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May 2, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katharine Kemp, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law & Justice, UNSW, UNSW Sydney Shutterstock Consumers using online retail marketplaces such as eBay and Amazon “have little effective choice in the amount of data they share”, according to the latest report of the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) ... <a title="ACCC says consumers need more choices about what online marketplaces are doing with their data" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/02/accc-says-consumers-need-more-choices-about-what-online-marketplaces-are-doing-with-their-data-182134/" aria-label="Read more about ACCC says consumers need more choices about what online marketplaces are doing with their data">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Crowley, Adjunct Associate Professor, Public and Environmental Policy, University of Tasmania Russell Freeman/AAP A major poll published yesterday suggests the Greens are set to grow as a political force at this month’s election, showing its primary vote has risen markedly from 10% in 2019 to a ... <a title="Polls show a jump in the Greens vote – but its real path to power lies in reconciling with Labor" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/02/polls-show-a-jump-in-the-greens-vote-but-its-real-path-to-power-lies-in-reconciling-with-labor-181705/" aria-label="Read more about Polls show a jump in the Greens vote – but its real path to power lies in reconciling with Labor">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Oliver Frank, Senior Research Fellow, Discipline of General Practice, and Specialist General Practitioner, University of Adelaide Shutterstock When you go to your usual GP, you probably sit down, tell her your health-care needs or problems, and she advises and discusses with you how you can address them. ... <a title="People attending GPs aren’t getting all the preventive health care they need. Here’s what could help" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/02/people-attending-gps-arent-getting-all-the-preventive-health-care-they-need-heres-what-could-help-181709/" aria-label="Read more about People attending GPs aren’t getting all the preventive health care they need. Here’s what could help">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachel Ong ViforJ, ARC Future Fellow & Professor of Economics, Curtin University Shutterstock Each side is offering something for first homebuyers this election, but the nature of the support is quite different. The Coalition’s Home Guarantee The Coalition is promising to expand its Home Guarantee Scheme, also ... <a title="For first homebuyers, it’s Labor’s Help to Buy versus the Coalition’s New Home Guarantee. Which is better?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/02/for-first-homebuyers-its-labors-help-to-buy-versus-the-coalitions-new-home-guarantee-which-is-better-182276/" aria-label="Read more about For first homebuyers, it’s Labor’s Help to Buy versus the Coalition’s New Home Guarantee. Which is better?">Read more</a>
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May 2, 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 Frankie Cordoba/Unsplash While artists struggle to get noticed in the Australian political arena, particularly in the lead up to an election, other nations take their artists more seriously – even ... <a title="Australia should have a universal basic income for artists. Here’s what that could look like" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/02/australia-should-have-a-universal-basic-income-for-artists-heres-what-that-could-look-like-182128/" aria-label="Read more about Australia should have a universal basic income for artists. Here’s what that could look like">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne AAP/Lukas Coch This week’s Newspoll, conducted April 27-30 from a sample of 1,538, gave Labor a 53-47 lead, unchanged since last week. Primary votes were 38% Labor (up one), 36% Coalition (steady), 11% Greens ... <a title="Labor’s lead steady in Newspoll and gains in Resolve; how the polls moved during past campaigns" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/02/labors-lead-steady-in-newspoll-and-gains-in-resolve-how-the-polls-moved-during-past-campaigns-181953/" aria-label="Read more about Labor’s lead steady in Newspoll and gains in Resolve; how the polls moved during past campaigns">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2022
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May 2, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lukas Wesemann, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock Infectious diseases such as malaria remain a leading cause of death in many regions. This is partly because people there don’t have access to medical diagnostic tools that can detect these diseases (along with a range of ... <a title="We’ve created a device that could allow instant disease diagnosis – while fitting inside your phone lens" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/02/weve-created-a-device-that-could-allow-instant-disease-diagnosis-while-fitting-inside-your-phone-lens-181342/" aria-label="Read more about We’ve created a device that could allow instant disease diagnosis – while fitting inside your phone lens">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Geoff Cockfield, Honorary Professor in Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development, University of Southern Queensland Dominic Giannini/AAP While the Liberal and Labor parties each face several nail-biting contests, the Nationals have fewer immediate concerns in this federal election. The party has good prospects of retaining most, if not ... <a title="The Nationals have good election prospects – but this does not guarantee Joyce’s leadership" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/02/the-nationals-have-good-election-prospects-but-this-does-not-guarantee-joyces-leadership-181935/" aria-label="Read more about The Nationals have good election prospects – but this does not guarantee Joyce’s leadership">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kun Zhao, Research fellow, BehaviourWorks Australia, Monash Sustainable Development Institute, Monash University As Australians across the country prepare to vote, many will be reflecting on what can help build a prosperous and inclusive society. Over the last five years, we have been measuring social inclusion by surveying ... <a title="Are Australians socially inclusive? 5 things we learned after surveying 11,000 people for half a decade" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/02/are-australians-socially-inclusive-5-things-we-learned-after-surveying-11-000-people-for-half-a-decade-182124/" aria-label="Read more about Are Australians socially inclusive? 5 things we learned after surveying 11,000 people for half a decade">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicholas Fuller, Charles Perkins Centre Research Program Leader, University of Sydney Shutterstock We’re a society obsessed with numbers, and no more so than when managing our health. We use smartwatches to count steps and track our daily activity, creating scores for our fitness, and monitor our heart ... <a title="Using BMI to measure your health is nonsense. Here’s why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/02/using-bmi-to-measure-your-health-is-nonsense-heres-why-180412/" aria-label="Read more about Using BMI to measure your health is nonsense. Here’s why">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Eleanor Holroyd, Associate Dean International & Engagement, Auckland University of Technology GettyImages Aotearoa New Zealand’s community nurses and home and community care assistants have played a crucial yet largely invisible role in the country’s response to the global pandemic. Across the country, personal care assistants help patients ... <a title="Community healthcare workers were left feeling isolated and under-appreciated during the pandemic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/02/community-healthcare-workers-were-left-feeling-isolated-and-under-appreciated-during-the-pandemic-180323/" aria-label="Read more about Community healthcare workers were left feeling isolated and under-appreciated during the pandemic">Read more</a>
