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December 4, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hanabeth Luke, Lecturer, School of Environment, Science and Engineering, Southern Cross University Last week, the Western Australian Government lifted its state-wide moratorium on hydraulic fracturing (fracking). Unconventional gas industries were given the green light to develop on existing petroleum leases, especially in WA’s vast Kimberley region. Following ... <a title="Fracking policies are wildly inconsistent across Australia, from gung-ho development to total bans" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/04/fracking-policies-are-wildly-inconsistent-across-australia-from-gung-ho-development-to-total-bans-108039/" aria-label="Read more about Fracking policies are wildly inconsistent across Australia, from gung-ho development to total bans">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Patrick Harris, Senior Research Fellow, Menzies Centre for Health Policy, University of Sydney WestConnex, the most expensive piece of transport infrastructure being built in Australia, looms large over the next New South Wales election. Construction is well under way, fuelling community concern about the project’s impact on ... <a title="Health impacts and murky decision-making feed public distrust of projects like WestConnex" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/04/health-impacts-and-murky-decision-making-feed-public-distrust-of-projects-like-westconnex-106996/" aria-label="Read more about Health impacts and murky decision-making feed public distrust of projects like WestConnex">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michal Carrington, Lecturer in Marketing, University of Melbourne We consume the products of slavery every day. All of us. Today’s globalised supply chains make it is almost impossible to avoid goods or services free of the fingerprints of slavery. Electronic gadgets, clothing, fish, cocoa and cane sugar ... <a title="We all buy slave-made products: here’s how we avoid feeling guilty" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/04/we-all-buy-slave-made-products-heres-how-we-avoid-feeling-guilty-107197/" aria-label="Read more about We all buy slave-made products: here’s how we avoid feeling guilty">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sasha Grishin, Adjunct Professor of Art History, Australian National University Review: Escher x nendo, National Gallery of Victoria. M. C. Escher (1898-1972) is an artist whose name is synonymous with mathematically challenging, optically intriguing and intellectually perplexing prints. This Dutch artist created a world of impossible objects, ... <a title="Escher x nendo will surprise, delight and challenge" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/04/escher-x-nendo-will-surprise-delight-and-challenge-108036/" aria-label="Read more about Escher x nendo will surprise, delight and challenge">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Blair, Emeritus Professor, ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery, OzGrav, University of Western Australia Four new detections of gravitational waves have been announced at the Gravitational Waves Physics and Astronomy Workshop, at the University of Maryland in the United States. This brings the total ... <a title="New detections of gravitational waves brings the number to 11 – so far" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/04/new-detections-of-gravitational-waves-brings-the-number-to-11-so-far-107962/" aria-label="Read more about New detections of gravitational waves brings the number to 11 – so far">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Rebel right wing Liberal Craig Kelly is a paradox – a man who chronically lacks the numbers but possesses the power to force prime ministers to protect him. On Monday, fresh from a G20 where he was less than feted, ... <a title="View from The Hill: Craig Kelly triumphs in the ‘outwit, outplay, outlast’ game of Survivor" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/04/view-from-the-hill-craig-kelly-triumphs-in-the-outwit-outplay-outlast-game-of-survivor-108097/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Craig Kelly triumphs in the ‘outwit, outplay, outlast’ game of Survivor">Read more</a>
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December 3, 2018
Political Roundup: Bullying and bad behaviour in Parliament by Dr Bryce Edwards The bad behaviour of New Zealand politicians has been a major focus of this year in politics. Actually, this has been happening throughout the world recently, as the growing mood against elites and sexual harassment has led to a refreshing openness and scrutiny ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Bullying and bad behaviour in Parliament" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/03/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-bullying-and-bad-behaviour-in-parliament/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Bullying and bad behaviour in Parliament">Read more</a>
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December 3, 2018
Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – December 03 2018 Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Workplace bullying: Maggie Barry, Parliamentary bullying inquiry, Retirement Commissioner Kirsty Johnston and Derek Cheng (Herald): Former staff accuse National MP Maggie Barry of bullying Dan ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – December 03 2018" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/03/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-december-03-2018/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – December 03 2018">Read more</a>
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December 3, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Samantha Hepburn, Director of the Centre for Energy and Natural Resources Law, Deakin Law School, Deakin University Indian mining multinational Adani has announced that it will self-fund a significantly smaller coal mine in the Galilee Basin, after failing to secure finance from more than 30 domestic and ... <a title="Adani’s new mini version of its mega mine still faces some big hurdles" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/03/adanis-new-mini-version-of-its-mega-mine-still-faces-some-big-hurdles-108038/" aria-label="Read more about Adani’s new mini version of its mega mine still faces some big hurdles">Read more</a>
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December 3, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Bright, Senior Lecturer of Addiction, Edith Cowan University Media reports last week linked the use of “nangs” to the death of a teenager at schoolies week on the Gold Coast. Hamish Bidgood died when he fell from a balcony. He and his friends had reportedly been ... <a title="Explainer: what is nitrous oxide (or nangs) and how dangerous is it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/03/explainer-what-is-nitrous-oxide-or-nangs-and-how-dangerous-is-it-108019/" aria-label="Read more about Explainer: what is nitrous oxide (or nangs) and how dangerous is it?">Read more</a>
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December 3, 2018
Hundreds of Papuan Students Alliance (AMP) in march in Surabaya to commemorate December 1, a day they consider to be West Papua liberation day, on Saturday. Image: Wahyoe Boediwardhana/jakarta Post By Arnold Belau in Jayapura and Wahyoe Boediwardhana in Surabaya More than 500 Papuans in several cities across Indonesia and West Papua were arrested following ... <a title="Indonesian police arrest more than 500 over West Papua flag demos" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/03/indonesian-police-arrest-more-than-500-over-west-papua-flag-demos/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesian police arrest more than 500 over West Papua flag demos">Read more</a>
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December 3, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tony Walker, Adjunct Professor, School of Communications, La Trobe University The United States and China have arrived at a temporary truce in a trade conflict that was threatening to further destabilise world equity markets, entrench a global slowdown and cause more damage to a rules-based international order. ... <a title="G20 summit bring a truce in US-China trade relations – but it’s likely to be temporary" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/03/g20-summit-bring-a-truce-in-us-china-trade-relations-but-its-likely-to-be-temporary-108017/" aria-label="Read more about G20 summit bring a truce in US-China trade relations – but it’s likely to be temporary">Read more</a>
