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August 1, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Trevor Thornton, Lecturer, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University As the dramatic shutdown of major recycling company SKM this week has illustrated, recycling is not free. Householders in Australia pay council rates for a recycling and garbage service. This fee is largely based on the ... <a title="Don’t just blame government and business for the recycling crisis – it begins with us" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/01/dont-just-blame-government-and-business-for-the-recycling-crisis-it-begins-with-us-121241/" aria-label="Read more about Don’t just blame government and business for the recycling crisis – it begins with us">Read more</a>
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August 1, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachel Wilson, Senior Lecturer – Research Methodology / Educational Assessment & Evaluation, University of Sydney The numbers of secondary school students who take higher-level maths and science are low in Australia. In 2012, there were 30,000 more Year 12 students than in 1992. But the numbers of ... <a title="More teens are dropping maths. Here are three reasons to stick with it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/01/more-teens-are-dropping-maths-here-are-three-reasons-to-stick-with-it-119745/" aria-label="Read more about More teens are dropping maths. Here are three reasons to stick with it">Read more</a>
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August 1, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tanzil Shafique, PhD Researcher in Urban Design, University of Melbourne Imagine a community of 200,000. Convivial, walkable, six times the density of Manhattan but with a smaller ecological footprint. It provides low-cost services and affordable housing mixed with productive uses such as recycling, farming and trading. It’s ... <a title="What sort of ‘development’ has no place for a billion slum dwellers?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/01/what-sort-of-development-has-no-place-for-a-billion-slum-dwellers-120600/" aria-label="Read more about What sort of ‘development’ has no place for a billion slum dwellers?">Read more</a>
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August 1, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert McLachlan, Professor in Applied Mathematics, Massey University The New Zealand government has proposed new fuel standards to cut greenhouse emissions, along with consumer rebates for cleaner cars – paid for by fees on high-polluting cars. The long-awaited proposed changes would bring New Zealand in line with ... <a title="New Zealand poised to introduce clean car standards and incentives to cut emissions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/01/new-zealand-poised-to-introduce-clean-car-standards-and-incentives-to-cut-emissions-120896/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand poised to introduce clean car standards and incentives to cut emissions">Read more</a>
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August 1, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Clem Bastow, PhD candidate at RMIT and tutor in screenwriting, University of Melbourne Why do we tell stories, and how are they crafted? In this series, we unpick the work of the writer on both page and screen. Warning: this story contains spoilers. When this year’s Emmy ... <a title="Fleabag’s feminist rethinking of tired screenwriting tools" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/01/fleabags-feminist-rethinking-of-tired-screenwriting-tools-121104/" aria-label="Read more about Fleabag’s feminist rethinking of tired screenwriting tools">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The citizenship provision of the Constitution’s section 44 has raised its head again, with the eligibility of Treasurer Josh Frydenberg being challenged by an elector in his Kooyong seat. Michaal Staindl has filed a petition with the High Court, which ... <a title="High Court challenge to Treasurer Josh Frydenberg under section 44" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/31/high-court-challenge-to-treasurer-josh-frydenberg-under-section-44-121277/" aria-label="Read more about High Court challenge to Treasurer Josh Frydenberg under section 44">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bruce Baer Arnold, Assistant Professor, School of Law, University of Canberra The department of human services (DHS) is under scrutiny this week after the Nine papers revealed the department sent letters to 50,000 patients who were previously prescribed lithium. DHS was seeking to recruit the recipients into ... <a title="No, it’s not OK for the government to use your prescription details to recruit you for a study" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/31/no-its-not-ok-for-the-government-to-use-your-prescription-details-to-recruit-you-for-a-study-121122/" aria-label="Read more about No, it’s not OK for the government to use your prescription details to recruit you for a study">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Helen Pringle, Senior Lecturer, UNSW A bill to decriminalise abortion in NSW has been delayed by conservative MPs who reportedly want more time to consider the legislation. Debate is now set to start in the lower house next week. Still, the Reproductive Health Care Reform Bill 2019, ... <a title="After 119 years, NSW is set to decriminalise abortion. Why has reform taken so long?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/31/after-119-years-nsw-is-set-to-decriminalise-abortion-why-has-reform-taken-so-long-121112/" aria-label="Read more about After 119 years, NSW is set to decriminalise abortion. Why has reform taken so long?">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Janie Hoormann, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Astrophysics, The University of Queensland If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskids@theconversation.edu.au. Can Earth be affected by a black hole in the future? – Rakovi, age 12, Dimapur, India. That is a great question. ... <a title="Curious Kids: can Earth be affected by a black hole in the future?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/31/curious-kids-can-earth-be-affected-by-a-black-hole-in-the-future-118181/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: can Earth be affected by a black hole in the future?">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jeanell Carrigan, Associate professor, University of Sydney Review: Oscar and Lucinda, composer Elliott Gyger, librettist Pierce Wilcox, after the novel by Peter Carey, Sydney. Attending the opening night of a world premiere performance of a new Australian opera is an exhilarating experience – though one that requires ... <a title="A clever operatic adaptation of Oscar and Lucinda is let down by music that fails to captivate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/31/a-clever-operatic-adaptation-of-oscar-and-lucinda-is-let-down-by-music-that-fails-to-captivate-121101/" aria-label="Read more about A clever operatic adaptation of Oscar and Lucinda is let down by music that fails to captivate">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Smith-Miles, Professor of Applied Mathematics, ARC Laureate Fellow, Chief Investigator in the Australian Centre of Excellence in Mathematical and Statistical Frontiers, University of Melbourne The role of algorithms in our lives is growing rapidly, from simply suggesting online search results or content in our social media ... <a title="Algorithms are everywhere but what will it take for us to trust them?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/31/algorithms-are-everywhere-but-what-will-it-take-for-us-to-trust-them-118830/" aria-label="Read more about Algorithms are everywhere but what will it take for us to trust them?">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sierra Keung, Kaiako – Sport & Recreation, Auckland University of Technology For the past seven years, 70 of the 75 players who have been selected for New Zealand’s senior men’s rugby league team were of Māori or Pasifika heritage. About 42% of the National Rugby League’s player ... <a title="Athlete development must better support Indigenous and Pasifika players" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/31/athlete-development-must-better-support-indigenous-and-pasifika-players-119976/" aria-label="Read more about Athlete development must better support Indigenous and Pasifika players">Read more</a>
