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July 19, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Megan O’Connell, Honorary Senior Fellow, University of Melbourne One-third of all preschools may lack a qualified teacher in the next four years if nothing changes, my new modelling shows. Currently, half of all early childhood teachers have a bachelor degree, with a further one-third still working towards ... <a title="One-third of all preschool centres could be without a trained teacher in four years, if we do nothing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/19/one-third-of-all-preschool-centres-could-be-without-a-trained-teacher-in-four-years-if-we-do-nothing-120099/" aria-label="Read more about One-third of all preschool centres could be without a trained teacher in four years, if we do nothing">Read more</a>
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July 19, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Finch, Adjunct Research Fellow, University of Southern Queensland For generations, libraries have helped people explore knowledge, information and culture. The invention of the public library meant more and more people got to use these collections and services. In the digital age, a public library can connect ... <a title="How public libraries can help prepare us for the future" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/19/how-public-libraries-can-help-prepare-us-for-the-future-120074/" aria-label="Read more about How public libraries can help prepare us for the future">Read more</a>
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July 19, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kirsty Volz, PhD Candidate, The University of Queensland Of all the mantras for modernism, the one I think most befitting for Australian mid-century modern houses is L’esprit Nouveau – The New Spirit. These houses represented more than style; they reflected a new Australian spirit that emerged in ... <a title="Friday essay: why old is new again – the mid-century homes made famous by Don’s Party and Dame Edna" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/19/friday-essay-why-old-is-new-again-the-mid-century-homes-made-famous-by-dons-party-and-dame-edna-113363/" aria-label="Read more about Friday essay: why old is new again – the mid-century homes made famous by Don’s Party and Dame Edna">Read more</a>
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July 18, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tony Walker, Adjunct Professor, School of Communications, La Trobe University Australia’s relations with China will be further complicated by the news that Australian citizen Yang Hengjun is set to be charged with endangering state security. This is a serious charge that carries the penalty of at least ... <a title="Australian writer Yang Hengjun is set to be charged in China at an awkward time for Australia-China relations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/18/australian-writer-yang-hengjun-is-set-to-be-charged-in-china-at-an-awkward-time-for-australia-china-relations-120605/" aria-label="Read more about Australian writer Yang Hengjun is set to be charged in China at an awkward time for Australia-China relations">Read more</a>
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July 18, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Kyne, Senior Research Fellow in conservation biology, Charles Darwin University More than 28,000 species around the world are threatened, according to the Red List of Threatened Species compiled by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN). The list, updated on Thursday night, has assessed ... <a title="More than 28,000 species are officially threatened, with more likely to come" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/18/more-than-28-000-species-are-officially-threatened-with-more-likely-to-come-120430/" aria-label="Read more about More than 28,000 species are officially threatened, with more likely to come">Read more</a>
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July 18, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Clive Hamilton, Professor of Public Ethics, Centre For Applied Philosophy & Public Ethics (CAPPE), Charles Sturt University Two Australian universities, University of Technology Sydney and Curtin University, are conducting internal reviews of their funding and research approval procedures after Four Corners’ revealed their links to researchers whose ... <a title="Australian universities must wake up to the risks of researchers linked to China’s military" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/18/australian-universities-must-wake-up-to-the-risks-of-researchers-linked-to-chinas-military-120574/" aria-label="Read more about Australian universities must wake up to the risks of researchers linked to China’s military">Read more</a>
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July 18, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne The next US presidential election will be held on November 3, 2020. Incumbent president Donald Trump will almost certainly be the Republican nominee, but there is a contest for the Democratic presidential nomination. The Republican ... <a title="US Dem presidential primaries: Biden leading, followed by Sanders, Warren, Harris; and will Trump be beaten?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/18/us-dem-presidential-primaries-biden-leading-followed-by-sanders-warren-harris-and-will-trump-be-beaten-120340/" aria-label="Read more about US Dem presidential primaries: Biden leading, followed by Sanders, Warren, Harris; and will Trump be beaten?">Read more</a>
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July 18, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Larkin, Senior Lecturer in Musicology, University of Sydney Review: Whiteley, Opera Australia, Sydney. Opera Australia’s newest production, Whiteley, brings together three Australian icons. Elena Kats-Chernin, the doyenne of Australian composers, has written an opera on the life of a famous Australian painter and had it staged ... <a title="Opera Australia’s Whiteley brings together 3 icons to tell the artist’s complicated story" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/18/opera-australias-whiteley-brings-together-3-icons-to-tell-the-artists-complicated-story-120575/" aria-label="Read more about Opera Australia’s Whiteley brings together 3 icons to tell the artist’s complicated story">Read more</a>
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July 18, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rona Macniven, Research Fellow, University of Sydney Indigenous Australians have a long and proud heritage in both traditional sports and games, and in modern sport through the achievements of people like Johnathan Thurston and Ashleigh Barty. There’s also long been the belief that sport can be used ... <a title="Are sports programs closing the gap in Indigenous communities? The evidence is limited." class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/18/are-sports-programs-closing-the-gap-in-indigenous-communities-the-evidence-is-limited-120413/" aria-label="Read more about Are sports programs closing the gap in Indigenous communities? The evidence is limited.">Read more</a>
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July 18, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alice Gorman, Senior Lecturer in Archaeology and Space Studies, Flinders University It’s 50 years since the two Apollo 11 astronauts – Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin – spent 22 hours collecting samples, deploying experiments and sometimes just playing in the Sea of Tranquillity on the Moon. In ... <a title="We need to protect the heritage of the Apollo missions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/18/we-need-to-protect-the-heritage-of-the-apollo-missions-117007/" aria-label="Read more about We need to protect the heritage of the Apollo missions">Read more</a>
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July 18, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Neal Hughes, Senior Economist, Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) Water prices in the southern Murray-Darling Basin have reached their highest levels since the worst of the Millennium drought more than a decade ago. These high water prices are causing much anxiety in ... <a title="Drought and climate change are driving high water prices in the Murray-Darling Basin" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/18/drought-and-climate-change-are-driving-high-water-prices-in-the-murray-darling-basin-119993/" aria-label="Read more about Drought and climate change are driving high water prices in the Murray-Darling Basin">Read more</a>
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July 18, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonti Horner, Professor (Astrophysics), University of Southern Queensland Even though we can see the Moon shining brightly in the night sky – and sometimes in daylight – it’s hard to put into perspective just how large, and just how distant, our nearest neighbour actually is. So just ... <a title="How big is the Moon? Let me compare …" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/18/how-big-is-the-moon-let-me-compare-118840/" aria-label="Read more about How big is the Moon? Let me compare …">Read more</a>
