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March 6, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jamie Pittock, Professor, Fenner School of Environment & Society, Australian National University The hellish summer of bushfires in southeast Australia triggered global concern for our iconic mammals. Donations flooded in from at home and around the world to help protect furry species. But there’s a risk the ... <a title="Sure, save furry animals after the bushfires – but our river creatures are suffering too" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/06/sure-save-furry-animals-after-the-bushfires-but-our-river-creatures-are-suffering-too-133004/" aria-label="Read more about Sure, save furry animals after the bushfires – but our river creatures are suffering too">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jessica Gerrard, Senior lecturer, University of Melbourne In recent days the federal government announced a new funding formula for non-government schools. Called the Direct Measure of Income, the formula will base the level of government funding on school parents’ incomes rather than the socioeconomic profile of where ... <a title="More money for private schools won’t make Australia’s education fairer, no matter how you split it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/06/more-money-for-private-schools-wont-make-australias-education-fairer-no-matter-how-you-split-it-132769/" aria-label="Read more about More money for private schools won’t make Australia’s education fairer, no matter how you split it">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Martin Freney, Lecturer in Industrial and Sustainable Design, University of South Australia Recent disastrous bushfires have rebooted debate about how to (re)build in the Australian bush. Questions are being asked about building standards, whether a fire-proof home is possible, the value of fire bunkers when it’s too ... <a title="How ‘Earthships’ could make rebuilding safer in bushfire zones" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/06/how-earthships-could-make-rebuilding-safer-in-bushfire-zones-131291/" aria-label="Read more about How ‘Earthships’ could make rebuilding safer in bushfire zones">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW This week the Reserve Bank of Australia did something everyone expected and the US Federal Reserve did something almost nobody expected. Both are revealing. At its monthly meeting Australia’s central bank cut official interest rates by 25 basis points to a ... <a title="Vital Signs: Australian and US rate cuts underline seriousness of the coronavirus crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/06/vital-signs-australian-and-us-rate-cuts-underline-seriousness-of-the-coronavirus-crisis-132970/" aria-label="Read more about Vital Signs: Australian and US rate cuts underline seriousness of the coronavirus crisis">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cassandra Pybus, Adjunct Professor in History, University of Tasmania Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article contains images and names of deceased people. In 1839, George Augustus Robinson arrived in Melbourne as Chief Protector of Aborigines for the Port Phillip District, bringing with him ... <a title="Friday essay: Truganini and the bloody backstory to Victoria’s first public execution" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/06/friday-essay-truganini-and-the-bloody-backstory-to-victorias-first-public-execution-129548/" aria-label="Read more about Friday essay: Truganini and the bloody backstory to Victoria’s first public execution">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra It’s the ultimate bubble news perhaps, but this week the Department of Parliamentary Services put out a circular saying work was underway to ensure Parliament House “is prepared to manage any potential issues relating to coronavirus”. Most immediately, hand sanitisers ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Can Scott Morrison match Kevin Rudd in keeping Australia out of recession in a global crisis?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/06/grattan-on-friday-can-scott-morrison-match-kevin-rudd-in-keeping-australia-out-of-recession-in-a-global-crisis-133084/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Can Scott Morrison match Kevin Rudd in keeping Australia out of recession in a global crisis?">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Appointed minister for resources, water, and northern Australia in the Nationals reshuffle, Keith Pitt was handed a diverse portfolio with some highly contested issues. As water minister, he’ll soon have a report from Mick Keelty on the Murray-Darling Basin, which ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Keith Pitt on the Murray-Darling Basin, the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility, and Nuclear Power" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/05/politics-with-michelle-grattan-keith-pitt-on-the-murray-darling-basin-the-northern-australia-infrastructure-facility-and-nuclear-power-133067/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Keith Pitt on the Murray-Darling Basin, the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility, and Nuclear Power">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sahani Hendawitharana, PhD Scholar, Queensland University of Technology Recent bushfires mercilessly destroyed almost one-third of Kangaroo Island, razing many homes to the ground. Seeing this destruction on a recent visit to Kangaroo Island made us rethink how we could improve people’s safety. We spoke to people affected ... <a title="When there’s nowhere to escape, a bushfire-safe room could be your last resort" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/05/when-theres-nowhere-to-escape-a-bushfire-safe-room-could-be-your-last-resort-132191/" aria-label="Read more about When there’s nowhere to escape, a bushfire-safe room could be your last resort">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anna Potter, Associate Professor and Deputy Head of School (Research) School of Creative Industries, University of the Sunshine Coast Last week, free-to-air broadcaster Seven, embracing the spirit of a petulant teen, stomped its foot and announced it would no longer follow the rules regarding its Australian children’s ... <a title="Save our screens: 3 things government must do now to keep Australian content alive" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/05/save-our-screens-3-things-government-must-do-now-to-keep-australian-content-alive-132758/" aria-label="Read more about Save our screens: 3 things government must do now to keep Australian content alive">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Australia’s three-decade run of near continuous economic growth is set to end, with treasury warning of a hit to growth of “at least” 0.5% in the first quarter of this year, potentially followed by a ... <a title="Economic growth near an end as Treasury talks of prolonged coronavirus downturn" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/05/economic-growth-near-an-end-as-treasury-talks-of-prolonged-coronavirus-downturn-133053/" aria-label="Read more about Economic growth near an end as Treasury talks of prolonged coronavirus downturn">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Leah Ruppanner, Associate Professor in Sociology and Co-Director of The Policy Lab, University of Melbourne The idea of women late in pregnancy “nesting”, preparing the home for the arrival of their newborn, is ingrained in popular culture and reinforced by health-care professionals. We’ve been led to believe ... <a title="No, pregnant women aren’t primed to ‘nest’. It’s a myth that sets women up for a lifetime of housework" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/05/no-pregnant-women-arent-primed-to-nest-its-a-myth-that-sets-women-up-for-a-lifetime-of-housework-132514/" aria-label="Read more about No, pregnant women aren’t primed to ‘nest’. It’s a myth that sets women up for a lifetime of housework">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Smith, Senior Lecturer in American Politics and Foreign Policy, US Studies Centre, University of Sydney Super Tuesday has continued Joe Biden’s recovery from the brink of disaster. After a larger-than-expected win in South Carolina, Biden became the clear alternative to Bernie Sanders in the contest to ... <a title="It’s now Biden v Sanders as Super Tuesday narrows the field for the Democratic nomination" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/05/its-now-biden-v-sanders-as-super-tuesday-narrows-the-field-for-the-democratic-nomination-131201/" aria-label="Read more about It’s now Biden v Sanders as Super Tuesday narrows the field for the Democratic nomination">Read more</a>
