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March 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Freebairn, Professor, Department of Economics, University of Melbourne Labor is promising a “living wage” rather than a “minimum wage” if elected. It will ask the Fair Work Commission to first determine what wage would offer a “decent standard of living for families”, and then to determine ... <a title="The false hope offered by talk of a living wage" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/29/the-false-hope-offered-by-talk-of-a-living-wage-114359/" aria-label="Read more about The false hope offered by talk of a living wage">Read more</a>
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March 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra [embedded content] University of Canberra Vice-Chancellor Deep Saini speaks to Michelle Grattan about the week in politics. They discuss One Nation seeking donations from the American gun lobby, Scott Morrison’s preference decision on One Nation, the government placating the Nationals ... <a title="VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on One Nation’s NRA affair and the Morrison’s coal offering" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/29/video-michelle-grattan-on-one-nations-nra-affair-and-the-morrisons-coal-offering-114506/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on One Nation’s NRA affair and the Morrison’s coal offering">Read more</a>
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March 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris Salisbury, Research Associate, The University of Queensland Of all the controversies to conceivably bring Pauline Hanson undone, private discussions about gun law amendments wasn’t an obvious candidate. Yet her recorded comments about the 1996 Port Arthur massacre and subsequent gun law reforms are potentially destructive for ... <a title="One Nation, guns and the Queensland question: what does it all mean for the 2019 federal election?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/29/one-nation-guns-and-the-queensland-question-what-does-it-all-mean-for-the-2019-federal-election-114280/" aria-label="Read more about One Nation, guns and the Queensland question: what does it all mean for the 2019 federal election?">Read more</a>
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March 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Cortie, Physics Discipline Leader, University of Technology Sydney To mark the International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements we’re taking a look at how researchers study some of the elements in their work. Today’s it’s tin, a chemical that has little use by itself, ... <a title="From the bronze age to food cans, here’s how tin changed humanity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/29/from-the-bronze-age-to-food-cans-heres-how-tin-changed-humanity-114195/" aria-label="Read more about From the bronze age to food cans, here’s how tin changed humanity">Read more</a>
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March 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Eric Windholz, Senior Lecturer and Associate, Monash Centre for Commercial Law and Regulatory Studies, Monash University We have experienced what at times has felt like an epidemic of online trolling of AFL players in recent weeks. Some of the trolling has taken the form of sexual abuse, ... <a title="The AFL and its clubs must continue to expose and sanction online trolls, it’s the law" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/29/the-afl-and-its-clubs-must-continue-to-expose-and-sanction-online-trolls-its-the-law-114293/" aria-label="Read more about The AFL and its clubs must continue to expose and sanction online trolls, it’s the law">Read more</a>
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March 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Philippa Smith, Senior Lecturer in English and New Media, Auckland University of Technology When it comes to debates about free speech that needs to be protected and hate speech that needs to be legislated, the idiom of “drawing the line” is constantly referenced by politicians, journalists and ... <a title="The challenge of drawing a line between objectionable material and freedom of expression online" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/29/the-challenge-of-drawing-a-line-between-objectionable-material-and-freedom-of-expression-online-108764/" aria-label="Read more about The challenge of drawing a line between objectionable material and freedom of expression online">Read more</a>
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March 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Sivey, Associate Professor, School of Economics, Finance and Marketing, RMIT University If you have private health insurance, or are considering getting it, a series of changes coming into effect on April 1 are worth knowing about. These include the annual premium increase, a small decrease in ... <a title="Premiums up, rebates down, and a new tiered system – what the private health insurance changes mean" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/29/premiums-up-rebates-down-and-a-new-tiered-system-what-the-private-health-insurance-changes-mean-114086/" aria-label="Read more about Premiums up, rebates down, and a new tiered system – what the private health insurance changes mean">Read more</a>
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March 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Benjamin Scheele, Research Fellow in Ecology, Australian National University It started off as an enigma. Biologists at field sites around the world reported that frogs had simply disappeared. Costa Rica, 1987: the golden toad, missing. Australia, 1979: the gastric brooding frog, gone. In Ecuador, Arthur’s stubfoot toad ... <a title="Deadly frog fungus has wiped out 90 species and threatens hundreds more" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/29/deadly-frog-fungus-has-wiped-out-90-species-and-threatens-hundreds-more-113846/" aria-label="Read more about Deadly frog fungus has wiped out 90 species and threatens hundreds more">Read more</a>
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March 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jeffrey Gil, Senior Lecturer in ESOL/TESOL, College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Flinders University Government concerns about Chinese influence in Australia continue. One example is the Foreign Influence Transparency Scheme, which seeks to provide for the public and government visibility of the nature, level and extent ... <a title="Explainer: what are Confucius Institutes and do they teach Chinese propaganda?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/29/explainer-what-are-confucius-institutes-and-do-they-teach-chinese-propaganda-114274/" aria-label="Read more about Explainer: what are Confucius Institutes and do they teach Chinese propaganda?">Read more</a>
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March 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rhonda Itaoui, PhD Candidate, Western Sydney University The terror attacks at the Al Noor and Linwood Mosques in Christchurch send a message to Muslims: there is no safe space from Islamophobia. The attacks have made it more difficult for Muslims in Western cities to find places where ... <a title="Christchurch attacks strike at the heart of Muslims’ safe places from Islamophobia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/29/christchurch-attacks-strike-at-the-heart-of-muslims-safe-places-from-islamophobia-113922/" aria-label="Read more about Christchurch attacks strike at the heart of Muslims’ safe places from Islamophobia">Read more</a>
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March 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Burke, Associate Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Australia’s electricity sector has begun to transition away from coal, with coal’s contribution to our electricity mix falling from around four-fifths 13 years ago to around three-fifths today. Twelve coal-fired power stations closed between 2012 ... <a title="Bad news. Closing coal-fired power stations costs jobs. We need to prepare" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/29/bad-news-closing-coal-fired-power-stations-costs-jobs-we-need-to-prepare-113369/" aria-label="Read more about Bad news. Closing coal-fired power stations costs jobs. We need to prepare">Read more</a>
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March 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alice Gorman, Senior Lecturer in Archaeology and Space Studies, Flinders University Between 1969 and 1972, a new type of archaeological site was created. For the first time, human bodies and the technology needed to sustain them altered the landscape of another world. The astronauts from the six ... <a title="Friday essay: shadows on the Moon – a tale of ephemeral beauty, humans and hubris" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/29/friday-essay-shadows-on-the-moon-a-tale-of-ephemeral-beauty-humans-and-hubris-114077/" aria-label="Read more about Friday essay: shadows on the Moon – a tale of ephemeral beauty, humans and hubris">Read more</a>
