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February 28, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben Madden, Senior Research Consultant at the Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney Almost half of Australia’s packaging waste is not being recovered for recycling, according to the first comprehensive study to track the fate of used packaging materials. Overall, 56% of packaging was recovered ... <a title="Only half of packaging waste is recycled – here’s how to do better" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/28/only-half-of-packaging-waste-is-recycled-heres-how-to-do-better-112231/" aria-label="Read more about Only half of packaging waste is recycled – here’s how to do better">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stewart Lockie, Director, The Cairns Institute, James Cook University This is part of a major series called Advancing Australia, in which leading academics examine key issues facing Australia in the lead-up to the 2019 federal election and beyond. Read the other pieces in the series here. Rural ... <a title="People and issues outside our big cities are diverse, but these priorities stand out" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/28/people-and-issues-outside-our-big-cities-are-diverse-but-these-priorities-stand-out-110971/" aria-label="Read more about People and issues outside our big cities are diverse, but these priorities stand out">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rosalind Smith, Professor and Acting PVC Research and Innovation, University of Newcastle, University of Newcastle The dramatic life of Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots is a hot topic in popular culture. Josie Rourke’s 2018 film Mary Queen of Scots has reached wide audiences, while the Sydney Theatre ... <a title="Mary, Queen of Scots is newly relevant in the age of #MeToo" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/28/mary-queen-of-scots-is-newly-relevant-in-the-age-of-metoo-111604/" aria-label="Read more about Mary, Queen of Scots is newly relevant in the age of #MeToo">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2019
Political Roundup: Defeat looms for the Government on the CGT by Dr Bryce Edwards The capital gains tax debate is a huge political issue, and a great deal rides on the outcome – especially the chances of the Labour-led Government being re-elected next year. So far, it’s not looking great for the Government. At this ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Defeat looms for the Government on the CGT" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/27/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-defeat-looms-for-the-government-on-the-cgt/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Defeat looms for the Government on the CGT">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2019
Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 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. The Beehive and Parliament Buildings.Today’s content Capital Gains Tax proposal, TWG Hamish Rutherford (Stuff): CGT will only be ‘fair’ if we accept homeowners deserve a ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 27 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/27/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-february-27-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 27 2019">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2019
By Yamin Kogoya in Canberra In the days leading up to Christmas, 16 Indonesian construction workers were killed in Nduga by the West Papuan National Liberation Army. Lukas Enembe, Governor of Papua, declared through media: “I am asking President Jokowi to withdraw all the troops in Nduga.” In response, Colonel Muhammad Aidi, the military spokesman ... <a title="Enembe – the Papuan traditional chief Indonesia regards as ‘dangerous’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/27/enembe-the-papuan-traditional-chief-indonesia-regards-as-dangerous/" aria-label="Read more about Enembe – the Papuan traditional chief Indonesia regards as ‘dangerous’">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elise Bant, Professor of Law, University of Melbourne At last, our corporate watchdog has a strong set of teeth with which to fight crime and serious misconduct in the financial sector. The Treasury Laws Amendment (Strengthening Corporate and Financial Sector Penalties) Bill finally made it through parliament ... <a title="Fines that’ll hurt. ASIC’s powerful, if ill-fitting, teeth" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/27/fines-thatll-hurt-asics-powerful-if-ill-fitting-teeth-112298/" aria-label="Read more about Fines that’ll hurt. ASIC’s powerful, if ill-fitting, teeth">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Flora D. Salim, Associate Professor in Computer Science, RMIT University Most of us know tech platforms such as Facebook and Google track, store and make money from our data. But there are constantly new revelations about just how much of our privacy has been chipped away. The ... <a title="Your period tracking app could tell Facebook when you’re pregnant. An ‘algorithmic guardian’ could stop it." class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/27/your-period-tracking-app-could-tell-facebook-when-youre-pregnant-an-algorithmic-guardian-could-stop-it-111815/" aria-label="Read more about Your period tracking app could tell Facebook when you’re pregnant. An ‘algorithmic guardian’ could stop it.">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Kaine, Associate Professor UTS Centre for Business and Social Innovation, University of Technology Sydney This is part of a major series called Advancing Australia, in which leading academics examine the key issues facing Australia in the lead-up to the 2019 federal election and beyond. Read the ... <a title="The workplace challenge facing Australia (spoiler alert – it’s not technology)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/27/the-workplace-challenge-facing-australia-spoiler-alert-its-not-technology-111492/" aria-label="Read more about The workplace challenge facing Australia (spoiler alert – it’s not technology)">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Garrick, Senior Lecturer, Business Law, Charles Darwin University Former federal trade minister Andrew Robb says he has quit his A$880,000-a-year consultancy job with Chinese-owned Landbridge Group because it didn’t have anything for him do. Former Victorian premier John Brumby says he has quit as a director ... <a title="Agents of foreign influence: with China it’s a blurry line between corporate and state interests" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/27/agents-of-foreign-influence-with-china-its-a-blurry-line-between-corporate-and-state-interests-112403/" aria-label="Read more about Agents of foreign influence: with China it’s a blurry line between corporate and state interests">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Serena Love, Honorary Research Fellow, The University of Queensland 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 ... <a title="Curious Kids: who was the first ancient mummy?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/27/curious-kids-who-was-the-first-ancient-mummy-110436/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: who was the first ancient mummy?">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Simon D Angus, Associate Professor, Monash University What can you do with 99 seconds? Check your email? Fire off a tweet? Walk 100 metres? For current men’s marathon world-record holder, Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge, 99 seconds is all that stands between him and the sub two-hour (or “sub-2”) ... <a title="How long before we break the two-hour barrier in the men’s marathon?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/27/how-long-before-we-break-the-two-hour-barrier-in-the-mens-marathon-112505/" aria-label="Read more about How long before we break the two-hour barrier in the men’s marathon?">Read more</a>
