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April 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW We’ve known about smoking’s health risks for half a century — at least since the landmark 1964 report by US Surgeon General Luther Terry. But it turns out it is not just smokers addicted to nicotine. So is the Australian government. ... <a title="Vital Signs: why governments get addicted to smoking, gambling and other vices" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/12/vital-signs-why-governments-get-addicted-to-smoking-gambling-and-other-vices-115254/" aria-label="Read more about Vital Signs: why governments get addicted to smoking, gambling and other vices">Read more</a>
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April 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Romain Fathi, Lecturer, History, Flinders University When the first world war came to an end on the Western Front in November 1918, it was time for Australian soldiers to return home. As in Gallipoli, they left behind their fellow Australians who had died. But the Australian public ... <a title="Friday essay: do ‘the French’ care about Anzac?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/12/friday-essay-do-the-french-care-about-anzac-110880/" aria-label="Read more about Friday essay: do ‘the French’ care about Anzac?">Read more</a>
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April 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Wall Street Journal carried the announcement of Australia’s May 18 poll with the rather cruel headline “Australia to Pick Its Next Leader—With an Election”. It was a sharp reminder (if anyone needed one) of how appalling federal politics has ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: In this campaign, Morrison won’t be wearing gloves like Turnbull did in 2016" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/12/grattan-on-friday-in-this-campaign-morrison-wont-be-wearing-gloves-like-turnbull-did-in-2016-115333/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: In this campaign, Morrison won’t be wearing gloves like Turnbull did in 2016">Read more</a>
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April 11, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Karen O’Connell, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Technology Sydney The decision in Geoffrey Rush v Nationwide News, handed down today in Australia’s federal court, is the first – and so far, only – legal determination of a case associated with the #MeToo movement in Australia. ... <a title="Geoffrey Rush’s victory in his defamation case could have a chilling effect on the #MeToo movement" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/11/geoffrey-rushs-victory-in-his-defamation-case-could-have-a-chilling-effect-on-the-metoo-movement-115127/" aria-label="Read more about Geoffrey Rush’s victory in his defamation case could have a chilling effect on the #MeToo movement">Read more</a>
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April 11, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gail Broadbent, PhD candidate Faculty of Science UNSW, UNSW With electric cars back in the headlines, it’s time to remember why we should bother making the transition away from oil. In our recent research looking at attitudes towards electric vehicle uptake, we pointed to some of the ... <a title="Don’t trust the environmental hype about electric vehicles? The economic benefits might convince you" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/11/dont-trust-the-environmental-hype-about-electric-vehicles-the-economic-benefits-might-convince-you-115225/" aria-label="Read more about Don’t trust the environmental hype about electric vehicles? The economic benefits might convince you">Read more</a>
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April 11, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Justin Peter, Climate Scientist, Australian Bureau of Meteorology Curious Kids is a series for children. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskids@theconversation.edu.au You might also like the podcast Imagine This, a co-production between ABC KIDS listen and The Conversation, ... <a title="Curious Kids: is water blue or is it just reflecting off the sky?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/11/curious-kids-is-water-blue-or-is-it-just-reflecting-off-the-sky-113199/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: is water blue or is it just reflecting off the sky?">Read more</a>
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April 11, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Greg Austin, Professor UNSW Canberra Cyber, UNSW 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. The government’s chief cyber security coordinator, Alastair McGibbon, told an ... <a title="Australia is vulnerable to a catastrophic cyber attack, but the Coalition has a poor cyber security track record" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/11/australia-is-vulnerable-to-a-catastrophic-cyber-attack-but-the-coalition-has-a-poor-cyber-security-track-record-113470/" aria-label="Read more about Australia is vulnerable to a catastrophic cyber attack, but the Coalition has a poor cyber security track record">Read more</a>
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April 11, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Francisco López-Muñoz, Profesor Titular de Farmacología y Director de la Escuela Internacional de Doctorado, Universidad Camilo José Cela The Holocaust is one of the worst collective crimes in the history of humanity – and medical science was complicit in the horrors. After World War II, evidence was ... <a title="When science is put in the service of evil" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/11/when-science-is-put-in-the-service-of-evil-113138/" aria-label="Read more about When science is put in the service of evil">Read more</a>
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April 11, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert Sobyra, PhD Candidate, The University of Queensland Wage growth has fallen short of the official forecasts for an extraordinary eight consecutive budgets. Commonwealth budget papers, ABS wage price index When asked what’s needed to actually get wage growth up in line with the repeated forecasts, prime ... <a title="What the finance industry can tell us about what’s holding back wages" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/11/what-the-finance-industry-can-tell-us-about-whats-holding-back-wages-114915/" aria-label="Read more about What the finance industry can tell us about what’s holding back wages">Read more</a>
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April 11, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paula Gerber, Professor of Human Rights Law, Monash University The sultan of Brunei has been on the throne for 52 years, making him the second-longest reigning monarch in the world, after Queen Elizabeth II. Until recently the sultan appeared more interested in living a decadent life, rather ... <a title="Why boycotts against Brunei’s new anti-gay laws won’t be effective, but regional pressure might" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/11/why-boycotts-against-bruneis-new-anti-gay-laws-wont-be-effective-but-regional-pressure-might-115067/" aria-label="Read more about Why boycotts against Brunei’s new anti-gay laws won’t be effective, but regional pressure might">Read more</a>
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April 11, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris Urwin, Researcher, Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage, Monash University It has long been assumed that Indigenous Australia was isolated until Europeans arrived in 1788, except for trade with parts of present day Indonesia beginning at least 300 years ago. But ... <a title="Archaeology is unravelling new stories about Indigenous seagoing trade on Australia’s doorstep" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/11/archaeology-is-unravelling-new-stories-about-indigenous-seagoing-trade-on-australias-doorstep-111528/" aria-label="Read more about Archaeology is unravelling new stories about Indigenous seagoing trade on Australia’s doorstep">Read more</a>
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April 11, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kris Gledhill, Professor of Law, Auckland University of Technology The vicious targeting of the Muslim community in the Christchurch terror attacks has already had swift consequences. Gun law reform is underway, as is an investigation of laws relating to crimes motivated by bigotry. The government has also ... <a title="Explainer: trial of alleged perpetrator of Christchurch mosque shootings" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/11/explainer-trial-of-alleged-perpetrator-of-christchurch-mosque-shootings-115041/" aria-label="Read more about Explainer: trial of alleged perpetrator of Christchurch mosque shootings">Read more</a>
