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March 15, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Duncan Maclennan, Professorial Research Fellow in Urban Economics, UNSW; Professor of Strategic Urban Management and Finance, University of St Andrews; Professor in Public Policy, University of Glasgow Federal and state elections in coming weeks provide a timely moment for Australians to reflect on the increasingly obvious failure ... <a title="Housing policy reset is overdue, and not only in Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/15/housing-policy-reset-is-overdue-and-not-only-in-australia-112835/" aria-label="Read more about Housing policy reset is overdue, and not only in Australia">Read more</a>
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March 15, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alex Cothren, PhD Candidate, Flinders University About a year ago, a Daily Telegraph journalist rang one of us (let’s call him Robert for convenience). She was writing a story about how political correctness was killing comedy and wanted an academic to support the argument. Now “Robert” feels ... <a title="Friday essay: why is Australian satire so rarely risky?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/15/friday-essay-why-is-australian-satire-so-rarely-risky-112689/" aria-label="Read more about Friday essay: why is Australian satire so rarely risky?">Read more</a>
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March 15, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Sydney shock jock Ray Hadley was apoplectic. Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton, one of Hadley’s favourites, who has a regular spot on his program, had just committed blasphemy. Dutton said he didn’t believe in the government building a new coal-fired ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: The Coalition is trapped in its coal minefield" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/15/grattan-on-friday-the-coalition-is-trapped-in-its-coal-minefield-113577/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: The Coalition is trapped in its coal minefield">Read more</a>
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March 14, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chrystal Zhang, Senior Lecturer in Aviation, Swinburne University of Technology With investigations under way into two crashes of Boeing’s 737 MAX 8 aircraft, the US manufacturer has caved to pressure and grounded the entire global fleet totalling 371 planes. That includes both model 8 and 9 versions ... <a title="All Boeing 737 MAX flights grounded – and travellers could feel it in the hip pocket" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/14/all-boeing-737-max-flights-grounded-and-travellers-could-feel-it-in-the-hip-pocket-113456/" aria-label="Read more about All Boeing 737 MAX flights grounded – and travellers could feel it in the hip pocket">Read more</a>
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March 14, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Supriya Singh, Professor, Sociology of Communications, Graduate School of Business & Law, RMIT University Rina’s marriage problems began two days before her wedding, when her fiance’s parents demanded gold and a car. Her parents agreed to part of the demands to ensure the planned marriage went ahead. ... <a title="Dowry abuse does exist, but let’s focus on the wider issues of economic abuse and coercive control" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/14/dowry-abuse-does-exist-but-lets-focus-on-the-wider-issues-of-economic-abuse-and-coercive-control-112288/" aria-label="Read more about Dowry abuse does exist, but let’s focus on the wider issues of economic abuse and coercive control">Read more</a>
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March 14, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Karena Menzie-Ballantyne, Lecturer in Education, CQUniversity Australia On March 15 2019 thousands of students across Australia will skip school and join the global strike for climate action. This is the second time students have taken to the streets to demand more government action on climate change. Last ... <a title="Students striking for climate action are showing the exact skills employers look for" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/14/students-striking-for-climate-action-are-showing-the-exact-skills-employers-look-for-113546/" aria-label="Read more about Students striking for climate action are showing the exact skills employers look for">Read more</a>
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March 14, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Waters, Professor, Lecturer, Department of Moral Theology and Canon Law, University of Divinity Cardinal George Pell was this week sentenced by a Victorian court to six years’ jail for sexually abusing two choirboys, with a non-parole period of three years and eight months. Although Pell was ... <a title="The Catholic Church is investigating George Pell’s case. What does that mean?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/14/the-catholic-church-is-investigating-george-pells-case-what-does-that-mean-113187/" aria-label="Read more about The Catholic Church is investigating George Pell’s case. What does that mean?">Read more</a>
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March 14, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Axel Bruns, Professor, Creative Industries, Queensland University of Technology The National Library of Australia has just launched its Australian Web Archive – a massive, freely accessible collection of content that provides a historical record of the development of world wide web content in Australia over more than ... <a title="The Australian Web Archive is a momentous achievement – but things will get harder from here" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/14/the-australian-web-archive-is-a-momentous-achievement-but-things-will-get-harder-from-here-113542/" aria-label="Read more about The Australian Web Archive is a momentous achievement – but things will get harder from here">Read more</a>
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March 14, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By William Isdale, Postgraduate Research Student, T.C. Beirne School of Law, The University of Queensland The High Court has decided, for the first time, the approach that should be taken to resolving native title compensation claims. In a previous article, we said it would be “the most significant ... <a title="Landmark High Court decision guides how compensation for native title losses will be determined" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/14/landmark-high-court-decision-guides-how-compensation-for-native-title-losses-will-be-determined-113346/" aria-label="Read more about Landmark High Court decision guides how compensation for native title losses will be determined">Read more</a>
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March 14, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christopher Davies, Team Leader, CSIRO While the much-derided “latte set” are stereotyped as the biggest worriers about climate change, it’s the chardonnay crowd who are acutely feeling its effects. Australia’s wine industry is both world-renowned and economically significant, with around A$5.6 billion in sales in 2016–17, and ... <a title="A warning for wine-lovers: climate change is messing with your favourite tipple’s timing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/14/a-warning-for-wine-lovers-climate-change-is-messing-with-your-favourite-tipples-timing-112865/" aria-label="Read more about A warning for wine-lovers: climate change is messing with your favourite tipple’s timing">Read more</a>
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March 14, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Farmer, Senior Research Officer, Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health 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 ... <a title="Curious Kids: what is a headache? Is it our brain hurting?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/14/curious-kids-what-is-a-headache-is-it-our-brain-hurting-112951/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: what is a headache? Is it our brain hurting?">Read more</a>
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March 14, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anna Wolf, Postdoctoral Fellow, Academic Unit for Psychiatry of Old Age, University of Melbourne As we age, we often have problems with our ability to smell (called olfactory dysfunction). Older people might not be able to identify an odour or differentiate one odour from another. In some ... <a title="An impaired sense of smell can signal cognitive decline, but ‘smell training’ could help" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/14/an-impaired-sense-of-smell-can-signal-cognitive-decline-but-smell-training-could-help-107606/" aria-label="Read more about An impaired sense of smell can signal cognitive decline, but ‘smell training’ could help">Read more</a>
