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January 16, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Roy, Lecturer in Education, University of Newcastle This is a longer read at just over 1,300 words. Enjoy! A new school year can be daunting for any parent, prompting many questions: will my child settle in, make friends and progress academically? If your child has a ... <a title="What you need to know if your child with a disability is starting school soon" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/16/what-you-need-to-know-if-your-child-with-a-disability-is-starting-school-soon-107275/" aria-label="Read more about What you need to know if your child with a disability is starting school soon">Read more</a>
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January 16, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Beth Goldblatt, Associate Professor in the Faculty of Law, University of Technology Sydney ParentsNext is to be the subject of a Senate inquiry, with submissions closing on February 1. The program has been widely criticised for making parents’ lives more difficult and for unfairly stopping payments. But ... <a title="More than unpopular. How ParentsNext intrudes on single parents’ human rights" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/16/more-than-unpopular-how-parentsnext-intrudes-on-single-parents-human-rights-108754/" aria-label="Read more about More than unpopular. How ParentsNext intrudes on single parents’ human rights">Read more</a>
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January 16, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Miranda Stewart, Professor, University of Melbourne In international tax circles, as in other areas, we often talk about American exceptionalism. But these days, it is becoming increasingly clear that Australia is exceptional in taxation, among members of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and indeed, compared ... <a title="New figures put it beyond doubt. When it comes to company tax, we are a high-tax country, in part because it works well for us" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/16/new-figures-put-it-beyond-doubt-when-it-comes-to-company-tax-we-are-a-high-tax-country-in-part-because-it-works-well-for-us-109875/" aria-label="Read more about New figures put it beyond doubt. When it comes to company tax, we are a high-tax country, in part because it works well for us">Read more</a>
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January 16, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jane Connory, PhD candidate, assistant researcher and teaching associate, Monash University In this series, we look at under acknowledged women through the ages. Ruby Lindsay was among the first women in Australian graphic design. In the early-20th century she pursued a full-time career in magazine and book ... <a title="Hidden women of history: Ruby Lindsay, one of Australia’s first female graphic designers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/16/hidden-women-of-history-ruby-lindsay-one-of-australias-first-female-graphic-designers-109184/" aria-label="Read more about Hidden women of history: Ruby Lindsay, one of Australia’s first female graphic designers">Read more</a>
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January 15, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anthea McCarthy-Jones, Lecturer, UNSW Last week, Nicolás Maduro was sworn in for his second six-year term as Venezuela’s president. Maduro won the election off the back of international condemnation of vote buying and electoral fraud. While the US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, called Venezuela’s government “illegitimate”, ... <a title="Venezuela is fast becoming a ‘mafia state’: here’s what you need to know" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/15/venezuela-is-fast-becoming-a-mafia-state-heres-what-you-need-to-know-109887/" aria-label="Read more about Venezuela is fast becoming a ‘mafia state’: here’s what you need to know">Read more</a>
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January 15, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dan Jerker B. Svantesson, Co-Director Centre for Commercial Law, Bond University Imagine an internet where you couldn’t access any content unless it complied with every law of all the countries in the world. In this scenario, you would be prevented from expressing views that were critical of ... <a title="The future of the internet looks brighter thanks to an EU court opinion" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/15/the-future-of-the-internet-looks-brighter-thanks-to-an-eu-court-opinion-109721/" aria-label="Read more about The future of the internet looks brighter thanks to an EU court opinion">Read more</a>
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January 15, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Justine Shih Pearson, Honorary Associate, Department of Theatre and Performance Studies, University of Sydney Review: Dust, Sydney Festival 2019 What kind of world are we leaving for our children? So goes our conversation everywhere these days, it seems, as our planet overheats and burns in winter as ... <a title="Dancenorth’s Dust is ambitious theatre in an age of uncertainty" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/15/dancenorths-dust-is-ambitious-theatre-in-an-age-of-uncertainty-109870/" aria-label="Read more about Dancenorth’s Dust is ambitious theatre in an age of uncertainty">Read more</a>
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January 15, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Igor Martek, Lecturer In Construction, Deakin University In signing the Paris Climate Agreement, the Australian government committed to a global goal of zero net emissions by 2050. Australia’s promised reductions to 2030, on a per person and emissions intensity basis, exceed even the targets set by the ... <a title="Buildings produce 25% of Australia’s emissions. What will it take to make them ‘green’ – and who’ll pay?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/15/buildings-produce-25-of-australias-emissions-what-will-it-take-to-make-them-green-and-wholl-pay-105652/" aria-label="Read more about Buildings produce 25% of Australia’s emissions. What will it take to make them ‘green’ – and who’ll pay?">Read more</a>
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January 15, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jason Alexandra, PhD candidate, RMIT University Fish deaths in the Darling River have once more raised the public profile of incessant political controversies about the Murray Darling Basin. These divisive debates reveal the deeply contested nature of reforms to water policy in the Basin. It feels like ... <a title="It’s time to restore public trust in the governing of the Murray Darling Basin" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/15/its-time-to-restore-public-trust-in-the-governing-of-the-murray-darling-basin-109797/" aria-label="Read more about It’s time to restore public trust in the governing of the Murray Darling Basin">Read more</a>
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January 15, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anthony Elliott, Dean of External Engagment and Executive Director of the Hawke EU Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence, University of South Australia When you’re lost, Siri can be your best friend. But if she can’t retrieve the right address from your contacts, she can drive you crazy. ... <a title="Will talking to AI voice assistants re-engineer our human conversations?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/15/will-talking-to-ai-voice-assistants-re-engineer-our-human-conversations-108922/" aria-label="Read more about Will talking to AI voice assistants re-engineer our human conversations?">Read more</a>
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January 15, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Craig Jeffrey, Director and CEO of the Australia India Institute; Professor of Development Geography, University of Melbourne In recent days, Australia’s foreign minister Marise Payne announced efforts to strengthen Australia’s involvement in the Indian Ocean region, and the importance of working with India in defence and other ... <a title="Why the Indian Ocean region might soon play a lead role in world affairs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/15/why-the-indian-ocean-region-might-soon-play-a-lead-role-in-world-affairs-109663/" aria-label="Read more about Why the Indian Ocean region might soon play a lead role in world affairs">Read more</a>
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January 15, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Eloise Stephenson, PhD Candidate, Griffith University Ross River virus is Australia’s most common mosquito-borne disease. It infects around 4,000 people a year and, despite being named after a river in North Queensland, is found in all states and territories, including Tasmania. While the disease isn’t fatal, it ... <a title="How Australian wildlife spread and suppress Ross River virus" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/15/how-australian-wildlife-spread-and-suppress-ross-river-virus-107267/" aria-label="Read more about How Australian wildlife spread and suppress Ross River virus">Read more</a>
