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October 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cathy Henkel, Edith Cowan University In August this year, Screen Australia celebrated what it described as a “significant landmark” for the Australian screen industry. Its Gender Matters program had exceeded its KPI target with 56% of projects supported having at least half of all key creative roles ... <a title="Screen Australia celebrates its work in gender equality but things are far from equal" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/29/screen-australia-celebrates-its-work-in-gender-equality-but-things-are-far-from-equal-122266/" aria-label="Read more about Screen Australia celebrates its work in gender equality but things are far from equal">Read more</a>
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October 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vanessa Hayes, Professor, Garvan Institute of Medical Research and, University of Sydney Where was the evolutionary birthplace of modern humans? The East African Great Rift Valley has long been the favoured contender – until today. Our new research has used DNA to trace humanity’s earliest footsteps to ... <a title="Humanity’s birthplace: why everyone alive today can call northern Botswana home" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/29/humanitys-birthplace-why-everyone-alive-today-can-call-northern-botswana-home-125814/" aria-label="Read more about Humanity’s birthplace: why everyone alive today can call northern Botswana home">Read more</a>
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October 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Phill Cassey, Assoc Prof in Invasion Biogeography and Biosecurity, University of Adelaide Birds lay eggs with a huge variety of colours and patterns, from immaculate white to a range of blue-greens and reddish browns. The need to conceal eggs from predators is one factor that gives rise ... <a title="Hot as shell: birds in cooler climates lay darker eggs to keep their embryos warm" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/29/hot-as-shell-birds-in-cooler-climates-lay-darker-eggs-to-keep-their-embryos-warm-125921/" aria-label="Read more about Hot as shell: birds in cooler climates lay darker eggs to keep their embryos warm">Read more</a>
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October 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Louise Hull, Associate Professor and Fertility and Conception Theme Leader, The Robinson Research Institute, University of Adelaide A miscarriage is a devastating event. Those who experience them are suddenly and unexpectedly robbed of the promise of new life and the dream of an expanded family. The emotional ... <a title="Miscarriages affect 1 in 6 pregnancies. We need better investigations and treatments" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/29/miscarriages-affect-1-in-6-pregnancies-we-need-better-investigations-and-treatments-120672/" aria-label="Read more about Miscarriages affect 1 in 6 pregnancies. We need better investigations and treatments">Read more</a>
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October 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jeremy Simmonds, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Conservation Science, The University of Queensland Across parts of Australia, vast areas of native vegetation have been cleared and replaced by our cities, farms and infrastructure. When native vegetation is removed, the habitat and resources that it provides for native wildlife ... <a title="Most native bird species are losing their homes, even the ones you see every day" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/29/most-native-bird-species-are-losing-their-homes-even-the-ones-you-see-every-day-123007/" aria-label="Read more about Most native bird species are losing their homes, even the ones you see every day">Read more</a>
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October 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Kaine, Associate Professor UTS Centre for Business and Social Innovation, University of Technology Sydney The aged care royal commission is the just the latest in an avalanche of reviews and inquires over three decades that have found the same things: abuse and neglect and, lying behind ... <a title="Working conditions in aged care homes are awful, largely because the work is done by women" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/29/working-conditions-in-aged-care-homes-are-awful-largely-because-the-work-is-done-by-women-124900/" aria-label="Read more about Working conditions in aged care homes are awful, largely because the work is done by women">Read more</a>
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October 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Deborah Ascher Barnstone, Professor, Associate Head of School, School of Architecture, University of Technology Sydney Sydney is a city of ghosts: so much of the historic building fabric of this city is gone. In 2016, controversy erupted when the state government refused to grant heritage status to ... <a title="The destruction of Sydney’s cultural spaces is creating a city of ghosts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/29/the-destruction-of-sydneys-cultural-spaces-is-creating-a-city-of-ghosts-125642/" aria-label="Read more about The destruction of Sydney’s cultural spaces is creating a city of ghosts">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 will seek to marry a strong commitment to a low carbon economy that can fuel a “manufacturing boom”, with firm support for coal, in his first “vision statement”, to be delivered in Perth. “Simply put, the road to ... <a title="Low carbon economy can spur Australian “manufacturing boom”: Albanese" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/29/low-carbon-economy-can-spur-australian-manufacturing-boom-albanese-125953/" aria-label="Read more about Low carbon economy can spur Australian “manufacturing boom”: Albanese">Read more</a>
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October 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Greg Barton, Chair in Global Islamic Politics, Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University “A very bad man” has been killed and “the world is now a much safer place”. The sentiment behind US President Donald Trump’s announcement of the death of Islamic State (IS) ... <a title="Baghdadi’s death is a huge blow to Islamic State, but history suggests it won’t guarantee a safer world" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/29/baghdadis-death-is-a-huge-blow-to-islamic-state-but-history-suggests-it-wont-guarantee-a-safer-world-125930/" aria-label="Read more about Baghdadi’s death is a huge blow to Islamic State, but history suggests it won’t guarantee a safer world">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Greg Barton, Chair in Global Islamic Politics, Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University “A very bad man” has been killed and “the world is now a much safer place”. The sentiment behind US President Donald Trump’s announcement of the death of Islamic State (IS) ... <a title="Baghdadi’s death is a huge blow to Islamic State, but history suggests it won’t be a fatal one" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/28/baghdadis-death-is-a-huge-blow-to-islamic-state-but-history-suggests-it-wont-be-a-fatal-one-125930/" aria-label="Read more about Baghdadi’s death is a huge blow to Islamic State, but history suggests it won’t be a fatal one">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Terry Goldsworthy, Associate Professor in Criminology, Bond University This week, the Victorian police announced a “hostile vehicle” policy, which supports officers to shoot a driver to stop a vehicle deemed to be hostile and a danger to the public. The policy comes into the force on the ... <a title="Victorian police now have ‘shoot to kill’ powers when cars are used as weapons: here’s why this matters" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/28/victorian-police-now-have-shoot-to-kill-powers-when-cars-are-used-as-weapons-heres-why-this-matters-125932/" aria-label="Read more about Victorian police now have ‘shoot to kill’ powers when cars are used as weapons: here’s why this matters">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chandra Salgado Kent, Associate Professor, School of Science, Edith Cowan University Scientific research doesn’t usually mean being strapped in a harness by the open paratroop doors of a Vietnam-war-era Hercules plane. But that’s the situation I found myself in several years ago, the result of which has ... <a title="Whales and dolphins found in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch for the first time" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/28/whales-and-dolphins-found-in-the-great-pacific-garbage-patch-for-the-first-time-122538/" aria-label="Read more about Whales and dolphins found in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch for the first time">Read more</a>
