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October 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Australian economy is growing slowly, with people not opening their purses and businesses uncertain about the future. The Reserve Bank has cut interest rates three times this year – the official cash rate is currently at a historic low ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Ross Gittins on the government’s ‘surplus obsession’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/29/politics-with-michelle-grattan-ross-gittins-on-the-governments-surplus-obsession-126028/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Ross Gittins on the government’s ‘surplus obsession’">Read more</a>
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October 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katharine Kemp, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, UNSW, and Co-Leader, ‘Data as a Source of Market Power’ Research Stream of The Allens Hub for Technology, Law and Innovation, UNSW The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) today announced it is suing Google for misleading consumers about its ... <a title="The ACCC is suing Google over tracking users. Here’s why it matters" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/29/the-accc-is-suing-google-over-tracking-users-heres-why-it-matters-126020/" aria-label="Read more about The ACCC is suing Google over tracking users. Here’s why it matters">Read more</a>
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October 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rosemary Stanton, Visiting Fellow, School of Medical Sciences, UNSW Research Checks interrogate newly published studies and how they’re reported in the media. The analysis is undertaken by one or more academics not involved with the study, and reviewed by another, to make sure it’s accurate. Recent headlines ... <a title="Does eating dairy foods increase your risk of prostate cancer?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/29/does-eating-dairy-foods-increase-your-risk-of-prostate-cancer-125818/" aria-label="Read more about Does eating dairy foods increase your risk of prostate cancer?">Read more</a>
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October 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Anthony Albanese has promised to open a “conversation” about new ways of protecting workers in insecure employment, and committed to a root and branch overhaul of the “broken” vocational education system. In his speech on jobs and the future of ... <a title="Labor looks to boost protections for workers in insecure jobs: Albanese" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/29/labor-looks-to-boost-protections-for-workers-in-insecure-jobs-albanese-126025/" aria-label="Read more about Labor looks to boost protections for workers in insecure jobs: Albanese">Read more</a>
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October 29, 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. Government Audrey Young (Herald): Jacinda Ardern’s special talent after two years in Govt (paywalled) Luke Malpass (Stuff): Two years down, parties shaping up for election battle Andrea Vance (Stuff): It’s time ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – October 29 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/29/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-october-29-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – October 29 2019">Read more</a>
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October 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Hall, Associate Director, Research Services, Victoria University of Wellington Leading thinkers in environmental economics and conservation are asking a pressing question. Why are we ignoring the destruction of the living world? Recently, the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) published a global assessment of ... <a title="Why a sense of kinship is key to caring about the living world" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/29/why-a-sense-of-kinship-is-key-to-caring-about-the-living-world-124279/" aria-label="Read more about Why a sense of kinship is key to caring about the living world">Read more</a>
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October 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark A Gregory, Associate professor, RMIT University Australia is witnessing the first major redesign of the payphone booth since 1983. But Telstra’s new vision is meeting resistance from some councils, and the matter is in the courts. In an effort to make payphones relevant to the needs ... <a title="Telstra’s new high-tech payphones are meeting resistance from councils, but why?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/29/telstras-new-high-tech-payphones-are-meeting-resistance-from-councils-but-why-125815/" aria-label="Read more about Telstra’s new high-tech payphones are meeting resistance from councils, but why?">Read more</a>
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October 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lauren Gurrieri, Senior Lecturer in Marketing, RMIT University The banning of a Sportsbet advertisement featuring a “foolish” blonde beauty pageant contestant is a rare win against sexism and stereotypes in advertising. Ad Standards, which adjudicates complaints about adverts, has ruled the “foolproof” advert contravenes the Australian Association ... <a title="Sexualised and stereotyped: why Australian advertising is stuck in a sexist past" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/29/sexualised-and-stereotyped-why-australian-advertising-is-stuck-in-a-sexist-past-125704/" aria-label="Read more about Sexualised and stereotyped: why Australian advertising is stuck in a sexist past">Read more</a>
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October 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cathy Henkel, Edith Cowan University In August this year, Screen Australia celebrated what it described as a “significant landmark” for the Australian screen industry. Its Gender Matters program had exceeded its KPI target with 56% of projects supported having at least half of all key creative roles ... <a title="Screen Australia celebrates its work in gender equality but things are far from equal" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/29/screen-australia-celebrates-its-work-in-gender-equality-but-things-are-far-from-equal-122266/" aria-label="Read more about Screen Australia celebrates its work in gender equality but things are far from equal">Read more</a>
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October 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vanessa Hayes, Professor, Garvan Institute of Medical Research and, University of Sydney Where was the evolutionary birthplace of modern humans? The East African Great Rift Valley has long been the favoured contender – until today. Our new research has used DNA to trace humanity’s earliest footsteps to ... <a title="Humanity’s birthplace: why everyone alive today can call northern Botswana home" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/29/humanitys-birthplace-why-everyone-alive-today-can-call-northern-botswana-home-125814/" aria-label="Read more about Humanity’s birthplace: why everyone alive today can call northern Botswana home">Read more</a>
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October 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Phill Cassey, Assoc Prof in Invasion Biogeography and Biosecurity, University of Adelaide Birds lay eggs with a huge variety of colours and patterns, from immaculate white to a range of blue-greens and reddish browns. The need to conceal eggs from predators is one factor that gives rise ... <a title="Hot as shell: birds in cooler climates lay darker eggs to keep their embryos warm" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/29/hot-as-shell-birds-in-cooler-climates-lay-darker-eggs-to-keep-their-embryos-warm-125921/" aria-label="Read more about Hot as shell: birds in cooler climates lay darker eggs to keep their embryos warm">Read more</a>
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October 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Louise Hull, Associate Professor and Fertility and Conception Theme Leader, The Robinson Research Institute, University of Adelaide A miscarriage is a devastating event. Those who experience them are suddenly and unexpectedly robbed of the promise of new life and the dream of an expanded family. The emotional ... <a title="Miscarriages affect 1 in 6 pregnancies. We need better investigations and treatments" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/29/miscarriages-affect-1-in-6-pregnancies-we-need-better-investigations-and-treatments-120672/" aria-label="Read more about Miscarriages affect 1 in 6 pregnancies. We need better investigations and treatments">Read more</a>
