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January 9, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jane Martin, Executive Manager of the Obesity Policy Coalition; Senior Fellow, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne This article is part of a series focusing on the politics of food – what we eat, how our views of food are changing and why ... <a title="Let’s untangle the murky politics around kids and food (and ditch the guilt)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/09/lets-untangle-the-murky-politics-around-kids-and-food-and-ditch-the-guilt-108328/" aria-label="Read more about Let’s untangle the murky politics around kids and food (and ditch the guilt)">Read more</a>
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January 9, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Bright, Senior Lecturer of Addiction, Edith Cowan University As the festival season ramps up this summer, so has the ecstasy death toll. There have now been five deaths that might have been preventable if people knew what was in the drugs they were taking. This has ... <a title="While law makers squabble over pill testing, people should test their drugs at home" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/09/while-law-makers-squabble-over-pill-testing-people-should-test-their-drugs-at-home-109421/" aria-label="Read more about While law makers squabble over pill testing, people should test their drugs at home">Read more</a>
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January 9, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bruce Mountain, Director, Victoria Energy Policy Centre, Victoria University A new regulation has highlighted the thousands of offers electricity retailers make to new customers, mostly through commercial comparison sites. These sites typically do not include the best possible offers, funnelling consumers into higher-cost plans in exchange for ... <a title="New regulations expose energy price gouging through ‘free’ comparison sites" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/09/new-regulations-expose-energy-price-gouging-through-free-comparison-sites-109420/" aria-label="Read more about New regulations expose energy price gouging through ‘free’ comparison sites">Read more</a>
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January 9, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Nicholl, Lecturer and Research Assistant, University of Melbourne What is the chance the last tin of tuna you ate was made using slave labour? If it came from Thailand, the odds may be a lot higher than you imagine. We have tracked the journey of tuna ... <a title="Almost every brand of tuna on supermarket shelves shows why modern slavery laws are needed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/09/almost-every-brand-of-tuna-on-supermarket-shelves-shows-why-modern-slavery-laws-are-needed-108421/" aria-label="Read more about Almost every brand of tuna on supermarket shelves shows why modern slavery laws are needed">Read more</a>
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January 9, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Craig Barker, Education Manager, Sydney University Museums, University of Sydney In a new series, we look at under acknowledged women through the ages. The life of Caterina Cornaro could easily be the plot of a novel or TV drama. One of the most significant woman of Venice’s ... <a title="Hidden women of history: Caterina Cornaro, the last queen of Cyprus" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/09/hidden-women-of-history-caterina-cornaro-the-last-queen-of-cyprus-108495/" aria-label="Read more about Hidden women of history: Caterina Cornaro, the last queen of Cyprus">Read more</a>
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January 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Susan Hutchinson, PhD Candidate, Australian National University When Congolese gynaecologist Dr Denis Mukwege received his Nobel Peace Prize a few months ago, he inferred responsibility for what happens in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to everyone who owns a smart phone. As well as diamonds and ... <a title="The DR Congo is bracing for election results and it’s likely to get bloody. Here’s what you need to know" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/08/the-dr-congo-is-bracing-for-election-results-and-its-likely-to-get-bloody-heres-what-you-need-to-know-109422/" aria-label="Read more about The DR Congo is bracing for election results and it’s likely to get bloody. Here’s what you need to know">Read more</a>
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January 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Susanne Becken, Professor of Sustainable Tourism and Director, Griffith Institute for Tourism, Griffith University The directors of most Australian companies are well aware of the impact of carbon emissions, not only on the environment but also on their own firms as emissions-intensive industries get lumbered with taxes ... <a title="Businesses think they’re on top of carbon risk, but tourism destinations have barely a clue" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/08/businesses-think-theyre-on-top-of-carbon-risk-but-tourism-destinations-have-barely-a-clue-105375/" aria-label="Read more about Businesses think they’re on top of carbon risk, but tourism destinations have barely a clue">Read more</a>
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January 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yee-Fui Ng, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, Monash University Queensland Senator Fraser Anning has used taxpayer funds to pay for flights to Melbourne to attend a protest with far-right extremists. Anning’s use of taxpayer money for what many argue to be inappropriate reasons is another in a ... <a title="Parliamentary entitlements: what’s allowed and what’s not?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/08/parliamentary-entitlements-whats-allowed-and-whats-not-109425/" aria-label="Read more about Parliamentary entitlements: what’s allowed and what’s not?">Read more</a>
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January 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Cowling, Associate Professor in Educational Technology, CQUniversity Australia Cast your mind back to the turn of last century. Experts predicted that by now classrooms would no longer feature human teachers, and holographic virtual entities would deliver lessons instead. This certainly hasn’t happened. The closest we have ... <a title="Holographic teachers were supposed to be part of our future. What happened?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/08/holographic-teachers-were-supposed-to-be-part-of-our-future-what-happened-108500/" aria-label="Read more about Holographic teachers were supposed to be part of our future. What happened?">Read more</a>
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January 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachel A. Ankeny, Professor of History and Associate Dean Research (Faculty of Arts), University of Adelaide This article is part of a series focusing on the politics of food – what we eat, how our views of food are changing and why it matters from a cultural ... <a title="Red meat and imported wine: why ethical eating often stops at the restaurant door" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/08/red-meat-and-imported-wine-why-ethical-eating-often-stops-at-the-restaurant-door-106926/" aria-label="Read more about Red meat and imported wine: why ethical eating often stops at the restaurant door">Read more</a>
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January 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Martyn Lloyd Jones, Honorary Senior Lecturer, University of Melbourne For many years experts in the field of drug policy in Australia have known existing policies are failing. Crude messages (calls for total abstinence: “just say no to drugs”) and even cruder enforcement strategies (harsher penalties, criminalisation of ... <a title="Here’s why doctors are backing pill testing at music festivals across Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/08/heres-why-doctors-are-backing-pill-testing-at-music-festivals-across-australia-109430/" aria-label="Read more about Here’s why doctors are backing pill testing at music festivals across Australia">Read more</a>
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January 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Chambers, Lecturer, School of Education (Qld), Australian Catholic University Secondary school can be a lonely place for adolescents who don’t have a best friend or a group of trusted friends. Young people will be more skilled in the art of making genuine friends (and keeping them) ... <a title="Adolescence can be awkward. Here’s how parents can help their child make and maintain good friendships" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/08/adolescence-can-be-awkward-heres-how-parents-can-help-their-child-make-and-maintain-good-friendships-107362/" aria-label="Read more about Adolescence can be awkward. Here’s how parents can help their child make and maintain good friendships">Read more</a>
