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March 4, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cecilia Bischeri, Lecturer in Architecture, Griffith University A flood-ravaged Townsville has captured public attention, highlighting the vulnerability of many of our cities to flooding. The extraordinary amount of rain is just one aspect of the disaster in Queensland’s third-biggest city. The flooding, increasing urban density, the management ... <a title="Townsville floods show cities that don’t adapt to risks face disaster" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/04/townsville-floods-show-cities-that-dont-adapt-to-risks-face-disaster-112607/" aria-label="Read more about Townsville floods show cities that don’t adapt to risks face disaster">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Thomas Maak, Director, Centre for Workplace Leadership, University of Melbourne After months of debate, the Australian Securities Exchange last week dumped a proposal to include reference to a “social licence to operate” in its updated Corporate Governance Guidelines. It was wrong to do so. The new guidelines, ... <a title="The ASX abandons push to require companies to have a social licence to operate. Was it only ever ‘politically correct nonsense’?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/04/the-asx-abandons-push-to-require-companies-to-have-a-social-licence-to-operate-was-it-only-ever-politically-correct-nonsense-112840/" aria-label="Read more about The ASX abandons push to require companies to have a social licence to operate. Was it only ever ‘politically correct nonsense’?">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Donna Mazza, Senior Lecturer in Creative Arts, Edith Cowan University Kangaroos are the most visible of Australia’s unique animals, but despite their charm and national icon status, Australian writers perpetually kill them off. A kangaroo appears struggling in a rabbit trap, doomed and dying in Charlotte Wood’s ... <a title="Why are Australian authors obsessed with killing off kangaroos?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/04/why-are-australian-authors-obsessed-with-killing-off-kangaroos-111735/" aria-label="Read more about Why are Australian authors obsessed with killing off kangaroos?">Read more</a>
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March 2, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachel Standish, Senior Lecturer in Ecology, Murdoch University Sign up to Beating Around the Bush, a series that profiles native plants: part gardening column, part dispatches from country, entirely Australian. Firewood banksia is rugged and yet stunning. Short, stout and gnarled, it is often ignored by tree ... <a title="The firewood banksia is bursting with beauty" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/02/the-firewood-banksia-is-bursting-with-beauty-112696/" aria-label="Read more about The firewood banksia is bursting with beauty">Read more</a>
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March 1, 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 with Michelle Grattan about the week in politics. They discuss Scott Morrison’s attempt to burnish the Coalition’s climate change credentials; focus group research into the independent push in Tony Abbott’s seat ... <a title="VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on Morrison’s climate pitch to voters and Warringah votes research" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/01/video-michelle-grattan-on-morrisons-climate-pitch-to-voters-and-warringah-votes-research-112773/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on Morrison’s climate pitch to voters and Warringah votes research">Read more</a>
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March 1, 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 with Michelle Grattan about the week in politics. They discuss Scott Morrison’s attempt to burnish the Coalition’s climate change credentials; focus group research into the independent push in Tony Abbott’s seat ... <a title="VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on Morrison’s climate pitch to voters and Warringah votes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/01/video-michelle-grattan-on-morrisons-climate-pitch-to-voters-and-warringah-votes-112773/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on Morrison’s climate pitch to voters and Warringah votes">Read more</a>
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March 1, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vivienne Glance, Hon Research Fellow in Poetry and Theatre studies, University of Western Australia Review: Giselle, Perth Festival To reimagine a classic and present it as a story relevant for our times takes more than fiddling around the edges. It requires a courageous retelling, and that is ... <a title="Dada Masilo’s Giselle is a courageous retelling for our times" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/01/dada-masilos-giselle-is-a-courageous-retelling-for-our-times-112764/" aria-label="Read more about Dada Masilo’s Giselle is a courageous retelling for our times">Read more</a>
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March 1, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Martin Boland, Senior Lecturer of Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Charles Darwin University Three people were taken to hospital following a chemical spill at the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation facility at Lucas Heights this morning. Despite the Sydney site’s notoriety as home to Australia’s only nuclear ... <a title="Spill at a nuclear facility shows potential burn risks from a household chemical" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/01/spill-at-a-nuclear-facility-shows-potential-burn-risks-from-a-household-chemical-112763/" aria-label="Read more about Spill at a nuclear facility shows potential burn risks from a household chemical">Read more</a>
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March 1, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Samuel Becher, Associate Professor of Business Law, Victoria University of Wellington The political economy of digital capitalism is largely premised on a new exchange: individuals enjoy cheap or free services and goods in exchange for their personal information. Put simply, individuals often pay online, consciously or unintentionally, ... <a title="Should online users be bound by their privacy agreements?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/01/should-online-users-be-bound-by-their-privacy-agreements-112301/" aria-label="Read more about Should online users be bound by their privacy agreements?">Read more</a>
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March 1, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jane Hall, Professor of Health Economics and Director, Centre for Health Economics Research and Evaluation, University of Technology Sydney This is part of a major series called Advancing Australia, in which leading academics examine the key issues facing Australia in the lead-up to the 2019 federal election ... <a title="More visits to the doctor doesn’t mean better care – it’s time for a Medicare shake-up" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/01/more-visits-to-the-doctor-doesnt-mean-better-care-its-time-for-a-medicare-shake-up-110884/" aria-label="Read more about More visits to the doctor doesn’t mean better care – it’s time for a Medicare shake-up">Read more</a>
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March 1, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Claudia Baldwin, Associate Professor, Urban Design and Town Planning, Sustainability Research Centre, University of the Sunshine Coast Heatwaves have killed more Australians than road accidents, fires, floods and all other natural disasters combined. Although recent research shows extreme cold is a worry in some parts of Australia, ... <a title="How do we save ageing Australians from the heat? Greening our cities is a good start" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/01/how-do-we-save-ageing-australians-from-the-heat-greening-our-cities-is-a-good-start-112613/" aria-label="Read more about How do we save ageing Australians from the heat? Greening our cities is a good start">Read more</a>
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March 1, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dong-Xu Liu, Associate Professor, Auckland University of Technology According to the latest GLOBOCAN cancer database, New Zealand’s breast cancer incidence rate is among the highest in the world. It affects one in nine women in their lifetime and accounts for almost half of all cancers for women ... <a title="How a new breast cancer biomarker could help patients identify best treatment options" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/01/how-a-new-breast-cancer-biomarker-could-help-patients-identify-best-treatment-options-112220/" aria-label="Read more about How a new breast cancer biomarker could help patients identify best treatment options">Read more</a>
