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October 23, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mehmet Ozalp, Associate Professor in Islamic Studies, Director of The Centre for Islamic Studies and Civilisation and Executive Member of Public and Contextual Theology, Charles Sturt University The five-day ceasefire negotiated by US Vice President Mike Pence and Turkish President Recep Tayyib Erdogan ends today. Despite the ... <a title="The ‘ceasefire’ in Syria is ending – here’s what’s likely to happen now" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/23/the-ceasefire-in-syria-is-ending-heres-whats-likely-to-happen-now-125492/" aria-label="Read more about The ‘ceasefire’ in Syria is ending – here’s what’s likely to happen now">Read more</a>
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October 23, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Denis Muller, Senior Research Fellow in the Centre for Advancing Journalism, University of Melbourne The unprecedented blackout of front pages by Australia’s newspaper publishers this week is a highly significant event in Australian political and media history. It represents the completion of a deep rupture in the ... <a title="Australian governments have long been hostile to media freedom. That’s unlikely to change any time soon" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/23/australian-governments-have-long-been-hostile-to-media-freedom-thats-unlikely-to-change-any-time-soon-125565/" aria-label="Read more about Australian governments have long been hostile to media freedom. That’s unlikely to change any time soon">Read more</a>
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October 23, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexandra Hansen, Chief of Staff, The Conversation In recent years coconut water has left the palm-treed shores of tropical islands where tourists on lounge chairs stick straws straight into the fruit, and exploded onto supermarket shelves – helped along by beverage giants such as Coca-Cola and PepsiCo. ... <a title="Is coconut water good for you? We asked five experts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/23/is-coconut-water-good-for-you-we-asked-five-experts-123524/" aria-label="Read more about Is coconut water good for you? We asked five experts">Read more</a>
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October 23, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Petterson, Professor of Geology, Auckland University of Technology CC BY-ND Climate Explained is a collaboration between The Conversation, Stuff and the New Zealand Science Media Centre to answer your questions about climate change. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, please send ... <a title="Climate explained: how volcanoes influence climate and how their emissions compare to what we produce" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/23/climate-explained-how-volcanoes-influence-climate-and-how-their-emissions-compare-to-what-we-produce-125490/" aria-label="Read more about Climate explained: how volcanoes influence climate and how their emissions compare to what we produce">Read more</a>
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October 23, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Newman, Professor of Sustainability, Curtin University A Greenpeace video of me plugging a trackless tram that went viral with 4 million hits has caused a few eyebrows to be raised over whether I think light rail is dead. So let me be clear: light rail remains ... <a title="Trackless trams v light rail? It’s not a contest – both can improve our cities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/23/trackless-trams-v-light-rail-its-not-a-contest-both-can-improve-our-cities-125134/" aria-label="Read more about Trackless trams v light rail? It’s not a contest – both can improve our cities">Read more</a>
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October 23, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anthony Asher, Associate Professor, UNSW Here’s the boldest idea the government’s inquiry into retirement incomes should consider but might not: no longer exempting all of the value of each retiree’s home from the pension assets test. The test would merely exempt part of the value of retirees’ ... <a title="Postcode by postcode: a clever way to include homes in the age pension assets test" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/23/postcode-by-postcode-a-clever-way-to-include-homes-in-the-age-pension-assets-test-125500/" aria-label="Read more about Postcode by postcode: a clever way to include homes in the age pension assets test">Read more</a>
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October 23, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tracey Sernack-Chee Quee, PhD Candidate, Faculty of Design, Architecture & Building, University of Technology Sydney 1973 was a remarkable year for Sydney, with the opening of two major cultural icons. The first was the Sydney Opera House. The second, possibly more important opening, was Flamingo Park Frock ... <a title="Step into Paradise review: from koala jumpers to the Sydney Olympics, Jenny Kee and Linda Jackson defined Australian fashion" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/23/step-into-paradise-review-from-koala-jumpers-to-the-sydney-olympics-jenny-kee-and-linda-jackson-defined-australian-fashion-124985/" aria-label="Read more about Step into Paradise review: from koala jumpers to the Sydney Olympics, Jenny Kee and Linda Jackson defined Australian fashion">Read more</a>
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October 22, 2019
By Rebecca Ananian-Welsh Australians picked up their morning papers yesterday to find heavily blacked-out text instead of front-page headlines. This bold statement was instigated by the “Your Right to Know” campaign, an unlikely coalition of Australian media organisations fighting for press freedom and source protection. A key reform advocated by a range of organisations and experts – including our research ... <a title="Australia needs a Media Freedom Act – here’s how it could work" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/22/australia-needs-a-media-freedom-act-heres-how-it-could-work/" aria-label="Read more about Australia needs a Media Freedom Act – here’s how it could work">Read more</a>
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October 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Phil McManus, Professor of Urban and Environmental Geography: Head of School of Geosciences, University of Sydney In the wake of a shocking ABC report on the dismal end of many racehorses’ lives in slaughterhouses, many Australians are questioning whether the horse racing industry can operate ethically. Some ... <a title="Horse racing must change, or the court of public opinion will bury it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/22/horse-racing-must-change-or-the-court-of-public-opinion-will-bury-it-125637/" aria-label="Read more about Horse racing must change, or the court of public opinion will bury it">Read more</a>
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October 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mohiuddin Ahmed, Lecturer of Computing & Security, Edith Cowan University Machines and the internet are woven into the fabric of our society. A growing number of users, devices and applications work together to produce what we now call “big data”. And this data helps drive many of ... <a title="Data lakes: where big businesses dump their excess data, and hackers have a field day" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/22/data-lakes-where-big-businesses-dump-their-excess-data-and-hackers-have-a-field-day-123865/" aria-label="Read more about Data lakes: where big businesses dump their excess data, and hackers have a field day">Read more</a>
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October 22, 2019
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Today’s content by Dr Bryce Edwards. Transport Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): NZ Transport Agency to Phil Twyford: We should have done better Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): Light rail reality: The six power point slides that stopped a ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – October 22 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/22/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-october-22-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – October 22 2019">Read more</a>
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October 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sara Dehm, Lecturer, University of Technology Sydney Tasmanian Senator Jacqui Lambie has some sobering reading to do over the coming weeks: an 88-page Senate report into the government-sponsored bill to repeal the medevac law that allow refugees and asylum seekers in Papua New Guinea and Nauru to ... <a title="The evidence is clear: the medevac law saves lives. But even this isn’t enough to alleviate refugee suffering" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/22/the-evidence-is-clear-the-medevac-law-saves-lives-but-even-this-isnt-enough-to-alleviate-refugee-suffering-125308/" aria-label="Read more about The evidence is clear: the medevac law saves lives. But even this isn’t enough to alleviate refugee suffering">Read more</a>
