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January 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Shaw, Professor of Politics, Massey University The nation whose anthem lauds “the land of the free and the home of the brave” and whose constitution was drafted “in order to form a more perfect union … and secure the blessings of liberty” continues to flirt with ... <a title="Why Trump’s wall rhetoric is about power rather than policy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/29/why-trumps-wall-rhetoric-is-about-power-rather-than-policy-110499/" aria-label="Read more about Why Trump’s wall rhetoric is about power rather than policy">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2019
Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines president Archbishop Romulo Valles (right) and vice-president Bishop Pablo Virgilio David address the media in a press conference yesterday. Image: Maria Tan/Rappler By Paterno Esmaquel II in Manila The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) has slammed the “cycle of hate” in the country as seen in the ... <a title="Bishops slam ‘cycle of hate’ they say is destroying moral fabric of Philippines" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/29/bishops-slam-cycle-of-hate-they-say-is-destroying-moral-fabric-of-philippines/" aria-label="Read more about Bishops slam ‘cycle of hate’ they say is destroying moral fabric of Philippines">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jim Salinger, Honorary Associate, Tasmanian Institute for Agriculture, University of Tasmania As the Australian heatwave is spilling across the Tasman and pushing up temperatures in New Zealand, we take a look at the conditions that caused a similar event last year and the impacts it had. Last ... <a title="Farmed fish dying, grape harvest weeks early – just some of the effects of last summer’s heatwave in NZ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/29/farmed-fish-dying-grape-harvest-weeks-early-just-some-of-the-effects-of-last-summers-heatwave-in-nz-110577/" aria-label="Read more about Farmed fish dying, grape harvest weeks early – just some of the effects of last summer’s heatwave in NZ">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Ellison, Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Australian National University 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, ... <a title="Curious Kids: how did spoken language start?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/29/curious-kids-how-did-spoken-language-start-109190/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: how did spoken language start?">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2019
Graphic: Vanuatu Daily Post By Glenda Willie in Port Vila Voters in Vanuatu will be given the opportunity to vote for political reform laws in the country’s first ever referendum in June this year. The Chairman of the Task Force on the Constitutional Review, Minister Ralph Regenvanu explained that the voting process would be similar ... <a title="Vanuatu plans first ever referendum over political reform laws" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/29/vanuatu-plans-first-ever-referendum-over-political-reform-laws/" aria-label="Read more about Vanuatu plans first ever referendum over political reform laws">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jason Middleton, Emeritus Professor, School of Aviation, UNSW When the American aerospace company Bell Nexus unveiled an air taxi at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas this month it breathed new life into conversations about a future where ride sharing happens in the air rather ... <a title="Flying taxis within five years? Not likely" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/29/flying-taxis-within-five-years-not-likely-110025/" aria-label="Read more about Flying taxis within five years? Not likely">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anne Twomey, Professor of Constitutional Law, University of Sydney In both the United Kingdom and Australia there is speculation that controversial bills may be passed against the will of the government. If so, could the government advise that the bill be refused royal assent – the last ... <a title="Why a government would be mad to advise the refusal of royal assent to a bill passed against its will" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/29/why-a-government-would-be-mad-to-advise-the-refusal-of-royal-assent-to-a-bill-passed-against-its-will-110501/" aria-label="Read more about Why a government would be mad to advise the refusal of royal assent to a bill passed against its will">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cameron Webb, Clinical Lecturer and Principal Hospital Scientist, University of Sydney A new school year, and another battle between bloodsucking parasites and the kids they love to live on. But the real casualties are the stressed-out parents and carers trying to keep their kids free of lice. ... <a title="Back at school? Here’s how to keep kids free of head lice" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/29/back-at-school-heres-how-to-keep-kids-free-of-head-lice-110344/" aria-label="Read more about Back at school? Here’s how to keep kids free of head lice">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Siyuan Tian, Postdoctoral fellow, Australian National University Another summer, another drought. Sydney’s water storages are running on empty, and desalinisation plants are being dusted off. Elsewhere, shrunken rivers, lakes and dams are swollen with rotting fish. Governments, irrigators and environmentalists blame each other for the drought, or ... <a title="To predict droughts, don’t look at the skies. Look in the soil… from space" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/29/to-predict-droughts-dont-look-at-the-skies-look-in-the-soil-from-space-110493/" aria-label="Read more about To predict droughts, don’t look at the skies. Look in the soil… from space">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Smith, Senior Lecturer in Literary Studies, Monash University Going to school is one of the few life experiences almost everyone shares. From the time children began to be educated in small groups in Britain, there were school stories in popular culture, beginning with what many consider ... <a title="From The Getting of Wisdom to Heartbreak High: Australian school stories on screen" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/29/from-the-getting-of-wisdom-to-heartbreak-high-australian-school-stories-on-screen-109941/" aria-label="Read more about From The Getting of Wisdom to Heartbreak High: Australian school stories on screen">Read more</a>
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January 28, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra A high profile independent candidate, Oliver Yates, is expected to run against Treasurer Josh Frydenberg in the heartland Liberal seat of Kooyong in Melbourne. Yates, who lives in the electorate, is a member of the Liberal party and a former ... <a title="View from The Hill: Independent push against Frydenberg" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/28/view-from-the-hill-independent-push-against-frydenberg-110600/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Independent push against Frydenberg">Read more</a>
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January 28, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Greenwood-Nimmo, Senior Lecturer in Economics, University of Melbourne Australian banks have been under enormous scrutiny during the financial services royal commission, which reports on Friday. But one thing that hasn’t dominated the headlines is their relationships with their subsidiaries in New Zealand. Each of Australia’s big ... <a title="Too big to fail. The risks to Australian taxpayers from New Zealand banks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/28/too-big-to-fail-the-risks-to-australian-taxpayers-from-new-zealand-banks-110286/" aria-label="Read more about Too big to fail. The risks to Australian taxpayers from New Zealand banks">Read more</a>
