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November 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachel White, PhD candidate and sessional lecturer, University of Sydney More than half of year 10 music students in NSW dropped the subject by the time they reached year 12. Their teachers said this was so they could choose subjects that would help them get a higher ... <a title="The majority of music students drop out before the end of high school – is the ATAR to blame?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/29/the-majority-of-music-students-drop-out-before-the-end-of-high-school-is-the-atar-to-blame-126350/" aria-label="Read more about The majority of music students drop out before the end of high school – is the ATAR to blame?">Read more</a>
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November 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW There are many reactions one can have to the shocking revelations of Westpac’s failure to comply with Australia’s anti-money-laundering requirements. One reaction is it’s not that big a deal – along the lines of now-ousted chief executive Brian Hartzer reportedly telling ... <a title="Vital Signs: let’s not weep for Westpac’s board, but directors do need help" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/29/vital-signs-lets-not-weep-for-westpacs-board-but-directors-do-need-help-127913/" aria-label="Read more about Vital Signs: let’s not weep for Westpac’s board, but directors do need help">Read more</a>
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November 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Aaron Corn, Professor of Music · Director, Centre for Aboriginal Studies in Music (CASM) · Director, National Centre for Aboriginal Language and Music Studies (NCALMS), University of Adelaide In 1983, the prolific Yolŋu (Yolngu) educator and musician, Mandawuy Yunupiŋu, composed his first ever popular song, Djäpana: Sunset ... <a title="Friday essay: How Indigenous songs recount deep histories of trade between Australia and Southeast Asia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/29/friday-essay-how-indigenous-songs-recount-deep-histories-of-trade-between-australia-and-southeast-asia-123867/" aria-label="Read more about Friday essay: How Indigenous songs recount deep histories of trade between Australia and Southeast Asia">Read more</a>
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November 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The strange affair of Angus Taylor and the allegedly doctored document of dubious provenance he used to try to discredit Sydney’s lord mayor Clover Moore and her council over climate change is replete with lessons for political players. One: avoid ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Own goals and defeat of union legislation give Scott Morrison a horror week" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/29/grattan-on-friday-own-goals-and-defeat-of-union-legislation-give-scott-morrison-a-horror-week-128018/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Own goals and defeat of union legislation give Scott Morrison a horror week">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anthony Jorm, Professor emeritus, University of Melbourne After several months of hearings, and many harrowing stories painting a picture of a system in dire need of reform, the Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System has today released its interim report. The report contains a number of ... <a title="To really fix Victoria’s mental health system, we’ll need to bridge the state/Commonwealth divide" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/28/to-really-fix-victorias-mental-health-system-well-need-to-bridge-the-state-commonwealth-divide-127993/" aria-label="Read more about To really fix Victoria’s mental health system, we’ll need to bridge the state/Commonwealth divide">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2019
A thorn in the side of National, former MP Chester Borrows punctured his party’s “law and order week” before it even started, by framing its new crime and punishment stances as ignorant and dangerous. Appearing in the media early in the week, he painted National’s discussion document as populist, opportunist, and a knee-jerk response where ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: National’s law and order populism savaged" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/28/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-nationals-law-and-order-populism-savaged/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: National’s law and order populism savaged">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Natalie Gately, Criminology Courses Coordinator, Edith Cowan University Maria Exposto, a Sydney grandmother who fell victim to a romance scam and became an unwitting drug mule, couldn’t have known what was before her when she left Australia to sign documents for her fiancé so he could retire ... <a title="A handsome soldier with a ‘medical bill’: how romance scammers make you fall in love with them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/28/a-handsome-soldier-with-a-medical-bill-how-romance-scammers-make-you-fall-in-love-with-them-127820/" aria-label="Read more about A handsome soldier with a ‘medical bill’: how romance scammers make you fall in love with them">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Jefferson, Research Fellow, The University of Queensland A few weeks ago, the Federal Court of Australia ordered a farmer in New South Wales to pay A$290,000 to a blueberry-producing company because he had grown and sold a proprietary variety of the fruit without permission. At issue ... <a title="The case of the pirated blueberries: courts flex new muscle to protect plant breeders’ intellectual property" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/28/the-case-of-the-pirated-blueberries-courts-flex-new-muscle-to-protect-plant-breeders-intellectual-property-126763/" aria-label="Read more about The case of the pirated blueberries: courts flex new muscle to protect plant breeders’ intellectual property">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Terry Carney, Emeritus Professor of Law, University of Sydney Three years after legal experts laid out their reasons why robodebt was wrong in law and wrong in maths, the government has folded its tent, conceding all points just before trial of the test case conducted in the ... <a title="Robodebt failed its day in court, what now?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/28/robodebt-failed-its-day-in-court-what-now-127984/" aria-label="Read more about Robodebt failed its day in court, what now?">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Catherine Ganter, Senior Climatologist, Australian Bureau of Meteorology Summer is likely to start off hot and dry, according to the Bureau of Meteorology’s summer outlook, released today. Much of eastern Australia is likely to be hotter and drier than average, driven by the same climate influences that ... <a title="A hot and dry Australian summer means heatwaves and fire risk ahead" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/28/a-hot-and-dry-australian-summer-means-heatwaves-and-fire-risk-ahead-127990/" aria-label="Read more about A hot and dry Australian summer means heatwaves and fire risk ahead">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Liz Giuffre, Senior Lecturer in Communication, University of Technology Sydney Australian writer and broadcaster Clive James has died at 80 years of age after a long illness. Along with Germaine Greer, Barry Humphries and Robert Hughes, he was known as part of an elite group of “brilliant ... <a title="Vale Clive James – a marvellous low voice whose gracious good humour let others shine" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/28/vale-clive-james-a-marvellous-low-voice-whose-gracious-good-humour-let-others-shine-127992/" aria-label="Read more about Vale Clive James – a marvellous low voice whose gracious good humour let others shine">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Melanie Zeppel, Senior Research Fellow, Macquarie University Carers’ advocates are urging a rethink of the way we support middle-aged Australians caring for ageing parents. Sydney-based organisation Your Side, which supports older people and their carers, has called for a new type of leave – similar to paid ... <a title="More carers’ leave may help Australians look after elderly parents and stay in work" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/28/more-carers-leave-may-help-australians-look-after-elderly-parents-and-stay-in-work-127496/" aria-label="Read more about More carers’ leave may help Australians look after elderly parents and stay in work">Read more</a>
