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May 9, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kyle Springer, Senior Analyst at the Perth USAsia Centre, University of Western Australia Myanmar’s president released more than 6,000 prisoners on Tuesday, including two Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists imprisoned for reporting on a military crackdown on the Rohingya Muslim minority in Rakhine state. Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe ... <a title="Journalist pardons are welcome, but press freedom in Myanmar will require real reform" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/09/journalist-pardons-are-welcome-but-press-freedom-in-myanmar-will-require-real-reform-116733/" aria-label="Read more about Journalist pardons are welcome, but press freedom in Myanmar will require real reform">Read more</a>
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May 9, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dietmar Müller, Professor of Geophysics, University of Sydney Classical plate tectonic theory was developed in the 1960s. It proposed that the outer layer of our planet is made up of a small number of rigid plates separated by narrow boundaries. The surface of Earth could be viewed ... <a title="How Earth’s continents became twisted and contorted over millions of years" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/09/how-earths-continents-became-twisted-and-contorted-over-millions-of-years-116168/" aria-label="Read more about How Earth’s continents became twisted and contorted over millions of years">Read more</a>
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May 9, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Jakubowicz, Emeritus Professor of Sociology, University of Technology Sydney At the 2016 federal election, a small but significant vote cast by foreign-born Australians and their families helped elect the Liberal Party. The voters backed conservative minor parties in typically Labor-leaning electorates, and their preferences flowed to ... <a title="Foreign-born voters and their families helped elect Turnbull in 2016. Can they save ScoMo?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/09/foreign-born-voters-and-their-families-helped-elect-turnbull-in-2016-can-they-save-scomo-116588/" aria-label="Read more about Foreign-born voters and their families helped elect Turnbull in 2016. Can they save ScoMo?">Read more</a>
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May 9, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tanya Davison, Associate professor, Swinburne University of Technology This article is the second part in a series, Where culture meets health. It’s often said that no matter who we are, “we all bleed red”. But although our blood may be the same colour, we’re as individual on ... <a title="Australia’s ethnic face is changing, and so are our blood types" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/09/australias-ethnic-face-is-changing-and-so-are-our-blood-types-113454/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s ethnic face is changing, and so are our blood types">Read more</a>
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May 9, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert McLachlan, Professor in Applied Mathematics, Massey University New Zealand’s long-awaited zero carbon bill will create sweeping changes to the management of emissions, setting a global benchmark with ambitious reduction targets for all major greenhouse gases. The bill includes two separate targets – one for the long-lived ... <a title="NZ introduces groundbreaking zero carbon bill, including targets for agricultural methane" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/09/nz-introduces-groundbreaking-zero-carbon-bill-including-targets-for-agricultural-methane-116724/" aria-label="Read more about NZ introduces groundbreaking zero carbon bill, including targets for agricultural methane">Read more</a>
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May 9, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stuart Collard, Research Fellow, The Centre for Global Food and Resources, University of Adelaide The world’s largest assessment of biodiversity recently shared the alarming news that 1 million species are under threat of extinction. Australia’s extinction record is poor compared to the rest of the world, and ... <a title="Fixing Australia’s extinction crisis means thinking bigger than individual species" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/09/fixing-australias-extinction-crisis-means-thinking-bigger-than-individual-species-115559/" aria-label="Read more about Fixing Australia’s extinction crisis means thinking bigger than individual species">Read more</a>
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May 9, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Read, Associate Lecturer, Ecology and Environmental Sciences, University of Adelaide Introduced cats are a key threat to 123 of Australia’s threatened species. The management of cats is challenging and divisive; many options such as rehoming, trap-neuter-release and euthanasia have been used around the world with varying ... <a title="Why Australia needs to kill cats" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/09/why-australia-needs-to-kill-cats-116654/" aria-label="Read more about Why Australia needs to kill cats">Read more</a>
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May 9, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marilyn Campbell, Professor Faculty of Education, School of Cultural and Professional Learning, Queensland University of Technology The Age newspaper recently highlighted the issue of so-called “helicopter parenting” at universities. The report talked of parents contacting lecturers to ask about their adult children’s grades, sitting in on meetings ... <a title="Too much love: helicopter parents could be raising anxious, narcissistic children" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/09/too-much-love-helicopter-parents-could-be-raising-anxious-narcissistic-children-116182/" aria-label="Read more about Too much love: helicopter parents could be raising anxious, narcissistic children">Read more</a>
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May 9, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Debra Flanders Cushing, Associate Professor in Landscape Architecture, Queensland University of Technology Well-designed suburban parks could be an antidote to helicopter parenting. As well as giving kids much-needed time outdoors being active, suburban parks offer kids opportunities to decide what activities they do, new research shows. It’s ... <a title="Why suburban parks offer an antidote to helicopter parenting" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/09/why-suburban-parks-offer-an-antidote-to-helicopter-parenting-115155/" aria-label="Read more about Why suburban parks offer an antidote to helicopter parenting">Read more</a>
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May 9, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Warwick Smith, Research economist, University of Melbourne This article is part of an election series on wages, industrial relations, Labor and the union movement ahead of the 2019 federal election. You can read other pieces in the series here, here, here, here, and here. Opposition Leader Bill ... <a title="Labor wants to pay childcare wages itself. A perfect storm makes it not such a bad idea" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/09/labor-wants-to-pay-childcare-wages-itself-a-perfect-storm-makes-it-not-such-a-bad-idea-116272/" aria-label="Read more about Labor wants to pay childcare wages itself. A perfect storm makes it not such a bad idea">Read more</a>
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May 9, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bronwyn Carlson, Professor, Indigenous Studies, Macquarie University As part of his re-election pitch, Prime Minister Scott Morrison has promised to crack down on online trolls, increasing the penalties for online harassment. The Melbourne Demons, meanwhile, have announced a new campaign targeting online bullying. They recently opened a ... <a title="We need to do more about cyberbullying against Indigenous Australians" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/09/we-need-to-do-more-about-cyberbullying-against-indigenous-australians-115297/" aria-label="Read more about We need to do more about cyberbullying against Indigenous Australians">Read more</a>
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May 9, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Two moments stood out in Wednesday night’s debate, which substantially canvassed issues that have been chewed over endlessly through the campaign. These moments were significant not for the impact they’ll have on voters – who are probably over debates, if ... <a title="View from The Hill: Third debate contained some messages about and from the leaders" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/09/view-from-the-hill-third-debate-contained-some-messages-about-and-from-the-leaders-116769/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Third debate contained some messages about and from the leaders">Read more</a>
