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September 25, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hiba Jebeile, PhD candidate/Research Dietitian, University of Sydney Instagram recently announced posts promoting diet products and cosmetic procedures will no longer be visible to users under the age of 18. While the initiative is being led by Instagram, the policy will also be in place on Facebook. ... <a title="In a virtual universe of ‘perfect’ bodies, Instagram’s new policy offers important protection for young users" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/25/in-a-virtual-universe-of-perfect-bodies-instagrams-new-policy-offers-important-protection-for-young-users-123912/" aria-label="Read more about In a virtual universe of ‘perfect’ bodies, Instagram’s new policy offers important protection for young users">Read more</a>
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September 25, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Dempster, Director, Australian Centre for Space Engineering Research; Professor, School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications, UNSW In the wake of Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s meeting with US President Donald Trump, the Australian government announced on Sunday a commitment of A$150million “into our local businesses and new ... <a title="Dig deep: Australia’s mining know-how makes it the perfect $150m partner for NASA’s Moon and Mars shots" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/25/dig-deep-australias-mining-know-how-makes-it-the-perfect-150m-partner-for-nasas-moon-and-mars-shots-123994/" aria-label="Read more about Dig deep: Australia’s mining know-how makes it the perfect $150m partner for NASA’s Moon and Mars shots">Read more</a>
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September 25, 2019
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Today’s content by Dr Bryce Edwards. Foreign affairs and trade Thomas Coughlan and Luke Malpass (Stuff): Jacinda Ardern feted abroad, but Emissions Trading Scheme extension in trouble at home Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): The new ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – September 25 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/25/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-september-25-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – September 25 2019">Read more</a>
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September 25, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Martin Bush, Research Fellow in History and Philosophy of Science, University of Melbourne The National Party, Queensland farming lobby group AgForce, and MP Bob Katter have banded together to propose an “independent science quality assurance agency”. To justify their position, Liberal-National MP George Christensen and AgForce’s Michael ... <a title="Real problem, wrong solution: why the Nationals shouldn’t politicise the science replication crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/25/real-problem-wrong-solution-why-the-nationals-shouldnt-politicise-the-science-replication-crisis-124076/" aria-label="Read more about Real problem, wrong solution: why the Nationals shouldn’t politicise the science replication crisis">Read more</a>
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September 25, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Fisher, Professor of Cattle & Sheep Production Medicine, University of Melbourne The ban on live sheep exports was only ever intended to be temporary. The Australian government enacted the ban earlier this year to prevent sheep from being shipped to the Middle East from the beginning ... <a title="The ban on live sheep exports has just been lifted. Here’s what’s changed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/25/the-ban-on-live-sheep-exports-has-just-been-lifted-heres-whats-changed-123998/" aria-label="Read more about The ban on live sheep exports has just been lifted. Here’s what’s changed">Read more</a>
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September 25, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Miller, Professor of Violence Prevention and Addiction Studies, Deakin University The impacts of heavy drinking, gambling and unhealthy food are among the leading causes of preventable health harm in Australia. And for the most part, we know what to do to reduce them. Most of us ... <a title="Politicians who become lobbyists can be bad for Australians’ health" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/25/politicians-who-become-lobbyists-can-be-bad-for-australians-health-124078/" aria-label="Read more about Politicians who become lobbyists can be bad for Australians’ health">Read more</a>
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September 25, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Samuel Clack, PhD Candidate, Victoria University of Wellington Depression is a serious disorder marked by disturbances in mood, cognition, physiology and social functioning. People can experience deep sadness and feelings of hopelessness, sorrow, emptiness and despair. These core features of depression have expanded to include an inability ... <a title="Depression: it’s a word we use a lot, but what exactly is it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/25/depression-its-a-word-we-use-a-lot-but-what-exactly-is-it-122381/" aria-label="Read more about Depression: it’s a word we use a lot, but what exactly is it?">Read more</a>
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September 25, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Stocks, Research Fellow, ANU College of Engineering and Computer Science, Australian National University In Australia, renewable energy is growing at a per capita rate ten times faster than the world average. Between 2018 and 2020, Australia will install more than 16 gigawatts of wind and solar, ... <a title="Australia is the runaway global leader in building new renewable energy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/25/australia-is-the-runaway-global-leader-in-building-new-renewable-energy-123694/" aria-label="Read more about Australia is the runaway global leader in building new renewable energy">Read more</a>
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September 25, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Will J Grant, Senior Lecturer, Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science, Australian National University Call it lies, fake news, or just plain old bullshit – misinformation seems to flutter wilfully around the modern world. The truth, meanwhile, can take tedious decades to establish. It ... <a title="Merchants of misinformation are all over the internet. But the real problem lies with us" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/25/merchants-of-misinformation-are-all-over-the-internet-but-the-real-problem-lies-with-us-123177/" aria-label="Read more about Merchants of misinformation are all over the internet. But the real problem lies with us">Read more</a>
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September 25, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Carl Rhodes, Professor of Organization Studies, University of Technology Sydney Qantas boss Alan Joyce is reportedly Australia’s highest-earning chief executive. He’s also a firm believer in corporate activism. His pay packet is estimated to have been A$23 million last year – though it’s apparently dropped a little ... <a title="Swollen executive pay packets reveal the limits of corporate activism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/25/swollen-executive-pay-packets-reveal-the-limits-of-corporate-activism-123988/" aria-label="Read more about Swollen executive pay packets reveal the limits of corporate activism">Read more</a>
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September 25, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jennifer Power, Senior Research Fellow at the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University Jonathan Van Ness, the high-profile star of Queer Eye, has revealed he is living with HIV, having been diagnosed seven years ago at the age of 25. Media headlines ... <a title="‘The beautiful HIV-positive community’: Queer Eye’s Jonathan Van Ness shines a spotlight on the changing face of HIV" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/25/the-beautiful-hiv-positive-community-queer-eyes-jonathan-van-ness-shines-a-spotlight-on-the-changing-face-of-hiv-123993/" aria-label="Read more about ‘The beautiful HIV-positive community’: Queer Eye’s Jonathan Van Ness shines a spotlight on the changing face of HIV">Read more</a>
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September 24, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Anthony Albanese has attacked Scott Morrison for sending a message to Beijing while in the United States, and also split with him over the economic status of China. Albanese accused Morrison of using “a loud hailer” to talk to China ... <a title="Albanese slams Morrison for using a “loud hailer” to talk to China from US" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/24/albanese-slams-morrison-for-using-a-loud-hailer-to-talk-to-china-from-us-124097/" aria-label="Read more about Albanese slams Morrison for using a “loud hailer” to talk to China from US">Read more</a>
