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November 11, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Goss, School Education Program Director, Grattan Institute There is a hidden problem with reading in Australian schools. Ten years’ worth of NAPLAN data show improvements in years 3, 5 and 9. But reading progress has slowed dramatically between years 5 and 7. And, somewhat surprisingly, the ... <a title="Reading progress is falling between year 5 and 7, especially for advantaged students: 5 charts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/11/reading-progress-is-falling-between-year-5-and-7-especially-for-advantaged-students-5-charts-124634/" aria-label="Read more about Reading progress is falling between year 5 and 7, especially for advantaged students: 5 charts">Read more</a>
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November 11, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hussein Dia, Professor of Future Urban Mobility, Swinburne University of Technology The new transport projects governments are constantly announcing are expensive. In the recent New South Wales and Victorian elections, the returned state governments’ transport infrastructure promises added up to A$165 billion. What’s mostly missing from the ... <a title="Smart tech systems cut congestion for a fraction of what new roads cost" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/11/smart-tech-systems-cut-congestion-for-a-fraction-of-what-new-roads-cost-125718/" aria-label="Read more about Smart tech systems cut congestion for a fraction of what new roads cost">Read more</a>
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November 11, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katherine Johnson, Lecturer (Casual) in Creative Writing, University of Tasmania In a large storage room in the basement of the former Musée d’Histoires Naturelles in Lyon, France, stands a rare relic of the colonial era: a full-body plaster cast of an 18-year-old Badtjala man from K’gari (Fraser ... <a title="Frozen in time, the casts of Indigenous Australians who performed in ‘human zoos’ are chilling" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/11/frozen-in-time-the-casts-of-indigenous-australians-who-performed-in-human-zoos-are-chilling-124982/" aria-label="Read more about Frozen in time, the casts of Indigenous Australians who performed in ‘human zoos’ are chilling">Read more</a>
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November 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicole Lee, Professor at the National Drug Research Institute (Melbourne), Curtin University The much-awaited NSW coroner’s report into music festival deaths was released today. In the report, Deputy State Coroner Harriet Grahame recommends pill testing, a ban on sniffer dogs and a reduction in the number of ... <a title="When the coroner looked at how to cut drug deaths at music festivals, the evidence won. But what happens next?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/08/when-the-coroner-looked-at-how-to-cut-drug-deaths-at-music-festivals-the-evidence-won-but-what-happens-next-126669/" aria-label="Read more about When the coroner looked at how to cut drug deaths at music festivals, the evidence won. But what happens next?">Read more</a>
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November 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Moscova, Senior Lecturer in Anatomy, UNSW New research reported in the media says the clitoris plays an important role in fertility and reproduction, making it more than an organ that exists purely for sexual pleasure. But some media headlines were misleading, including: The truth about the ... <a title="Oh, oh, oh! The clitoris certainly gives pleasure. But does it also help women conceive?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/08/oh-oh-oh-the-clitoris-certainly-gives-pleasure-but-does-it-also-help-women-conceive-126593/" aria-label="Read more about Oh, oh, oh! The clitoris certainly gives pleasure. But does it also help women conceive?">Read more</a>
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November 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nigel Howard, Doctoral Candidate, University of South Australia This week, the royal commission into disability heard horrifying stories of children’s experiences in the education system. It is no wonder children with disabilities are over-represented among the tens of thousands of Australians who leave school before finishing year ... <a title="Are flexible learning options giving schools a convenient way out of taking responsibility for ‘difficult’ students?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/08/are-flexible-learning-options-giving-schools-a-convenient-way-out-of-taking-responsibility-for-difficult-students-125876/" aria-label="Read more about Are flexible learning options giving schools a convenient way out of taking responsibility for ‘difficult’ students?">Read more</a>
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November 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW In its quarterly statement on monetary policy, released today, the Reserve Bank of Australia declared its preparedness to “ease monetary policy further if needed”. This suggests the bank still thinks monetary policy – in this case lowering interest rates to stimulate ... <a title="Vital Signs: does monetary policy work any more?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/08/vital-signs-does-monetary-policy-work-any-more-126579/" aria-label="Read more about Vital Signs: does monetary policy work any more?">Read more</a>
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November 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Lord, Zero Carbon Researcher, University of Melbourne Australia could create tens of thousands of new jobs and generate many billions of dollars in export revenues if it turned more to manufacturing metals rather than exporting ore to other countries. That’s a finding of our report, From ... <a title="Want more jobs in Australia? Cut our ore exports and make more metals at home" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/08/want-more-jobs-in-australia-cut-our-ore-exports-and-make-more-metals-at-home-124592/" aria-label="Read more about Want more jobs in Australia? Cut our ore exports and make more metals at home">Read more</a>
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November 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bruce Isaacs, Senior Lecturer in Film Studies, University of Sydney Cinema has always been a medium in crisis. After the so-called golden age of Hollywood came television: why go to the movies when you can sit in the comfort of your home, watching recycled movies in letterbox ... <a title="Pass the popcorn – Scorsese cinema boycott will shape the future of movies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/08/pass-the-popcorn-scorsese-cinema-boycott-will-shape-the-future-of-movies-126598/" aria-label="Read more about Pass the popcorn – Scorsese cinema boycott will shape the future of movies">Read more</a>
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November 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Gillespie, Professor of Law, University of Waikato This week, Māori in the Taranaki region remembered the “day of plunder” – the 1881 government invasion of Parihaka, the small settlement that had come to symbolise peaceful resistance to the confiscation of Māori land. It was one of ... <a title="How NZ’s colonial government misused laws to crush non-violent dissent at Parihaka" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/08/how-nzs-colonial-government-misused-laws-to-crush-non-violent-dissent-at-parihaka-126495/" aria-label="Read more about How NZ’s colonial government misused laws to crush non-violent dissent at Parihaka">Read more</a>
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November 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Frank Bongiorno, Professor of History, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University The media have been itching for a report that blamed Labor’s defeat on a dud leader. But the Review of Labor’s 2019 Federal Election Campaign, chaired by former Rudd and Gillard government ... <a title="Nuance and nostalgia: Labor’s election review provides useful insights and inevitable harking back to Hawke" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/08/nuance-and-nostalgia-labors-election-review-provides-useful-insights-and-inevitable-harking-back-to-hawke-126584/" aria-label="Read more about Nuance and nostalgia: Labor’s election review provides useful insights and inevitable harking back to Hawke">Read more</a>
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November 8, 2019
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Today’s content by Dr Bryce Edwards. Climate change Audrey Young (Herald): Zero Carbon Bill passes with almost unanimous support in Parliament Anna Whyte (1News): Ardern hails ‘historic moment’ for NZ as Zero Carbon Bill passes ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – November 08 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/08/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-november-08-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – November 08 2019">Read more</a>
