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April 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Louise Chappell, Director of the Australian Human Rights Institute; Professor of Law, UNSW This article is part of a series examining the Coalition government’s record on key issues while in power and what Labor is promising if it wins the 2019 federal election. Women’s rights and gender ... <a title="No matter who is elected, more work remains on women’s rights and Indigenous issues" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/12/no-matter-who-is-elected-more-work-remains-on-womens-rights-and-indigenous-issues-114610/" aria-label="Read more about No matter who is elected, more work remains on women’s rights and Indigenous issues">Read more</a>
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April 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Musker, Senior Research Fellow, South Australian Health & Medical Research Institute Depression is a common mental disorder affecting over 300 million people across the world. It’s estimated that one in ten people in Australia (10.4%) suffer from depression. Alongside other therapies, medication is often used to ... <a title="If you’re coming off antidepressants, withdrawals and setbacks may be part of the process" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/12/if-youre-coming-off-antidepressants-withdrawals-and-setbacks-may-be-part-of-the-process-114179/" aria-label="Read more about If you’re coming off antidepressants, withdrawals and setbacks may be part of the process">Read more</a>
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April 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marcus Brazil, Associate Professor and Reader in Engineering, University of Melbourne Following opposition leader Bill Shorten’s policy announcement that 50% of new cars will be electric by 2030, questions have been raised about the ability of the electricity grid to cope with the increased demand associated with ... <a title="Australia’s electricity grid can easily support electric cars – if we get smart" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/12/australias-electricity-grid-can-easily-support-electric-cars-if-we-get-smart-115294/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s electricity grid can easily support electric cars – if we get smart">Read more</a>
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April 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lorraine Hammond, Associate Professor, Edith Cowan University Explicit instruction is a term that summarises a type of teaching in which lessons are designed and delivered to novices to help them develop readily-available background knowledge on a particular topic. Explicit instruction emerged out of research conducted in the ... <a title="Explainer: what is explicit instruction and how does it help children learn?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/12/explainer-what-is-explicit-instruction-and-how-does-it-help-children-learn-115144/" aria-label="Read more about Explainer: what is explicit instruction and how does it help children learn?">Read more</a>
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April 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brendan Coates, Fellow, Grattan Institute Australia’s retirement incomes system has been built on the assumption that most retirees would own their home outright. But new Grattan Institute modelling shows the share of over 65s who own their home will fall from 76% today to 57% by 2056 ... <a title="Retiree home ownership is about to plummet. Soon little more than half will own where they live" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/12/retiree-home-ownership-is-about-to-plummet-soon-little-more-than-half-will-own-where-they-live-115255/" aria-label="Read more about Retiree home ownership is about to plummet. Soon little more than half will own where they live">Read more</a>
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April 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW We’ve known about smoking’s health risks for half a century — at least since the landmark 1964 report by US Surgeon General Luther Terry. But it turns out it is not just smokers addicted to nicotine. So is the Australian government. ... <a title="Vital Signs: why governments get addicted to smoking, gambling and other vices" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/12/vital-signs-why-governments-get-addicted-to-smoking-gambling-and-other-vices-115254/" aria-label="Read more about Vital Signs: why governments get addicted to smoking, gambling and other vices">Read more</a>
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April 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Romain Fathi, Lecturer, History, Flinders University When the first world war came to an end on the Western Front in November 1918, it was time for Australian soldiers to return home. As in Gallipoli, they left behind their fellow Australians who had died. But the Australian public ... <a title="Friday essay: do ‘the French’ care about Anzac?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/12/friday-essay-do-the-french-care-about-anzac-110880/" aria-label="Read more about Friday essay: do ‘the French’ care about Anzac?">Read more</a>
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April 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Wall Street Journal carried the announcement of Australia’s May 18 poll with the rather cruel headline “Australia to Pick Its Next Leader—With an Election”. It was a sharp reminder (if anyone needed one) of how appalling federal politics has ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: In this campaign, Morrison won’t be wearing gloves like Turnbull did in 2016" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/12/grattan-on-friday-in-this-campaign-morrison-wont-be-wearing-gloves-like-turnbull-did-in-2016-115333/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: In this campaign, Morrison won’t be wearing gloves like Turnbull did in 2016">Read more</a>
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April 11, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Karen O’Connell, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Technology Sydney The decision in Geoffrey Rush v Nationwide News, handed down today in Australia’s federal court, is the first – and so far, only – legal determination of a case associated with the #MeToo movement in Australia. ... <a title="Geoffrey Rush’s victory in his defamation case could have a chilling effect on the #MeToo movement" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/11/geoffrey-rushs-victory-in-his-defamation-case-could-have-a-chilling-effect-on-the-metoo-movement-115127/" aria-label="Read more about Geoffrey Rush’s victory in his defamation case could have a chilling effect on the #MeToo movement">Read more</a>
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April 11, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gail Broadbent, PhD candidate Faculty of Science UNSW, UNSW With electric cars back in the headlines, it’s time to remember why we should bother making the transition away from oil. In our recent research looking at attitudes towards electric vehicle uptake, we pointed to some of the ... <a title="Don’t trust the environmental hype about electric vehicles? The economic benefits might convince you" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/11/dont-trust-the-environmental-hype-about-electric-vehicles-the-economic-benefits-might-convince-you-115225/" aria-label="Read more about Don’t trust the environmental hype about electric vehicles? The economic benefits might convince you">Read more</a>
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April 11, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Justin Peter, Climate Scientist, Australian Bureau of Meteorology Curious Kids is a series for children. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskids@theconversation.edu.au You might also like the podcast Imagine This, a co-production between ABC KIDS listen and The Conversation, ... <a title="Curious Kids: is water blue or is it just reflecting off the sky?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/11/curious-kids-is-water-blue-or-is-it-just-reflecting-off-the-sky-113199/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: is water blue or is it just reflecting off the sky?">Read more</a>
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April 11, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Greg Austin, Professor UNSW Canberra Cyber, UNSW This article is part of a series examining the Coalition government’s record on key issues while in power and what Labor is promising if it wins the 2019 federal election. The government’s chief cyber security coordinator, Alastair McGibbon, told an ... <a title="Australia is vulnerable to a catastrophic cyber attack, but the Coalition has a poor cyber security track record" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/11/australia-is-vulnerable-to-a-catastrophic-cyber-attack-but-the-coalition-has-a-poor-cyber-security-track-record-113470/" aria-label="Read more about Australia is vulnerable to a catastrophic cyber attack, but the Coalition has a poor cyber security track record">Read more</a>
