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May 30, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Pi-Shen Seet, Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Edith Cowan University The vocational education and training (VET) sector is integral to Australia’s economy and the businesses and workforce that underpin it. The sector provides skills to 4.2 million students at 4,200 registered training providers. This is important because, ... <a title="The government keeps talking about revamping VET – but is it actually doing it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/30/the-government-keeps-talking-about-revamping-vet-but-is-it-actually-doing-it-117743/" aria-label="Read more about The government keeps talking about revamping VET – but is it actually doing it?">Read more</a>
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May 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Beth Webster, Director, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Karen Andrews will continue as Australia’s Minister for Industry, Science and Technology, sworn in today with other cabinet members in Scott Morrison’s refreshed Coalition government. As one of the shepherds of the Australian innovation system, Andrews ... <a title="Enough with the pilot programs: we need to kickstart innovation in Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/29/enough-with-the-pilot-programs-we-need-to-kickstart-innovation-in-australia-117826/" aria-label="Read more about Enough with the pilot programs: we need to kickstart innovation in Australia">Read more</a>
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May 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cameron Webb, Clinical Lecturer and Principal Hospital Scientist, University of Sydney The Queensland city of Rockhampton was free of dengue for decades. Now, a case of one of the most serious mosquito-borne diseases has authorities scratching their heads. Over the past decade, dengue infections have tended to ... <a title="After decades away, dengue returns to central Queensland" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/29/after-decades-away-dengue-returns-to-central-queensland-117821/" aria-label="Read more about After decades away, dengue returns to central Queensland">Read more</a>
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May 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Petter Nyman, Research Fellow, University of Melbourne Slurries of mud increasingly threaten the water we drink. This rush of sediment, known as “debris flow”, is a type of erosion where mud and boulders in steep catchments suddenly tumble down the stream channel, often travelling at speeds of ... <a title="Freak mud flows threaten our water supplies, and climate change is raising the risk" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/29/freak-mud-flows-threaten-our-water-supplies-and-climate-change-is-raising-the-risk-116418/" aria-label="Read more about Freak mud flows threaten our water supplies, and climate change is raising the risk">Read more</a>
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May 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mai Sato, Fellow, School of Regulation and Global Governance, The Australian National University, Australian National University On May 27, a 51-year old man went on a killing spree in the Japanese city of Kawasaki, located south of Tokyo. With a knife in each hand, he killed a ... <a title="Despite Japan’s low crime rates, it’s seen a number of mass stabbings in the past decade" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/29/despite-japans-low-crime-rates-its-seen-a-number-of-mass-stabbings-in-the-past-decade-117910/" aria-label="Read more about Despite Japan’s low crime rates, it’s seen a number of mass stabbings in the past decade">Read more</a>
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May 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Staff, PhD Candidate, Australian National University Australia could once count itself among the vanguard of women’s rights reform, being the first country in the world to grant (some) women the dual rights of voting and standing for parliament in 1902. While we have made significant advances ... <a title="Why is it taking so long to achieve gender equality in parliament?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/29/why-is-it-taking-so-long-to-achieve-gender-equality-in-parliament-117313/" aria-label="Read more about Why is it taking so long to achieve gender equality in parliament?">Read more</a>
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May 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emil Jeyaratnam, Data + Interactives Editor, The Conversation As Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s ministry is sworn in today, we’re taking a closer look at the members of the newly revamped cabinet. Some of the faces are new – Stuart Robert, for example, takes over the new portfolio ... <a title="Infographic: who’s who in the new Morrison ministry" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/29/infographic-whos-who-in-the-new-morrison-ministry-117909/" aria-label="Read more about Infographic: who’s who in the new Morrison ministry">Read more</a>
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May 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emil Jeyaratnam, Data + Interactives Editor, The Conversation As Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s ministry is sworn in today, we’re taking a closer look at the members of the newly revamped cabinet. Some of the faces are new – Stuart Robert, for example, takes over the new portfolio ... <a title="A closer look at Scott Morrison’s new ministry" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/29/a-closer-look-at-scott-morrisons-new-ministry-117909/" aria-label="Read more about A closer look at Scott Morrison’s new ministry">Read more</a>
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May 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Euan Graham, Executive Director, La Trobe Asia, La Trobe University The 2019 federal election, unlike previous campaigns, did not feature a dedicated debate on foreign affairs or defence. The conventional cynicism – that there are no votes in foreign policy – does not adequately explain this. It ... <a title="Scott Morrison’s biggest foreign policy test: keeping peace with both China and the US" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/29/scott-morrisons-biggest-foreign-policy-test-keeping-peace-with-both-china-and-the-us-117598/" aria-label="Read more about Scott Morrison’s biggest foreign policy test: keeping peace with both China and the US">Read more</a>
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May 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Claire McKie, Senior Lecturer, Clinical and Communication Skills, Deakin University In January, 107-year-old Daphne Keith broke her hip and became the oldest Australian to have a partial hip replacement. This isn’t something you would have heard of two or three decades ago. For Daphne, the decision was ... <a title="Surgery rates are rising in over-85s but the decision to operate isn’t always easy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/29/surgery-rates-are-rising-in-over-85s-but-the-decision-to-operate-isnt-always-easy-116814/" aria-label="Read more about Surgery rates are rising in over-85s but the decision to operate isn’t always easy">Read more</a>
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May 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Rogers, Senior Lecturer in Sociology of Law, Macquarie University Privacy was not a hot topic in the recent Australian election, but it should have been. This is because the City of Darwin is adapting elements of the Chinese social credit system for use in Australia. The ... <a title="Is China’s social credit system coming to Australia?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/29/is-chinas-social-credit-system-coming-to-australia-117095/" aria-label="Read more about Is China’s social credit system coming to Australia?">Read more</a>
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May 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Geoff Hanmer, Adjunct Lecturer in Architecture, UNSW Unless the federal government changes its funding policy for universities, less well-off ones, particularly regional universities, are going to fail. In Britain, it is already happening. Several bankruptcies are imminent. In Australia, many are clearly in financial difficulties and are ... <a title="Why regional universities are at risk of going under" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/29/why-regional-universities-are-at-risk-of-going-under-109374/" aria-label="Read more about Why regional universities are at risk of going under">Read more</a>
