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January 17, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kelly D. Wiltshire, PhD Candidate, Flinders University When I go to see the new film Storm Boy, which opens in cinemas nationally today, my mind will turn to the landscape that forms the film’s backdrop. This is the Kurangk (Coorong), land of the Ngarrindjeri Nation. The Nation’s ... <a title="In the land of Storm Boy, the cultural heritage of the Coorong is under threat" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/17/in-the-land-of-storm-boy-the-cultural-heritage-of-the-coorong-is-under-threat-109944/" aria-label="Read more about In the land of Storm Boy, the cultural heritage of the Coorong is under threat">Read more</a>
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January 17, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joshua Chou, Senior lecturer, University of Technology Sydney The world is still celebrating the historic landing of China’s Chang’e-4 on the dark side of the moon on January 3. This week, China announced its plans to follow up with three more lunar missions, laying the groundwork for ... <a title="How realistic are China’s plans to build a research station on the Moon?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/17/how-realistic-are-chinas-plans-to-build-a-research-station-on-the-moon-109942/" aria-label="Read more about How realistic are China’s plans to build a research station on the Moon?">Read more</a>
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January 17, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sabrina Chakori, PhD Candidate, The University of Queensland Wrapped, sealed, boxed, cling-filmed and vacuum packed. We have become used to consumables being packaged in every way imaginable. The history of “packaging” goes back to the first human settlements. First leaves, gourds and animals skins were used. Then ... <a title="Recycling is not enough. Zero-packaging stores show we can kick our plastic addiction" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/17/recycling-is-not-enough-zero-packaging-stores-show-we-can-kick-our-plastic-addiction-106357/" aria-label="Read more about Recycling is not enough. Zero-packaging stores show we can kick our plastic addiction">Read more</a>
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January 17, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rob Roggema, Professor Spatial Transformation, Hanze University of Applied Sciences, Groningen This is a long read. Enjoy! More towers at Sydney’s Darling Harbour are among redevelopment plans for the inner city waterfront precinct and this has prompted recent debate. Plans open for public commentary include proposals for ... <a title="How Darling Harbour was botched (and could be reborn)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/17/how-darling-harbour-was-botched-and-could-be-reborn-109869/" aria-label="Read more about How Darling Harbour was botched (and could be reborn)">Read more</a>
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January 17, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Damien Manuel, Director, Centre for Cyber Security Research & Innovation (CSRI), Deakin University Many of us start a typical day by checking our phones to read emails, social media posts and the weather. Our phones are trusted devices we use constantly throughout the day to communicate. But ... <a title="Australians lost more than $10 million to scammers last year. Follow these easy tips to avoid being conned." class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/17/australians-lost-more-than-10-million-to-scammers-last-year-follow-these-easy-tips-to-avoid-being-conned-109728/" aria-label="Read more about Australians lost more than $10 million to scammers last year. Follow these easy tips to avoid being conned.">Read more</a>
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January 17, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael O’Keefe, Head of Department, Politics and Philosophy, La Trobe University The foreign policy community met with relief the announcement Morrison’s first overseas trip for 2019 would be to Vanuatu and Fiji. The trip is a long overdue symbol of a priority outlined in the 2017 Foreign ... <a title="Morrison’s Vanuatu trip shows the government’s continued focus on militarising the Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/17/morrisons-vanuatu-trip-shows-the-governments-continued-focus-on-militarising-the-pacific-109883/" aria-label="Read more about Morrison’s Vanuatu trip shows the government’s continued focus on militarising the Pacific">Read more</a>
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January 17, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jamie Pittock, Professor, Fenner School of Environment & Society, Australian National University The widespread deaths of fish in the Darling River – with more predicted to come – has raised serious questions about the allocation of water between agriculture and the environment. Water-hungry crops like cotton and ... <a title="Cotton and rice have an important place in the Murray Darling Basin" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/17/cotton-and-rice-have-an-important-place-in-the-murray-darling-basin-109953/" aria-label="Read more about Cotton and rice have an important place in the Murray Darling Basin">Read more</a>
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January 17, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Carl Rhodes, Professor of Organization Studies, University of Technology Sydney For decades Gillette has been selling razors using the slogan “the best a man can get”. This week the Procter & Gamble-owned brand has adopted “the best a man can be” as part of a marketing campaign ... <a title="Gillette’s corporate calculation shows just how far the #metoo movement has come" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/17/gillettes-corporate-calculation-shows-just-how-far-the-metoo-movement-has-come-109936/" aria-label="Read more about Gillette’s corporate calculation shows just how far the #metoo movement has come">Read more</a>
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January 16, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Graeme Orr, Professor of Law, The University of Queensland “Make Australia Great.” So began several million text messages, sent last week from Clive Palmer’s United Australia Party. Palmer’s bumptious campaign techniques actually predated those of Donald Trump. But now he is aping Trump’s slogans and nationalism, if ... <a title="From robo calls to spam texts: annoying campaign tricks that are legal" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/16/from-robo-calls-to-spam-texts-annoying-campaign-tricks-that-are-legal-109943/" aria-label="Read more about From robo calls to spam texts: annoying campaign tricks that are legal">Read more</a>
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January 16, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Laura Crommelin, Research Lecturer, City Futures Research Centre, UNSW The saga of Opal Tower, the 36-storey Sydney apartment building evacuated on Christmas Eve after frightening cracking, has helped to expose the deep cracks in Australia’s approach to building apartments. An interim engineering assessment released yesterday indicates concrete ... <a title="The big lesson from Opal Tower is that badly built apartments aren’t only an issue for residents" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/16/the-big-lesson-from-opal-tower-is-that-badly-built-apartments-arent-only-an-issue-for-residents-109722/" aria-label="Read more about The big lesson from Opal Tower is that badly built apartments aren’t only an issue for residents">Read more</a>
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January 16, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Regina Scheyvens, Professor of Development Studies, Massey University If you live in a tourist destination, you might dread the holiday invasion. Likewise, disgruntled tourists complain about crowded and polluted beaches, national parks or attractions. Graffiti in Oviedo, northern Spain, following a spate of attacks on tourism facilities ... <a title="We’re in the era of overtourism but there is a more sustainable way forward" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/16/were-in-the-era-of-overtourism-but-there-is-a-more-sustainable-way-forward-108906/" aria-label="Read more about We’re in the era of overtourism but there is a more sustainable way forward">Read more</a>
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January 16, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonathon Sargeant, Senior Lecturer in Inclusive Education and Classroom Management, Australian Catholic University Recent reports suggest Australian classrooms, from the students’ perspective, are some of the most disruptive in the world. But do we have a behavioural crisis in our schools? Perhaps not. At the end of ... <a title="Are Australian classrooms really the most disruptive in the world? Not if you look at the whole picture" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/16/are-australian-classrooms-really-the-most-disruptive-in-the-world-not-if-you-look-at-the-whole-picture-109888/" aria-label="Read more about Are Australian classrooms really the most disruptive in the world? Not if you look at the whole picture">Read more</a>
