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May 27, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Carla Pascoe Leahy, Australian Research Council DECRA Fellow, University of Melbourne Over the past few decades of Australian life, government policies have gradually offered more support to working mothers, particularly through childcare subsidies and parental leave. But what motivates Australian parents in their choices around work and ... <a title="Mothers explain how they navigated work and childcare, from the 1970s to today" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/27/mothers-explain-how-they-navigated-work-and-childcare-from-the-1970s-to-today-117617/" aria-label="Read more about Mothers explain how they navigated work and childcare, from the 1970s to today">Read more</a>
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May 27, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim Lindsey, Malcolm Smith Professor of Asian Law and Director of the Centre for Indonesian Law, Islam and Society, University of Melbourne The violent riots that shook Jakarta last week led to at least six deaths, over 700 injured and more than 200 arrests. Demonstrations and rallies ... <a title="Jakarta riots reveal Indonesia’s deep divisions on religion and politics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/27/jakarta-riots-reveal-indonesias-deep-divisions-on-religion-and-politics-117818/" aria-label="Read more about Jakarta riots reveal Indonesia’s deep divisions on religion and politics">Read more</a>
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May 27, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lorenzo Buscicchi, PhD Candidate, Teaching assistant, University of Waikato New Zealand will release its first well-being budget this week, based on a suite of measures that track how New Zealanders are doing, including how happy they are. The latest World Happiness Report, issued by the UN Sustainable ... <a title="The paradox of happiness: the more you chase it the more elusive it becomes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/27/the-paradox-of-happiness-the-more-you-chase-it-the-more-elusive-it-becomes-112217/" aria-label="Read more about The paradox of happiness: the more you chase it the more elusive it becomes">Read more</a>
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May 27, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Darren Curnoe, Associate Professor and Chief Investigator, ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage, University of New South Wales, UNSW 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 ... <a title="Curious Kids: are humans going to evolve again?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/27/curious-kids-are-humans-going-to-evolve-again-116990/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: are humans going to evolve again?">Read more</a>
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May 27, 2019
Prime Minister Peter O’Neill steps down from the top job and hands over the reigns to Sir Julius Chan, leader of Peoples Progress Party. Video: EMTV News By Johnny Blades of RNZ Pacific Papua New Guinean Prime Minister Peter O’Neill has announced that he will step down from the role, after weeks of defections from ... <a title="Embattled O’Neill ‘handing over’ PNG’s leadership to Chan" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/27/embattled-oneill-handing-over-pngs-leadership-to-chan/" aria-label="Read more about Embattled O’Neill ‘handing over’ PNG’s leadership to Chan">Read more</a>
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May 27, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Zerilli, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Otago New Zealand is a leader in government use of artificial intelligence (AI). It is part of a global network of countries that use predictive algorithms in government decision making, for anything from the optimal scheduling of public hospital beds to ... <a title="Call for independent watchdog to monitor NZ government use of artificial intelligence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/27/call-for-independent-watchdog-to-monitor-nz-government-use-of-artificial-intelligence-117589/" aria-label="Read more about Call for independent watchdog to monitor NZ government use of artificial intelligence">Read more</a>
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May 27, 2019
By Kristen Lyons of the University of Queensland Climate change threatens Australia in many different ways, and can devastate rural and urban communities alike. For Torres Strait Islanders, it is a crisis that is washing away their homes, infrastructure and even cemeteries. The failure to take action on this crisis has led a group of ... <a title="Torres Strait Islanders in UN challenge over Australian climate ‘rights abuses’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/27/torres-strait-islanders-in-un-challenge-over-australian-climate-rights-abuses/" aria-label="Read more about Torres Strait Islanders in UN challenge over Australian climate ‘rights abuses’">Read more</a>
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May 27, 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 Wellbeing Budget Stacey Kirk (Stuff): Economics aside, the Budget rules were self-imposed for entirely political reasons Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): Budget 2019: Goodbye ‘NZ Inc’ and welcome to the world of wellbeing Simon Wilson ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 27 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/27/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-may-27-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 27 2019">Read more</a>
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May 27, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Laichang Zhang, Professor Mechanical Engineering, Edith Cowan University To mark the International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements we’re taking a look at how researchers study some of the elements in their work. Today’s it’s titanium, a metal known for its strength and lightness so ... <a title="Titanium is the perfect metal to make replacement human body parts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/27/titanium-is-the-perfect-metal-to-make-replacement-human-body-parts-115361/" aria-label="Read more about Titanium is the perfect metal to make replacement human body parts">Read more</a>
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May 27, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris Wallace, ARC DECRA Fellow, Australian National University The high tide of analysis concerning the Australian Labor Party’s shock 2019 federal election loss has been reached. It looks like so much flotsam and jetsam with the odd big log – leadership popularity, Queensland – prominent among the ... <a title="How might Labor win in 2022? The answers can all be found in the lessons of 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/27/how-might-labor-win-in-2022-the-answers-can-all-be-found-in-the-lessons-of-2019-117742/" aria-label="Read more about How might Labor win in 2022? The answers can all be found in the lessons of 2019">Read more</a>
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May 27, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Gilroy, ARC Research Fellow in Indigenous Health, Disability and Community Development, University of Sydney We welcome the recently announced Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability. At the same time, the enquiry must consider certain issues in its approach to Aboriginal ... <a title="Why Aboriginal voices need to be front and centre in the disability Royal Commission" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/27/why-aboriginal-voices-need-to-be-front-and-centre-in-the-disability-royal-commission-115056/" aria-label="Read more about Why Aboriginal voices need to be front and centre in the disability Royal Commission">Read more</a>
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May 27, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kristen Lyons, Professor Environment and Development Sociology, The University of Queensland Climate change threatens Australia in many different ways, and can devastate rural and urban communities alike. For Torres Strait Islanders, it’s a crisis that’s washing away their homes, infrastructure and even cemeteries. The failure to take ... <a title="Torres Strait Islanders ask UN to hold Australia to account on climate ‘human rights abuses’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/27/torres-strait-islanders-ask-un-to-hold-australia-to-account-on-climate-human-rights-abuses-117262/" aria-label="Read more about Torres Strait Islanders ask UN to hold Australia to account on climate ‘human rights abuses’">Read more</a>
