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October 24, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julia Quilter, Associate Professor of Law, University of Wollongong Cycling is often held up as a model of healthy and sustainable urban transport. So why have bike laws become more, not less, draconian? Our ongoing research shows mandatory helmet laws have become a tool of disproportionate penalties ... <a title="Over-the-top policing of bike helmet laws targets vulnerable riders" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/24/over-the-top-policing-of-bike-helmet-laws-targets-vulnerable-riders-125228/" aria-label="Read more about Over-the-top policing of bike helmet laws targets vulnerable riders">Read more</a>
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October 24, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andreas Cebulla, Senior Research Fellow, South Australian Centre for Economic Studies , University of Adelaide Skilled migration, a mainstay of Australia’s economic and population policies, should be a win-win. Federal and state governments are looking for migrants to meet skills shortfalls and keep the economy growing. Migrants ... <a title="There’s one big problem with Australia’s skilled migration program: many employers don’t want new migrants" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/24/theres-one-big-problem-with-australias-skilled-migration-program-many-employers-dont-want-new-migrants-125569/" aria-label="Read more about There’s one big problem with Australia’s skilled migration program: many employers don’t want new migrants">Read more</a>
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October 24, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Simon Ryan, Associate Professor (Literature), Australian Catholic University When in 2017 Nordstrom began selling US$425 jeans (A$620) covered in fake mud, it seemed the long prophesied “late stage capitalism” had finally arrived. Suddenly the phrase itself was everywhere from Reddit to Twitter and applied to every freakish ... <a title="Bruny review: Heather Rose’s new book has a sense of place yet taps into global unease" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/24/bruny-review-heather-roses-new-book-has-a-sense-of-place-yet-taps-into-global-unease-125232/" aria-label="Read more about Bruny review: Heather Rose’s new book has a sense of place yet taps into global unease">Read more</a>
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October 23, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Opposition leader Anthony Albanese has finally seen off John Setka from the ALP, with the militant construction union leader capitulating and quitting the party. Setka, who lost a court case he brought in his fight against expulsion, had launched an ... <a title="John Setka resigns from ALP, attacks Albanese" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/23/john-setka-resigns-from-alp-attacks-albanese-125750/" aria-label="Read more about John Setka resigns from ALP, attacks Albanese">Read more</a>
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October 23, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Nationals leader Michael McCormack has admitted his party should have handled better agriculture minister Bridget McKenzie’s bring-forward of the planned dairy code. Some Nationals were furious when McKenzie suddenly sped up the code’s preparation in a government deal with Pauline ... <a title="Nationals leader Michael McCormack acknowledges snafu over Hanson dairy deal" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/23/nationals-leader-michael-mccormack-acknowledges-snafu-over-hanson-dairy-deal-125731/" aria-label="Read more about Nationals leader Michael McCormack acknowledges snafu over Hanson dairy deal">Read more</a>
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October 23, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra While the drought continues to hit the Nationals’ constituents hard, the party faces a testing terrain on a political level. In this episode of Politics with Michelle Grattan, Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack acknowledges the mishandling of the bring-forward of ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Deputy PM Michael McCormack on the drought and restive Nationals" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/23/politics-with-michelle-grattan-deputy-pm-michael-mccormack-on-the-drought-and-restive-nationals-125727/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Deputy PM Michael McCormack on the drought and restive Nationals">Read more</a>
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October 23, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Treasury secretary Steven Kennedy – in the job for for just weeks after moving across from the department of infrastructure last month – has dismissed talk of spending big on infrastructure in order to escape ... <a title="If you want to boost the economy, big infrastructure projects won’t cut it: new Treasury boss" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/23/if-you-want-to-boost-the-economy-big-infrastructure-projects-wont-cut-it-new-treasury-boss-125705/" aria-label="Read more about If you want to boost the economy, big infrastructure projects won’t cut it: new Treasury boss">Read more</a>
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October 23, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christian Downie, Australian Research Council DECRA Fellow, Australian National University It’s time we started talking about the principal opponents to action on climate change – fossil fuel industries. If history has taught us anything, it is when oil, gas and coal industries oppose policies to reduce greenhouse ... <a title="Politicians must mine the divide between coal lobbies and energy companies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/23/politicians-must-mine-the-divide-between-coal-lobbies-and-energy-companies-124877/" aria-label="Read more about Politicians must mine the divide between coal lobbies and energy companies">Read more</a>
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October 23, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jodie Grigg, Research Associate at the National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University My friends are taking ecstasy at raves and music festivals. Is it safe? — Anonymous Key points no drug use, including ecstasy, is 100% safe festivals can present unique risks look out for friends, know ... <a title="‘My friends are taking MDMA at raves and music festivals. Is it safe?’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/23/my-friends-are-taking-mdma-at-raves-and-music-festivals-is-it-safe-122128/" aria-label="Read more about ‘My friends are taking MDMA at raves and music festivals. Is it safe?’">Read more</a>
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October 23, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Liu, Chancellors Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Fashion and Textiles Designer, University of Technology Sydney The tech giants Amazon, Google and Facebook have all begun to use machine learning to give you tips on what to wear. Is fashion styling the next field to be disrupted by artificial ... <a title="The robot wears Prada: what happens when AI starts giving out fashion tips?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/23/the-robot-wears-prada-what-happens-when-ai-starts-giving-out-fashion-tips-125140/" aria-label="Read more about The robot wears Prada: what happens when AI starts giving out fashion tips?">Read more</a>
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October 23, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vanessa Bowden, Postdoctoral research fellow, University of Newcastle It is becoming increasingly possible that sea-level rise of a metre or more will occur this century. You might expect this threat to preoccupy coastal homeowners. But many deny the need to act, for fear their property values will ... <a title="Water may soon lap at the door, but still some homeowners don’t want to rock the boat" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/23/water-may-soon-lap-at-the-door-but-still-some-homeowners-dont-want-to-rock-the-boat-124289/" aria-label="Read more about Water may soon lap at the door, but still some homeowners don’t want to rock the boat">Read more</a>
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October 23, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chloe Watfern, Scientia PhD scholar, UNSW At Studio A, on the fourth floor of the Crows Nest community centre, a group of artists is working quietly. An occasional burst of laughter erupts from a corner of the studio. It makes its way around the room, past sculptures ... <a title="Creating and being seen: new projects focus on the rights of artists with disabilities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/23/creating-and-being-seen-new-projects-focus-on-the-rights-of-artists-with-disabilities-124270/" aria-label="Read more about Creating and being seen: new projects focus on the rights of artists with disabilities">Read more</a>
