CoveragePost
April 30, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Miller-Jones, Associate Professor, Curtin University We often think of black holes as one-way valves that consume everything they come across. But they are also powerful engines that emit radiation and drive energetic jets out into the cosmos. In research published in the journal Nature, we looked ... <a title="Like a spinning top: wobbling jets from a black hole that’s ‘feeding’ on a companion star" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/30/like-a-spinning-top-wobbling-jets-from-a-black-hole-thats-feeding-on-a-companion-star-116067/" aria-label="Read more about Like a spinning top: wobbling jets from a black hole that’s ‘feeding’ on a companion star">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
April 30, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Danielle Wood, Program Director, Budget Policy and Institutional Reform, Grattan Institute The 2019 election has been heralded as a “generational election” or an “age war”. Labor goes to the election with a series of policies on climate change, housing affordability, wages and budget sustainability clearly designed to ... <a title="More grey tsunami than youthquake: despite record youth enrolments, Australia’s voter base is ageing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/30/more-grey-tsunami-than-youthquake-despite-record-youth-enrolments-australias-voter-base-is-ageing-115842/" aria-label="Read more about More grey tsunami than youthquake: despite record youth enrolments, Australia’s voter base is ageing">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
April 30, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jack Anderson, Professor of Sports Law, Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne Earlier this month, Australian rugby player Israel Folau wrote on Instagram that hell awaits “drunks, homosexuals, adulterers, liars, fornicators, thieves, atheists and idolaters.” Rugby Australia subsequently announced that his comments breached the game’s code of ... <a title="Explainer: does Rugby Australia have legal grounds to sack Israel Folau for anti-gay social media posts?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/30/explainer-does-rugby-australia-have-legal-grounds-to-sack-israel-folau-for-anti-gay-social-media-posts-116170/" aria-label="Read more about Explainer: does Rugby Australia have legal grounds to sack Israel Folau for anti-gay social media posts?">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
April 30, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Duckett, Director, Health Program, Grattan Institute Opposition leader Bill Shorten declared on Sunday that Labor has a “vision of universal access to dental care in Australia”. Labor’s pensioner dental plan would would give aged pensioners up to A$1,000 of subsidised dental care every two years. The ... <a title="Too many Australians miss out on timely dental care – Labor’s pledge is just a start" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/30/too-many-australians-miss-out-on-timely-dental-care-labors-pledge-is-just-a-start-116169/" aria-label="Read more about Too many Australians miss out on timely dental care – Labor’s pledge is just a start">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
April 30, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Simon Coghlan, Senior lecturer in health ethics, University of Adelaide; Research fellow in robot ethics, University of Melbourne Vets often grapple with the moral dilemma of when a client wants to kill an inconvenient pet. Clients might, for instance, hint that caring for the pet has become ... <a title="Why your veterinarian may refuse to euthanise your pet" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/30/why-your-veterinarian-may-refuse-to-euthanise-your-pet-110263/" aria-label="Read more about Why your veterinarian may refuse to euthanise your pet">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
April 30, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicole Gurran, Professor of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Sydney Despite the cooling property market, affordable rental housing remains in critically short supply across Australia. Unable to get a private rental unit or social housing, many low-income renters must resort to informal and insecure accommodation. These ... <a title="Informal and illegal housing on the rise as our cities fail to offer affordable places to live" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/30/informal-and-illegal-housing-on-the-rise-as-our-cities-fail-to-offer-affordable-places-to-live-116065/" aria-label="Read more about Informal and illegal housing on the rise as our cities fail to offer affordable places to live">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
April 30, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emily Millane, Research Fellow and PhD Candidate, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University In the field of tax, hard truths are playing out in this year’s election. The first is that special concessions that privilege older, wealthier voters have created a constituency very opposed to ... <a title="The newest election faultline isn’t left versus right, it’s young versus old — and it’s hardening" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/30/the-newest-election-faultline-isnt-left-versus-right-its-young-versus-old-and-its-hardening-116079/" aria-label="Read more about The newest election faultline isn’t left versus right, it’s young versus old — and it’s hardening">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
April 30, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert Hassan, Professor, School of Culture and Communication, University of Melbourne It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. Winston Smith, his chin nuzzled into his breast in an effort to escape the vile wind, slipped quickly through the glass doors ... <a title="Guide to the classics: Orwell’s 1984 and how it helps us understand tyrannical power today" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/30/guide-to-the-classics-orwells-1984-and-how-it-helps-us-understand-tyrannical-power-today-112066/" aria-label="Read more about Guide to the classics: Orwell’s 1984 and how it helps us understand tyrannical power today">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
April 30, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Perth studio audience of undecided voters gave the campaign’s first debate to Bill Shorten by a decisive margin. Of the 48 present, 25 thought the opposition leader won, 12 believed the night was Morrison’s and the rest were undecided. ... <a title="View from The Hill: Shorten had the content, Morrison had the energy in first debate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/30/view-from-the-hill-shorten-had-the-content-morrison-had-the-energy-in-first-debate-116218/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Shorten had the content, Morrison had the energy in first debate">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
April 30, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David McCooey, Professor of Writing and Literature, Deakin University The death of the Australian poet Les Murray at the age of 80 is a profound loss for his family and friends. It is also a great loss for literature. Whether one writes “world literature” or “Australian literature” ... <a title="Vale Les Murray, a witty, anti-authoritarian, national poet who spoke to the world" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/30/vale-les-murray-a-witty-anti-authoritarian-national-poet-who-spoke-to-the-world-116186/" aria-label="Read more about Vale Les Murray, a witty, anti-authoritarian, national poet who spoke to the world">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
April 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW Through smirks, jabs and plenty of policy disagreements, Scott Morrison and Bill Shorten took aim at one another in the first leaders’ debate of the 2019 federal election and attempted to provide voters with a sense of how their parties would ... <a title="Morrison and Shorten take aim at one another in leaders’ debate: experts respond" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/29/morrison-and-shorten-take-aim-at-one-another-in-leaders-debate-experts-respond-116187/" aria-label="Read more about Morrison and Shorten take aim at one another in leaders’ debate: experts respond">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
April 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Charlton-Robb, Conservation geneticist and dolphin researcher, Monash University For women who marry men, in 2019 this question still comes up: will you be taking your husband’s name? It is no longer a legal requirement nor the default position for Australian women to take their partner’s name. ... <a title="How three scientists navigated the personal and career implications of a name change with marriage" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/29/how-three-scientists-navigated-the-personal-and-career-implications-of-a-name-change-with-marriage-114918/" aria-label="Read more about How three scientists navigated the personal and career implications of a name change with marriage">Read more</a>
