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March 6, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rae Thomas, Associate professor, Bond University Sarah lives in London. She is pregnant with her first child. Her mother had gestational diabetes and Sarah is told this puts her into a higher risk category for the condition, thus she should have a test. At 26 weeks, she ... <a title="Are you at risk of being diagnosed with gestational diabetes? It depends on where you live" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/06/are-you-at-risk-of-being-diagnosed-with-gestational-diabetes-it-depends-on-where-you-live-112515/" aria-label="Read more about Are you at risk of being diagnosed with gestational diabetes? It depends on where you live">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Fan Zhang, Lecturer in Architectural Science, Griffith University It might be blisteringly hot outside, but if you work in an office building, the chances are it’s always reassuringly cool (or cold, depending on your preference) once you walk inside. In Australia and much of the rest of ... <a title="Why the ‘perfect’ office temperature is a myth" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/06/why-the-perfect-office-temperature-is-a-myth-111823/" aria-label="Read more about Why the ‘perfect’ office temperature is a myth">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Carolyn Whitzman, Professor of Urban Planning, University of Melbourne The worst-case scenario has happened twice for young women using public transport in Melbourne in the past nine months. In June 2018, Eurydice Dixon, 23, was walking from the tram to her home, through a well-used park just ... <a title="Students don’t feel safe on public transport but many have no choice but to use it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/06/students-dont-feel-safe-on-public-transport-but-many-have-no-choice-but-to-use-it-112225/" aria-label="Read more about Students don’t feel safe on public transport but many have no choice but to use it">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Pat Ranald, Research fellow, University of Sydney Australia’s trade minister Simon Birmingham and his Indonesian counterpart Enggartiasto Lukita signed the Indonesia-Australia Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement on Monday. Only afterwards (as is often the case) did we get to see what was in it. We might never see ... <a title="It’s more than a free trade agreement. But what exactly have Australia and Indonesia signed?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/06/its-more-than-a-free-trade-agreement-but-what-exactly-have-australia-and-indonesia-signed-112853/" aria-label="Read more about It’s more than a free trade agreement. But what exactly have Australia and Indonesia signed?">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sasha Grishin, Adjunct Professor of Art History, Australian National University At 45, it is no longer a question of whether Ben Quilty is the next big thing in Australian art, but of how big will he get – a Storrier, a Whiteley or a Nolan? Quilty is ... <a title="A noisy, passionate show from an artist in a hurry, Quilty has just one emotional pitch" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/06/a-noisy-passionate-show-from-an-artist-in-a-hurry-quilty-has-just-one-emotional-pitch-112943/" aria-label="Read more about A noisy, passionate show from an artist in a hurry, Quilty has just one emotional pitch">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alison Pavlovich, Assistant Lecturer in Taxation, Massey University As part of a major review of New Zealand’s tax system, the government’s Tax Working Group recommended a comprehensive capital gains tax. New Zealand is one of few countries without a capital gains tax, and the proposal has generated ... <a title="Why a proposed capital gains tax could mean tax cuts for most New Zealanders" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/05/why-a-proposed-capital-gains-tax-could-mean-tax-cuts-for-most-new-zealanders-112852/" aria-label="Read more about Why a proposed capital gains tax could mean tax cuts for most New Zealanders">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Woinarski, Professor (conservation biology), Charles Darwin University 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 other pieces in the series here. We ... <a title="An end to endings: how to stop more Australian species going extinct" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/05/an-end-to-endings-how-to-stop-more-australian-species-going-extinct-111627/" aria-label="Read more about An end to endings: how to stop more Australian species going extinct">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nick Haslam, Professor of Psychology, University of Melbourne Values such as care, compassion and safety are more important to us now than they were in the 1980s. The importance of respecting authority has fallen since the beginning of the 20th century, while judging right and wrong based ... <a title="Changing morals: we’re more compassionate than 100 years ago, but more judgmental too" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/05/changing-morals-were-more-compassionate-than-100-years-ago-but-more-judgmental-too-112504/" aria-label="Read more about Changing morals: we’re more compassionate than 100 years ago, but more judgmental too">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Warren Staples, Senior Lecturer in Management, RMIT University The words are a little different, but the requirements are as good as unchanged. The new Australian Securities Exchange corporate governance principles adopted last week have shuffled more words than they have altered. When the ASX first published its ... <a title="Word games and virtue signalling as the stock exchange reworks its corporate governance code" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/05/word-games-and-virtue-signalling-as-the-stock-exchange-reworks-its-corporate-governance-code-112768/" aria-label="Read more about Word games and virtue signalling as the stock exchange reworks its corporate governance code">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Farmer, Senior Research Officer, Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health 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 ... <a title="Curious Kids: how much does a brain weigh?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/05/curious-kids-how-much-does-a-brain-weigh-112000/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: how much does a brain weigh?">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By William Peterson, Associate Professor, Flinders University Review: Two Feet, Adelaide Festival There are many reasons for a dance choreographer to revisit a work from their back catalogue. With Two Feet, an exhilarating two-hour work that brought audiences to their feet for the opening weekend of the Adelaide ... <a title="Meryl Tankard revisits Two Feet, the tragic story of a dancer’s perfectionism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/05/meryl-tankard-revisits-two-feet-the-tragic-story-of-a-dancers-perfectionism-112947/" aria-label="Read more about Meryl Tankard revisits Two Feet, the tragic story of a dancer’s perfectionism">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sabine Braat, Biostatistician, University of Melbourne This article is in the series This is research, where we ask academics to share and discuss open access articles that reveal important aspects of science. Today’s piece explains the term “number needed to treat” or NNT. It’s a way to ... <a title="Want to quit a bad habit? Here’s one way to compare treatments" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/05/want-to-quit-a-bad-habit-heres-one-way-to-compare-treatments-109144/" aria-label="Read more about Want to quit a bad habit? Here’s one way to compare treatments">Read more</a>
