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March 18, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachel Cohen, Clinical Psychologist and PhD Candidate, University of Technology Sydney Social media use is often described as being problematic for mental health and body image. But is all social media use bad? Our new research shows that viewing body positive Instagram content may actually improve women’s ... <a title="Women can build positive body image by controlling what they view on social media" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/18/women-can-build-positive-body-image-by-controlling-what-they-view-on-social-media-113041/" aria-label="Read more about Women can build positive body image by controlling what they view on social media">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Duckett, Director, Health Program, Grattan Institute Dental care in Australia is a policy anomaly; for some reason, the mouth is treated very differently to other parts of the body. About 58% of dental costs are met directly from patients’ pockets, compared to 11% for medical primary ... <a title="Two million Aussies delay or don’t go to the dentist – here’s how we can fix that" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/18/two-million-aussies-delay-or-dont-go-to-the-dentist-heres-how-we-can-fix-that-113376/" aria-label="Read more about Two million Aussies delay or don’t go to the dentist – here’s how we can fix that">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amy Edwards, Post Doctoral Researcher, La Trobe University 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: why bats sleep upside down, and other stories of animal adaptation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/18/curious-kids-why-bats-sleep-upside-down-and-other-stories-of-animal-adaptation-112518/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: why bats sleep upside down, and other stories of animal adaptation">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marissa Parrott, Reproductive Biologist, Wildlife Conservation & Science, Zoos Victoria, and Honorary Research Associate, BioSciences, University of Melbourne Smell is a vital part of sexual attraction for all kinds of animals (including humans). We may be able to use smell to improve breeding programs by giving the ... <a title="‘Give us a sniff, love’: giving marsupials scents from suitors helps breeding programs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/18/give-us-a-sniff-love-giving-marsupials-scents-from-suitors-helps-breeding-programs-113641/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Give us a sniff, love’: giving marsupials scents from suitors helps breeding programs">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kylie Gwynne, Associate Professor and Research Director, Poche Centre for Indigenous Health Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney A customised scholarship program developed for Aboriginal TAFE students has led to a 96% completion rate – more than 60% above the average completion rate for Aboriginal ... <a title="New TAFE program for Aboriginal health-care students sees a near perfect completion rate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/18/new-tafe-program-for-aboriginal-health-care-students-sees-a-near-perfect-completion-rate-113270/" aria-label="Read more about New TAFE program for Aboriginal health-care students sees a near perfect completion rate">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David MacKenzie, Associate Professor, Department of Social Science, Swinburne University of Technology A National Report Card on Youth Homelessness in Australia says government action over the past decade would earn no more than two stars under its four-star rating system. There has been under-investment in most areas. ... <a title="Youth homelessness efforts get a lowly 2 stars from national report card" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/18/youth-homelessness-efforts-get-a-lowly-2-stars-from-national-report-card-113118/" aria-label="Read more about Youth homelessness efforts get a lowly 2 stars from national report card">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Quiggin, Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland This is the first in a three-part mini-symposium on Wages, Unemployment and Underemployment presented by The Conversation and the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia. The long debate over the causes of wage stagnation took an ... <a title="Ultra low wage growth isn’t accidental. It is the intended outcome of government policies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/18/ultra-low-wage-growth-isnt-accidental-it-is-the-intended-outcome-of-government-policies-113357/" aria-label="Read more about Ultra low wage growth isn’t accidental. It is the intended outcome of government policies">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Ashton, PhD Candidate, Monash University We all think we know what pornography is, whether we oppose it, use it, or tolerate it. But are we all conjuring up the same images? The term has been used to describe, for example: a music video clip of a ... <a title="We need a new definition of pornography – with consent at the centre" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/18/we-need-a-new-definition-of-pornography-with-consent-at-the-centre-111994/" aria-label="Read more about We need a new definition of pornography – with consent at the centre">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Terrible tragedies test leaders to the full. Anyone watching from afar must be impressed with the way in which Jacinda Ardern has dealt with the aftermath of the Christchurch horror. Ardern has kept her shocked population regularly updated, walked the ... <a title="View from The Hill: A truly inclusive society requires political restraint" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/18/view-from-the-hill-a-truly-inclusive-society-requires-political-restraint-113719/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: A truly inclusive society requires political restraint">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Clune, Honorary Associate, Government and International Relations, University of Sydney On Saturday, March 23, the people of New South Wales will head to the ballot boxes for a state election. It is looking increasingly close, with polls showing government and opposition neck and neck on about ... <a title="NSW election neck and neck as voters face a 1950s-style ‘I’ll see you and raise you’ campaign" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/18/nsw-election-neck-and-neck-as-voters-face-a-1950s-style-ill-see-you-and-raise-you-campaign-113472/" aria-label="Read more about NSW election neck and neck as voters face a 1950s-style ‘I’ll see you and raise you’ campaign">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Greg Barton, Chair in Global Islamic Politics, Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University When lives are tragically cut short, it is generally easier to explain the “how” than the “why”. This dark reality is all the more felt when tragedy comes at the hands ... <a title="Christchurch attacks are a stark warning of toxic political environment that allows hate to flourish" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/17/christchurch-attacks-are-a-stark-warning-of-toxic-political-environment-that-allows-hate-to-flourish-113662/" aria-label="Read more about Christchurch attacks are a stark warning of toxic political environment that allows hate to flourish">Read more</a>
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March 16, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anne Twomey, Professor of Constitutional Law, University of Sydney In the wake of comments about the Christchurch massacre, members of the public have raised the question of whether a senator can be expelled from the Senate for making offensive statements. It is now well known that members ... <a title="Can a senator be expelled from the federal parliament for offensive statements?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/16/can-a-senator-be-expelled-from-the-federal-parliament-for-offensive-statements-113711/" aria-label="Read more about Can a senator be expelled from the federal parliament for offensive statements?">Read more</a>
