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October 30, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jan McDonald, Professor of Environmental Law, University of Tasmania Environment Minister Sussan Ley yesterday announced a ten-yearly review of Australia’s national environmental laws. It could not come at a more critical time, as the environment struggles under unprecedented development pressures, climate change impacts and a crippling drought. ... <a title="Protecting the places we love: here are 7 ways our nature laws must be fixed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/30/protecting-the-places-we-love-here-are-7-ways-our-nature-laws-must-be-fixed-126021/" aria-label="Read more about Protecting the places we love: here are 7 ways our nature laws must be fixed">Read more</a>
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October 30, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jill Fielding-Wells, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Learning Sciences and Teacher Education, Australian Catholic University In real life, ordering pizza for a group of people involves having a conversation about what people like, how much they can eat, how much they want to spend and whether pineapple ... <a title="Don’t just solve for x: letting kids explore real-world scenarios will keep them in maths class" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/30/dont-just-solve-for-x-letting-kids-explore-real-world-scenarios-will-keep-them-in-maths-class-124876/" aria-label="Read more about Don’t just solve for x: letting kids explore real-world scenarios will keep them in maths class">Read more</a>
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October 30, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sally Cripps, Professor of Statistics, Director of Centre for Translational Data Science, University of Sydney The New South Wales Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research (BOCSAR) recently claimed Sydney’s alcohol licensing regulations, commonly known as lockout laws, reduced non-domestic assaults by 13% in the CBD. Its calculation ... <a title="Sydney lockout laws review highlights vital role of transparent data analysis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/30/sydney-lockout-laws-review-highlights-vital-role-of-transparent-data-analysis-125227/" aria-label="Read more about Sydney lockout laws review highlights vital role of transparent data analysis">Read more</a>
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October 30, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Owain Emslie, Associate, Grattan Institute The Newstart unemployment benefit is all over the news. It’s the subject of a Senate inquiry. Today it will take evidence in Elizabeth, in what used to be Adelaide’s industrial north. Should it be higher? Should recipients be paid with a cashless ... <a title="5 charts on what a Newstart recipient really looks like" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/30/5-charts-on-what-a-newstart-recipient-really-looks-like-125937/" aria-label="Read more about 5 charts on what a Newstart recipient really looks like">Read more</a>
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October 30, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ramon Lobato, Senior research fellow, RMIT University Since 2017, we have been studying the availability of local content on the major subscription streaming services operating in Australia. Our latest report, which examines Netflix, Stan and for the first time, Amazon Prime Video, confirms that the level of ... <a title="Crunching the numbers on streaming services’ local content: static growth, but more original productions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/30/crunching-the-numbers-on-streaming-services-local-content-static-growth-but-more-original-productions-125804/" aria-label="Read more about Crunching the numbers on streaming services’ local content: static growth, but more original productions">Read more</a>
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October 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Australian economy is growing slowly, with people not opening their purses and businesses uncertain about the future. The Reserve Bank has cut interest rates three times this year – the official cash rate is currently at a historic low ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Ross Gittins on the government’s ‘surplus obsession’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/29/politics-with-michelle-grattan-ross-gittins-on-the-governments-surplus-obsession-126028/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Ross Gittins on the government’s ‘surplus obsession’">Read more</a>
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October 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katharine Kemp, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, UNSW, and Co-Leader, ‘Data as a Source of Market Power’ Research Stream of The Allens Hub for Technology, Law and Innovation, UNSW The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) today announced it is suing Google for misleading consumers about its ... <a title="The ACCC is suing Google over tracking users. Here’s why it matters" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/29/the-accc-is-suing-google-over-tracking-users-heres-why-it-matters-126020/" aria-label="Read more about The ACCC is suing Google over tracking users. Here’s why it matters">Read more</a>
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October 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rosemary Stanton, Visiting Fellow, School of Medical Sciences, UNSW Research Checks interrogate newly published studies and how they’re reported in the media. The analysis is undertaken by one or more academics not involved with the study, and reviewed by another, to make sure it’s accurate. Recent headlines ... <a title="Does eating dairy foods increase your risk of prostate cancer?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/29/does-eating-dairy-foods-increase-your-risk-of-prostate-cancer-125818/" aria-label="Read more about Does eating dairy foods increase your risk of prostate cancer?">Read more</a>
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October 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Anthony Albanese has promised to open a “conversation” about new ways of protecting workers in insecure employment, and committed to a root and branch overhaul of the “broken” vocational education system. In his speech on jobs and the future of ... <a title="Labor looks to boost protections for workers in insecure jobs: Albanese" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/29/labor-looks-to-boost-protections-for-workers-in-insecure-jobs-albanese-126025/" aria-label="Read more about Labor looks to boost protections for workers in insecure jobs: Albanese">Read more</a>
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October 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Hall, Associate Director, Research Services, Victoria University of Wellington Leading thinkers in environmental economics and conservation are asking a pressing question. Why are we ignoring the destruction of the living world? Recently, the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) published a global assessment of ... <a title="Why a sense of kinship is key to caring about the living world" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/29/why-a-sense-of-kinship-is-key-to-caring-about-the-living-world-124279/" aria-label="Read more about Why a sense of kinship is key to caring about the living world">Read more</a>
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October 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark A Gregory, Associate professor, RMIT University Australia is witnessing the first major redesign of the payphone booth since 1983. But Telstra’s new vision is meeting resistance from some councils, and the matter is in the courts. In an effort to make payphones relevant to the needs ... <a title="Telstra’s new high-tech payphones are meeting resistance from councils, but why?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/29/telstras-new-high-tech-payphones-are-meeting-resistance-from-councils-but-why-125815/" aria-label="Read more about Telstra’s new high-tech payphones are meeting resistance from councils, but why?">Read more</a>
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October 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lauren Gurrieri, Senior Lecturer in Marketing, RMIT University The banning of a Sportsbet advertisement featuring a “foolish” blonde beauty pageant contestant is a rare win against sexism and stereotypes in advertising. Ad Standards, which adjudicates complaints about adverts, has ruled the “foolproof” advert contravenes the Australian Association ... <a title="Sexualised and stereotyped: why Australian advertising is stuck in a sexist past" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/29/sexualised-and-stereotyped-why-australian-advertising-is-stuck-in-a-sexist-past-125704/" aria-label="Read more about Sexualised and stereotyped: why Australian advertising is stuck in a sexist past">Read more</a>
