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August 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The NSW Labor party is in crisis, with its general secretary Kaila Murnain suspended on Wednesday night after sensational evidence about an alleged $100,000 donation from Chinese property developer Huang Xiangmo. This followed state ALP leader Jodi McKay declaring she ... <a title="NSW ALP secretary suspended after revelations about Huang Xiangmo money" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/29/nsw-alp-secretary-suspended-after-revelations-about-huang-xiangmo-money-122563/" aria-label="Read more about NSW ALP secretary suspended after revelations about Huang Xiangmo money">Read more</a>
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August 28, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Australian universities will live “under the ever-darkening shadow of Beijing” unless they act more decisively against Chinese influence, the Professor of Public Ethics at Charles Sturt University, Clive Hamilton, has warned. Hamilton, who has made a study of Chinese influence ... <a title="Academic urges universities to get out from under the ‘shadow of Beijing’." class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/28/academic-urges-universities-to-get-out-from-under-the-shadow-of-beijing-122562/" aria-label="Read more about Academic urges universities to get out from under the ‘shadow of Beijing’.">Read more</a>
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August 28, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mihajla Gavin, Lecturer, University of Technology Sydney John Setka, the controversial union official who Labor leader Anthony Albanese wants expelled from the party, is known for wearing a t-shirt emblazoned with a cobra. If the snake symbolism isn’t immediately clear, a slogan spells it out: “If provoked, ... <a title="Militant unionists are striking out: here are 4 things unions can do to stay relevant" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/28/militant-unionists-are-striking-out-here-are-4-things-unions-can-do-to-stay-relevant-121040/" aria-label="Read more about Militant unionists are striking out: here are 4 things unions can do to stay relevant">Read more</a>
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August 28, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Liz Ritchie-Tyo, Associate Professor, School of Physical, Environmental, and Mathematical Sciences, UNSW President Donald Trump has reportedly suggested on more than one occasion that the US military explode nuclear bombs inside hurricanes to disrupt them before they reach land. As reported in National Geographic, this is not ... <a title="This is why nuking a hurricane will not work, Mr Trump" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/28/this-is-why-nuking-a-hurricane-will-not-work-mr-trump-122398/" aria-label="Read more about This is why nuking a hurricane will not work, Mr Trump">Read more</a>
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August 28, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alison Whittaker, Research Fellow, University of Technology Sydney If you haven’t yet heard of systemic racism — you’re about to. This week is the first ever inquest into an Indigenous death in custody to consider systemic racism. It has begun to take evidence of the role of ... <a title="Aboriginal woman Tanya Day died in custody. Now an inquest is investigating if systemic racism played a role" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/28/aboriginal-woman-tanya-day-died-in-custody-now-an-inquest-is-investigating-if-systemic-racism-played-a-role-122471/" aria-label="Read more about Aboriginal woman Tanya Day died in custody. Now an inquest is investigating if systemic racism played a role">Read more</a>
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August 28, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jane Lockton, PhD Candidate (Psychology, Health), University of Adelaide Six babies are stillborn every day in Australia. This significant loss affects parents for years to come, often the rest of their lives. However, stillbirth also affects many others, including grandparents. But until now, we have not heard ... <a title="When a baby is stillborn, grandparents are hit with ‘two lots of grief’. Here’s how we can help" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/28/when-a-baby-is-stillborn-grandparents-are-hit-with-two-lots-of-grief-heres-how-we-can-help-122313/" aria-label="Read more about When a baby is stillborn, grandparents are hit with ‘two lots of grief’. Here’s how we can help">Read more</a>
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August 28, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Zara Bending, Associate, Centre for Environmental Law, Macquarie University An audacious world-first proposal to protect an extinct species was debated on the global stage last week. The plan to regulate the trade of woolly mammoth ivory was proposed, but ultimately withdrawn from an international conference on the ... <a title="Why we need to protect the extinct woolly mammoth" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/28/why-we-need-to-protect-the-extinct-woolly-mammoth-122256/" aria-label="Read more about Why we need to protect the extinct woolly mammoth">Read more</a>
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August 28, 2019
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards – It’s the prerogative of Cabinet ministers and politicians to be friends with wealthy individuals, and then to accept their generous donations of money, travel, and accommodation. But those relationships and gifts do come at a cost. There’s no such thing as a free lunch, as politicians of the political ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The costs of politicians being friends with generous foreigners" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/28/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-the-costs-of-politicians-being-friends-with-generous-foreigners/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The costs of politicians being friends with generous foreigners">Read more</a>
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August 28, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ann Elias, Associate Professor, Department of Art History, University of Sydney Australia’s celebrated explorer, photographer and filmmaker, Frank Hurley (1885-1962), announced in the Sydney Sun newspaper in 1926 that “there is little new to be seen on the surface of the globe these days, but the sea-floor ... <a title="How pioneering photographer Frank Hurley came face to face with the future of the Great Barrier Reef in 1922" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/28/how-pioneering-photographer-frank-hurley-came-face-to-face-with-the-future-of-the-great-barrier-reef-in-1922-122395/" aria-label="Read more about How pioneering photographer Frank Hurley came face to face with the future of the Great Barrier Reef in 1922">Read more</a>
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August 28, 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. National Party donation, political donations Matt Nippert (Herald): $150,000 donation – Money in politics and why it matters (paywalled) Claire Trevett (Herald): Political donations – just a quid, or a ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 28 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/28/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-august-28-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 28 2019">Read more</a>
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August 28, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Morrison government is setting up a University Foreign Interference Taskforce, as it grapples with encroachments by China into Australia’s higher education sector. The taskforce, to be announced in a Wednesday National Press Club address by Education Minister Dan Tehan, ... <a title="Government boosts scrutiny over Chinese targeting of university sector" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/28/government-boosts-scrutiny-over-chinese-targeting-of-university-sector-122484/" aria-label="Read more about Government boosts scrutiny over Chinese targeting of university sector">Read more</a>
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August 28, 2019
ANALYSIS: By Ben Bohane On November 23 this year, Bougainvilleans will vote in a referendum to decide whether they wish to stay part of Papua New Guinea or become an independent nation. It is perhaps the high point of a 20-year peace process that followed a gruelling, 10-year battle for independence waged between the Bougainville ... <a title="Ben Bohane: Bougainville ready for independence referendum" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/28/ben-bohane-bougainville-ready-for-independence-referendum/" aria-label="Read more about Ben Bohane: Bougainville ready for independence referendum">Read more</a>
