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January 16, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Samuel Banister, Team Leader in Medicinal Chemistry, University of Sydney Recent media reports have suggested a rise in a dangerous new party drug known as “monkey dust”. This is a slang name for the drug MDPV (3,4-methylenedioxypyrovalerone), as well as other members of the chemical class known ... <a title="Weekly Dose: new drug MDPV, or ‘monkey dust’, found in Australia. What is it and what are the harms?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/16/weekly-dose-new-drug-mdpv-or-monkey-dust-found-in-australia-what-is-it-and-what-are-the-harms-109505/" aria-label="Read more about Weekly Dose: new drug MDPV, or ‘monkey dust’, found in Australia. What is it and what are the harms?">Read more</a>
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January 16, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Fran Sheldon, Professor, Australian Rivers Institute, Griffith University, Griffith University The deaths of millions of fish in the lower Darling River system over the past few weeks should come as no surprise. Quite apart from specific warnings given to the NSW government by their own specialists in ... <a title="The Darling River is simply not supposed to dry out, even in drought" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/16/the-darling-river-is-simply-not-supposed-to-dry-out-even-in-drought-109880/" aria-label="Read more about The Darling River is simply not supposed to dry out, even in drought">Read more</a>
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January 16, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Guy Dundas, Energy Fellow, Grattan Institute Summer is here with a vengeance. On hot days it’s very likely something in the power system will break and cause someone to lose power. And the weather bureau expects this summer to be hotter and drier than average – so ... <a title="35 degree days make blackouts more likely, but new power stations won’t help" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/16/35-degree-days-make-blackouts-more-likely-but-new-power-stations-wont-help-109085/" aria-label="Read more about 35 degree days make blackouts more likely, but new power stations won’t help">Read more</a>
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January 16, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Roy, Lecturer in Education, University of Newcastle This is a longer read at just over 1,300 words. Enjoy! A new school year can be daunting for any parent, prompting many questions: will my child settle in, make friends and progress academically? If your child has a ... <a title="What you need to know if your child with a disability is starting school soon" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/16/what-you-need-to-know-if-your-child-with-a-disability-is-starting-school-soon-107275/" aria-label="Read more about What you need to know if your child with a disability is starting school soon">Read more</a>
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January 16, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Beth Goldblatt, Associate Professor in the Faculty of Law, University of Technology Sydney ParentsNext is to be the subject of a Senate inquiry, with submissions closing on February 1. The program has been widely criticised for making parents’ lives more difficult and for unfairly stopping payments. But ... <a title="More than unpopular. How ParentsNext intrudes on single parents’ human rights" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/16/more-than-unpopular-how-parentsnext-intrudes-on-single-parents-human-rights-108754/" aria-label="Read more about More than unpopular. How ParentsNext intrudes on single parents’ human rights">Read more</a>
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January 16, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Miranda Stewart, Professor, University of Melbourne In international tax circles, as in other areas, we often talk about American exceptionalism. But these days, it is becoming increasingly clear that Australia is exceptional in taxation, among members of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and indeed, compared ... <a title="New figures put it beyond doubt. When it comes to company tax, we are a high-tax country, in part because it works well for us" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/16/new-figures-put-it-beyond-doubt-when-it-comes-to-company-tax-we-are-a-high-tax-country-in-part-because-it-works-well-for-us-109875/" aria-label="Read more about New figures put it beyond doubt. When it comes to company tax, we are a high-tax country, in part because it works well for us">Read more</a>
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January 16, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jane Connory, PhD candidate, assistant researcher and teaching associate, Monash University In this series, we look at under acknowledged women through the ages. Ruby Lindsay was among the first women in Australian graphic design. In the early-20th century she pursued a full-time career in magazine and book ... <a title="Hidden women of history: Ruby Lindsay, one of Australia’s first female graphic designers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/16/hidden-women-of-history-ruby-lindsay-one-of-australias-first-female-graphic-designers-109184/" aria-label="Read more about Hidden women of history: Ruby Lindsay, one of Australia’s first female graphic designers">Read more</a>
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January 15, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anthea McCarthy-Jones, Lecturer, UNSW Last week, Nicolás Maduro was sworn in for his second six-year term as Venezuela’s president. Maduro won the election off the back of international condemnation of vote buying and electoral fraud. While the US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, called Venezuela’s government “illegitimate”, ... <a title="Venezuela is fast becoming a ‘mafia state’: here’s what you need to know" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/15/venezuela-is-fast-becoming-a-mafia-state-heres-what-you-need-to-know-109887/" aria-label="Read more about Venezuela is fast becoming a ‘mafia state’: here’s what you need to know">Read more</a>
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January 15, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dan Jerker B. Svantesson, Co-Director Centre for Commercial Law, Bond University Imagine an internet where you couldn’t access any content unless it complied with every law of all the countries in the world. In this scenario, you would be prevented from expressing views that were critical of ... <a title="The future of the internet looks brighter thanks to an EU court opinion" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/15/the-future-of-the-internet-looks-brighter-thanks-to-an-eu-court-opinion-109721/" aria-label="Read more about The future of the internet looks brighter thanks to an EU court opinion">Read more</a>
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January 15, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Justine Shih Pearson, Honorary Associate, Department of Theatre and Performance Studies, University of Sydney Review: Dust, Sydney Festival 2019 What kind of world are we leaving for our children? So goes our conversation everywhere these days, it seems, as our planet overheats and burns in winter as ... <a title="Dancenorth’s Dust is ambitious theatre in an age of uncertainty" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/15/dancenorths-dust-is-ambitious-theatre-in-an-age-of-uncertainty-109870/" aria-label="Read more about Dancenorth’s Dust is ambitious theatre in an age of uncertainty">Read more</a>
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January 15, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Igor Martek, Lecturer In Construction, Deakin University In signing the Paris Climate Agreement, the Australian government committed to a global goal of zero net emissions by 2050. Australia’s promised reductions to 2030, on a per person and emissions intensity basis, exceed even the targets set by the ... <a title="Buildings produce 25% of Australia’s emissions. What will it take to make them ‘green’ – and who’ll pay?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/15/buildings-produce-25-of-australias-emissions-what-will-it-take-to-make-them-green-and-wholl-pay-105652/" aria-label="Read more about Buildings produce 25% of Australia’s emissions. What will it take to make them ‘green’ – and who’ll pay?">Read more</a>
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January 15, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jason Alexandra, PhD candidate, RMIT University Fish deaths in the Darling River have once more raised the public profile of incessant political controversies about the Murray Darling Basin. These divisive debates reveal the deeply contested nature of reforms to water policy in the Basin. It feels like ... <a title="It’s time to restore public trust in the governing of the Murray Darling Basin" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/15/its-time-to-restore-public-trust-in-the-governing-of-the-murray-darling-basin-109797/" aria-label="Read more about It’s time to restore public trust in the governing of the Murray Darling Basin">Read more</a>
