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December 4, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Daniela Kaleva, Head of Teaching and Learning, Australian Institute of Music Review: Artaserse, Sydney The opera Artaserse, written by Pietro Metastasio and composed by Johann Adolphe Hasse, is emerging from centuries of oblivion, with recent revivals in Europe and Australia. This opera seria (Italian opera based on ... <a title="Operatic goddess Vivica Genaux reigns supreme in a lyrical study of conflicting desires" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/04/operatic-goddess-vivica-genaux-reigns-supreme-in-a-lyrical-study-of-conflicting-desires-108045/" aria-label="Read more about Operatic goddess Vivica Genaux reigns supreme in a lyrical study of conflicting desires">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hedda Ransan-Cooper, Research Fellow, College of Engineering and Computer Science, Australian National University Opposition to coal seam gas (CSG) in Australia is remarkable. CSG proposals – mostly affecting rural areas – have spawned hundreds of opposition groups across the country. Some are now household names, like Lock ... <a title="Getting to the heart of coal seam gas protests – it’s not just the technical risks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/04/getting-to-the-heart-of-coal-seam-gas-protests-its-not-just-the-technical-risks-107086/" aria-label="Read more about Getting to the heart of coal seam gas protests – it’s not just the technical risks">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert McLachlan, Professor in Applied Mathematics, Massey University The recently released 2018 Living Planet report is among the most comprehensive global analyses of biodiversity yet. It is based on published data on 4,000 out of the 70,000 known species of mammals, birds, fish, reptiles and amphibians. Rather ... <a title="NZ is home to species found nowhere else but biodiversity losses match global crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/04/nz-is-home-to-species-found-nowhere-else-but-biodiversity-losses-match-global-crisis-106694/" aria-label="Read more about NZ is home to species found nowhere else but biodiversity losses match global crisis">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jennifer Kent, Research Fellow, University of Sydney The technology of autonomous vehicles (AVs) is progressing rapidly, but have we really thought through how they’ll work in reality? In its report on AVs in Australia, Austroads (the association of Australasian road transport and traffic agencies) paints both positive ... <a title="Why autonomous vehicles won’t reduce our dependence on cars in cities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/04/why-autonomous-vehicles-wont-reduce-our-dependence-on-cars-in-cities-107608/" aria-label="Read more about Why autonomous vehicles won’t reduce our dependence on cars in cities">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Don Carter, Senior Lecturer, Education, University of Technology Sydney Federal Education Minister Dan Tehan has announced the government will update the Melbourne Declaration on Educational Goals for Young Australians. This document sets out the agreed national purposes and role of schooling in order to deliver high-quality education ... <a title="The Melbourne Declaration on Educational Goals for Young Australians: what it is and why it needs updating" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/04/the-melbourne-declaration-on-educational-goals-for-young-australians-what-it-is-and-why-it-needs-updating-107895/" aria-label="Read more about The Melbourne Declaration on Educational Goals for Young Australians: what it is and why it needs updating">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Markus, Pratt Foundation Research Chair of Jewish Civilisation, Monash University Over the past 12 months, immigration policy has been increasingly contested in Australian politics and the media. Former prime minister Tony Abbott has been prominent with his advocacy of a reduction in the permanent intake from ... <a title="Australians think immigration should be cut? Well, it depends on how you ask" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/04/australians-think-immigration-should-be-cut-well-it-depends-on-how-you-ask-108053/" aria-label="Read more about Australians think immigration should be cut? Well, it depends on how you ask">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christine Carson, Research Associate at the University of Western Australia, University of Western Australia So you’ve got an infection (probably), feel terrible, saw your doctor and now have a freshly filled prescription for antibiotics. Once you start taking them, when will you feel better? This is difficult ... <a title="Health Check: I’m taking antibiotics – when will they start working?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/04/health-check-im-taking-antibiotics-when-will-they-start-working-107528/" aria-label="Read more about Health Check: I’m taking antibiotics – when will they start working?">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hanabeth Luke, Lecturer, School of Environment, Science and Engineering, Southern Cross University Last week, the Western Australian Government lifted its state-wide moratorium on hydraulic fracturing (fracking). Unconventional gas industries were given the green light to develop on existing petroleum leases, especially in WA’s vast Kimberley region. Following ... <a title="Fracking policies are wildly inconsistent across Australia, from gung-ho development to total bans" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/04/fracking-policies-are-wildly-inconsistent-across-australia-from-gung-ho-development-to-total-bans-108039/" aria-label="Read more about Fracking policies are wildly inconsistent across Australia, from gung-ho development to total bans">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Patrick Harris, Senior Research Fellow, Menzies Centre for Health Policy, University of Sydney WestConnex, the most expensive piece of transport infrastructure being built in Australia, looms large over the next New South Wales election. Construction is well under way, fuelling community concern about the project’s impact on ... <a title="Health impacts and murky decision-making feed public distrust of projects like WestConnex" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/04/health-impacts-and-murky-decision-making-feed-public-distrust-of-projects-like-westconnex-106996/" aria-label="Read more about Health impacts and murky decision-making feed public distrust of projects like WestConnex">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michal Carrington, Lecturer in Marketing, University of Melbourne We consume the products of slavery every day. All of us. Today’s globalised supply chains make it is almost impossible to avoid goods or services free of the fingerprints of slavery. Electronic gadgets, clothing, fish, cocoa and cane sugar ... <a title="We all buy slave-made products: here’s how we avoid feeling guilty" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/04/we-all-buy-slave-made-products-heres-how-we-avoid-feeling-guilty-107197/" aria-label="Read more about We all buy slave-made products: here’s how we avoid feeling guilty">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sasha Grishin, Adjunct Professor of Art History, Australian National University Review: Escher x nendo, National Gallery of Victoria. M. C. Escher (1898-1972) is an artist whose name is synonymous with mathematically challenging, optically intriguing and intellectually perplexing prints. This Dutch artist created a world of impossible objects, ... <a title="Escher x nendo will surprise, delight and challenge" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/04/escher-x-nendo-will-surprise-delight-and-challenge-108036/" aria-label="Read more about Escher x nendo will surprise, delight and challenge">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Blair, Emeritus Professor, ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery, OzGrav, University of Western Australia Four new detections of gravitational waves have been announced at the Gravitational Waves Physics and Astronomy Workshop, at the University of Maryland in the United States. This brings the total ... <a title="New detections of gravitational waves brings the number to 11 – so far" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/04/new-detections-of-gravitational-waves-brings-the-number-to-11-so-far-107962/" aria-label="Read more about New detections of gravitational waves brings the number to 11 – so far">Read more</a>
