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August 16, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amber Marshall, Research fellow, Queensland University of Technology Farming families and communities in Queensland’s remote north are being left behind by the digital economy, putting them at significant social and economic disadvantage. Our report, launched in Cairns today, details the impacts of low levels of “digital inclusion” ... <a title="Logged out: farmers in Far North Queensland are being left behind by the digital economy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/16/logged-out-farmers-in-far-north-queensland-are-being-left-behind-by-the-digital-economy-121743/" aria-label="Read more about Logged out: farmers in Far North Queensland are being left behind by the digital economy">Read more</a>
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August 16, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Cameron, Associate professor, and Associate Director of the Global Obesity Centre, Deakin University Half-price chips, “two for one” chocolates, “buy one get one free” soft drinks: Australian supermarkets make it very easy for us to fill our trolleys with junk food. Add in the bonus of ... <a title="Supermarkets put junk food on special twice as often as healthy food, and that’s a problem" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/16/supermarkets-put-junk-food-on-special-twice-as-often-as-healthy-food-and-thats-a-problem-121808/" aria-label="Read more about Supermarkets put junk food on special twice as often as healthy food, and that’s a problem">Read more</a>
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August 16, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Trethowan, Director, IA Watson Research Centre, Narrabri Plant Breeding Institute, University of Sydney A UN report released last week found a quarter of the world’s carbon emissions come from the food chain, particularly meat farming. This has prompted calls to sharply reduce emissions from agriculture and ... <a title="It’ll be hard, but we can feed the world with plant protein" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/16/itll-be-hard-but-we-can-feed-the-world-with-plant-protein-121816/" aria-label="Read more about It’ll be hard, but we can feed the world with plant protein">Read more</a>
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August 16, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sasha Petrova, Section Editor: Education Whether schools should mandate a uniform is a controversial issue. Some believe wearing the same clothes smooths out inequality. Others see uniforms as authoritarian; believing them a symbol of repression, stifling freedom of thought and individuality. We asked five experts from various ... <a title="Should school uniforms be compulsory? We asked five experts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/16/should-school-uniforms-be-compulsory-we-asked-five-experts-121935/" aria-label="Read more about Should school uniforms be compulsory? We asked five experts">Read more</a>
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August 16, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dennis Altman, Professorial Fellow in Human Security, La Trobe University The years between the gay liberation movement at the beginning of the 1970s and the onset of AIDS a decade later are viewed in a certain strand of gay nostalgia as “the golden age”. It’s hardly surprising ... <a title="Friday essay: my brush with Susan Sontag and other tales from the gay ‘golden age’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/16/friday-essay-my-brush-with-susan-sontag-and-other-tales-from-the-gay-golden-age-121506/" aria-label="Read more about Friday essay: my brush with Susan Sontag and other tales from the gay ‘golden age’">Read more</a>
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August 16, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Soon after the election Treasurer Frydenberg flagged there would be an inquiry into retirement incomes. Since then, no details have emerged. But there is gossip around Canberra there might be some action in the next couple of weeks on a ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: How ‘guaranteed’ is a rise in the superannuation guarantee?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/16/grattan-on-friday-how-guaranteed-is-a-rise-in-the-superannuation-guarantee-121956/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: How ‘guaranteed’ is a rise in the superannuation guarantee?">Read more</a>
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August 15, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adam Ni, China researcher, Department of Security Studies and Criminology, Macquarie University Since the start of mass demonstrations in Hong Kong in early June, there has been a significant escalation of Beijing’s rhetoric and tactics. Instead of addressing the root causes of the public anger, Beijing has ... <a title="Beijing is moving to stamp out the Hong Kong protests – but it may have already lost the city for good" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/15/beijing-is-moving-to-stamp-out-the-hong-kong-protests-but-it-may-have-already-lost-the-city-for-good-121815/" aria-label="Read more about Beijing is moving to stamp out the Hong Kong protests – but it may have already lost the city for good">Read more</a>
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August 15, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW Legend has it that, when asked by US President Richard Nixon in 1972 what he thought about the impact of the French Revolution, Chinese Premier Zhou En Lai replied: “it’s too early to say”. Waiting for progress on wages and unemployment ... <a title="Vital Signs. Amid talk of recessions, our progress on wages and unemployment is almost non-existent" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/15/vital-signs-amid-talk-of-recessions-our-progress-on-wages-and-unemployment-is-almost-non-existent-121813/" aria-label="Read more about Vital Signs. Amid talk of recessions, our progress on wages and unemployment is almost non-existent">Read more</a>
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August 15, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jodie Ward, Director, Australian Facility for Taphonomic Experimental Research; Forensic DNA Identification Specialist, NSW Health Pathology; Associate Professor, Centre for Forensic Science, University of Technology Sydney The recent case of a surgical implant found inside a Queensland crocodile has highlighted the challenges forensic scientists face when trying ... <a title="How do we identify human remains?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/15/how-do-we-identify-human-remains-121315/" aria-label="Read more about How do we identify human remains?">Read more</a>
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August 15, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Daniel Spring, Research Fellow, School of Biosciences, University of Melbourne More than A$400 million of government funding is being invested in the latest round of the fire ant program in the hope of eradicating the invasive pests by 2027. But recent reports on the ABC suggest the ... <a title="How to know if we’re winning the war on Australia’s fire ant invasion, and what to do if we aren’t" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/15/how-to-know-if-were-winning-the-war-on-australias-fire-ant-invasion-and-what-to-do-if-we-arent-121367/" aria-label="Read more about How to know if we’re winning the war on Australia’s fire ant invasion, and what to do if we aren’t">Read more</a>
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August 15, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jenny Davis Barnett, Academic in French, The University of Queensland The unicorn is an enduring image in contemporary society: a symbol of cuteness, magic, and children’s birthday parties. But while you might dismiss this one-horned creature as just a product for Instagram celebrities and five-year-old girls, we ... <a title="Explainer: from bloodthirsty beast to saccharine symbol – the history and origins of the unicorn" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/15/explainer-from-bloodthirsty-beast-to-saccharine-symbol-the-history-and-origins-of-the-unicorn-120760/" aria-label="Read more about Explainer: from bloodthirsty beast to saccharine symbol – the history and origins of the unicorn">Read more</a>
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August 15, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hadeel Al-Alosi, Lecturer, School of Law, Western Sydney University Yesterday, Victorian Parliament finally debated a bill on whether religious ministers should be forced to disclose child abuse admitted in confidence to a priest. The Victorian Children Legislation Amendment Bill 2019 follows the recommendation of the Royal Commission ... <a title="The Melbourne archbishop said he’d rather go to jail than break confession confidentiality. A new bill could send him there" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/15/the-melbourne-archbishop-said-hed-rather-go-to-jail-than-break-confession-confidentiality-a-new-bill-could-send-him-there-121869/" aria-label="Read more about The Melbourne archbishop said he’d rather go to jail than break confession confidentiality. A new bill could send him there">Read more</a>
