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May 2, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wendy Steele, Associate Professor, Centre of Urban Research and Urban Futures Enabling Capability Platform, RMIT University The announcement that President Joko Widodo’s government will move Indonesia’s capital to another location, due to the severity of human-induced degradation in Jakarta, highlights a key tension for cities today. In ... <a title="Indonesia isn’t the only country planning new cities. Why not Australia?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/02/indonesia-isnt-the-only-country-planning-new-cities-why-not-australia-116266/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesia isn’t the only country planning new cities. Why not Australia?">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mike Salvaris, Project Manager, Australian National Development Index, Senior Research Fellow, University of Melbourne As the federal election approaches, we’re expected to drown in slogans like “lower taxes”, “wage growth”, “franking credit reform” or “negative gearing reforms”. These mostly assume voters are as obsessed as the politicians ... <a title="It’s time to vote for happiness and well-being, not mere economic growth. Here’s why:" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/02/its-time-to-vote-for-happiness-and-well-being-not-mere-economic-growth-heres-why-116061/" aria-label="Read more about It’s time to vote for happiness and well-being, not mere economic growth. Here’s why:">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter van Duyn, Maritime Logistics Expert, Centre for Supply Chain and Logistics (CSCL), Deakin University In movies about ships, a crew feverishly changing their vessel’s name and flag to avoid detection is a common tactic. Nothing so simple could work in reality, right? In a sense, though, ... <a title="How ‘flags of convenience’ have shrunk Australia’s merchant fleet" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/02/how-flags-of-convenience-have-shrunk-australias-merchant-fleet-115059/" aria-label="Read more about How ‘flags of convenience’ have shrunk Australia’s merchant fleet">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jane Woollard, Head of Theatre and Performance, Lecturer in Theatre and Performance, University of Tasmania In this series, we look at under-acknowledged women through the ages. In December 1882, Eliza O’Flaherty died of “diabetes and exhaustion” at her lodgings in Sydney. Aged 64, Eliza lived in a ... <a title="Hidden women of history: Eliza Winstanley, colonial stage star and our first female Richard III" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/02/hidden-women-of-history-eliza-winstanley-colonial-stage-star-and-our-first-female-richard-iii-114732/" aria-label="Read more about Hidden women of history: Eliza Winstanley, colonial stage star and our first female Richard III">Read more</a>
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May 1, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Whether or not it’s some sort of record, the Liberals’ loss of two Victorian candidates in a single day is way beyond what Oscar Wilde would have dubbed carelessness. Already struggling in that state, the Victorian Liberals managed to select ... <a title="View from The Hill: Victorian Liberal candidates find social media footprints lethal" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/01/view-from-the-hill-victorian-liberal-candidates-find-social-media-footprints-lethal-116383/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Victorian Liberal candidates find social media footprints lethal">Read more</a>
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May 1, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Bill Shorten has rebuffed overtures by the Greens leader Richard Di Natale to work closely with a Labor government to promote a strong policy on climate. Shorten accused the Greens of “trailing their coat and saying, ‘Look at me’”. “The ... <a title="Shorten distances himself from Green overtures on climate policy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/01/shorten-distances-himself-from-green-overtures-on-climate-policy-116360/" aria-label="Read more about Shorten distances himself from Green overtures on climate policy">Read more</a>
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May 1, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jessica Urwin, PhD Candidate, Australian National University Last week the federal government approved the Yeelirrie uraniam mine in Western Australia in the face of vigorous protest from traditional owners. This Canadian-owned uranium mine is the newest instalment in Australia’s long tradition of ignoring the dignity and welfare ... <a title="Uranium mines harm Indigenous people – so why have we approved a new one?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/01/uranium-mines-harm-indigenous-people-so-why-have-we-approved-a-new-one-116262/" aria-label="Read more about Uranium mines harm Indigenous people – so why have we approved a new one?">Read more</a>
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May 1, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joanna Mendelssohn, Honorary Associate Professor, Art & Design: UNSW Australia. Editor in Chief, Design and Art of Australia Online, UNSW In 1912, a young Cubist painter, Marcel Duchamp, entered his painting, Nude Descending a Staircase (No. 2) in the Salon des Indépendants in Paris. This was the ... <a title="The essential Duchamp: an exotic radical who rejected the establishment" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/01/the-essential-duchamp-an-exotic-radical-who-rejected-the-establishment-116157/" aria-label="Read more about The essential Duchamp: an exotic radical who rejected the establishment">Read more</a>
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May 1, 2019
May 1st is International Workers Day, which is a good time to reflect on what’s happening with workers’ rights and industrial action under the Labour-led Government. Of course, in New Zealand we don’t have a strong culture of celebrating May Day. You’ll barely find a mention of it in the media and the day goes ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Looking at workers’ rights on May Day" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/01/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-looking-at-workers-rights-on-may-day/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Looking at workers’ rights on May Day">Read more</a>
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May 1, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Coombs, PhD candidate in Nura Gili Indigenous Studies, UNSW Eleven years after Australia adopted the Closing the Gap strategy, many pressing First Nations health issues remain unresolved. The gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous life expectancy, currently 10.8 years for men and 10.6 years for women, is ... <a title="How the major parties’ Indigenous health election commitments stack up" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/01/how-the-major-parties-indigenous-health-election-commitments-stack-up-115714/" aria-label="Read more about How the major parties’ Indigenous health election commitments stack up">Read more</a>
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May 1, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Loughran, Research Fellow, University of Wollongong Screen time has arguably become the most concerning aspect of development for modern-day parents. A 2015 poll identified children’s excessive screen time as the number one concern for parents, overtaking more traditional concerns such as obesity and not getting enough ... <a title="David Gillespie’s ‘Teen Brain’: a valid argument let down by selective science and over-the-top claims" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/01/david-gillespies-teen-brain-a-valid-argument-let-down-by-selective-science-and-over-the-top-claims-115142/" aria-label="Read more about David Gillespie’s ‘Teen Brain’: a valid argument let down by selective science and over-the-top claims">Read more</a>
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May 1, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jon Piccini, Lecturer, Australian Catholic University With taxes, health care and climate change emerging as key issues in the upcoming federal election, we’re running a series this week looking at the main issues that swung elections in the past, from agricultural workers’ wages to the Vietnam War. ... <a title="Issues that swung elections: Labor’s anti-war message falls flat in landslide loss in 1966" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/01/issues-that-swung-elections-labors-anti-war-message-falls-flat-in-landslide-loss-in-1966-114745/" aria-label="Read more about Issues that swung elections: Labor’s anti-war message falls flat in landslide loss in 1966">Read more</a>
