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November 14, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lin Crase, Professor of Economics and Head of School, University of South Australia The deal to crank up Adelaide’s desalination plant to make more water available to farmers in the drought-stricken Murray-Darling Basin makes no sense. It involves the federal government paying the South Australian government up ... <a title="Up the creek: the $85 million plan to desalinate water for drought relief" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/14/up-the-creek-the-85-million-plan-to-desalinate-water-for-drought-relief-126681/" aria-label="Read more about Up the creek: the $85 million plan to desalinate water for drought relief">Read more</a>
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November 14, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Fiona Andreallo, Lecturer in digital culture, University of Sydney When thinking of sexbots, companionship might not be the first word that comes to mind. But sexbot advertising promises more than sex toys. It is also selling emotional intimacy: robots marketed as if they are capable of meeting ... <a title="Robots with benefits: how sexbots are marketed as companions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/14/robots-with-benefits-how-sexbots-are-marketed-as-companions-126262/" aria-label="Read more about Robots with benefits: how sexbots are marketed as companions">Read more</a>
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November 13, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brian Oliver, Research Leader in Respiratory cellular and molecular biology at the Woolcock Institute of Medical Research and Senior Lecturer, School of Medical & Molecular Biosciences, University of Technology Sydney New South Wales and Queensland are in the grip of a devastating bushfire emergency, which has tragically ... <a title="How does poor air quality from bushfire smoke affect our health?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/13/how-does-poor-air-quality-from-bushfire-smoke-affect-our-health-126835/" aria-label="Read more about How does poor air quality from bushfire smoke affect our health?">Read more</a>
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November 13, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Toni Noble, Adjunct Professor, Institute for Positive Psychology & Education, Australian Catholic University More than 600 schools have been closed, and some damaged, in recent days as bushfires rage across Queensland and New South Wales. Some students have been urgently evacuated while in school. People have lost ... <a title="Bushfires can make kids scared and anxious: here are 5 steps to help them cope" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/13/bushfires-can-make-kids-scared-and-anxious-here-are-5-steps-to-help-them-cope-126926/" aria-label="Read more about Bushfires can make kids scared and anxious: here are 5 steps to help them cope">Read more</a>
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November 13, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Grace Moore, Senior lecturer in English, the University of Otago, New Zealand, University of Otago Bushfire writing has long been a part of Australian literature. Tales of heroic rescues and bush Christmases describe a time when the fire season was confined only to summer months and Australia’s ... <a title="‘Like volcanoes on the ranges’: how Australian bushfire writing has changed with the climate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/13/like-volcanoes-on-the-ranges-how-australian-bushfire-writing-has-changed-with-the-climate-126831/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Like volcanoes on the ranges’: how Australian bushfire writing has changed with the climate">Read more</a>
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November 13, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tanya M Howard, Senior research fellow, University of New England It’s five years since government worker Glen Turner was murdered by a farmer in a confrontation over land clearing laws. Media reporting after his death frequently propagated the image of the “poor farmer” at the mercy of ... <a title="Farmers, murder and the media: getting to the bottom of the city-country divide" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/13/farmers-murder-and-the-media-getting-to-the-bottom-of-the-city-country-divide-125735/" aria-label="Read more about Farmers, murder and the media: getting to the bottom of the city-country divide">Read more</a>
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November 13, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rick Sarre, Professor of Law and Criminal Justice, University of South Australia Australians woke to the news last weekend that a 19-year-old Warlpiri man had been shot and killed by a police officer in Yuendumu, 300km north-west of Alice Springs. A confrontation had occurred after two officers ... <a title="If Australian police officers are allowed to shoot to kill, they should be better trained" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/13/if-australian-police-officers-are-allowed-to-shoot-to-kill-they-should-be-better-trained-126820/" aria-label="Read more about If Australian police officers are allowed to shoot to kill, they should be better trained">Read more</a>
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November 13, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Trisia Farrelly, Senior Lecturer, Massey University New Zealand is ranked the third-most-wasteful country in the OECD. New Zealanders produce five times the global daily average of waste per person – and they are getting more wasteful, producing 35% more than a decade ago. These statistics are likely ... <a title="Why municipal waste-to-energy incineration is not the answer to NZ’s plastic waste crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/13/why-municipal-waste-to-energy-incineration-is-not-the-answer-to-nzs-plastic-waste-crisis-126824/" aria-label="Read more about Why municipal waste-to-energy incineration is not the answer to NZ’s plastic waste crisis">Read more</a>
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November 13, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alex Simpson, Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Macquarie University It has been called “the robbery of the century”. Martin Shields and Nicholas Diable, two British investment bankers, are on trial in Germany for helping structure a massive tax evasion scheme, known as cum-ex trading, that has siphoned up ... <a title="The robbery of the century: the cum-ex trading scandal and why it matters" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/13/the-robbery-of-the-century-the-cum-ex-trading-scandal-and-why-it-matters-124417/" aria-label="Read more about The robbery of the century: the cum-ex trading scandal and why it matters">Read more</a>
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November 13, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben Mathews, Professor, School of Law, Queensland University of Technology Two judges in the High Court of Australia this morning referred Cardinal George Pell’s application for special leave to appeal his convictions to a full bench of the High Court. While not a full grant of special ... <a title="What did the High Court decide in the Pell case? And what happens now?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/13/what-did-the-high-court-decide-in-the-pell-case-and-what-happens-now-126757/" aria-label="Read more about What did the High Court decide in the Pell case? And what happens now?">Read more</a>
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November 13, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stanley Shanapinda, Research Fellow, La Trobe University Yesterday, New South Wales and Queensland issued fire warnings classified as either “catastrophic”, “severe” or “extreme” – and these conditions will remain in the coming days. The Bureau of Meteorology’s fire danger rating for Wednesday, November 13. RFS QLD Areas ... <a title="As flames encroach, those at risk may lose phone signal when they need it most" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/13/as-flames-encroach-those-at-risk-may-lose-phone-signal-when-they-need-it-most-126827/" aria-label="Read more about As flames encroach, those at risk may lose phone signal when they need it most">Read more</a>
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November 13, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jane Tiller, Ethical, Legal & Social Adviser – Public Health Genomics, Monash University In the past week, news has spread of a Florida judge’s decision to grant a warrant allowing police to search one of the world’s largest online DNA databases, for leads in a criminal case. ... <a title="If you’ve given your DNA to a DNA database, US police may now have access to it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/13/if-youve-given-your-dna-to-a-dna-database-us-police-may-now-have-access-to-it-126680/" aria-label="Read more about If you’ve given your DNA to a DNA database, US police may now have access to it">Read more</a>
