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May 14, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Gillespie, Professor of Law, University of Waikato The longest-running war appears to be coming to an end. The Taliban has been running an armed rebellion in Afghanistan since being dislodged from power in a US-led invasion following September 11 2001. Recent high-level negotiations between the two ... <a title="How to end Afghanistan war as longest conflict moves towards fragile peace" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/14/how-to-end-afghanistan-war-as-longest-conflict-moves-towards-fragile-peace-116587/" aria-label="Read more about How to end Afghanistan war as longest conflict moves towards fragile peace">Read more</a>
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May 14, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Fletcher, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Governance and Policy Studies, Victoria University of Wellington The Ardern coalition government’s immediate response to a comprehensive welfare report, released last week, has been widely panned as disappointing, even pathetic. Labour promised to overhaul the welfare system and last year ... <a title="Why New Zealand’s government cannot ignore major welfare reform report" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/14/why-new-zealands-government-cannot-ignore-major-welfare-reform-report-116895/" aria-label="Read more about Why New Zealand’s government cannot ignore major welfare reform report">Read more</a>
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May 14, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne The election will be held in four days, on May 18. There will be 151 House seats in the new parliament, up from 150 now. There are 47 NSW seats, 38 Victorian seats, 30 Queensland ... <a title="Poll wrap: Labor maintains 51-49 Newspoll lead, plus many seat polls" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/14/poll-wrap-labor-maintains-51-49-newspoll-lead-plus-many-seat-polls-116802/" aria-label="Read more about Poll wrap: Labor maintains 51-49 Newspoll lead, plus many seat polls">Read more</a>
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May 14, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matt Novacevski, PhD Candidate, University of Melbourne Australia is one of the most urbanised nations in the world, and our ongoing population growth continues to produce new suburbs on city fringes across the continent. These new suburbs, and the processes that form them, are often contentious. And ... <a title="How to turn a housing development into a place where people feel they belong" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/14/how-to-turn-a-housing-development-into-a-place-where-people-feel-they-belong-116174/" aria-label="Read more about How to turn a housing development into a place where people feel they belong">Read more</a>
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May 14, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Benjamin Habib, Lecturer in International Relations, Department of Politics and Philosophy, La Trobe University In recent days, North Korea has upped the ante in its standoff with the United States and South Korea, further highlighting the missed opportunity at February’s Hanoi summit aimed at bringing peace to ... <a title="North Korea is firing missiles again. Does diplomacy still have a chance?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/14/north-korea-is-firing-missiles-again-does-diplomacy-still-have-a-chance-116956/" aria-label="Read more about North Korea is firing missiles again. Does diplomacy still have a chance?">Read more</a>
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May 14, 2019
Rappler’s real-time video coverage of the the 2019 mid-term Philippine elections. Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk All 12 spots open for election in the Philippines Senate have been dominated by President Rodrigo Duterte’s allies without a single opposition candidate becoming a senator, according to early unofficial results. The projected result of the Philippines mid-term elections represents ... <a title="Philippines opposition fails to rock Duterte’s Senate dominance" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/14/philippines-opposition-fails-to-rock-dutertes-senate-dominance/" aria-label="Read more about Philippines opposition fails to rock Duterte’s Senate dominance">Read more</a>
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May 14, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Bowman, Professor of Pyrogeography and Fire Science, University of Tasmania Curious Kids is a series for children. Send your question 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 Curious Kids. I have a ... <a title="Curious Kids: how do bushfires start?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/14/curious-kids-how-do-bushfires-start-116664/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: how do bushfires start?">Read more</a>
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May 14, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joan Leach, Professor, Australian National University New research shows that despite differences in their funding commitments, major political parties in Australia – the Coalition, Labor and the Greens – see science and technology as important aspects of our economy and future prosperity. But that’s not enough. It’s ... <a title="Scientists want to build trust in science and technology. The alternative is too risky to contemplate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/14/scientists-want-to-build-trust-in-science-and-technology-the-alternative-is-too-risky-to-contemplate-116269/" aria-label="Read more about Scientists want to build trust in science and technology. The alternative is too risky to contemplate">Read more</a>
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May 14, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jo Caust, Associate Professor and Principal Fellow (Hon), University of Melbourne Labor launched its arts policy in Melbourne on Saturday. The new policy document is called “Renewing Creative Australia”, paying homage to Labor’s two previous cultural policy documents; “Creative Nation” in 1994 and “Creative Australia” in 2013. ... <a title="Labor’s boost to the arts is welcome but our political climate does not take culture seriously" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/14/labors-boost-to-the-arts-is-welcome-but-our-political-climate-does-not-take-culture-seriously-115466/" aria-label="Read more about Labor’s boost to the arts is welcome but our political climate does not take culture seriously">Read more</a>
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May 14, 2019
By Walter Zweifel for RNZ Dateline Pacific New Caledonia’s anti-independence parties have retained their slim majority in the 54-member Congress made up of members from the French Pacific territory’s three provincial assemblies. After Sunday’s provincial elections the anti-independence parties have 28 Congress seats, reflecting their continued dominance in the more populous Southern province. However, the ... <a title="New Caledonia’s provincial elections sharpen independence political divide" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/14/new-caledonias-provincial-elections-sharpen-independence-political-divide/" aria-label="Read more about New Caledonia’s provincial elections sharpen independence political divide">Read more</a>
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May 14, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bianca Fileborn, Lecturer in Criminology, University of Melbourne Last week the US state of Georgia passed abortion laws that wind back some of the hard-fought reproductive rights won through America’s landmark abortion case Roe v Wade. The new legislation restricts abortion once “cardiac activity” can be detected. ... <a title="Why a ‘sex strike’ is unlikely to improve access to abortion" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/14/why-a-sex-strike-is-unlikely-to-improve-access-to-abortion-116970/" aria-label="Read more about Why a ‘sex strike’ is unlikely to improve access to abortion">Read more</a>
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May 14, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mandie Shean, Lecturer, School of Education, Edith Cowan University Some Australian students are reportedly shunning Year 12 exams in favour of more favourable, and less stressful, pathways to finishing school. These reports come amid warnings of rising rates of anxiety and depression among young people, with psychologists ... <a title="Are we teaching children to be afraid of exams?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/14/are-we-teaching-children-to-be-afraid-of-exams-116741/" aria-label="Read more about Are we teaching children to be afraid of exams?">Read more</a>
