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July 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Felicity Fenner, Associate Professor at UNSW Art & Design, UNSW Over the past few weeks, artists from around Australia have been creating small artworks depicting the endangered black-throated finch and sending them to politicians involved in decision-making around the Adani Carmichael mine in Queensland’s Galilee Basin. Before ... <a title="Protest art: rallying cry or elegy for the black-throated finch?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/22/protest-art-rallying-cry-or-elegy-for-the-black-throated-finch-120593/" aria-label="Read more about Protest art: rallying cry or elegy for the black-throated finch?">Read more</a>
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July 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Craig Campbell, Associate Professor, University of Sydney New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian made a “captain’s call” in recent months that raised the ire of many parents, teachers and education groups. She announced NSW would build a 49th selective school. It will be the first new fully ... <a title="New South Wales has 48 selective schools, while Victoria has 4. There’s an interesting history behind this" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/22/new-south-wales-has-48-selective-schools-while-victoria-has-4-theres-an-interesting-history-behind-this-118823/" aria-label="Read more about New South Wales has 48 selective schools, while Victoria has 4. There’s an interesting history behind this">Read more</a>
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July 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Beer, Dean, Research and Innovation, University of South Australia Australia’s biggest city is abuzz with news of yet another housing development declared unsafe for human habitation. This time it is apartments built on a toxic dump the local council fears was not properly cleaned up. In ... <a title="Dangerous to human health: that’s a housing problem much bigger than a few high-profile apartment blocks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/22/dangerous-to-human-health-thats-a-housing-problem-much-bigger-than-a-few-high-profile-apartment-blocks-120656/" aria-label="Read more about Dangerous to human health: that’s a housing problem much bigger than a few high-profile apartment blocks">Read more</a>
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July 20, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Flannery, Planetary Scientist, Queensland University of Technology This weekend marks 50 years exactly since humans first walked on the Moon. It also marks Australia’s small but significant role in enabling NASA to place boots on the lunar landscape – or at least to broadcast the event. ... <a title="Why isn’t Australia in deep space?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/20/why-isnt-australia-in-deep-space-119533/" aria-label="Read more about Why isn’t Australia in deep space?">Read more</a>
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July 19, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra [embedded content] University of Canberra Vice-Chancellor Professor Deep Saini discusses the week in politics with Michelle Grattan – one with a reduced pace, despite the 24 hour news cycle. They talk about whether this new pace is a better way ... <a title="VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the next sitting week – and Scott Morrison’s relationship with Trump" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/19/video-michelle-grattan-on-the-next-sitting-week-and-scott-morrisons-relationship-with-trump-120680/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the next sitting week – and Scott Morrison’s relationship with Trump">Read more</a>
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July 19, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Geoff Hanmer, Adjunct Lecturer in Architecture, UNSW The Building Ministers’ Forum (BMF) met yesterday yet again to discuss implementing the February 2018 Shergold-Weir Report they commissioned in mid-2017. The BMF is responsible for overseeing the Australian Building Codes Board (ABCB) and building regulation across Australia. The BMF ... <a title="Ministers fiddle while buildings crack and burn" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/19/ministers-fiddle-while-buildings-crack-and-burn-120592/" aria-label="Read more about Ministers fiddle while buildings crack and burn">Read more</a>
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July 19, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cherie Hugo, Teaching Fellow, Nutrition & Dietetics, Bond University The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety this week turned its attention to food and nutrition. The testimony of maggots in bins and rotting food in refrigerators was horrific. When so much of a resident’s waking ... <a title="Why is nursing home food so bad? Some spend just $6.08 per person a day – that’s lower than prison" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/19/why-is-nursing-home-food-so-bad-some-spend-just-6-08-per-person-a-day-thats-lower-than-prison-120421/" aria-label="Read more about Why is nursing home food so bad? Some spend just $6.08 per person a day – that’s lower than prison">Read more</a>
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July 19, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joanne Orlando, Researcher: Children and Technology, Western Sydney University Instagram is running a social media experiment in Australia and elsewhere to see what happens when it hides the number of likes on photos and other posts. If you have an Instagram account, you’ll get to see the ... <a title="What’s not to like? Instagram’s trial to hide the number of ‘likes’ could save users’ self-esteem" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/19/whats-not-to-like-instagrams-trial-to-hide-the-number-of-likes-could-save-users-self-esteem-120596/" aria-label="Read more about What’s not to like? Instagram’s trial to hide the number of ‘likes’ could save users’ self-esteem">Read more</a>
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July 19, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adam Cross, Research Fellow, Curtin University Sign up to the Beating Around the Bush newsletter here, and suggest a plant we should cover at batb@theconversation.edu.au. Billabongs in the northern Kimberley are welcome oases of colour in an otherwise brown landscape. This one reflected the clear blue sky, ... <a title="The waterwheel plant is a carnivorous, underwater snap-trap" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/19/the-waterwheel-plant-is-a-carnivorous-underwater-snap-trap-120424/" aria-label="Read more about The waterwheel plant is a carnivorous, underwater snap-trap">Read more</a>
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July 19, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sunanda Creagh, Head of Digital Storytelling You’ve probably heard that this week marks 50 years since humans first set foot on the Moon – a feat that still boggles the mind given the limitations of technology at the time and the global effort required to pull it ... <a title="What’s the next ‘giant leap’ for humankind in space? We asked 3 space experts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/19/whats-the-next-giant-leap-for-humankind-in-space-we-asked-3-space-experts-120428/" aria-label="Read more about What’s the next ‘giant leap’ for humankind in space? We asked 3 space experts">Read more</a>
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July 19, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dennis Gentilin, Adjunct Fellow, Macquarie University As strange as it might sound, whistleblowers in Australia have reason to rejoice – so long as they are in the private sector. Thanks to new laws that came into effect this month, private-sector whistleblowers have a range of new protections. ... <a title="It’s a new era for Australia’s whistleblowers – in the private sector" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/19/its-a-new-era-for-australias-whistleblowers-in-the-private-sector-119596/" aria-label="Read more about It’s a new era for Australia’s whistleblowers – in the private sector">Read more</a>
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July 19, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christine Griebsch, Specialist and Senior Lecturer in Small Animal Medicine, University Veterinary Teaching Hospital Sydney, Sydney School of Veterinary Science, University of Sydney Recently reported cases of the often fatal bacterial infection leptospirosis in dogs in Sydney have raised the issue of animal diseases that also affect ... <a title="Explainer: what is leptospirosis and how can it harm us and our pets?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/19/explainer-what-is-leptospirosis-and-how-can-it-harm-us-and-our-pets-120221/" aria-label="Read more about Explainer: what is leptospirosis and how can it harm us and our pets?">Read more</a>
