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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>
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August 15, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Loukas Koungoulos, PhD Candidate, University of Sydney This is the story of how a parasitic, skin-chewing insect came to conquer the world. For more than a century, scientists have been puzzled as to how an obscure louse native to Australia came to be found on dogs across ... <a title="How ancient seafarers and their dogs helped a humble louse conquer the world" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/15/how-ancient-seafarers-and-their-dogs-helped-a-humble-louse-conquer-the-world-117183/" aria-label="Read more about How ancient seafarers and their dogs helped a humble louse conquer the world">Read more</a>
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August 15, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tess Newton Cain, Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Political Science & International Studies, The University of Queensland This week’s Pacific Islands Forum comes at an important time in the overall trajectory of Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s very personal commitment to an Australian “stepping up” in the Pacific. ... <a title="Can Scott Morrison deliver on climate change in Tuvalu – or is his Pacific ‘step up’ doomed?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/15/can-scott-morrison-deliver-on-climate-change-in-tuvalu-or-is-his-pacific-step-up-doomed-121501/" aria-label="Read more about Can Scott Morrison deliver on climate change in Tuvalu – or is his Pacific ‘step up’ doomed?">Read more</a>
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August 15, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Leah Ruppanner, Associate Professor in Sociology and Co-Director of The Policy Lab, University of Melbourne Multitasking has traditionally been perceived as a woman’s domain. A woman, particularly one with children, will routinely be juggling a job and running a household – in itself a frantic mix of ... <a title="Women aren’t better multitaskers than men – they’re just doing more work" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/15/women-arent-better-multitaskers-than-men-theyre-just-doing-more-work-121620/" aria-label="Read more about Women aren’t better multitaskers than men – they’re just doing more work">Read more</a>
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August 15, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sharon Parkinson, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Urban Transitions, Swinburne University of Technology Young adults not only struggle to buy a home, many struggle to secure any kind of independent housing. This contributes to a cycle of living in precarious and informal housing and to a growing ... <a title="First home buyer schemes aren’t enough to meet young adults’ housing aspirations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/15/first-home-buyer-schemes-arent-enough-to-meet-young-adults-housing-aspirations-121431/" aria-label="Read more about First home buyer schemes aren’t enough to meet young adults’ housing aspirations">Read more</a>
