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July 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nerilie Abram, ARC Future Fellow, Research School of Earth Sciences; Chief Investigator for the ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes, Australian National University A record start to summer ice melt in Greenland this year has drawn attention to the northern ice sheet. We will have to ... <a title="Arctic ice loss is worrying, but the giant stirring in the South could be even worse" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/12/arctic-ice-loss-is-worrying-but-the-giant-stirring-in-the-south-could-be-even-worse-119822/" aria-label="Read more about Arctic ice loss is worrying, but the giant stirring in the South could be even worse">Read more</a>
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July 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Hurley, Policy Fellow, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University Students – whether at university or school – can get help from many places. They can go to a tutor, parent, teacher, a friend or consult a textbook. But at which point does getting help cross the line into ... <a title="When does getting help on an assignment turn into cheating?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/12/when-does-getting-help-on-an-assignment-turn-into-cheating-120215/" aria-label="Read more about When does getting help on an assignment turn into cheating?">Read more</a>
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July 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Salman Shooshtarian, Research Fellow, RMIT University The Australian construction industry has grown significantly in the past two decades. Population growth has led to the need for extensive property development, better public transport and improved infrastructure. This means there has been a substantial increase in waste produced by ... <a title="We create 20m tons of construction industry waste each year. Here’s how to stop it going to landfill" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/12/we-create-20m-tons-of-construction-industry-waste-each-year-heres-how-to-stop-it-going-to-landfill-114602/" aria-label="Read more about We create 20m tons of construction industry waste each year. Here’s how to stop it going to landfill">Read more</a>
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July 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW In an enormous week for economic news at the start of the month, parliament passed the government’s three-stage personal income tax plan, and the Reserve Bank cut official interest rates to an unprecedented low of 1%. It happened against the backdrop ... <a title="Vital signs: we need those tax cuts now, all of them. The surplus can wait" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/12/vital-signs-we-need-those-tax-cuts-now-all-of-them-the-surplus-can-wait-120218/" aria-label="Read more about Vital signs: we need those tax cuts now, all of them. The surplus can wait">Read more</a>
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July 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachel Goldlust, Phd candidate in environmental history, La Trobe University The term “self-sufficiency” commonly evokes images of communes, yurts and 1970s hippies, most likely living off the land in northern New South Wales. More recently, it has been linked to an explosion of interest in solar powered ... <a title="Friday essay: the Australians who pioneered self-sufficiency, generations before Nimbin" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/12/friday-essay-the-australians-who-pioneered-self-sufficiency-generations-before-nimbin-114594/" aria-label="Read more about Friday essay: the Australians who pioneered self-sufficiency, generations before Nimbin">Read more</a>
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July 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anoosh Soltani, PhD candidate, University of Waikato Ardern, wearing a hijab, is depicted on the world’s tallest building, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai. EPA, CC BY-ND Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s decision to wear a headscarf following the Christchurch mosque attacks in March has earned her worldwide praise. ... <a title="How Muslim women break stereotypes by mixing faith and modesty with fashion" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/12/how-muslim-women-break-stereotypes-by-mixing-faith-and-modesty-with-fashion-110767/" aria-label="Read more about How Muslim women break stereotypes by mixing faith and modesty with fashion">Read more</a>
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July 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra If the Morrison government manages to have a referendum passed to give Australia’s Indigenous people constitutional recognition it will be truly remarkable. A prime minister who has previously taken little interest in this area, at least publicly, would have done ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: When it comes to Indigenous recognition, Ken Wyatt will have to close multiple gaps" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/12/grattan-on-friday-when-it-comes-to-indigenous-recognition-ken-wyatt-will-have-to-close-multiple-gaps-120230/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: When it comes to Indigenous recognition, Ken Wyatt will have to close multiple gaps">Read more</a>
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July 11, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Hawkins, Assistant professor, University of Canberra In 1960 DC Comics introduced the “Bizarro” planet of “Htrae”. Created with a duplicating ray, the planet’s inhabitants are all imperfect versions of Superman and Lois Lane, doing “opposite of all Earthly things”. Adventure Comics They go to bed when ... <a title="‘Guaranteed to lose money’: welcome to the bizarro world of negative interest rates" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/11/guaranteed-to-lose-money-welcome-to-the-bizarro-world-of-negative-interest-rates-119994/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Guaranteed to lose money’: welcome to the bizarro world of negative interest rates">Read more</a>
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July 11, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Eddie Synot, Senior Research Assistant, Griffith University Recently, I wrote that Ken Wyatt’s appointment as the minister for Indigenous Australians was a momentous occasion in Australian history. The appointment showed the government is committed to doing things differently when it comes to its responsibilities and obligations to ... <a title="Listening with ‘our ears and our eyes’: Ken Wyatt’s big promises on Indigenous affairs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/11/listening-with-our-ears-and-our-eyes-ken-wyatts-big-promises-on-indigenous-affairs-120165/" aria-label="Read more about Listening with ‘our ears and our eyes’: Ken Wyatt’s big promises on Indigenous affairs">Read more</a>
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July 11, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul McGreevy, Professor of Animal Behaviour and Animal Welfare Science, University of Sydney The news of a fatal dog-bite incident in Melbourne last night has shocked dog lovers around the country. A 61 year old man was dead by the time police arrived at the property in ... <a title="Understanding dog personalities can help prevent attacks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/11/understanding-dog-personalities-can-help-prevent-attacks-120224/" aria-label="Read more about Understanding dog personalities can help prevent attacks">Read more</a>
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July 11, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul McInerney, Research Fellow, La Trobe University For nine hours, my colleague Michael Shackleton and I held onto our scooters for dear life while being slapped in the face by spiked jungle plants in the mountains of Cambodia. We only disembarked either to help push a scooter ... <a title="In the remote Cambodian jungles, we made sure rare Siamese crocodiles would have enough food" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/11/in-the-remote-cambodian-jungles-we-made-sure-rare-siamese-crocodiles-would-have-enough-food-118264/" aria-label="Read more about In the remote Cambodian jungles, we made sure rare Siamese crocodiles would have enough food">Read more</a>
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July 11, 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 Medicinal cannabis plan Laura Walters (Newsroom): Medicinal cannabis proposals greeted with optimism and concern Craig McCulloch (RNZ): Specialist sign-off for medicinal cannabis ‘upsetting and problematic’ Tova O’Brien (Newshub): ‘We clearly aren’t their focus’: Patients ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – July 11 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/11/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-july-11-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – July 11 2019">Read more</a>
