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April 5, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Heidi Norman, Professor, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Technology Sydney Driving the 200-kilometre round trip from Broken Hill to Wilcannia, the country opens up before us; the sky fills most of the horizon, save for a few hills and in every direction, red dust ... <a title="Friday essay: death on the Darling, colonialism’s final encounter with the Barkandji" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/05/friday-essay-death-on-the-darling-colonialisms-final-encounter-with-the-barkandji-114275/" aria-label="Read more about Friday essay: death on the Darling, colonialism’s final encounter with the Barkandji">Read more</a>
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April 5, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Carol Johnson, Adjunct Professor, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Adelaide Bill Shorten’s 2019 budget reply speech has actually been years in the making. Labor began to develop its economic policy arguments before the 2016 election campaign. Importantly, it aimed to reframe the conception of ... <a title="Shorten uses budget reply speech to reframe the economic debate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/05/shorten-uses-budget-reply-speech-to-reframe-the-economic-debate-114607/" aria-label="Read more about Shorten uses budget reply speech to reframe the economic debate">Read more</a>
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April 5, 2019
“Raise hope not racists” placard at Auckland’s Queen Street march against racism. Image: Del Abcede/PMC By Ben Strang of RNZ News Thousands of New Zealanders do not believe the official version of the mosque terror attacks in Christchurch. About 5 percent of the people are estimated to be hard core conspiracy theorists, some of whom ... <a title="Thousands in NZ don’t believe official Christchurch terror attacks story" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/05/thousands-in-nz-dont-believe-official-christchurch-terror-attacks-story/" aria-label="Read more about Thousands in NZ don’t believe official Christchurch terror attacks story">Read more</a>
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April 4, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andre Oboler, Senior Lecturer, Master of Cyber-Security Program (Law), La Trobe University In response to the live streamed terror attack in New Zealand last month, new laws have just been passed by the Australian Parliament. These laws amend the Commonwealth Criminal Code, adding two substantive new criminal ... <a title="New livestreaming legislation fails to take into account how the internet actually works" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/04/new-livestreaming-legislation-fails-to-take-into-account-how-the-internet-actually-works-114911/" aria-label="Read more about New livestreaming legislation fails to take into account how the internet actually works">Read more</a>
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April 4, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mike Letnic, Professor, Centre for Ecosystem Science, UNSW The role of dingoes in the Australian landscape is highly debated between ecologists, conservationists and graziers. They kill livestock, but also hunt introduced animals and keep kangaroo populations in check. Now new research sheds more light on the benefits ... <a title="Like cats and dogs: dingoes can keep feral cats in check" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/04/like-cats-and-dogs-dingoes-can-keep-feral-cats-in-check-114748/" aria-label="Read more about Like cats and dogs: dingoes can keep feral cats in check">Read more</a>
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April 4, 2019
Newsroom co-editor Mark Jennings talks to Fiji Times reporter Arieta Vakasukawaqa after being released today. Image: Fiji Times screenshot/PMC By RNZ News Fiji Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama has apologised to three New Zealand journalists detained overnight in Suva by a “group of rogue officers” Newsroom co-editor Mark Jennings, investigations editor Melanie Reid and cameraman Hayden ... <a title="Fiji PM apologises to NZ journalists detained over Malolo probe" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/04/fiji-pm-apologises-to-nz-journalists-detained-over-malolo-probe/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji PM apologises to NZ journalists detained over Malolo probe">Read more</a>
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April 4, 2019
ABC’s Caroline Tiriman … “who were those people talking on the radio?” Image: ABC PROFILE: By Scott Waide in Lae For a Tolai girl growing up in Papua New Guinea between 1960 and 1970, career options were very limited. Forty years ago, that was part of the story for now veteran broadcaster Caroline Tiriman for ... <a title="Caroline Tiriman – a runaway who became Tok Pisin voice of Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/04/caroline-tiriman-a-runaway-who-became-tok-pisin-voice-of-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about Caroline Tiriman – a runaway who became Tok Pisin voice of Pacific">Read more</a>
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April 4, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Geoff Troughton, Senior Lecturer in Religious Studies, Victoria University of Wellington The Crusaders Super Rugby franchise, with input from New Zealand Rugby, is reconsidering its name in the light of the Christchurch terror attack. This news should be welcomed alongside indications that the Crusaders will consult with ... <a title="Playing in overtime: why the Crusaders rugby team is right to rethink brand after Christchurch attack" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/04/playing-in-overtime-why-the-crusaders-rugby-team-is-right-to-rethink-brand-after-christchurch-attack-114826/" aria-label="Read more about Playing in overtime: why the Crusaders rugby team is right to rethink brand after Christchurch attack">Read more</a>
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April 4, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Susan Broomhall, Professor of History, University of Western Australia On the 500th anniversary of his death, our series Leonardo da Vinci Revisited brings together scholars from different disciplines to re-examine his work, legacy and myth. The artist and polymath Leonardo da Vinci was once famously named a ... <a title="How Leonardo da Vinci, ‘Master of Water’, explored the power and beauty of its flow" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/04/how-leonardo-da-vinci-master-of-water-explored-the-power-and-beauty-of-its-flow-112401/" aria-label="Read more about How Leonardo da Vinci, ‘Master of Water’, explored the power and beauty of its flow">Read more</a>
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April 4, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Chin, Director, Asia Institute Tasmania, University of Tasmania The corruption trial of Najib Tun Razak, the former prime minister of Malaysia, has finally begun following two postponements and an attempt on the opening day of the trial for a third. Many Malaysians were starting to wonder ... <a title="What Najib Razak’s corruption trial means for Malaysia – and the region" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/04/what-najib-razaks-corruption-trial-means-for-malaysia-and-the-region-114828/" aria-label="Read more about What Najib Razak’s corruption trial means for Malaysia – and the region">Read more</a>
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April 4, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca Charlotte Reynolds, Lecturer in Nutrition, UNSW The Fast Track to Health study is a year-long dietary trial in adolescents with obesity. Since it started in Sydney and Melbourne at the end of 2018, it has been criticised for increasing the risk of eating disorders in people ... <a title="Getting teens to follow strict diets in the Fast Track trial is risky, but so is obesity itself" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/04/getting-teens-to-follow-strict-diets-in-the-fast-track-trial-is-risky-but-so-is-obesity-itself-114435/" aria-label="Read more about Getting teens to follow strict diets in the Fast Track trial is risky, but so is obesity itself">Read more</a>
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April 4, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Craig O’Neill, Director of the Macquarie Planetary Research Centre/Associate Professor in Geodynamics, Macquarie University A catastrophic event occurred on Earth 66 million years ago. A huge meteorite struck our planet in what is now Mexico, triggering mass extinctions of the dinosaurs and most other living creatures. A ... <a title="A ‘seiche’ wave can outpace a tsunami, and both can be triggered by meteorites and earthquakes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/04/a-seiche-wave-can-outpace-a-tsunami-and-both-can-be-triggered-by-meteorites-and-earthquakes-114753/" aria-label="Read more about A ‘seiche’ wave can outpace a tsunami, and both can be triggered by meteorites and earthquakes">Read more</a>