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April 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra After Wednesday’s larger-than-expected inflation number, all attention has turned to the Reserve Bank’s meeting on Tuesday. If the bank moves next week, it will be the first time there’s been a rise in a campaign since 2007, the election John ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Economist Saul Eslake on why Reserve Bank needs to raise rates next week" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/27/politics-with-michelle-grattan-economist-saul-eslake-on-why-reserve-bank-needs-to-raise-rates-next-week-182059/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Economist Saul Eslake on why Reserve Bank needs to raise rates next week">Read more</a>
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April 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jean Burgess, Professor and Associate Director, ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society, Queensland University of Technology The world’s richest man, Elon Musk, seems set to purchase the social media platform Twitter for around US$44 billion. He says he’s not doing it to make money ... <a title="The ‘digital town square’? What does it mean when billionaires own the online spaces where we gather?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/27/the-digital-town-square-what-does-it-mean-when-billionaires-own-the-online-spaces-where-we-gather-182047/" aria-label="Read more about The ‘digital town square’? What does it mean when billionaires own the online spaces where we gather?">Read more</a>
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April 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ria Hopkins, PhD Candidate, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW Sydney Shutterstock Hospital patients are often given strong, opioid pain medicines when discharged home after surgery and other treatments. This can sometimes lead to long-term use and dependence. New national standards, released today by the Australian ... <a title="Patients leaving hospital sometimes need opioids. Doctors can reduce risks of long-term use and dependence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/27/patients-leaving-hospital-sometimes-need-opioids-doctors-can-reduce-risks-of-long-term-use-and-dependence-181941/" aria-label="Read more about Patients leaving hospital sometimes need opioids. Doctors can reduce risks of long-term use and dependence">Read more</a>
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April 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Hawkins, Senior Lecturer, Canberra School of Politics, Economics and Society and NATSEM, University of Canberra Shutterstock/ABS Australian consumer prices jumped an extraordinary 2.1% in the first three months of the year, the biggest quarterly jump since the introduction of the 10% goods and services tax at ... <a title="Inflation hits an extraordinary 5.1%. How long until mortgage rates climb?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/27/inflation-hits-an-extraordinary-5-1-how-long-until-mortgage-rates-climb-181832/" aria-label="Read more about Inflation hits an extraordinary 5.1%. How long until mortgage rates climb?">Read more</a>
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April 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Humphery-Jenner, Associate Professor of Finance, UNSW Sydney Miguel Roberts?AP Elon Musk’s US$44 billion offer to buy Twitter and turn the social media platform into a private company is almost a done deal. But not quite. While Twitter’s board has endorsed his offer, Musk now needs the ... <a title="Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover isn’t quite a done deal: what happens now" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/27/elon-musks-twitter-takeover-isnt-quite-a-done-deal-what-happens-now-181955/" aria-label="Read more about Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover isn’t quite a done deal: what happens now">Read more</a>
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April 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Clare Collins, Laureate Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Newcastle Shutterstock Results of a new weight loss study were published this week, leading to headlines proclaiming intermittent fasting “isn’t a magic diet trick after all”. The researchers aimed to test whether adding a restriction on what ... <a title="Restricting calories leads to weight loss, not necessarily the window of time you eat them in" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/27/restricting-calories-leads-to-weight-loss-not-necessarily-the-window-of-time-you-eat-them-in-181942/" aria-label="Read more about Restricting calories leads to weight loss, not necessarily the window of time you eat them in">Read more</a>
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April 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vanessa Teague, Adjunct associate professor (ANU) and CEO, Thinking Cybersecurity, Australian National University Dan Peled/AAP As we head towards the federal election, you may be wondering why we can’t skip the polling booth queues and vote online instead. The reason is the difficulty of verifying that each ... <a title="Australia doesn’t have online voting for federal elections and we should keep it that way" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/27/australia-doesnt-have-online-voting-for-federal-elections-and-we-should-keep-it-that-way-180865/" aria-label="Read more about Australia doesn’t have online voting for federal elections and we should keep it that way">Read more</a>
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April 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hamish John Wilson, Associate Professor in General Practice, University of Otago nocebo The COVID pandemic has highlighted several interesting features of modern medical practice – most recently the “nocebo” response, which may account for a significant number of side effects people experience following vaccination. Nocebo responses (from ... <a title="Anticipating a side effect makes it more likely you’ll experience it – this could contribute to vaccine hesitancy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/27/anticipating-a-side-effect-makes-it-more-likely-youll-experience-it-this-could-contribute-to-vaccine-hesitancy-180331/" aria-label="Read more about Anticipating a side effect makes it more likely you’ll experience it – this could contribute to vaccine hesitancy">Read more</a>
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April 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Benjamin Clark, Deputy Engagement Editor, The Conversation Former independent federal MP Cathy McGowan has hit back at John Howard’s description of independent candidates as “anti-Liberal groupies”. In this Below the Line exclusive, McGowan says the former Prime Minister’s use of the term was clearly meant to be ... <a title="Below the Line: former independent Cathy McGowan hits back at John Howard’s ‘anti-Liberal groupies’ jibe – podcast" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/27/below-the-line-former-independent-cathy-mcgowan-hits-back-at-john-howards-anti-liberal-groupies-jibe-podcast-182038/" aria-label="Read more about Below the Line: former independent Cathy McGowan hits back at John Howard’s ‘anti-Liberal groupies’ jibe – podcast">Read more</a>
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April 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Caldicott, Senior lecturer, Australian National University Shutterstock Days out from the event, festival goers for Canberra’s Groovin the Moo festival were told the event would no longer be offering a free drug checking service after Pill Testing Australia, which provides the testing service, had public liability ... <a title="Pill testing really does reduce the risk of harm for drug users" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/27/pill-testing-really-does-reduce-the-risk-of-harm-for-drug-users-181778/" aria-label="Read more about Pill testing really does reduce the risk of harm for drug users">Read more</a>
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April 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma Shortis, Lecturer, RMIT University This is part of a foreign policy election series looking at how Australia’s relations with the world have changed since the Morrison government came into power in 2019. You can read the other pieces here and here. It feels like a lifetime ... <a title="A brief history of the US-Australia alliance – and how it might change after the May election" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/27/a-brief-history-of-the-us-australia-alliance-and-how-it-might-change-after-the-may-election-179377/" aria-label="Read more about A brief history of the US-Australia alliance – and how it might change after the May election">Read more</a>
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April 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Hawkins, Senior Lecturer, Canberra School of Politics, Economics and Society and NATSEM, University of Canberra Eric Risberg/AP In a surprise capitulation, the board of Twitter has announced it will support a takeover bid by Elon Musk, the world’s richest person. But is it in the public ... <a title="What will Elon Musk’s ownership of Twitter mean for ‘free speech’ on the platform?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/27/what-will-elon-musks-ownership-of-twitter-mean-for-free-speech-on-the-platform-181626/" aria-label="Read more about What will Elon Musk’s ownership of Twitter mean for ‘free speech’ on the platform?">Read more</a>
