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February 20, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kevin Tolhurst, Hon. Assoc. Prof., Fire Ecology and Management, University of Melbourne When it comes to reducing the extent of bushfires, scientists disagree on the best way to do it. Hazard-reduction burning (also known as “prescribed burning” or “controlled burning”) is controversial and, depending on the scientific ... <a title="The burn legacy: why the science on hazard reduction is contested" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/20/the-burn-legacy-why-the-science-on-hazard-reduction-is-contested-132083/" aria-label="Read more about The burn legacy: why the science on hazard reduction is contested">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Stanley, Adjunct Professor, Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies, University of Sydney Business School, University of Sydney We were heavily involved in the consultation program for Melbourne’s long-term land-use plan, Plan Melbourne. The idea that resonated most with many participants was shaping the city as a ... <a title="People love the idea of 20-minute neighbourhoods. So why isn’t it top of the agenda?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/20/people-love-the-idea-of-20-minute-neighbourhoods-so-why-isnt-it-top-of-the-agenda-131193/" aria-label="Read more about People love the idea of 20-minute neighbourhoods. So why isn’t it top of the agenda?">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dr Michael X. Savvas, Senior Lecturer in the Transition Office (PhD in Creative Writing), Flinders University A recent project to encourage South Australian prisoners to write provides insights into how prisoners may benefit from written expression. The project, Life Sentences, gave more than 70 contributors professional feedback, ... <a title="Life sentences – what creative writing by prisoners tells us about the inside" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/20/life-sentences-what-creative-writing-by-prisoners-tells-us-about-the-inside-130783/" aria-label="Read more about Life sentences – what creative writing by prisoners tells us about the inside">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wallace Boone Law, PhD Candidate, University of Adelaide On the night of January 9 2020, my wife and I secured our Kangaroo Island home and anxiously monitored the South Australian Country Fire Service (CFS) website for bushfire advice. After many horrific weeks of bushfires, the winds had ... <a title="I made bushfire maps from satellite data, and found a glaring gap in Australia’s preparedness" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/20/i-made-bushfire-maps-from-satellite-data-and-found-a-glaring-gap-in-australias-preparedness-132087/" aria-label="Read more about I made bushfire maps from satellite data, and found a glaring gap in Australia’s preparedness">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Larissa Christensen, Lecturer in Criminology & Justice | Co-leader of the Sexual Violence Research and Prevention Unit (SVRPU), University of the Sunshine Coast This week’s ABC’s Four Corners exposed an elite Melbourne school for failing to adequately respond to the grooming of a student by a former ... <a title="Grooming: what parents should know and what schools should do if they suspect it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/19/grooming-what-parents-should-know-and-what-schools-should-do-if-they-suspect-it-131993/" aria-label="Read more about Grooming: what parents should know and what schools should do if they suspect it">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Trish Luker, Senior lecturer, University of Technology Sydney Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article contains the names and voices of deceased people. When was the last time you signed your name? Perhaps you are more familiar with the frustrations of trying to insert ... <a title="Indigenous pain and protest written in the history of signatures" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/19/indigenous-pain-and-protest-written-in-the-history-of-signatures-130458/" aria-label="Read more about Indigenous pain and protest written in the history of signatures">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Roy Green, Emeritus Professor & UTS innovation adviser, University of Technology Sydney The only surprise about the termination of the Holden brand in Australia was that it caused such surprise. This was the final nail in an already empty coffin, given local assembly manufacturing ended more than ... <a title="Holden’s dead end shows government policy should have taken a different road" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/19/holdens-dead-end-shows-government-policy-should-have-taken-a-different-road-132080/" aria-label="Read more about Holden’s dead end shows government policy should have taken a different road">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Grant Williamson, Research Fellow in Environmental Science, University of Tasmania As bushfires in New South Wales are finally contained, attention is turning to nature’s recovery. Green shoots are sprouting and animals are returning. But we must accept that in some cases, the bush may never return to ... <a title="Yes, the Australian bush is recovering from bushfires – but it may never be the same" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/19/yes-the-australian-bush-is-recovering-from-bushfires-but-it-may-never-be-the-same-131390/" aria-label="Read more about Yes, the Australian bush is recovering from bushfires – but it may never be the same">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Fuller-Tyszkiewicz, Associate Professor, Psychology, Deakin University Snapchat has announced a new feature called “Here For You” that promises to “provide proactive in-app support to Snapchatters who may be experiencing a mental health or emotional crisis”. The popular youth-oriented app is the latest to join a wave ... <a title="Can new Snapchat features help troubled teens?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/19/can-new-snapchat-features-help-troubled-teens-131992/" aria-label="Read more about Can new Snapchat features help troubled teens?">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Theresa Larkin, Lecturer Medical Sciences, University of Wollongong Why don’t burns bleed? – from the year three and four students at Islington Public School in NSW Hello year three and four students – thanks for your excellent question! To understand burns, we need to understand some things ... <a title="Curious Kids: why don’t burns bleed?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/19/curious-kids-why-dont-burns-bleed-130792/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: why don’t burns bleed?">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Duckett, Director, Health Program, Grattan Institute Young Australians are abandoning private health insurance in droves. And the overall decline in the percentage of the population with private coverage is continuing. New data for the three months to the end of 2019, released yesterday by the private ... <a title="Young people dropping private health hurts insurers most, not public hospitals" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/19/young-people-dropping-private-health-hurts-insurers-most-not-public-hospitals-132004/" aria-label="Read more about Young people dropping private health hurts insurers most, not public hospitals">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gregory Moore, Doctor of Botany, University of Melbourne As the brutal reality of climate change dawned this summer, you may have asked yourself a hard question: am I well-prepared to live in a warmer world? There are many ways we can ready ourselves for climate change. I’m ... <a title="Here are 5 practical ways trees can help us survive climate change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/19/here-are-5-practical-ways-trees-can-help-us-survive-climate-change-129753/" aria-label="Read more about Here are 5 practical ways trees can help us survive climate change">Read more</a>
