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June 13, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael J. I. Brown, Associate professor in astronomy, Monash University The Coalition has been re-elected to government, and after six years in office it has not created any effective policies for reducing greenhouse emissions. Does that mean the Australian climate change debate is stuck in 2013? Not ... <a title="Why old-school climate denial has had its day" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/13/why-old-school-climate-denial-has-had-its-day-117752/" aria-label="Read more about Why old-school climate denial has had its day">Read more</a>
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June 13, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Karen Dooley, Associate Professor, Queensland University of Technology When you think about private tutoring, you might imagine parents striving to give their children a competitive edge. But many parents use tutoring to fill gaps in their child’s schooling – such as to improve their literacy. In our ... <a title="Parents say their children have tutors to fill gaps, not to charge ahead" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/13/parents-say-their-children-have-tutors-to-fill-gaps-not-to-charge-ahead-117661/" aria-label="Read more about Parents say their children have tutors to fill gaps, not to charge ahead">Read more</a>
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June 13, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marcus Foth, Professor of Urban Informatics, Queensland University of Technology Digital technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics are said to make many jobs redundant due to automation. BeefLedger, a QUT research project with a focus on blockchain and agtech (agricultural technology), tells a different story. ... <a title="Creatives in the country? Blockchain and agtech can create unexpected jobs in regional Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/13/creatives-in-the-country-blockchain-and-agtech-can-create-unexpected-jobs-in-regional-australia-117017/" aria-label="Read more about Creatives in the country? Blockchain and agtech can create unexpected jobs in regional Australia">Read more</a>
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June 13, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katherine Wilson, Author and educator, Swinburne University of Technology John switches on the power saw he’s bought secondhand on eBay. The machine “arcs” – shooting out a visible electric charge. So he takes it apart to investigate. He identifies the problem: the field coil, a current-carrying component ... <a title="Mending hearts: how a ‘repair economy’ creates a kinder, more caring community" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/13/mending-hearts-how-a-repair-economy-creates-a-kinder-more-caring-community-113547/" aria-label="Read more about Mending hearts: how a ‘repair economy’ creates a kinder, more caring community">Read more</a>
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June 13, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Isabella Alexander, Professor of Law, University of Technology Sydney Reports that two Aboriginal-owned businesses and the AFL have received cease and desist warnings over their use of the Aboriginal flag on clothing have left many Australians surprised and confused. A company called WAM Clothing, not owned by ... <a title="Explainer: our copyright laws and the Australian Aboriginal flag" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/13/explainer-our-copyright-laws-and-the-australian-aboriginal-flag-118687/" aria-label="Read more about Explainer: our copyright laws and the Australian Aboriginal flag">Read more</a>
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June 13, 2019
Press freedom groups are sounding the alarm over a pair of police raids on journalists in Australia. Video: Democracy Now! By Democracy Now! Press freedom groups are sounding the alarm over a pair of police raids on journalists. Last week, Australian Federal Police swept into the headquarters of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in Sydney, reviewing ... <a title="Press freedom under police attack – Democracy Now! probes ABC raid" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/13/press-freedom-under-police-attack-democracy-now-probes-abc-raid/" aria-label="Read more about Press freedom under police attack – Democracy Now! probes ABC raid">Read more</a>
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June 12, 2019
An excerpt from the cover of Mekim Nius – Tok Pisin for “newsmaking”. David Robie Wednesday, June 12, 2019 Abstract The news media is the watchdog of democracy. But in the South Pacific today the Fourth Estate role is under threat from governments seeking statutory regulation, diminished media credibility, dilemmas over ethics and uncertainty over ... <a title="Mekim Nius: South Pacific media, politics and education" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/12/mekim-nius-south-pacific-media-politics-and-education/" aria-label="Read more about Mekim Nius: South Pacific media, politics and education">Read more</a>
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June 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra ACTU secretary Sally McManus will meet union leader John Setka on Thursday to discuss his “words and actions”, as Setka’s union allies push back against Anthony Albanese’s move to have him expelled from the ALP. The controversial Victorian secretary of ... <a title="ACTU’s Sally McManus to confront CFMMEU’s John Setka" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/12/actus-sally-mcmanus-to-confront-cfmmeus-john-setka-118699/" aria-label="Read more about ACTU’s Sally McManus to confront CFMMEU’s John Setka">Read more</a>
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June 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Sandeman, Honorary Professor, Federation University Australia Curious Kids is a series for children. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskids@theconversation.edu.au You might also like the podcast Imagine This, a co-production between ABC KIDS listen and The Conversation, based ... <a title="Curious Kids: why do leeches suck our blood?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/12/curious-kids-why-do-leeches-suck-our-blood-117316/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: why do leeches suck our blood?">Read more</a>
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June 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ari Mattes, Lecturer in Media Studies, University of Notre Dame Australia Revenge films remain popular, in part, because they re-stage a formative aspect of human culture – the bonding of societies around communal acts of violence. As René Girard has written, scapegoating – the designation and punishment ... <a title="The Nightingale – much ado about nothing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/12/the-nightingale-much-ado-about-nothing-118683/" aria-label="Read more about The Nightingale – much ado about nothing">Read more</a>
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June 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katharina J. Peters, Postdoctoral fellow, Flinders University A parasite known to infect beaks in some iconic Darwin finches on the Galapagos Islands is changing the mating song of male birds. Our research, published today in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, reveals how the parasite deforms the ... <a title="A parasite attack on Darwin’s finches means they’re losing their lovesong" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/12/a-parasite-attack-on-darwins-finches-means-theyre-losing-their-lovesong-118586/" aria-label="Read more about A parasite attack on Darwin’s finches means they’re losing their lovesong">Read more</a>
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June 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Marino, Lecturer and Researcher, RMIT University Uber Air will start test flights of its aerial taxi service in 2020, and move to commercial operations by 2023, the ABC reported today. Melbourne, Dallas and Los Angels have been named as three test cities for the trial. Along ... <a title="Uber in the air: flying taxi trials may lead to passenger service by 2023" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/12/uber-in-the-air-flying-taxi-trials-may-lead-to-passenger-service-by-2023-118681/" aria-label="Read more about Uber in the air: flying taxi trials may lead to passenger service by 2023">Read more</a>
