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August 5, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julie Smith, Honorary Associate Professor, Australian National University COAG Health Council. August 2, 2019 Australia’s new National Breastfeeding Strategy sets ambitious goals. By 2022 it wants 40% of Australian babies to exclusively breastfeed until they are six months old. At present it’s 25%. By 2025 it wants ... <a title="The National Breastfeeding Strategy is a start, but if we really valued breast milk we’d put it in the GDP" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/05/the-national-breastfeeding-strategy-is-a-start-but-if-we-really-valued-breast-milk-wed-put-it-in-the-gdp-121302/" aria-label="Read more about The National Breastfeeding Strategy is a start, but if we really valued breast milk we’d put it in the GDP">Read more</a>
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August 5, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca Hausler, PhD Candidate, Researcher, and Sessional Lecturer in Japanese Studies, School of Languages and Cultures, The University of Queensland Today (August 5) marks the 75th anniversary of Australia’s largest prison escape: the Cowra breakout, in New South Wales, during the second world war. In fact, it ... <a title="The Cowra breakout: remembering and reflecting on Australia’s biggest prison escape 75 years on" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/05/the-cowra-breakout-remembering-and-reflecting-on-australias-biggest-prison-escape-75-years-on-120410/" aria-label="Read more about The Cowra breakout: remembering and reflecting on Australia’s biggest prison escape 75 years on">Read more</a>
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August 3, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Opposition leader Anthony Albanese says an Indigenous “Voice” to parliament must be enshrined in the Constitution. His position, spelled out in a speech to be given on Saturday to the Garma Festival, makes it difficult to see how he and ... <a title="Albanese says Voice must be in the Constitution" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/03/albanese-says-voice-must-be-in-the-constitution-121380/" aria-label="Read more about Albanese says Voice must be in the Constitution">Read more</a>
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August 2, 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. Polytechs and vocational training Rob Mitchell (Stuff): Two out of three, and that’s bad, for Hipkins’ reform of tertiary sector Laura Walters (Newsroom): Gentle approach smooths way for training ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 02 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/02/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-august-02-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 02 2019">Read more</a>
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August 2, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jacqui Pich, Lecturer in Nursing, University of Technology Sydney Yesterday’s strike by NSW hospital staff over security concerns has highlighted just how serious the issue of workplace violence has become for health-care workers. The Health Services Union, whose members include administration, cleaning and security staff, as well ... <a title="Beefing up security isn’t the only way to make hospitals safer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/02/beefing-up-security-isnt-the-only-way-to-make-hospitals-safer-121301/" aria-label="Read more about Beefing up security isn’t the only way to make hospitals safer">Read more</a>
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August 2, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Giesecke, Professor, Centre of Policy Studies and the Impact Project, Victoria University China now buys almost a third of Australia’s exports – about twice the value bought by second-placed Japan, and about nine times fifth-placed United States. It’s a situation that sparks fears of a Chinese ... <a title="Australia depends less on Chinese trade than some might think" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/02/australia-depends-less-on-chinese-trade-than-some-might-think-120423/" aria-label="Read more about Australia depends less on Chinese trade than some might think">Read more</a>
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August 2, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Rodrigues, Consultant Dermatologist, St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne Recent news that more than a dozen cosmetic beauty operators have been shut down across Victoria in the last year will give many people cause for concern. One beauty therapist was allegedly found to be operating at the back ... <a title="Want to avoid a botched beauty procedure? This is what you need to be wary of" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/02/want-to-avoid-a-botched-beauty-procedure-this-is-what-you-need-to-be-wary-of-120970/" aria-label="Read more about Want to avoid a botched beauty procedure? This is what you need to be wary of">Read more</a>
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August 2, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonti Horner, Professor (Astrophysics), University of Southern Queensland As an astronomer, I’m used to talking about the stars – the ones above, the distant suns and the worlds that orbit them. But this week, I’ve been swept along in discussions of an entirely different kind of star ... <a title="An astronomy expert explains how The Bachelor’s research will help us discover new planets" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/02/an-astronomy-expert-explains-how-the-bachelors-research-will-help-us-discover-new-planets-121312/" aria-label="Read more about An astronomy expert explains how The Bachelor’s research will help us discover new planets">Read more</a>
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August 2, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra [embedded content] University of Canberra Vice-Chancellor Professor Deep Saini discusses the week in politics with Michelle Grattan. They examine Anthony Albanese’s approach to passing legislation, given the hard reality for Labor in the senate. They also talk about Barnaby Joyce’s ... <a title="VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on Labor’s hard reality – and Barnaby Joyce supporting an increase to Newstart" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/02/video-michelle-grattan-on-labors-hard-reality-and-barnaby-joyce-supporting-an-increase-to-newstart-121360/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on Labor’s hard reality – and Barnaby Joyce supporting an increase to Newstart">Read more</a>
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August 2, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amanda Tattersall, Postdoc in urban geography and Research Lead at Sydney Policy Lab. Host of ChangeMakers Podcast., University of Sydney The past few weeks has seen a drastic escalation in violence on the streets of Hong Kong. On Tuesday night, a police officer aimed a shotgun at ... <a title="The Hong Kong protesters have turned militant and more strategic – and this unnerves Beijing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/02/the-hong-kong-protesters-have-turned-militant-and-more-strategic-and-this-unnerves-beijing-121106/" aria-label="Read more about The Hong Kong protesters have turned militant and more strategic – and this unnerves Beijing">Read more</a>
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August 2, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kaz Ross, Lecturer in Asian Studies, University of Tasmania This week, a heated row blew up in the senate and on social media when Shadow Home Affairs Minister Kristine Keneally demanded that a controversial political figure, Raheem Kassam, be denied a visa to speak at a political ... <a title="Who is Raheem Kassam? Calls to ban the far-right speaker blur line between free speech and hate speech" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/02/who-is-raheem-kassam-calls-to-ban-the-far-right-speaker-blur-line-between-free-speech-and-hate-speech-121309/" aria-label="Read more about Who is Raheem Kassam? Calls to ban the far-right speaker blur line between free speech and hate speech">Read more</a>
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August 2, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nick Economou, Senior Lecturer, School of Political and Social Inquiry, Monash University In the weeks after the 2019 federal election, the Sydney Morning Herald reported that the turn-out of voters was the lowest since the introduction of compulsory voting in 1925. It also reported there had been ... <a title="Renters hold the key to low voter turn-out at federal elections" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/02/renters-hold-the-key-to-low-voter-turn-out-at-federal-elections-120494/" aria-label="Read more about Renters hold the key to low voter turn-out at federal elections">Read more</a>
