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August 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anthony Forsyth, Professor of Workplace Law, RMIT University The Israel Folau termination case has dominated headlines for months now. Many Australians have been intrigued by the extent to which employers like Rugby Australia are able to control the social media activity of their employees – in Folau’s ... <a title="Will the High Court ruling on public servant’s tweets have a ‘powerful chill’ on free speech?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/07/will-the-high-court-ruling-on-public-servants-tweets-have-a-powerful-chill-on-free-speech-121556/" aria-label="Read more about Will the High Court ruling on public servant’s tweets have a ‘powerful chill’ on free speech?">Read more</a>
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August 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shanthi Robertson, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University Recent articles in the media have raised concerns about the rapid rise in migrants living and working in Australia on bridging visas, whose numbers have more than doubled in the last four years. A ... <a title="Most migrants on bridging visas aren’t ‘scammers’, they’re well within their rights" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/07/most-migrants-on-bridging-visas-arent-scammers-theyre-well-within-their-rights-120989/" aria-label="Read more about Most migrants on bridging visas aren’t ‘scammers’, they’re well within their rights">Read more</a>
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August 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Trevor H. Worthy, Associate professor, Flinders University Say hello to Heracles inexpectatus, a parrot the size of a human child. But don’t worry, you won’t meet one face to face. Our new discovery, published today, lived around 20 million years ago in what is now New Zealand ... <a title="Meet the ‘Hercules parrot’ from prehistoric New Zealand – the biggest ever discovered" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/07/meet-the-hercules-parrot-from-prehistoric-new-zealand-the-biggest-ever-discovered-121437/" aria-label="Read more about Meet the ‘Hercules parrot’ from prehistoric New Zealand – the biggest ever discovered">Read more</a>
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August 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dan Weijers, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, Co-editor International Journal of Wellbeing, University of Waikato At a conference about disruptive innovations in food production last week, dairy industry spokespeople criticised the “milk” labelling of non-dairy products such as almond or rice milks. Federated Farmers, a rural advocacy group, ... <a title="Almonds don’t lactate, but that’s no reason to start calling almond milk juice" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/07/almonds-dont-lactate-but-thats-no-reason-to-start-calling-almond-milk-juice-121306/" aria-label="Read more about Almonds don’t lactate, but that’s no reason to start calling almond milk juice">Read more</a>
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August 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hui Feng, ARC Future Fellow and Senior Research Fellow, Griffith University When US President Donald Trump announced via Twitter on Friday that he was slapping tariffs on an extra US$300 billion of China’s exports, it was widely expected that China’s currency would slide against the US dollar. ... <a title="The China-Trump trade war has spread to Australia. We’re now at risk of global currency war" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/07/the-china-trump-trade-war-has-spread-to-australia-were-now-at-risk-of-global-currency-war-121486/" aria-label="Read more about The China-Trump trade war has spread to Australia. We’re now at risk of global currency war">Read more</a>
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August 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kamran Khalid, PhD Candidate, University of Sydney Tensions are on the rise in Jammu and Kashmir, an Indian state situated mostly in the Himalayas. For decades, it has had constitutional autonomy from India. The region is an area of major territorial conflict between India and Pakistan. Parts ... <a title="India revokes Kashmir’s autonomy, risking yet another war with Pakistan" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/07/india-revokes-kashmirs-autonomy-risking-yet-another-war-with-pakistan-121485/" aria-label="Read more about India revokes Kashmir’s autonomy, risking yet another war with Pakistan">Read more</a>
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August 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jaquelyne Hughes, Research Fellow, Menzies School of Health Research If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskids@theconversation.edu.au. Why is urine yellow? – Ronan, aged 9, Greenslopes, Brisbane. Thank you for your question, Ronan. Our bodies use nutrients from the food ... <a title="Curious Kids: why is urine yellow?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/07/curious-kids-why-is-urine-yellow-117747/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: why is urine yellow?">Read more</a>
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August 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexandra Macmillan, Senior Lecturer in environmental sustainability and public health and co-convenor of OraTaiao: NZ Climate & Health Council, University of Otago Climate change explained is a collaboration between The Conversation, Stuff and the New Zealand Science Media Centre to answer your questions about climate change. If ... <a title="Climate Q&A: will we be less healthy because of climate change?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/07/climate-qanda-will-we-be-less-healthy-because-of-climate-change-115800/" aria-label="Read more about Climate Q&A: will we be less healthy because of climate change?">Read more</a>
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August 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Dooley, Research Fellow, Climate and Energy College, University of Melbourne Tomorrow a special report on how land use affects climate change will be released by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Land degradation, deforestation, and the expansion of our deserts, along with agriculture and the other ... <a title="Want to beat climate change? Protect our natural forests" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/07/want-to-beat-climate-change-protect-our-natural-forests-121491/" aria-label="Read more about Want to beat climate change? Protect our natural forests">Read more</a>
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August 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amity James, Senior Lecturer, School of Economics, Finance and Property, Curtin University Australia faces a massive challenge delivering suitable housing for an ageing population. The nation is expected to have nearly 50% more people older than 55 by 2036, with a projected increase from around 6.4 million ... <a title="What sort of housing do older Australians want and where do they want to live?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/07/what-sort-of-housing-do-older-australians-want-and-where-do-they-want-to-live-120987/" aria-label="Read more about What sort of housing do older Australians want and where do they want to live?">Read more</a>
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August 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hui Feng, ARC Future Fellow and Senior Research Fellow, Griffith University When US President Donald Trump announced via Twitter on Friday that he was slapping tariffs on an extra US$300 billion of China’s exports, it was widely expected that China’s currency would slide against the US dollar. ... <a title="The China-Trump trade conflict has spread to Australia. We’re now at risk of global currency war" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/07/the-china-trump-trade-conflict-has-spread-to-australia-were-now-at-risk-of-global-currency-war-121486/" aria-label="Read more about The China-Trump trade conflict has spread to Australia. We’re now at risk of global currency war">Read more</a>
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August 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert Phiddian, Professor of English, Flinders University In April this year, the Ukraine elected comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy as its president, and the ABC reported on a sudden upsurge in Australian interest in something similar here. Many names came forward, but the only actually dead nominee with any ... <a title="How good was John Clarke? Some reflections on his poetics of tinkering" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/07/how-good-was-john-clarke-some-reflections-on-his-poetics-of-tinkering-120227/" aria-label="Read more about How good was John Clarke? Some reflections on his poetics of tinkering">Read more</a>
