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May 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Craig Batty, Professor of Creative Writing, University of Technology Sydney Why do we tell stories, and how are they crafted? In a new series, we unpick the work of the writer on both page and screen. Set against the political backdrop of Australia’s refugee policy and the ... <a title="Inside the story: The Merger – a sports film as a vehicle for social change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/07/inside-the-story-the-merger-a-sports-film-as-a-vehicle-for-social-change-115702/" aria-label="Read more about Inside the story: The Merger – a sports film as a vehicle for social change">Read more</a>
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May 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alfio Leotta, Senior Lecturer, Victoria University of Wellington The ocean rushes below as suddenly the LOUDSPEAKERS BLARE out Wagner’s Ride of the Valkyries. So reads the screenplay for the 1979 war movie Apocalypse Now. It describes the sequence in which a squadron of American helicopters blasts Wagner ... <a title="Apocalypse Now turns 40: rediscovering the genesis of a film classic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/07/apocalypse-now-turns-40-rediscovering-the-genesis-of-a-film-classic-113448/" aria-label="Read more about Apocalypse Now turns 40: rediscovering the genesis of a film classic">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra University of Tasmania political science professor, Richard Eccleston, says a lack of a coherent energy policy could count against the Coalition in the island state. “The party which seems to offer the more compelling commitment to climate change and renewable ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Richard Eccleston on the electoral mood in Tasmania" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/06/politics-with-michelle-grattan-richard-eccleston-on-the-electoral-mood-in-tasmania-116613/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Richard Eccleston on the electoral mood in Tasmania">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sunanda Creagh, Head of Digital Storytelling Here’s an astonishingly large number. Around 900 million Indians are heading to the polls to decide if they want to reelect the current government of Narendra Modi and his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). India Tomorrow is a seven-part podcast ... <a title="India election 2019: millions of Indian youth are underemployed and going to the polls" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/06/india-election-2019-millions-of-indian-youth-are-underemployed-and-going-to-the-polls-113563/" aria-label="Read more about India election 2019: millions of Indian youth are underemployed and going to the polls">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gary Sacks, Associate Professor, Deakin University Last week Labor pledged to consider serious steps to improve Australian diets and tackle our obesity epidemic. This would form part of a A$115.6 million plan from the Opposition to address preventable illness. This is the first time one of the ... <a title="Labor’s election pledge to improve Australian diets is a first – now we need action, not just ‘consideration’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/06/labors-election-pledge-to-improve-australian-diets-is-a-first-now-we-need-action-not-just-consideration-116425/" aria-label="Read more about Labor’s election pledge to improve Australian diets is a first – now we need action, not just ‘consideration’">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Hamilton, PhD Candidate in Zoology, University of Tasmania Tasmanian devils have a reputation as a fearsome animal – most of the time this is undeserved. When it comes to the mating season, however, it’s a fair judgement. Between February and April, mating can be incredibly aggressive, ... <a title="Sexual aggression key to spread of deadly tumours in Tasmanian devils" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/06/sexual-aggression-key-to-spread-of-deadly-tumours-in-tasmanian-devils-116271/" aria-label="Read more about Sexual aggression key to spread of deadly tumours in Tasmanian devils">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Narelle Miragliotta, Senior Lecturer in Australian Politics, Monash University The Greens are not expected to be the beneficiaries of a supposed surge in support for minor parties and independent candidates at this election. Since June 2017, Newspoll has rarely recorded the Greens’ primary vote much above 10%. ... <a title="Greens on track for stability, rather than growth, this election" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/06/greens-on-track-for-stability-rather-than-growth-this-election-116295/" aria-label="Read more about Greens on track for stability, rather than growth, this election">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chelsea Mullens, PhD candidate in the School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences, University of Melbourne In Avengers: Endgame, the highly-anticipated 22nd film in the Marvel franchise, Earth’s mightiest heroes contend with the repercussions of supervillain Thanos wiping out half of all life in the universe with the ... <a title="Avengers: Endgame and why a smaller population doesn’t guarantee paradise" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/06/avengers-endgame-and-why-a-smaller-population-doesnt-guarantee-paradise-116070/" aria-label="Read more about Avengers: Endgame and why a smaller population doesn’t guarantee paradise">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Steinar Ellingsen, Senior Lecturer in Journalism, Communication and Media, University of Wollongong Over the past decade the profits of 160-odd regional and rural publications that make up the former Fairfax business division known as Australian Community Media (ACM) have fallen steeply. In 2012 the division made a ... <a title="After a dark decade for Australia’s regional newspapers, a hopeful light flickers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/06/after-a-dark-decade-for-australias-regional-newspapers-a-hopeful-light-flickers-116359/" aria-label="Read more about After a dark decade for Australia’s regional newspapers, a hopeful light flickers">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne With 12 days until the May 18 election, this week’s Newspoll, conducted May 2-5 from a sample of 1,880, gave Labor a 51-49 lead, unchanged since last week. Primary votes were 38% Coalition (steady), 36% ... <a title="Poll wrap: Newspoll and Ipsos have contrasting leaders’ ratings trends; Abbott trails in Warringah" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/06/poll-wrap-newspoll-and-ipsos-have-contrasting-leaders-ratings-trends-abbott-trails-in-warringah-116413/" aria-label="Read more about Poll wrap: Newspoll and Ipsos have contrasting leaders’ ratings trends; Abbott trails in Warringah">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Farmer, Researcher, University of Melbourne 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 on ... <a title="Curious Kids: what is brain freeze?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/06/curious-kids-what-is-brain-freeze-112774/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: what is brain freeze?">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Jumping beyond May 18, we know a good deal more about how a Shorten government ministry would look than the shape of a re-elected Morrison government. A rash of ministers quitting politics at the election has left some significant holes ... <a title="View from The Hill: Lots of ministry spots to fill if Morrison wins, while many Shorten ministers would return to a familiar cabinet room" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/06/view-from-the-hill-lots-of-ministry-spots-to-fill-if-morrison-wins-while-many-shorten-ministers-would-return-to-a-familiar-cabinet-room-116589/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Lots of ministry spots to fill if Morrison wins, while many Shorten ministers would return to a familiar cabinet room">Read more</a>
