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April 9, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Piero Moraro, Lecturer in Criminal Justice, Charles Sturt University Thirty-nine people were arrested yesterday in Melbourne over an animal rights protest that blocked a major intersection. The protest caused chaos for commuters during the morning peak hour, and politicians and the media were quick to condemn the ... <a title="Animal rights activists in Melbourne: green-collar criminals or civil ‘disobedients’?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/09/animal-rights-activists-in-melbourne-green-collar-criminals-or-civil-disobedients-115119/" aria-label="Read more about Animal rights activists in Melbourne: green-collar criminals or civil ‘disobedients’?">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Georgia Ward-Fear, Post doctoral fellow and Conservation Ecologist , University of Sydney It’s a common refrain – western ecologists should work closely with indigenous peoples, who have a unique knowledge of the ecosystems in their traditional lands. But the rhetoric is strong on passion and weak on ... <a title="How indigenous expertise improves science: the curious case of shy lizards and deadly cane toads" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/09/how-indigenous-expertise-improves-science-the-curious-case-of-shy-lizards-and-deadly-cane-toads-113997/" aria-label="Read more about How indigenous expertise improves science: the curious case of shy lizards and deadly cane toads">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marion Terrill, Transport and Cities Program Director, Grattan Institute This article is part of a series examining the Coalition government’s record on key issues while in power and what Labor is promising if it wins the 2019 federal election. Election season means transport season: just as the ... <a title="Business-as-usual record on transport leaves next government plenty of room to improve" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/09/business-as-usual-record-on-transport-leaves-next-government-plenty-of-room-to-improve-113571/" aria-label="Read more about Business-as-usual record on transport leaves next government plenty of room to improve">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dominic O’Sullivan, Associate Professor of Political Science, Charles Sturt University It is not unusual for Fiji to intimidate and imprison journalists. Journalists provide checks on government, parliament and business, which threatens the country’s authoritarian politics and the limited democracy its Constitution imagines. What is unusual is Prime ... <a title="NZ journalists arrested in Fiji have been released but a new era of press freedom is yet to arrive" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/09/nz-journalists-arrested-in-fiji-have-been-released-but-a-new-era-of-press-freedom-is-yet-to-arrive-115117/" aria-label="Read more about NZ journalists arrested in Fiji have been released but a new era of press freedom is yet to arrive">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Felicity Meakins, Associate Professor and ARC Future Fellow, The University of Queensland When you rifle around in your purse for some change soon, you might be lucky enough to pull out a new 50 cent coin, launched today by the Royal Australian Mint to celebrate the International ... <a title="The 14 Indigenous words for money on our new 50 cent coin" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/09/the-14-indigenous-words-for-money-on-our-new-50-cent-coin-113110/" aria-label="Read more about The 14 Indigenous words for money on our new 50 cent coin">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Letheren, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Queensland University of Technology We have access to plenty of technology that can serve us by automating more of our daily lives, doing everything from adjusting the temperature of our homes to (eventually) putting groceries in our fridges. But do we want ... <a title="Control, cost and convenience determine how Australians use the technology in their homes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/09/control-cost-and-convenience-determine-how-australians-use-the-technology-in-their-homes-114510/" aria-label="Read more about Control, cost and convenience determine how Australians use the technology in their homes">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jim Macnamara, Professor of Public Communication, University of Technology Sydney Over the past month, Australians and many people around the world have been listening – really listening – to politicians, for a change. Some politicians, that is. Jacinda Ardern, for one. People everywhere have been moved by ... <a title="Politicians need to listen up before they speak up – and listen in the right places" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/09/politicians-need-to-listen-up-before-they-speak-up-and-listen-in-the-right-places-114821/" aria-label="Read more about Politicians need to listen up before they speak up – and listen in the right places">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ray Moynihan, Assistant Professor, Bond University Did you know the definition of high blood pressure (hypertension) in the United States was recently greatly expanded? Overnight, tens of millions of people were reclassified, leaving one in every two adults with a diagnosis of hypertension. The move has been ... <a title="We need new rules for defining who is sick. Step 1: remove vested interests" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/09/we-need-new-rules-for-defining-who-is-sick-step-1-remove-vested-interests-114621/" aria-label="Read more about We need new rules for defining who is sick. Step 1: remove vested interests">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Thornhill, Research botanist, James Cook University Eucalypts dominate Australia’s landscape like no other plant group in the world. Europe’s pine forests consist of many different types of trees. North America’s forests change over the width of the continent, from redwood, to pine and oak, to deserts ... <a title="A detailed eucalypt family tree helps us see how they came to dominate Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/09/a-detailed-eucalypt-family-tree-helps-us-see-how-they-came-to-dominate-australia-113371/" aria-label="Read more about A detailed eucalypt family tree helps us see how they came to dominate Australia">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marc Hudson, PhD Candidate, Sustainable Consumption Institute, University of Manchester This article is part of a series examining the Coalition government’s record on key issues while in power and what Labor is promising if it wins the 2019 federal election. It might feel like the past decade ... <a title="In Australia, climate policy battles are endlessly reheated" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/09/in-australia-climate-policy-battles-are-endlessly-reheated-114971/" aria-label="Read more about In Australia, climate policy battles are endlessly reheated">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Hanly, Research Fellow, UNSW Boys, younger children and children from relatively advantaged families and neighbourhoods – particularly in Sydney – are more likely to delay starting school. These are some of the findings of our study on who chooses to delay sending their children to school ... <a title="Which families delay sending their child to school, and why? We crunched the numbers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/09/which-families-delay-sending-their-child-to-school-and-why-we-crunched-the-numbers-111826/" aria-label="Read more about Which families delay sending their child to school, and why? We crunched the numbers">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dr Timothy O’Leary, Lecturer in Construction and Property, University of Melbourne After a three-year cycle of industry comment, review and revision, May 1 marks the adoption of a new National Construction Code (NCC). Overseen by the Australian Building Codes Board (ABCB), the code is the nation’s defining ... <a title="Australia has a new National Construction Code, but it’s still not good enough" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/09/australia-has-a-new-national-construction-code-but-its-still-not-good-enough-113729/" aria-label="Read more about Australia has a new National Construction Code, but it’s still not good enough">Read more</a>
