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March 31, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Monica Barratt, Vice Chancellor’s Senior Research Fellow, Social and Global Studies Centre and Digital Ethnography Research Centre, RMIT University Shutterstock You might have seen online or heard about “binaural beats”, which have been described as “digital drugs”. Listening to binaural beats has been claimed to help with ... <a title="What are ‘binaural beats’ and do they affect our brain?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/31/what-are-binaural-beats-and-do-they-affect-our-brain-180235/" aria-label="Read more about What are ‘binaural beats’ and do they affect our brain?">Read more</a>
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March 31, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yuting Zhang, Professor of Health Economics, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock Earlier access to free or cheaper medicines is on the cards, after a federal budget announcement made earlier this week. Improved access to subsided prescription drugs through the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme or PBS will benefit Australians ... <a title="What is the PBS safety net and is it really the best way to cut the cost of medicines?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/31/what-is-the-pbs-safety-net-and-is-it-really-the-best-way-to-cut-the-cost-of-medicines-180315/" aria-label="Read more about What is the PBS safety net and is it really the best way to cut the cost of medicines?">Read more</a>
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March 31, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sharlene Leroy-Dyer, Associate Director (PRME) Indigenous Engagement, The University of Queensland Getty Images Readers please be advised this article contains references to sexual assault. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander students are more likely to be sexually harassed in a university context than any other students. This is ... <a title="The Gap will never close if Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students don’t feel safe on university campuses" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/31/the-gap-will-never-close-if-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-students-dont-feel-safe-on-university-campuses-180234/" aria-label="Read more about The Gap will never close if Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students don’t feel safe on university campuses">Read more</a>
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March 31, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Guy Morrow, Senior Lecturer in Arts & Cultural Management, The University of Melbourne Jean Wimmerlin on Unsplash While one more A$20 million round of the Restart Investment to Sustain and Expand (RISE) Fund was announced as part of the 2022-23 budget to support reactivating the arts and ... <a title="Why arts and culture appear to be the big losers in this budget" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/31/why-arts-and-culture-appear-to-be-the-big-losers-in-this-budget-180127/" aria-label="Read more about Why arts and culture appear to be the big losers in this budget">Read more</a>
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March 31, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stewart Lockie, Director, The Cairns Institute, James Cook University This years’s budget has offered up “unprecedented” funding for regional Australia, according to the Morrison government’s budget sell. The headline figure is A$21 billion and is widely assumed to be part of the deal Nationals leader Barnaby Joyce ... <a title="The budget hands out $21 billion for ‘regional Australia’, but a quarter of it is going to a single project in Queensland" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/31/the-budget-hands-out-21-billion-for-regional-australia-but-a-quarter-of-it-is-going-to-a-single-project-in-queensland-180400/" aria-label="Read more about The budget hands out $21 billion for ‘regional Australia’, but a quarter of it is going to a single project in Queensland">Read more</a>
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March 31, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joanna Tai, Senior Research Fellow, Deakin University Shutterstock Swinburne University recently announced it will remove grades from core aspects of its design degree. Instead it will focus on learning design processes and feedback throughout the semester. The “ungrading” movement, led by author Jesse Stommel, is gaining momentum ... <a title="Grading students may be as easy as ABC, but evidence shows better ways to improve learning" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/31/grading-students-may-be-as-easy-as-abc-but-evidence-shows-better-ways-to-improve-learning-179650/" aria-label="Read more about Grading students may be as easy as ABC, but evidence shows better ways to improve learning">Read more</a>
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March 31, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicolas Flament, Senior Lecturer, University of Wollongong Earth’s interior 80 million years ago with hot structures in yellow to red (darker is shallower) and cold structures in blue (darker is deeper). Ömer Bodur/Nature Deep in the Earth beneath us lie two blobs the size of continents. One ... <a title="Volcanoes, diamonds, and blobs: a billion-year history of Earth’s interior shows it’s more mobile than we thought" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/31/volcanoes-diamonds-and-blobs-a-billion-year-history-of-earths-interior-shows-its-more-mobile-than-we-thought-179673/" aria-label="Read more about Volcanoes, diamonds, and blobs: a billion-year history of Earth’s interior shows it’s more mobile than we thought">Read more</a>
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March 31, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elizabeth Hill, Associate Professor Political Economy and Deputy Director, The Gender Equality in Working Life Research Initiative, University of Sydney Shutterstock Among the many budget papers is the Women’s Budget Statement, a booklet outlining what the federal government is doing for Australian women. This includes A$2.1 billion ... <a title="Is the budget good for women? The paid parental leave change takes us backwards and childcare costs were ignored" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/31/is-the-budget-good-for-women-the-paid-parental-leave-change-takes-us-backwards-and-childcare-costs-were-ignored-179766/" aria-label="Read more about Is the budget good for women? The paid parental leave change takes us backwards and childcare costs were ignored">Read more</a>
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March 31, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Charlotte Ganderton, Physiotherapy lecturer, Swinburne University of Technology Circus fuses extreme athletic performance, diverse artists and stunning spectacles with a truly global appeal. Circus is exciting, although sometimes unpredictable. At any moment during rehearsal, performance or travel, injuries can occur. The task of looking after the health ... <a title="We’re two physios who ran away with the circus. Here’s what we learned" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/31/were-two-physios-who-ran-away-with-the-circus-heres-what-we-learned-177739/" aria-label="Read more about We’re two physios who ran away with the circus. Here’s what we learned">Read more</a>
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March 31, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Margaret Cook, Lecturer in History, University of the Sunshine Coast Right now, Lismore residents are going through their second major flood in a month. On February 28th, the devastating first flood peaked at 14.4 metres, fully two metres higher than the previous record of 12.27 metres in ... <a title="Why can floods like those in the Northern Rivers come in clusters?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/31/why-can-floods-like-those-in-the-northern-rivers-come-in-clusters-180250/" aria-label="Read more about Why can floods like those in the Northern Rivers come in clusters?">Read more</a>
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March 31, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Murat Ungor, Senior Lecturer in Economics, University of Otago Shutterstock Tomorrow’s minimum wage increase to NZ$21.20 an hour should help a significant number of New Zealand’s lowest paid workers and their families – 300,000 people, according to the government. Just how much it will help, however, is ... <a title="Inflation has already eroded tomorrow’s minimum wage rise – NZ’s low-income workers will need more support" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/31/inflation-has-already-eroded-tomorrows-minimum-wage-rise-nzs-low-income-workers-will-need-more-support-178749/" aria-label="Read more about Inflation has already eroded tomorrow’s minimum wage rise – NZ’s low-income workers will need more support">Read more</a>
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March 30, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra In the middle of budget week, Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese boarded a VIP aircraft bound for Melbourne to attend Shane Warne’s Wednesday evening memorial service. Their hostilities, moving towards fever pitch for the imminent election, were put aside for ... <a title="View from The Hill: Budget week punctuated by distractions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/30/view-from-the-hill-budget-week-punctuated-by-distractions-180336/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Budget week punctuated by distractions">Read more</a>
