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September 18, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Kenny, Senior Fellow, Australian Studies Institute, Australian National University In the hit biopic Rocket Man, the ambitious young Reginald Dwight is counselled to hide his working-class roots if he wants to make it in “showbiz”: You gotta kill the person you were born to be in ... <a title="Jacqui Lambie mixes battler politics with populism to make her swing vote count" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/18/jacqui-lambie-mixes-battler-politics-with-populism-to-make-her-swing-vote-count-123175/" aria-label="Read more about Jacqui Lambie mixes battler politics with populism to make her swing vote count">Read more</a>
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September 18, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katie Attwell, Senior Lecturer, University of Western Australia Countries around the world, including Australia, are using different ways to get parents to vaccinate their children. Our new research, published this week in the journal Milbank Quarterly, looks at diverse mandatory vaccination policies across the world. We explore ... <a title="How other countries get parents to vaccinate their kids (and what Australia can learn)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/18/how-other-countries-get-parents-to-vaccinate-their-kids-and-what-australia-can-learn-122274/" aria-label="Read more about How other countries get parents to vaccinate their kids (and what Australia can learn)">Read more</a>
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September 18, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bill Hare, Director, Climate Analytics, Adjunct Professor, Murdoch University (Perth), Visiting scientist, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research This piece is part of Covering Climate Now, a global collaboration of more than 250 news outlets to strengthen coverage of the climate story. It is almost five years ... <a title="The good, the bad and the ugly: the nations leading and failing on climate action" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/18/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-the-nations-leading-and-failing-on-climate-action-123581/" aria-label="Read more about The good, the bad and the ugly: the nations leading and failing on climate action">Read more</a>
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September 18, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Helen Hodgson, Professor, Curtin Law School and Curtin Business School, Curtin University The robo-debt recovery programme has been criticised as badly designed and unfair ever since it began in mid 2016. A year later the Senate Committee on Community Affairs recommended it be put on hold until ... <a title="Robo-debt is only one way government stigmatises claimants. There’s only so much a class action can do" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/18/robo-debt-is-only-one-way-government-stigmatises-claimants-theres-only-so-much-a-class-action-can-do-123686/" aria-label="Read more about Robo-debt is only one way government stigmatises claimants. There’s only so much a class action can do">Read more</a>
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September 18, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nathalie Collins, Academic Director (National Programs), Edith Cowan University The hit sitcom Friends aired for the first time 25 years ago this week. Ross, Rachel, Monica, Chandler, Phoebe and Joey have not aged on our small screen – and neither has their charm. Make no mistake: these ... <a title="Could managers BE any more authentic? 3 ways you can improve your leadership skills by watching Friends" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/18/could-managers-be-any-more-authentic-3-ways-you-can-improve-your-leadership-skills-by-watching-friends-123600/" aria-label="Read more about Could managers BE any more authentic? 3 ways you can improve your leadership skills by watching Friends">Read more</a>
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September 18, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Hall, Senior Researcher in Politics, Auckland University of Technology This story is part of Covering Climate Now, a global collaboration of more than 250 news outlets to strengthen coverage of the climate story. As a new sense of urgency to act on climate change rises – ... <a title="Why our response to climate change needs to be a just and careful revolution that limits pushback" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/18/why-our-response-to-climate-change-needs-to-be-a-just-and-careful-revolution-that-limits-pushback-123588/" aria-label="Read more about Why our response to climate change needs to be a just and careful revolution that limits pushback">Read more</a>
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September 18, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben Arnold Lohmeyer, Adjunct Researcher, Flinders University A new strategy to tackle bullying of children both inside and outside the school gates was recently released by the South Australian Department of Education. It has adopted the national definition of bullying that directly links it to a misuse ... <a title="If you want to cut bullying in schools, look at the ‘invisible violence’ in our society" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/18/if-you-want-to-cut-bullying-in-schools-look-at-the-invisible-violence-in-our-society-123093/" aria-label="Read more about If you want to cut bullying in schools, look at the ‘invisible violence’ in our society">Read more</a>
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September 18, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Patrick Love, Hon Senior Fellow, Transport Health and Urban Design (THUD) Melbourne School of Design, University of Melbourne The Spanish city of Barcelona has pioneered an innovative approach to managing traffic, freeing up public space and promoting walking and cycling. The “superblocks” model produces considerable health and ... <a title="Superblocks are transforming Barcelona. They might work in Australian cities too" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/18/superblocks-are-transforming-barcelona-they-might-work-in-australian-cities-too-123354/" aria-label="Read more about Superblocks are transforming Barcelona. They might work in Australian cities too">Read more</a>
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September 17, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Terry Carney, Emeritus Professor of Law, University of Sydney The announcement by Gordon Legal of a class action to compensate victims of the government’s so-called robo-debt scheme is welcome, perhaps even groundbreaking. Standing alongside class action litigator Peter Gordon at a press conference in parliament house on ... <a title="Robo-debt class action could deliver justice for tens of thousands of Australians instead of mere hundreds" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/17/robo-debt-class-action-could-deliver-justice-for-tens-of-thousands-of-australians-instead-of-mere-hundreds-123691/" aria-label="Read more about Robo-debt class action could deliver justice for tens of thousands of Australians instead of mere hundreds">Read more</a>
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September 17, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Arthur Sinodinos will soon leave the Senate, and early next year take up the position of Australian ambassador in Washington. A former staffer and one-time public servant as well as a former minister, in this podcast Sinodinos reflects on the ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Arthur Sinodinos with some reflections and advice" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/17/politics-with-michelle-grattan-arthur-sinodinos-with-some-reflections-and-advice-123596/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Arthur Sinodinos with some reflections and advice">Read more</a>
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September 17, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Melanie Walters, PhD candidate in music, University of Adelaide Review: XXX Neon Sign, composed by Dan Thorpe, Rumpus Theatre More than perhaps any other instrument, the grand piano symbolises the classical music canon and its rigid traditions. Placing such an instrument centre-stage conjures particular expectations for audiences: ... <a title="XXX Neon Sign review: embodied performance about working in a Brisbane porno shop" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/17/xxx-neon-sign-review-embodied-performance-about-working-in-a-brisbane-porno-shop-123444/" aria-label="Read more about XXX Neon Sign review: embodied performance about working in a Brisbane porno shop">Read more</a>
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September 17, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sebastian Leuzinger, Associate Professor, Auckland University of Technology 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 ... <a title="Climate explained: how different crops or trees help strip carbon dioxide from the air" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/17/climate-explained-how-different-crops-or-trees-help-strip-carbon-dioxide-from-the-air-123590/" aria-label="Read more about Climate explained: how different crops or trees help strip carbon dioxide from the air">Read more</a>