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May 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Eddie Synot, Senior Research Assistant, Griffith University The Uluru Statement from the Heart is almost two years old and now enjoys bipartisan political support. Labor’s policy, if elected, is to hold a referendum on enshrining a First Nations voice in the Australian Constitution in their first term. ... <a title="Constitutional reform made easy: how to achieve the Uluru statement and a First Nations voice" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/07/constitutional-reform-made-easy-how-to-achieve-the-uluru-statement-and-a-first-nations-voice-116141/" aria-label="Read more about Constitutional reform made easy: how to achieve the Uluru statement and a First Nations voice">Read more</a>
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May 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tooran Alizadeh, Senior Lecturer in Urbanism, Sydney Research Accelerator (SOAR) Fellow, University of Sydney The NBN was touted as dream infrastructure, and the Coalition says it is close to completing the A$50 billion national broadband network. But Australia recently slipped three spots to place 62nd in global ... <a title="Around 50% of homes in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane have the oldest NBN technology" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/07/around-50-of-homes-in-sydney-melbourne-and-brisbane-have-the-oldest-nbn-technology-115131/" aria-label="Read more about Around 50% of homes in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane have the oldest NBN technology">Read more</a>
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May 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca Lawrence, Affiliate, Sydney Environment Institute; Honorary Associate, Macquarie University, Macquarie University Can a uranium mine be rehabilitated to the environmental standards of a national park and World Heritage site? That’s the challenge faced by the controversial Ranger uranium mine inside Kakadu National Park. But our new ... <a title="The uranium mine in the heart of Kakadu needs a better clean up plan" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/07/the-uranium-mine-in-the-heart-of-kakadu-needs-a-better-clean-up-plan-115566/" aria-label="Read more about The uranium mine in the heart of Kakadu needs a better clean up plan">Read more</a>
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May 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Louise Martin-Chew, Freelance art writer and PhD candidate, The University of Queensland In the recent Julian Schnabel film about Vincent van Gogh, At Eternity’s Gate, Vincent asserts, “I am my painting”. The lives of certain artists are often viewed popularly through the prism of biography. But in ... <a title="For Aboriginal artists, personal stories matter" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/07/for-aboriginal-artists-personal-stories-matter-113029/" aria-label="Read more about For Aboriginal artists, personal stories matter">Read more</a>
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May 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Melissa Starling, Postdoctoral researcher, University of Sydney Curious Kids is a series for children. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskids@theconversation.edu.au You might also like the podcast Imagine This, a co-production between ABC KIDS listen and The Conversation, based ... <a title="Curious Kids: is it true that dogs at the pound get killed if nobody adopts them?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/07/curious-kids-is-it-true-that-dogs-at-the-pound-get-killed-if-nobody-adopts-them-115803/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: is it true that dogs at the pound get killed if nobody adopts them?">Read more</a>
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May 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Kaine, Associate Professor UTS Centre for Business and Social Innovation, University of Technology Sydney Today we kick off a four-part election series on wages, industrial relations, Labor and the union movement ahead of the 2019 federal election. You can read an analysis of Labor’s living wage ... <a title="How the major parties stack up on industrial relations policy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/07/how-the-major-parties-stack-up-on-industrial-relations-policy-116256/" aria-label="Read more about How the major parties stack up on industrial relations policy">Read more</a>
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May 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Peetz, Professor of Employment Relations, Centre for Work, Organisation and Wellbeing, Griffith University If, as the polls indicate, Labor wins government on May 18, what role will the unions play? There are two mutually exclusive, extreme views on unions and politics – sometimes argued by the ... <a title="If Labor wins the 2019 federal election, what role will unions play?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/07/if-labor-wins-the-2019-federal-election-what-role-will-unions-play-116343/" aria-label="Read more about If Labor wins the 2019 federal election, what role will unions play?">Read more</a>
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May 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Duckett, Director, Health Program, Grattan Institute The major parties’ manifestos for the 2019 federal election present voters with starkly contrasting health policies. These policies are shaped and constrained by the overall themes presented by the party leaders, but have some unique elements. Liberal – money in ... <a title="What are the major parties promising on health this election?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/07/what-are-the-major-parties-promising-on-health-this-election-116427/" aria-label="Read more about What are the major parties promising on health this election?">Read more</a>
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May 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Lim, Lecturer in environmental and sustainability law, University of Adelaide We are witnessing the loss of biodiversity at rates never before seen in human history. Nearly a million species face extinction if we do not fundamentally change our relationship with the natural world, according to the ... <a title="‘Revolutionary change’ needed to stop unprecedented global extinction crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/07/revolutionary-change-needed-to-stop-unprecedented-global-extinction-crisis-116166/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Revolutionary change’ needed to stop unprecedented global extinction crisis">Read more</a>
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May 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mandy Freund, PhD Researcher, University of Melbourne The pattern of El Niño has changed dramatically in recent years, according to the first seasonal record distinguishing different types of El Niño events over the last 400 years. A new category of El Niño has become far more prevalent ... <a title="El Niño has rapidly become stronger and stranger, according to coral records" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/07/el-nino-has-rapidly-become-stronger-and-stranger-according-to-coral-records-115560/" aria-label="Read more about El Niño has rapidly become stronger and stranger, according to coral records">Read more</a>
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May 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hussein Dia, Professor of Future Urban Mobility, Swinburne University of Technology More shared spaces, safer streets and fewer cars in the city are all part of a newly released ten-year plan by the City of Melbourne. This evening, Town Hall will consider the ambitious draft transport strategy ... <a title="Move away from a car-dominated city looks radical but it’s a sensible plan for a liveable future" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/07/move-away-from-a-car-dominated-city-looks-radical-but-its-a-sensible-plan-for-a-liveable-future-116518/" aria-label="Read more about Move away from a car-dominated city looks radical but it’s a sensible plan for a liveable future">Read more</a>
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May 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andreas Ortmann, Professor, UNSW Today we kick off a four part election series on wages, industrial relations, Labor and the union movement. In the first, University of NSW professor Andreas Ortmann examines Labor’s proposal to have the Fair Work Commission award a so-called “living wage” instead of ... <a title="Bill Shorten’s promise of a living wage is both realistic and necessary. But it’s not enough." class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/07/bill-shortens-promise-of-a-living-wage-is-both-realistic-and-necessary-but-its-not-enough-116153/" aria-label="Read more about Bill Shorten’s promise of a living wage is both realistic and necessary. But it’s not enough.">Read more</a>
