/" aria-label="Read more about Free speech or sky vandalism? Here’s what the law says about skywriting in Australia">Read more</a>
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August 20, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jane Howard, Deputy Section Editor: Arts + Culture You might picture a book club around your neighbour’s coffee table, or over beers at the local pub – but what if it took place in Parliament House? This is the question being asked by Books Create Australia as ... <a title="What should politicians be reading at parliamentary book club? Our experts make their picks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/20/what-should-politicians-be-reading-at-parliamentary-book-club-our-experts-make-their-picks-122049/" aria-label="Read more about What should politicians be reading at parliamentary book club? Our experts make their picks">Read more</a>
