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November 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Norton, Honorary fellow, University of Melbourne Sydney’s Macquarie University announced budget cuts in recent days, due to “zero growth” in enrolments next year. Vice-Chancellor Bruce Dowton reportedly wrote a letter to staff announcing the cuts, which included a hiring freeze. The letter said: Enrolment growth domestically ... <a title="Enrolments flatlining: Australian unis’ financial strife in three charts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/07/enrolments-flatlining-australian-unis-financial-strife-in-three-charts-126342/" aria-label="Read more about Enrolments flatlining: Australian unis’ financial strife in three charts">Read more</a>
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November 6, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne A year away from the November 2020 presidential election, Donald Trump has a 41.4% approval, 54.6% disapproval rating with all polls in the FiveThirtyEight aggregate. His net approval is -13.2%, down 0.8% since my October ... <a title="Trump could win again despite losing popular vote, as Biden retakes lead in Democratic polls" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/06/trump-could-win-again-despite-losing-popular-vote-as-biden-retakes-lead-in-democratic-polls-126106/" aria-label="Read more about Trump could win again despite losing popular vote, as Biden retakes lead in Democratic polls">Read more</a>
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November 6, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Juanita Breen (previously Westbury), Senior Lecturer in Dementia Care, University of Tasmania The Royal Commission into Aged Care and Safety wasn’t supposed to make any recommendations in its interim report. Yet it identified three key areas where immediate action should be taken. Responding to the over-reliance on ... <a title="Tweaking prescribing rules won’t fix chemical restraint in aged care" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/06/tweaking-prescribing-rules-wont-fix-chemical-restraint-in-aged-care-126347/" aria-label="Read more about Tweaking prescribing rules won’t fix chemical restraint in aged care">Read more</a>
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November 6, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Legg, Associate Professor, Conservatorium of Music, University of Tasmania Kanye West’s Jesus is King will probably not rate among many traditional gospel followers. Kanye is one of the world’s biggest rap artists. Gospel music has its roots in the Spiritual and the blues – African Americans ... <a title="I teach and play gospel music and I think Kanye’s Jesus is King is a remarkable gospel album" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/06/i-teach-and-play-gospel-music-and-i-think-kanyes-jesus-is-king-is-a-remarkable-gospel-album-126191/" aria-label="Read more about I teach and play gospel music and I think Kanye’s Jesus is King is a remarkable gospel album">Read more</a>
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November 6, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Blakers, Professor of Engineering, Australian National University How do solar panels work? – Nathan, age 5, Melbourne, Australia. The Sun produces a lot of energy called solar energy. Australia gets 20,000 times more energy from the Sun each day than we do from oil, gas and ... <a title="Curious Kids: how do solar panels work?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/06/curious-kids-how-do-solar-panels-work-123515/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: how do solar panels work?">Read more</a>
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November 6, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Melissa Conley Tyler, Director of Diplomacy at Asialink, University of Melbourne Ten years ago, the Lowy Institute published a report on the state of Australia’s diplomatic capacity that painted a “sobering picture” of overstretched foreign missions and declining resources. In the words of then-Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, ... <a title="Australia is spending less on diplomacy than ever before – and its influence is suffering as a result" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/06/australia-is-spending-less-on-diplomacy-than-ever-before-and-its-influence-is-suffering-as-a-result-125722/" aria-label="Read more about Australia is spending less on diplomacy than ever before – and its influence is suffering as a result">Read more</a>
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November 6, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ross Garnaut, Professorial Research Fellow in Economics, University of Melbourne Four years ago in December 2015, every member of the United Nations met in Paris and agreed to hold global temperature increases to 2°C, and as close as possible to 1.5°C. The bad news is that four ... <a title="Australia could fall apart under climate change. But there’s a way to avoid it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/06/australia-could-fall-apart-under-climate-change-but-theres-a-way-to-avoid-it-126341/" aria-label="Read more about Australia could fall apart under climate change. But there’s a way to avoid it">Read more</a>
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November 6, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Thomas Newsome, Lecturer, University of Sydney Exactly 40 years ago, a small group of scientists met at the world’s first climate conference in Geneva. They raised the alarm about unnerving climate trends. Today, more than 11,000 scientists have co-signed a letter in the journal BioScience, calling for ... <a title="11,000 scientists warn: climate change isn’t just about temperature" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/06/11-000-scientists-warn-climate-change-isnt-just-about-temperature-126261/" aria-label="Read more about 11,000 scientists warn: climate change isn’t just about temperature">Read more</a>
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November 6, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paulo de Souza, Professor, Griffith University CC BY-ND Climate Explained is a collaboration between The Conversation, Stuff and the New Zealand Science Media Centre to answer your questions about climate change. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, please send it to climate.change@stuff.co.nz ... <a title="Climate explained: why Mars is cold despite an atmosphere of mostly carbon dioxide" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/06/climate-explained-why-mars-is-cold-despite-an-atmosphere-of-mostly-carbon-dioxide-126337/" aria-label="Read more about Climate explained: why Mars is cold despite an atmosphere of mostly carbon dioxide">Read more</a>
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November 6, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wendy Steele, Associate Professor, Centre for Urban Research and Urban Futures Enabling Capability Platform, RMIT University This article is part of a series on rebalancing the human–nature interactions that are central to the study and practice of ecological economics, which is the focus of the 2019 ANZSEE ... <a title="Churches have legal rights in Australia. Why not sacred trees?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/06/churches-have-legal-rights-in-australia-why-not-sacred-trees-123919/" aria-label="Read more about Churches have legal rights in Australia. Why not sacred trees?">Read more</a>
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November 6, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Donna West Brett, Lecturer in Art History, University of Sydney When the Berlin Wall divided Germany from 1961 to 1989, East Germany’s Ministry for State Security – commonly known as the Stasi – undertook mass surveillance of German Democratic Republic citizens. Operatives were trained at the Stasi ... <a title="Policing the Berlin Wall: the ghostly photos taken by the Stasi’s hidden cameras" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/06/policing-the-berlin-wall-the-ghostly-photos-taken-by-the-stasis-hidden-cameras-126264/" aria-label="Read more about Policing the Berlin Wall: the ghostly photos taken by the Stasi’s hidden cameras">Read more</a>
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November 5, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lee McGowan, Senior Lecturer, Queensland University of Technology Women’s football has never looked better. 1.85 million Australians play football, including over 400,000 women and girls. Over 1 billion people watched the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup in France. Club level matches in England, Spain and Italy draw ... <a title="Australia wants to host the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup. Equal pay for the Matildas will help our chances" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/05/australia-wants-to-host-the-2023-fifa-womens-world-cup-equal-pay-for-the-matildas-will-help-our-chances-125564/" aria-label="Read more about Australia wants to host the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup. Equal pay for the Matildas will help our chances">Read more</a>
