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September 26, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Zoran Endekov, Education Policy Fellow, Victoria University In recent months, one of Victoria’s oldest Catholic girls’ schools, Presentation College, announced it was closing down, citing falling enrolments. Other Catholic schools have decided to merge together, some also pointing to dwindling enrolments. Meanwhile, Australia is in the midst ... <a title="Five charts on Catholic school enrolments: they’re trending down while Australia’s population booms" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/26/five-charts-on-catholic-school-enrolments-theyre-trending-down-while-australias-population-booms-121616/" aria-label="Read more about Five charts on Catholic school enrolments: they’re trending down while Australia’s population booms">Read more</a>
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September 26, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David M. Herold, Sustainable Logistics Researcher, Griffith University A rise in online shopping is often blamed for an increase in the number of parcel delivery vehicles clogging up our busy city roads. But a study we at Vienna University carried out for a European postal service found ... <a title="Don’t blame parcel delivery vans for clogging up city traffic, look to the tradies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/26/dont-blame-parcel-delivery-vans-for-clogging-up-city-traffic-look-to-the-tradies-123776/" aria-label="Read more about Don’t blame parcel delivery vans for clogging up city traffic, look to the tradies">Read more</a>
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September 26, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amy Dawel, Lecturer, Australian National University In 2016, the Richmond Tigers failed to reach their potential, finishing 13th on the AFL ladder. They had not taken home a premiership for more than three decades. As is often the case when things are this low, the club looked ... <a title="Playing without fear of the outcome: a psychologist tells us what we can learn from the success of the Richmond Tigers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/26/playing-without-fear-of-the-outcome-a-psychologist-tells-us-what-we-can-learn-from-the-success-of-the-richmond-tigers-123992/" aria-label="Read more about Playing without fear of the outcome: a psychologist tells us what we can learn from the success of the Richmond Tigers">Read more</a>
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September 25, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Scott Morrison doesn’t shy away from talking about his family, so it was perhaps unsurprising he told reporters he discussed climate change with his daughters, aged 10 and 12. “We don’t have deep conversations about emissions reduction targets and what’s ... <a title="View from The Hill: What might Lily and Abbey say to Scott Morrison about Greta Thunberg?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/25/view-from-the-hill-what-might-lily-and-abbey-say-to-scott-morrison-about-greta-thunberg-124179/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: What might Lily and Abbey say to Scott Morrison about Greta Thunberg?">Read more</a>
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September 25, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sue Green, Deputy Co-ordinator, Journalism Program, Swinburne University of Technology The spare, white-walled Australian Tapestry Workshop gallery is very much of its place, a wall of windows fronting the South Melbourne street. Cars, trams and shoppers are just metres away, the occasional pedestrian observing the observer. It’s ... <a title="Place Makers review: tapestries interweave traditions with a new sense of place" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/25/place-makers-review-tapestries-interweave-traditions-with-a-new-sense-of-place-123514/" aria-label="Read more about Place Makers review: tapestries interweave traditions with a new sense of place">Read more</a>
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September 25, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Juliette McIntyre, Lecturer in Law, University of South Australia Yesterday, climate activist Greta Thunberg joined 15 other children from around the world to submit a complaint – or “communication” – to the Committee on the Rights of the Child. They targeted Argentina, Brazil, France, Germany and Turkey. ... <a title="With 15 other children, Greta Thunberg has filed a UN complaint against 5 countries. Here’s what it’ll achieve" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/25/with-15-other-children-greta-thunberg-has-filed-a-un-complaint-against-5-countries-heres-what-itll-achieve-124090/" aria-label="Read more about With 15 other children, Greta Thunberg has filed a UN complaint against 5 countries. Here’s what it’ll achieve">Read more</a>
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September 25, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Forrest, PhD Candidate, University of Western Australia Since the mass production of plastic began, almost six billion tonnes of it – approximately 91% – has remained in our air, land and water. Plastic production and use is embedded in the global economy, and in our natural ... <a title="Here is a global solution to the plastic waste crisis – and A$443 million to get it started" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/25/here-is-a-global-solution-to-the-plastic-waste-crisis-and-a-443-million-to-get-it-started-123762/" aria-label="Read more about Here is a global solution to the plastic waste crisis – and A$443 million to get it started">Read more</a>
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September 25, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hiba Jebeile, PhD candidate/Research Dietitian, University of Sydney Instagram recently announced posts promoting diet products and cosmetic procedures will no longer be visible to users under the age of 18. While the initiative is being led by Instagram, the policy will also be in place on Facebook. ... <a title="In a virtual universe of ‘perfect’ bodies, Instagram’s new policy offers important protection for young users" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/25/in-a-virtual-universe-of-perfect-bodies-instagrams-new-policy-offers-important-protection-for-young-users-123912/" aria-label="Read more about In a virtual universe of ‘perfect’ bodies, Instagram’s new policy offers important protection for young users">Read more</a>
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September 25, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Dempster, Director, Australian Centre for Space Engineering Research; Professor, School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications, UNSW In the wake of Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s meeting with US President Donald Trump, the Australian government announced on Sunday a commitment of A$150million “into our local businesses and new ... <a title="Dig deep: Australia’s mining know-how makes it the perfect $150m partner for NASA’s Moon and Mars shots" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/25/dig-deep-australias-mining-know-how-makes-it-the-perfect-150m-partner-for-nasas-moon-and-mars-shots-123994/" aria-label="Read more about Dig deep: Australia’s mining know-how makes it the perfect $150m partner for NASA’s Moon and Mars shots">Read more</a>
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September 25, 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. Foreign affairs and trade Thomas Coughlan and Luke Malpass (Stuff): Jacinda Ardern feted abroad, but Emissions Trading Scheme extension in trouble at home Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): The new ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – September 25 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/25/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-september-25-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – September 25 2019">Read more</a>
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September 25, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Martin Bush, Research Fellow in History and Philosophy of Science, University of Melbourne The National Party, Queensland farming lobby group AgForce, and MP Bob Katter have banded together to propose an “independent science quality assurance agency”. To justify their position, Liberal-National MP George Christensen and AgForce’s Michael ... <a title="Real problem, wrong solution: why the Nationals shouldn’t politicise the science replication crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/25/real-problem-wrong-solution-why-the-nationals-shouldnt-politicise-the-science-replication-crisis-124076/" aria-label="Read more about Real problem, wrong solution: why the Nationals shouldn’t politicise the science replication crisis">Read more</a>
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September 25, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Fisher, Professor of Cattle & Sheep Production Medicine, University of Melbourne The ban on live sheep exports was only ever intended to be temporary. The Australian government enacted the ban earlier this year to prevent sheep from being shipped to the Middle East from the beginning ... <a title="The ban on live sheep exports has just been lifted. Here’s what’s changed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/25/the-ban-on-live-sheep-exports-has-just-been-lifted-heres-whats-changed-123998/" aria-label="Read more about The ban on live sheep exports has just been lifted. Here’s what’s changed">Read more</a>
