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February 11, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anthony Dosseto, Associate Professor, University of Wollongong A new report has warned that even if global warming is held at 1.5℃, we will still lose a third of the glaciers in the Hindu Kush-Himalaya (HKH) region. What does that mean for rivers that flow down these mountains, ... <a title="Melting Himalayan glaciers: a big drop in a bucket that’s already full" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/11/melting-himalayan-glaciers-a-big-drop-in-a-bucket-thats-already-full-111345/" aria-label="Read more about Melting Himalayan glaciers: a big drop in a bucket that’s already full">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University You’re forgiven for being confused. Newspapers need to economise on words. Television and radio reporters need to economise on seconds. So they use shorthand: words like “dividend imputation”, “franking credits”, and yes, “retiree tax” Which ... <a title="Words that matter. What’s a franking credit? What’s dividend imputation. And what’s “retiree tax”?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/11/words-that-matter-whats-a-franking-credit-whats-dividend-imputation-and-whats-retiree-tax-111423/" aria-label="Read more about Words that matter. What’s a franking credit? What’s dividend imputation. And what’s “retiree tax”?">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James L Croft, Lecturer, Motor Control and Skill Acquisition, Edith Cowan University People climbing up walls and jumping off buildings in films such as Brick Mansions, Assassin’s Creed, and Casino Royal aren’t tricks of cinema. The athletes that perform these stunts are part of a global community ... <a title="The science of parkour, the sport that seems reckless but takes poise and skill" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/11/the-science-of-parkour-the-sport-that-seems-reckless-but-takes-poise-and-skill-110881/" aria-label="Read more about The science of parkour, the sport that seems reckless but takes poise and skill">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Kenny, Senior Fellow, Australian Studies Institute, Australian National University Strangely enough, there’s a link between “Kevin07” as an electoral phenomenon and the recent successes of independents such as Kerryn Phelps (Wentworth), Cathy McGowan (Indi), and Rebekha Sharkie (Mayo). All three now hold once safe Coalition seats. ... <a title="Could Tony Abbott lose to an independent? If the zeitgeist is any guide, he’s on thin ice" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/11/could-tony-abbott-lose-to-an-independent-if-the-zeitgeist-is-any-guide-hes-on-thin-ice-111422/" aria-label="Read more about Could Tony Abbott lose to an independent? If the zeitgeist is any guide, he’s on thin ice">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joseph Ibrahim, Professor, Health Law and Ageing Research Unit, Department of Forensic Medicine, Monash University It’s an uncomfortable image to consider: an elderly person – perhaps somebody you know – physically restrained. Maybe an aged care resident deemed likely to fall has been bound to his chair ... <a title="Physical restraint doesn’t protect patients – there are better alternatives" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/11/physical-restraint-doesnt-protect-patients-there-are-better-alternatives-111060/" aria-label="Read more about Physical restraint doesn’t protect patients – there are better alternatives">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicola Henry, Associate Professor & Vice-Chancellor’s Principal Research Fellow, RMIT University Four years ago, the Hunting Ground documentary explored the failure of university administrations to adequately respond to sexual assault on college campuses in the United States. Universities in Australia and elsewhere also came under the spotlight. ... <a title="Universities have made progress on responding to sexual assault, but there’s more to be done" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/11/universities-have-made-progress-on-responding-to-sexual-assault-but-theres-more-to-be-done-111343/" aria-label="Read more about Universities have made progress on responding to sexual assault, but there’s more to be done">Read more</a>
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February 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dominic O’Sullivan, Associate Professor of Political Science, Charles Sturt University This week, New Zealand marked Waitangi Day, which commemorates the 1840 signing of the Treaty of Waitangi. The treaty allowed Britain to establish government over its settlers (Article One), guaranteed ongoing Māori authority over their own affairs ... <a title="The Crown is Māori too – citizenship, sovereignty and the Treaty of Waitangi" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/08/the-crown-is-maori-too-citizenship-sovereignty-and-the-treaty-of-waitangi-111168/" aria-label="Read more about The Crown is Māori too – citizenship, sovereignty and the Treaty of Waitangi">Read more</a>
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February 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Crosby, Professor, Monash University Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has offered support to Donald Trump’s pick for the World Bank Presidency. David Malpass is currently Under Secretary of the United States Treasury with responsibility for International Affairs, and his previous experience includes being chief economist at Bear Stearns ... <a title="Frydenberg is wrong to support Ivanka and Donald Trump on the World Bank. It’d be better to let it die" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/08/frydenberg-is-wrong-to-support-ivanka-and-donald-trump-on-the-world-bank-itd-be-better-to-let-it-die-111434/" aria-label="Read more about Frydenberg is wrong to support Ivanka and Donald Trump on the World Bank. It’d be better to let it die">Read more</a>
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February 8, 2019
Former Pacific Media Watch editor and now Tagata Pasifika journalist Alistar Kata (left) and AUT masters research student Pauline Mago-King from Papua New Guinea who attended this week’s gender-based violence media workshop. Image: Star Kata/Instagram By Pauline Mago-King Seventeen women journalists from the Asia-Pacific region gathered in the Victorian capital of Melbourne this week to ... <a title="Asia-Pacific journalists plan strategy for gender-based violence reporting" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/08/asia-pacific-journalists-plan-strategy-for-gender-based-violence-reporting/" aria-label="Read more about Asia-Pacific journalists plan strategy for gender-based violence reporting">Read more</a>
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February 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Fanie Venter, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, James Cook University Sign up to Beating Around the Bush, a series that profiles native plants: part gardening column, part dispatches from country, entirely Australian. The Queensland Dragon Heath, or Dracophyllum sayeri, is a small, open-branched tree that grows up to 8 ... <a title="The Queensland Dragon Heath is like a creature in the mist" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/08/the-queensland-dragon-heath-is-like-a-creature-in-the-mist-109644/" aria-label="Read more about The Queensland Dragon Heath is like a creature in the mist">Read more</a>
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February 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Geoff Hanmer, Adjunct Lecturer in Architecture, UNSW The fire at the Neo200 building on Spencer Street in the Melbourne CBD this week has eerie similarities to the Grenfell Tower disaster. Fortunately, instead of 72 people dead as at Grenfell, only one person was hospitalised for smoke inhalation. ... <a title="Cladding fire risks have been known for years. Lives depend on acting now, with no more delays" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/08/cladding-fire-risks-have-been-known-for-years-lives-depend-on-acting-now-with-no-more-delays-111186/" aria-label="Read more about Cladding fire risks have been known for years. Lives depend on acting now, with no more delays">Read more</a>
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February 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andre Oboler, Senior Lecturer, Master of Cyber-Security Program (Law), La Trobe University A growing debate over Labor’s policy to end cash rebates for excess franking credits has led to calls for the chair of parliament’s economics committee, Liberal MP Tim Wilson, to resign. Labor has accused Wilson ... <a title="Tim Wilson’s ‘retirement tax’ website doesn’t have a privacy policy. So how is he using the data?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/08/tim-wilsons-retirement-tax-website-doesnt-have-a-privacy-policy-so-how-is-he-using-the-data-111076/" aria-label="Read more about Tim Wilson’s ‘retirement tax’ website doesn’t have a privacy policy. So how is he using the data?">Read more</a>
