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May 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Lim, Lecturer in environmental and sustainability law, University of Adelaide We are witnessing the loss of biodiversity at rates never before seen in human history. Nearly a million species face extinction if we do not fundamentally change our relationship with the natural world, according to the ... <a title="‘Revolutionary change’ needed to stop unprecedented global extinction crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/07/revolutionary-change-needed-to-stop-unprecedented-global-extinction-crisis-116166/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Revolutionary change’ needed to stop unprecedented global extinction crisis">Read more</a>
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May 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mandy Freund, PhD Researcher, University of Melbourne The pattern of El Niño has changed dramatically in recent years, according to the first seasonal record distinguishing different types of El Niño events over the last 400 years. A new category of El Niño has become far more prevalent ... <a title="El Niño has rapidly become stronger and stranger, according to coral records" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/07/el-nino-has-rapidly-become-stronger-and-stranger-according-to-coral-records-115560/" aria-label="Read more about El Niño has rapidly become stronger and stranger, according to coral records">Read more</a>
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May 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hussein Dia, Professor of Future Urban Mobility, Swinburne University of Technology More shared spaces, safer streets and fewer cars in the city are all part of a newly released ten-year plan by the City of Melbourne. This evening, Town Hall will consider the ambitious draft transport strategy ... <a title="Move away from a car-dominated city looks radical but it’s a sensible plan for a liveable future" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/07/move-away-from-a-car-dominated-city-looks-radical-but-its-a-sensible-plan-for-a-liveable-future-116518/" aria-label="Read more about Move away from a car-dominated city looks radical but it’s a sensible plan for a liveable future">Read more</a>
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May 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andreas Ortmann, Professor, UNSW Today we kick off a four part election series on wages, industrial relations, Labor and the union movement. In the first, University of NSW professor Andreas Ortmann examines Labor’s proposal to have the Fair Work Commission award a so-called “living wage” instead of ... <a title="Bill Shorten’s promise of a living wage is both realistic and necessary. But it’s not enough." class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/07/bill-shortens-promise-of-a-living-wage-is-both-realistic-and-necessary-but-its-not-enough-116153/" aria-label="Read more about Bill Shorten’s promise of a living wage is both realistic and necessary. But it’s not enough.">Read more</a>
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May 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Crosby, Professor, Monash University Every first Tuesday of every month but January the Reserve Bank Board meets to decide whether to adjust interest rates. It announces its decision at 2.30 pm eastern time. It ought to be an easy decision. Officially, the bank aims for a ... <a title="On rate-cut Tuesday, here are four reasons why the Reserve Bank shouldn’t jump" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/07/on-rate-cut-tuesday-here-are-four-reasons-why-the-reserve-bank-shouldnt-jump-116590/" aria-label="Read more about On rate-cut Tuesday, here are four reasons why the Reserve Bank shouldn’t jump">Read more</a>
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May 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Craig Batty, Professor of Creative Writing, University of Technology Sydney Why do we tell stories, and how are they crafted? In a new series, we unpick the work of the writer on both page and screen. Set against the political backdrop of Australia’s refugee policy and the ... <a title="Inside the story: The Merger – a sports film as a vehicle for social change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/07/inside-the-story-the-merger-a-sports-film-as-a-vehicle-for-social-change-115702/" aria-label="Read more about Inside the story: The Merger – a sports film as a vehicle for social change">Read more</a>
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May 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alfio Leotta, Senior Lecturer, Victoria University of Wellington The ocean rushes below as suddenly the LOUDSPEAKERS BLARE out Wagner’s Ride of the Valkyries. So reads the screenplay for the 1979 war movie Apocalypse Now. It describes the sequence in which a squadron of American helicopters blasts Wagner ... <a title="Apocalypse Now turns 40: rediscovering the genesis of a film classic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/07/apocalypse-now-turns-40-rediscovering-the-genesis-of-a-film-classic-113448/" aria-label="Read more about Apocalypse Now turns 40: rediscovering the genesis of a film classic">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra University of Tasmania political science professor, Richard Eccleston, says a lack of a coherent energy policy could count against the Coalition in the island state. “The party which seems to offer the more compelling commitment to climate change and renewable ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Richard Eccleston on the electoral mood in Tasmania" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/06/politics-with-michelle-grattan-richard-eccleston-on-the-electoral-mood-in-tasmania-116613/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Richard Eccleston on the electoral mood in Tasmania">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sunanda Creagh, Head of Digital Storytelling Here’s an astonishingly large number. Around 900 million Indians are heading to the polls to decide if they want to reelect the current government of Narendra Modi and his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). India Tomorrow is a seven-part podcast ... <a title="India election 2019: millions of Indian youth are underemployed and going to the polls" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/06/india-election-2019-millions-of-indian-youth-are-underemployed-and-going-to-the-polls-113563/" aria-label="Read more about India election 2019: millions of Indian youth are underemployed and going to the polls">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gary Sacks, Associate Professor, Deakin University Last week Labor pledged to consider serious steps to improve Australian diets and tackle our obesity epidemic. This would form part of a A$115.6 million plan from the Opposition to address preventable illness. This is the first time one of the ... <a title="Labor’s election pledge to improve Australian diets is a first – now we need action, not just ‘consideration’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/06/labors-election-pledge-to-improve-australian-diets-is-a-first-now-we-need-action-not-just-consideration-116425/" aria-label="Read more about Labor’s election pledge to improve Australian diets is a first – now we need action, not just ‘consideration’">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Hamilton, PhD Candidate in Zoology, University of Tasmania Tasmanian devils have a reputation as a fearsome animal – most of the time this is undeserved. When it comes to the mating season, however, it’s a fair judgement. Between February and April, mating can be incredibly aggressive, ... <a title="Sexual aggression key to spread of deadly tumours in Tasmanian devils" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/06/sexual-aggression-key-to-spread-of-deadly-tumours-in-tasmanian-devils-116271/" aria-label="Read more about Sexual aggression key to spread of deadly tumours in Tasmanian devils">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Narelle Miragliotta, Senior Lecturer in Australian Politics, Monash University The Greens are not expected to be the beneficiaries of a supposed surge in support for minor parties and independent candidates at this election. Since June 2017, Newspoll has rarely recorded the Greens’ primary vote much above 10%. ... <a title="Greens on track for stability, rather than growth, this election" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/06/greens-on-track-for-stability-rather-than-growth-this-election-116295/" aria-label="Read more about Greens on track for stability, rather than growth, this election">Read more</a>
