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November 11, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marcia Langton, Foundation Chair in Australian Indigenous Studies, University of Melbourne Over the past decades, Indigenous Australians have fought to have our voices heard. Too often, decision-makers across the country have failed to hear us and work genuinely with us. They’ve failed to commit to having decisions ... <a title="The government is committed to an Indigenous voice. We should give it a chance to work" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/11/the-government-is-committed-to-an-indigenous-voice-we-should-give-it-a-chance-to-work-126683/" aria-label="Read more about The government is committed to an Indigenous voice. We should give it a chance to work">Read more</a>
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November 11, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bart Ziino, Senior Lecturer, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Deakin University Historians have long been engaged in a fractious, sometimes spiteful, debate about the legacies of the first world war. This is especially so because the politics of the war continue to resonate in our own ... <a title="Why Australia is still grappling with the legacy of the first world war" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/11/why-australia-is-still-grappling-with-the-legacy-of-the-first-world-war-126517/" aria-label="Read more about Why Australia is still grappling with the legacy of the first world war">Read more</a>
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November 11, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Neera Bhatia, Associate Professor in Law, Deakin University This is one of our occasional Essays on Health. It’s a long read. Enjoy! The idea of growing babies outside the body has inspired novels and movies for decades. Now, research groups around the world are exploring the possibility ... <a title="We may one day grow babies outside the womb, but there are many things to consider first" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/11/we-may-one-day-grow-babies-outside-the-womb-but-there-are-many-things-to-consider-first-125709/" aria-label="Read more about We may one day grow babies outside the womb, but there are many things to consider first">Read more</a>
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November 11, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Trevor Thornton, Lecturer, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University A meeting on Friday between state and federal environment ministers to discuss Australia’s recycling and waste crisis has been disappointingly inconclusive. Some targets were set for banning the export of various used materials: glass exports will ... <a title="Another COAG meeting, another limp swing at the waste problem" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/11/another-coag-meeting-another-limp-swing-at-the-waste-problem-126686/" aria-label="Read more about Another COAG meeting, another limp swing at the waste problem">Read more</a>
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November 11, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Goss, School Education Program Director, Grattan Institute There is a hidden problem with reading in Australian schools. Ten years’ worth of NAPLAN data show improvements in years 3, 5 and 9. But reading progress has slowed dramatically between years 5 and 7. And, somewhat surprisingly, the ... <a title="Reading progress is falling between year 5 and 7, especially for advantaged students: 5 charts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/11/reading-progress-is-falling-between-year-5-and-7-especially-for-advantaged-students-5-charts-124634/" aria-label="Read more about Reading progress is falling between year 5 and 7, especially for advantaged students: 5 charts">Read more</a>
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November 11, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hussein Dia, Professor of Future Urban Mobility, Swinburne University of Technology The new transport projects governments are constantly announcing are expensive. In the recent New South Wales and Victorian elections, the returned state governments’ transport infrastructure promises added up to A$165 billion. What’s mostly missing from the ... <a title="Smart tech systems cut congestion for a fraction of what new roads cost" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/11/smart-tech-systems-cut-congestion-for-a-fraction-of-what-new-roads-cost-125718/" aria-label="Read more about Smart tech systems cut congestion for a fraction of what new roads cost">Read more</a>
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November 11, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katherine Johnson, Lecturer (Casual) in Creative Writing, University of Tasmania In a large storage room in the basement of the former Musée d’Histoires Naturelles in Lyon, France, stands a rare relic of the colonial era: a full-body plaster cast of an 18-year-old Badtjala man from K’gari (Fraser ... <a title="Frozen in time, the casts of Indigenous Australians who performed in ‘human zoos’ are chilling" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/11/frozen-in-time-the-casts-of-indigenous-australians-who-performed-in-human-zoos-are-chilling-124982/" aria-label="Read more about Frozen in time, the casts of Indigenous Australians who performed in ‘human zoos’ are chilling">Read more</a>
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November 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicole Lee, Professor at the National Drug Research Institute (Melbourne), Curtin University The much-awaited NSW coroner’s report into music festival deaths was released today. In the report, Deputy State Coroner Harriet Grahame recommends pill testing, a ban on sniffer dogs and a reduction in the number of ... <a title="When the coroner looked at how to cut drug deaths at music festivals, the evidence won. But what happens next?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/08/when-the-coroner-looked-at-how-to-cut-drug-deaths-at-music-festivals-the-evidence-won-but-what-happens-next-126669/" aria-label="Read more about When the coroner looked at how to cut drug deaths at music festivals, the evidence won. But what happens next?">Read more</a>
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November 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Moscova, Senior Lecturer in Anatomy, UNSW New research reported in the media says the clitoris plays an important role in fertility and reproduction, making it more than an organ that exists purely for sexual pleasure. But some media headlines were misleading, including: The truth about the ... <a title="Oh, oh, oh! The clitoris certainly gives pleasure. But does it also help women conceive?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/08/oh-oh-oh-the-clitoris-certainly-gives-pleasure-but-does-it-also-help-women-conceive-126593/" aria-label="Read more about Oh, oh, oh! The clitoris certainly gives pleasure. But does it also help women conceive?">Read more</a>
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November 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nigel Howard, Doctoral Candidate, University of South Australia This week, the royal commission into disability heard horrifying stories of children’s experiences in the education system. It is no wonder children with disabilities are over-represented among the tens of thousands of Australians who leave school before finishing year ... <a title="Are flexible learning options giving schools a convenient way out of taking responsibility for ‘difficult’ students?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/08/are-flexible-learning-options-giving-schools-a-convenient-way-out-of-taking-responsibility-for-difficult-students-125876/" aria-label="Read more about Are flexible learning options giving schools a convenient way out of taking responsibility for ‘difficult’ students?">Read more</a>
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November 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW In its quarterly statement on monetary policy, released today, the Reserve Bank of Australia declared its preparedness to “ease monetary policy further if needed”. This suggests the bank still thinks monetary policy – in this case lowering interest rates to stimulate ... <a title="Vital Signs: does monetary policy work any more?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/08/vital-signs-does-monetary-policy-work-any-more-126579/" aria-label="Read more about Vital Signs: does monetary policy work any more?">Read more</a>
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November 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Lord, Zero Carbon Researcher, University of Melbourne Australia could create tens of thousands of new jobs and generate many billions of dollars in export revenues if it turned more to manufacturing metals rather than exporting ore to other countries. That’s a finding of our report, From ... <a title="Want more jobs in Australia? Cut our ore exports and make more metals at home" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/08/want-more-jobs-in-australia-cut-our-ore-exports-and-make-more-metals-at-home-124592/" aria-label="Read more about Want more jobs in Australia? Cut our ore exports and make more metals at home">Read more</a>
