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April 13, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Luise Kazda, PhD candidate, University of Sydney During my daughter’s challenging first year of school, we discovered how much effort it took her to sit and learn. She was the youngest in her class, placing her at higher risk of being diagnosed with ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity ... <a title="More kids are being diagnosed with ADHD for borderline (yet challenging) behaviours. Our new research shows why that’s a worry" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/13/more-kids-are-being-diagnosed-with-adhd-for-borderline-yet-challenging-behaviours-our-new-research-shows-why-thats-a-worry-156115/" aria-label="Read more about More kids are being diagnosed with ADHD for borderline (yet challenging) behaviours. Our new research shows why that’s a worry">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cheryl Durrant, Adjunct Associate Professor, UNSW Climate change is a hot topic in Australian security circles, as it poses an emerging threat to our national resilience and way of life. As a new report from the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) last week warned, the federal government ... <a title="Climate change is a security threat the government keeps ignoring. We’ll show up empty handed to yet another global summit" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/13/climate-change-is-a-security-threat-the-government-keeps-ignoring-well-show-up-empty-handed-to-yet-another-global-summit-158702/" aria-label="Read more about Climate change is a security threat the government keeps ignoring. We’ll show up empty handed to yet another global summit">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jim Stanford, Economist and Director, Centre for Future Work, Australia Institute; Honorary Professor of Political Economy, University of Sydney Fewer than 2% of Australian employees work for the minimum wage (now $19.84 an hour). But the federal Fair Work Commission’s annual decision on how much to increase ... <a title="Resistance to raising the minimum wage reflects obsolete economic thinking" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/13/resistance-to-raising-the-minimum-wage-reflects-obsolete-economic-thinking-158622/" aria-label="Read more about Resistance to raising the minimum wage reflects obsolete economic thinking">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrea Waling, ARC DECRA Senior Research Fellow in Sex & Sexuality, La Trobe University The Netflix drama The One centres around a geneticist who invents a new matchmaking service. It uses DNA to help people find their romantic and sexual match: their “one”. “A single strand of ... <a title="The One: could DNA tests find our soulmate? We study sex and sexuality — and think the idea is ridiculous" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/13/the-one-could-dna-tests-find-our-soulmate-we-study-sex-and-sexuality-and-think-the-idea-is-ridiculous-158533/" aria-label="Read more about The One: could DNA tests find our soulmate? We study sex and sexuality — and think the idea is ridiculous">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brendan Duffy, Lecturer in Applied Geoscience, The University of Melbourne Most people know that Mount Everest is the tallest mountain but I want to know for how long it has been the tallest, and for how long in the future it will remain so (…) Which range ... <a title="Curious Kids: how and when did Mount Everest become the tallest mountain? And will it remain so?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/13/curious-kids-how-and-when-did-mount-everest-become-the-tallest-mountain-and-will-it-remain-so-157509/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: how and when did Mount Everest become the tallest mountain? And will it remain so?">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Claire Breen, Professor of Law, University of Waikato Recent media coverage of women not being able to get treatment for birth injuries highlights yet another example of gender bias in healthcare in New Zealand. Following a policy review, the Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC), which covers accidental injuries, ... <a title="ACC’s policy of not covering birth injuries is one more sign the system is overdue for reform" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/13/accs-policy-of-not-covering-birth-injuries-is-one-more-sign-the-system-is-overdue-for-reform-158618/" aria-label="Read more about ACC’s policy of not covering birth injuries is one more sign the system is overdue for reform">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonathan Nott, Professor of Physical Geography, James Cook University Tropical Cyclone Seroja battered parts of Western Australia’s coast on Sunday night, badly damaging buildings and leaving thousands of people without power. While the full extent of the damage caused by the Category 3 system is not yet ... <a title="Cyclone Seroja just demolished parts of WA – and our warming world will bring more of the same" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/13/cyclone-seroja-just-demolished-parts-of-wa-and-our-warming-world-will-bring-more-of-the-same-158769/" aria-label="Read more about Cyclone Seroja just demolished parts of WA – and our warming world will bring more of the same">Read more</a>
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April 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tamasailau Suaalii Sauni, Associate Professor in Criminology Programme, University of Auckland Samoan politics is on a knife edge. After the country voted in general elections on April 9, counting so far has resulted in a dead heat between the two major parties. This is a stunning and ... <a title="Samoa’s stunning election result: on the verge of a new ruling party for the first time in 40 years" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/12/samoas-stunning-election-result-on-the-verge-of-a-new-ruling-party-for-the-first-time-in-40-years-158608/" aria-label="Read more about Samoa’s stunning election result: on the verge of a new ruling party for the first time in 40 years">Read more</a>
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April 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert Wellington, Senior Lecturer, Art History and Visual Culture, Australian National University In this series we pay tribute to the art we wish could visit — and hope to see once travel restrictions are lifted. If you are a country house fanatic like me, and you’ve been ... <a title="If I could go anywhere: Boughton House, ‘the English Versailles’ and its shimmering treasures" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/12/if-i-could-go-anywhere-boughton-house-the-english-versailles-and-its-shimmering-treasures-157598/" aria-label="Read more about If I could go anywhere: Boughton House, ‘the English Versailles’ and its shimmering treasures">Read more</a>
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April 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jane E Frawley, NHMRC Research Fellow, University of Technology Sydney The federal government’s recommendation last week that the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine is now the preferred vaccine for adults under 50 has shaken public confidence in the COVID-19 vaccine rollout. The Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) ... <a title="New AstraZeneca advice is a safer path, but it’s damaged vaccine confidence. The government must urgently restore it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/12/new-astrazeneca-advice-is-a-safer-path-but-its-damaged-vaccine-confidence-the-government-must-urgently-restore-it-158763/" aria-label="Read more about New AstraZeneca advice is a safer path, but it’s damaged vaccine confidence. The government must urgently restore it">Read more</a>
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April 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bela Stantic, Professor, Director of Big data and smart analytics lab – IIIS, Griffith University Australia’s COVID-19 vaccination rollout has hit yet another crossroads. Public confidence has wavered following the federal government’s announcement last week that the Pfizer vaccine was the preferred choice for people under age ... <a title="The ebb and flow of COVID-19 vaccine support: what social media tells us about Australians and the jab" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/12/the-ebb-and-flow-of-covid-19-vaccine-support-what-social-media-tells-us-about-australians-and-the-jab-157874/" aria-label="Read more about The ebb and flow of COVID-19 vaccine support: what social media tells us about Australians and the jab">Read more</a>
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April 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonathan Nott, Professor of Physical Geography, James Cook University Tropical Cyclone Seroja battered parts of Western Australia’s coast on Sunday night, badly damaging buildings and leaving thousands of people without power. While the full extent of the damage caused by the Category 3 system is not yet ... <a title="Cyclone Seroja last night demolished parts of WA – and our warming world will bring more of the same" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/12/cyclone-seroja-last-night-demolished-parts-of-wa-and-our-warming-world-will-bring-more-of-the-same-158769/" aria-label="Read more about Cyclone Seroja last night demolished parts of WA – and our warming world will bring more of the same">Read more</a>
