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May 22, 2019
Should Trevor Mallard remain as Speaker of Parliament? It’s a legitimate question, given the current accumulation of concerns about his bullying and bias, and the heightened public concern about the health of this important democratic institution. Certainly some of his past conduct and allegations against him make for sobering reading – including physical assault, attempts ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Trevor Mallard – the bullying, biased boss of Parliament" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/22/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-trevor-mallard-the-bullying-biased-boss-of-parliament/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Trevor Mallard – the bullying, biased boss of Parliament">Read more</a>
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May 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Karen Cummings, Lecturer in Singing, University of Wollongong Classical music has traditionally not been a welcoming environment for women composers. Opera Australia’s 2019 season, for instance, features just one work by a female composer, Elena Kats-Chernin. At a recent New Opera Workshop, held in Brisbane in April, ... <a title="In a notoriously sexist art form, Australian women composers are making their voices heard" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/22/in-a-notoriously-sexist-art-form-australian-women-composers-are-making-their-voices-heard-108991/" aria-label="Read more about In a notoriously sexist art form, Australian women composers are making their voices heard">Read more</a>
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May 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexandra Baxter, Researcher/PhD Candidate, criminology and human trafficking, Flinders University Born in rural Thailand, Watcharaporn Nantahkhum gave birth to her first child at the age of 17. Her father killed himself when she was young, to absolve the family of debt. Her mother later ran into debt, ... <a title="Sex trafficking’s tragic paradox: when victims become perpetrators" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/22/sex-traffickings-tragic-paradox-when-victims-become-perpetrators-115706/" aria-label="Read more about Sex trafficking’s tragic paradox: when victims become perpetrators">Read more</a>
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May 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Keiran Hardy, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Griffith Criminology Institute, Griffith University On Tuesday, the gunman in the Christchurch mosque shootings was charged with committing a terrorist act. The new charge came more than two months after the massacre. The gunman, who the author and The Conversation have chosen ... <a title="Charging the Christchurch mosque attacker with terrorism could be risky – but it’s important" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/22/charging-the-christchurch-mosque-attacker-with-terrorism-could-be-risky-but-its-important-117513/" aria-label="Read more about Charging the Christchurch mosque attacker with terrorism could be risky – but it’s important">Read more</a>
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May 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Warren Hogan, Industry Professor, University of Technology Sydney Australia’s lowest ever Reserve Bank cash rate – 1.5% – is about to be consigned to history. On Tuesday Governor Philip Lowe made it clear that he plans to cut it in two weeks time. The money market cash ... <a title="Cutting interest rates is just the start. It’s about to become much, much easier to borrow" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/22/cutting-interest-rates-is-just-the-start-its-about-to-become-much-much-easier-to-borrow-117500/" aria-label="Read more about Cutting interest rates is just the start. It’s about to become much, much easier to borrow">Read more</a>
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May 22, 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 Parliamentary bullying and harassment report, National’s review into party culture Jamie Ensor (Newshub):Former National MP Tau Henare lets rip on bullying in Parliament after review release Duncan Garner (Newshub): Speaker of the ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 22 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/22/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-may-22-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 22 2019">Read more</a>
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May 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca Carey, Senior Lecturer in Earth Sciences, University of Tasmania Predicting when a volcano will next blow is tricky business, but lessons we learned from one of Hawaii’s recent eruptions may help. Kīlauea, on the Big Island of Hawai’i, is probably the best understood volcano on Earth. ... <a title="The ‘pulse’ of a volcano can be used to help predict its next eruption" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/22/the-pulse-of-a-volcano-can-be-used-to-help-predict-its-next-eruption-117005/" aria-label="Read more about The ‘pulse’ of a volcano can be used to help predict its next eruption">Read more</a>
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May 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Denis Muller, Senior Research Fellow in the Centre for Advancing Journalism, University of Melbourne Two big media-related issues have emerged from the federal election: how opinion polls are reported and the polarisation of the main newspaper groups. Opinion polls have been part of Australia’s political landscape for ... <a title="Outrage, polls and bias: 2019 federal election showed Australian media need better regulation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/22/outrage-polls-and-bias-2019-federal-election-showed-australian-media-need-better-regulation-117401/" aria-label="Read more about Outrage, polls and bias: 2019 federal election showed Australian media need better regulation">Read more</a>
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May 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sacha Kendall, Post-doctoral research fellow in public health, University of Technology Sydney Aboriginal women are the fastest growing prison population in Australia. They comprise around one-third of female prisoners in New South Wales, despite making up just 3% of the population. The majority of Aboriginal women in ... <a title="Aboriginal mothers are incarcerated at alarming rates – and their mental and physical health suffers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/22/aboriginal-mothers-are-incarcerated-at-alarming-rates-and-their-mental-and-physical-health-suffers-116827/" aria-label="Read more about Aboriginal mothers are incarcerated at alarming rates – and their mental and physical health suffers">Read more</a>
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May 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Paton Gilmour, Research Scientist: Coral Ecology, Australian Institute of Marine Science Diving on the remote coral reefs in the north of Western Australia during the world’s worst bleaching event in 2016, the first thing I noticed was the heat. It was like diving into a warm ... <a title="‘Bright white skeletons’: some Western Australian reefs have the lowest coral cover on record" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/22/bright-white-skeletons-some-western-australian-reefs-have-the-lowest-coral-cover-on-record-116423/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Bright white skeletons’: some Western Australian reefs have the lowest coral cover on record">Read more</a>
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May 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Sievers, Research Fellow, Global Wetlands Project, Australia Rivers Institute, Griffith University When we think of mangrove forests, seagrass meadows and saltmarshes, we don’t immediately think of shark habitats. But the first global review of links between large marine animals (megafauna) and coastal wetlands is challenging this ... <a title="From sharks in seagrass to manatees in mangroves, we’ve found large marine species in some surprising places" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/22/from-sharks-in-seagrass-to-manatees-in-mangroves-weve-found-large-marine-species-in-some-surprising-places-116177/" aria-label="Read more about From sharks in seagrass to manatees in mangroves, we’ve found large marine species in some surprising places">Read more</a>
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May 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Somwrita Sarkar, Senior Lecturer in Design and Computation, University of Sydney The Greater Sydney Commission has proposed a 40-year vision of a metropolitan region formed of three “cities”: the Eastern “Harbour” City, the Central “River” City, and the Western “Parkland” City. The plan aims to create 30-minute ... <a title="How close is Sydney to the vision of creating three 30-minute cities?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/22/how-close-is-sydney-to-the-vision-of-creating-three-30-minute-cities-115847/" aria-label="Read more about How close is Sydney to the vision of creating three 30-minute cities?">Read more</a>
