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March 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Thea van de Mortel, Professor, Nursing and Deputy Head (Learning & Teaching), School of Nursing and Midwifery, Griffith University Brittany Colette As we head towards winter, the likelihood of picking up a pesky cold increases. But COVID changes how we approach sore throats and runny noses. If ... <a title="Why do I (and my kids) get so many colds? And with all this COVID around, should we be isolating too?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/28/why-do-i-and-my-kids-get-so-many-colds-and-with-all-this-covid-around-should-we-be-isolating-too-179302/" aria-label="Read more about Why do I (and my kids) get so many colds? And with all this COVID around, should we be isolating too?">Read more</a>
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March 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jago Dodson, Professor of Urban Policy and Director, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University Shutterstock As high global oil prices, spurred by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, drive up the price of fuel and many other things too, there’s pressure on Australian politicians to offer some relief. There ... <a title="5 maps that show why free public transport benefits the affluent most" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/28/5-maps-that-show-why-free-public-transport-benefits-the-affluent-most-179847/" aria-label="Read more about 5 maps that show why free public transport benefits the affluent most">Read more</a>
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March 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jo Caust, Associate Professor and Principal Fellow (Hon), School of Culture and Communication, The University of Melbourne The pandemic has been a wake-up call. Now, more than ever, the arts are a part of our daily lives. They are not something only “the elite” enjoy; they are ... <a title="It is time for Australia to establish a national Ministry for Culture" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/28/it-is-time-for-australia-to-establish-a-national-ministry-for-culture-180026/" aria-label="Read more about It is time for Australia to establish a national Ministry for Culture">Read more</a>
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March 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kayla Stefanidis, Research Fellow, University of the Sunshine Coast Shutterstock Speeding is more common among people regularly exposed to material encouraging speeding, our new study suggests. Our research, published in the journal Traffic Injury Prevention, found self-reported exposure to content promoting or encouraging speeding on social media ... <a title="Speeding is more common among people regularly exposed to content encouraging speeding" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/28/speeding-is-more-common-among-people-regularly-exposed-to-content-encouraging-speeding-175066/" aria-label="Read more about Speeding is more common among people regularly exposed to content encouraging speeding">Read more</a>
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March 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Muneera Bano, Senior Lecturer, Software Engineering, Deakin University Shutterstock I was recently reading comments on a post related to COVID-19, and saw a reply I would classify as misinformation, bordering on conspiracy. I couldn’t help but ask the commenter for evidence. Their response came with some web ... <a title="There is, in fact, a ‘wrong’ way to use Google. Here are 5 tips to set you on the right path" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/28/there-is-in-fact-a-wrong-way-to-use-google-here-are-5-tips-to-set-you-on-the-right-path-179099/" aria-label="Read more about There is, in fact, a ‘wrong’ way to use Google. Here are 5 tips to set you on the right path">Read more</a>
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March 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Helen Dickinson, Professor, Public Service Research, UNSW Sydney Jon Flobrant/Unsplash The latest National Disability Insurance Scheme’s (NDIS) quarterly report shows the average plan size per participant fell 4% between 2020 and 2021. This confirms what many disability advocates have been warning about for some time: that the ... <a title="What we know about the NDIS cuts, and what they’ll mean for people with disability and their families" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/28/what-we-know-about-the-ndis-cuts-and-what-theyll-mean-for-people-with-disability-and-their-families-179748/" aria-label="Read more about What we know about the NDIS cuts, and what they’ll mean for people with disability and their families">Read more</a>
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March 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robin Gauld, Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Dean, University of Otago GettyImages This year significant reforms to New Zealand’s health care system will be introduced. But to achieve its goals of an equitable system, the government needs to make deeper changes than it has proposed. For two decades, New Zealand ... <a title="New Zealand’s health restructure is doomed to fall short unless its funding model is tackled first" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/28/new-zealands-health-restructure-is-doomed-to-fall-short-unless-its-funding-model-is-tackled-first-179935/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand’s health restructure is doomed to fall short unless its funding model is tackled first">Read more</a>
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March 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nial Wheate, Associate Professor of the Sydney Pharmacy School, University of Sydney Getty Images For the sixth time in the last 25 years, the Great Barrier Reef is bleaching. During bleaching events, people are quick to point the finger at different causes, including sunscreen. Why sunscreen? Some ... <a title="No, sunscreen chemicals are not bleaching the Great Barrier Reef" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/28/no-sunscreen-chemicals-are-not-bleaching-the-great-barrier-reef-179938/" aria-label="Read more about No, sunscreen chemicals are not bleaching the Great Barrier Reef">Read more</a>
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March 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tom van Laer, Associate Professor of Narratology, University of Sydney Shutterstock A fancy term for how stories persuade us is through “narrative transportation”. People get transported through two main components: empathy with the characters, and imagination of the plot. Empathy is when people develop positive feelings toward ... <a title="Agricultural productivity, sex education and gender equity: 5 times soap operas enabled social change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/28/agricultural-productivity-sex-education-and-gender-equity-5-times-soap-operas-enabled-social-change-176566/" aria-label="Read more about Agricultural productivity, sex education and gender equity: 5 times soap operas enabled social change">Read more</a>
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March 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Scott Morrison finally got his way at the weekend when the Liberal federal executive agreed to candidates for several key NSW seats being picked by a three-person committee rather than the rank and file having their say. The executive decision ... <a title="Morrison wins battle to head off rank-and-file preselections, as government readies to deliver vote-bait budget" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/28/morrison-wins-battle-to-head-off-rank-and-file-preselections-as-government-readies-to-deliver-vote-bait-budget-180100/" aria-label="Read more about Morrison wins battle to head off rank-and-file preselections, as government readies to deliver vote-bait budget">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2022
Analysis Keith Rankin. One of the major themes in my life, as a baby-boomer growing up in the 1960s, has been the relationship between ‘man’ (aka humankind) and ‘nature’. Science – especially applied science, and western philosophy – was presented as a progressive economic project which involved ‘taming nature’. And indeed there were successes, many ... <a title="Keith Rankin Essay – Nature: Friend or Foe?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/26/keith-rankin-essay-nature-friend-or-foe/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Essay – Nature: Friend or Foe?">Read more</a>
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March 25, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Daryl Adair, Associate Professor of Sport Management, University of Technology Sydney Wimbledon, the most iconic tennis grand slam, is considering its position on the participation of Russian nationals. The British sports minister, Nigel Huddleston, recently suggested that for any Russian to play at Wimbledon, “assurances” might be ... <a title="Is banning Russian tennis players from Wimbledon the right call?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/25/is-banning-russian-tennis-players-from-wimbledon-the-right-call-179551/" aria-label="Read more about Is banning Russian tennis players from Wimbledon the right call?">Read more</a>
