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August 19, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Darren Paul Fisher, Head of Directing, Department of Film, Screen and Creative Media, Bond University What do J.J. Abrams, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Shonda Rhimes, David Lynch, Aaron Sorkin, Donald Glover, Jenji Kohan, Jordan Peele, Tina Fey, and Joss Whedon have in common? They are all television showrunners – ... <a title="From Donald Glover to Phoebe Waller-Bridge: what exactly does a showrunner do?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/19/from-donald-glover-to-phoebe-waller-bridge-what-exactly-does-a-showrunner-do-121760/" aria-label="Read more about From Donald Glover to Phoebe Waller-Bridge: what exactly does a showrunner do?">Read more</a>
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August 19, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Scott Morrison has a sharp lecture for bureaucrats about their KPIs, in a comprehensive speech laying down how he expects the Australian Public Service to operate under his government. Morrison stresses the service must be responsive to both its ministers ... <a title="Scott Morrison tells public servants: keep in mind the ‘bacon and eggs’ principle" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/19/scott-morrison-tells-public-servants-keep-in-mind-the-bacon-and-eggs-principle-122021/" aria-label="Read more about Scott Morrison tells public servants: keep in mind the ‘bacon and eggs’ principle">Read more</a>
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August 19, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has issued a timetable for the government’s dealing with the recommendations from the royal commission into banking, superannuation and financial services, which aims to have all measures needing legislation introduced by the end of next year. The ... <a title="Frydenberg outlines financial sector reform timetable" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/19/frydenberg-outlines-financial-sector-reform-timetable-122024/" aria-label="Read more about Frydenberg outlines financial sector reform timetable">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Griffiths, Senior Associate, Grattan Institute Each new generation of Australians since Federation has enjoyed a better standard of living than the one that came before it. Until now. Today’s young Australians are in danger of falling behind. A new Grattan Institute report, Generation gap: ensuring a ... <a title="For the first time in centuries, were setting up a generation to be worse off than the one before it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/18/for-the-first-time-in-centuries-were-setting-up-a-generation-to-be-worse-off-than-the-one-before-it-121983/" aria-label="Read more about For the first time in centuries, were setting up a generation to be worse off than the one before it">Read more</a>
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August 16, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael O’Keefe, Head of Department, Politics and Philosophy, La Trobe University The Pacific Islands Forum meeting in Tuvalu this week has ended in open division over climate change. Australia ensured its official communique watered down commitments to respond to climate change, gaining a hollow victory. Traditionally, communiques ... <a title="Pacific Island nations will no longer stand for Australia’s inaction on climate change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/16/pacific-island-nations-will-no-longer-stand-for-australias-inaction-on-climate-change-121976/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific Island nations will no longer stand for Australia’s inaction on climate change">Read more</a>
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August 16, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Xanthe Mallett, Forensic Criminologist, University of Newcastle Even in death, the voice of Carl Williams is louder than that of his victims. Intimate prison letters written by the convicted murderer and drug trafficker to his ex-wife, Roberta – herself arrested this month on kidnap and threats to ... <a title="Glamorising violent offenders with ‘true crime’ shows and podcasts needs to stop" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/16/glamorising-violent-offenders-with-true-crime-shows-and-podcasts-needs-to-stop-121806/" aria-label="Read more about Glamorising violent offenders with ‘true crime’ shows and podcasts needs to stop">Read more</a>
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August 16, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brianna Chesser, Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Justice, RMIT University In September 2018, a prominent Melbourne surgeon and academic was charged with rape and sexual assault for alleged offences committed a year earlier against a male doctor. The surgeon and doctor had gone out for dinner and ... <a title="Case in Victoria could set new legal precedent for stealthing, or removing condom during sex" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/16/case-in-victoria-could-set-new-legal-precedent-for-stealthing-or-removing-condom-during-sex-118343/" aria-label="Read more about Case in Victoria could set new legal precedent for stealthing, or removing condom during sex">Read more</a>
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August 16, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Dearnaley, Associate Professor, University of Southern Queensland The blotched butterfly orchid (Sarcochilus weinthalii) looks fairly unremarkable when it’s not flowering, generally resembling the far more common orange blossom orchid. But when it flowers, it is exquisite. Dark purple blotches stand out on cream petals, resembling a ... <a title="The exquisite blotched butterfly orchid is an airy jewel of the Australian landscape" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/16/the-exquisite-blotched-butterfly-orchid-is-an-airy-jewel-of-the-australian-landscape-121702/" aria-label="Read more about The exquisite blotched butterfly orchid is an airy jewel of the Australian landscape">Read more</a>
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August 16, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Simon Cropper, Senior Lecturer, Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, University of Melbourne Almost every person throughout the existence of humankind has looked up at the night sky and seen more than just a random scattering of light. Constellations of stars have helped us shape our own ongoing ... <a title="Why do different cultures see such similar meanings in the constellations?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/16/why-do-different-cultures-see-such-similar-meanings-in-the-constellations-121981/" aria-label="Read more about Why do different cultures see such similar meanings in the constellations?">Read more</a>
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August 16, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben Desbrow, Associate Professor, Nutrition and Dietetics, Griffith University A recent study published in the journal Depression and Anxiety has attracted widespread media attention. Media reports said eating chocolate, in particular, dark chocolate, was linked to reduced symptoms of depression. Unfortunately, we cannot use this type of ... <a title="No, eating chocolate won’t cure depression" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/16/no-eating-chocolate-wont-cure-depression-121504/" aria-label="Read more about No, eating chocolate won’t cure depression">Read more</a>
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August 16, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Crosby, Professor, Monash University Since President Trump tweeted about imposing new tariffs on China, global equity markets have gone into a tailspin. Trump’s more recent announcement that the new tariffs would be delayed has not calmed the markets, with recent days seeing very large falls in ... <a title="What is an inverted yield curve? Why is it panicking markets, and why is there talk of recession?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/16/what-is-an-inverted-yield-curve-why-is-it-panicking-markets-and-why-is-there-talk-of-recession-121975/" aria-label="Read more about What is an inverted yield curve? Why is it panicking markets, and why is there talk of recession?">Read more</a>
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August 16, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jock Collins, Professor of Social Economics, UTS Business School, University of Technology Sydney The federal government wants to boost the number of migrants moving to regional areas in Australia to fill job vacancies and reduce the pressure on our cities. That’s why the Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, ... <a title="The regions can take more migrants and refugees, with a little help" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/16/the-regions-can-take-more-migrants-and-refugees-with-a-little-help-121942/" aria-label="Read more about The regions can take more migrants and refugees, with a little help">Read more</a>
