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August 15, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Sandeman, Honorary Professor, Federation University Australia Shutterstock As a parent, it might feel like you are constantly giving your children worm treatments – usually in the form of chocolate or sweetened chewable tablets. In fact, most kids in Australia (or any other rich country) get very ... <a title="Why do my kids keep getting worms? And is that what is making them so cranky?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/15/why-do-my-kids-keep-getting-worms-and-is-that-what-is-making-them-so-cranky-187255/" aria-label="Read more about Why do my kids keep getting worms? And is that what is making them so cranky?">Read more</a>
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August 15, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kim Rubenstein, Professor, Academic Director, 50/50 by 2030 Foundation, University of Canberra With more independents, women, Indigenous Australians and MPs from a multicultural background than ever before, federal parliament seems ready to deal with issues that have been lying dormant for years. And one of these – ... <a title="It’s time to give the ACT and NT stronger voices in parliament" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/15/its-time-to-give-the-act-and-nt-stronger-voices-in-parliament-188717/" aria-label="Read more about It’s time to give the ACT and NT stronger voices in parliament">Read more</a>
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August 15, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Evangeline Mantzioris, Program Director of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Accredited Practising Dietitian, University of South Australia Shutterstock If you wake up in the morning feeling thirsty, you might be dehydrated. There are a few things which might be at play here, including not drinking enough the day ... <a title="Why do I wake up thirsty?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/15/why-do-i-wake-up-thirsty-183731/" aria-label="Read more about Why do I wake up thirsty?">Read more</a>
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August 15, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ross Pain, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Philosophy, Australian National University Shutterstock In the early 1990s, British neuroscientist Karl Friston was poring over brain scans. The scans produced terabytes of digital output, and Friston had to find new techniques to sort and classify the massive flows of data. Along ... <a title="‘Life hates surprises’: can an ambitious theory unify biology, neuroscience and psychology?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/15/life-hates-surprises-can-an-ambitious-theory-unify-biology-neuroscience-and-psychology-184052/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Life hates surprises’: can an ambitious theory unify biology, neuroscience and psychology?">Read more</a>
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August 15, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amitabh Mattoo, Honorary Professor of International Relations, The University of Melbourne Mohandas Gandhi, who led India’s fight for independence, talks to a crowd in Ahmedabad, India in 1931. AP On this day 75 years ago, after a long battle for self-government, Great Britain finally withdrew from the ... <a title="Australia wasn’t always supportive of India becoming independent. But 75 years on, relations have thawed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/15/australia-wasnt-always-supportive-of-india-becoming-independent-but-75-years-on-relations-have-thawed-187526/" aria-label="Read more about Australia wasn’t always supportive of India becoming independent. But 75 years on, relations have thawed">Read more</a>
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August 15, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Edward C Holmes, ARC Australian Laureate Fellow and Professor, University of Sydney My colleagues and I published the most detailed studies of the earliest events in the COVID-19 pandemic last month in the journal Science. Together, these papers paint a coherent evidence-based picture of what took place ... <a title="The COVID lab leak theory is dead. Here’s how we know the virus came from a Wuhan market" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/15/the-covid-lab-leak-theory-is-dead-heres-how-we-know-the-virus-came-from-a-wuhan-market-188163/" aria-label="Read more about The COVID lab leak theory is dead. Here’s how we know the virus came from a Wuhan market">Read more</a>
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August 15, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lisa Ottenhaus, Lectuer in Structural Timber Engineering, The University of Queensland Developer Thrive Construct recently announced the world’s tallest steel-timber hotel to be built at Victoria Square, Adelaide. Australia has caught onto the trend of building taller in timber, with other plans for three buildings 180-220 metres ... <a title="Tall timber buildings are exciting, but to shrink construction’s carbon footprint we need to focus on the less sexy ‘middle’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/15/tall-timber-buildings-are-exciting-but-to-shrink-constructions-carbon-footprint-we-need-to-focus-on-the-less-sexy-middle-188143/" aria-label="Read more about Tall timber buildings are exciting, but to shrink construction’s carbon footprint we need to focus on the less sexy ‘middle’">Read more</a>
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August 15, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tamara May, Psychologist and Research Associate in the Department of Paediatrics, Monash University HBO While we all like to be prepared for what might happen in the future, like those difficult conversations and life choices, some go to extraordinary lengths to try and ensure a happy outcome. ... <a title="Nathan Fielder’s new comedy The Rehearsal will be familiar to anyone with autism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/15/nathan-fielders-new-comedy-the-rehearsal-will-be-familiar-to-anyone-with-autism-188071/" aria-label="Read more about Nathan Fielder’s new comedy The Rehearsal will be familiar to anyone with autism">Read more</a>
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August 15, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Big business wants a “catch up boost” to permanent migration, with at least two thirds of the places going to skilled workers, In proposals for next month’s jobs and skills summit, the Business Council of Australia’s chief executive Jennifer Westacott ... <a title="Business calls for ‘catch up’ migration, as participants position ahead of Albanese’s jobs summit" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/15/business-calls-for-catch-up-migration-as-participants-position-ahead-of-albaneses-jobs-summit-188703/" aria-label="Read more about Business calls for ‘catch up’ migration, as participants position ahead of Albanese’s jobs summit">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Wes Mountain/The Conversation, CC BY-ND Australia’s top economists are divided about how to tackle ballooning inflation of 6.1% that’s forecast to climb to a three-decade high of 7.75% by the end of the year. Three ... <a title="‘It’s important not to overreact’: Australia’s top economists on how to fix high inflation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/14/its-important-not-to-overreact-australias-top-economists-on-how-to-fix-high-inflation-188537/" aria-label="Read more about ‘It’s important not to overreact’: Australia’s top economists on how to fix high inflation">Read more</a>
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August 13, 2022
ANALYSIS: By Shailendra Singh of the University of the South Pacific In Fiji’s politically charged context, national elections are historically a risky period. Since the 2022 campaign period was declared open on April 26, the intensity has been increasing. Moreover, with three governments toppled by coups after the 1987, 1999 and 2006 elections, concerns about ... <a title="Will Fiji’s 2022 hotly contested elections further cement democracy?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/13/will-fijis-2022-hotly-contested-elections-further-cement-democracy/" aria-label="Read more about Will Fiji’s 2022 hotly contested elections further cement democracy?">Read more</a>
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August 13, 2022
RNZ Pacific The Queen’s Representative in the Cook Islands, Sir Tom Marsters, has confirmed Mark Brown as the Prime Minister. In a statement issued from Mark Brown’s office, Sir Tom said he was “satisfied” that Mark Brown had the majority of the MPs elected to Parliament. Following the final count of the Cook Islands general ... <a title="Mark Brown confirmed as Cook Islands PM with slim grip" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/13/mark-brown-confirmed-as-cook-islands-pm-with-slim-grip/" aria-label="Read more about Mark Brown confirmed as Cook Islands PM with slim grip">Read more</a>
