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February 25, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stuart Richards, Lecturer in Screen Studies, University of South Australia Every year it is the same story: the Academy comes so close to catching up with the rest of the film world, only to award the Oscar for Best Picture to the most middling of the bunch. ... <a title="#Oscars2019 play it safe with Green Book – but don’t look to the Academy for any enlightened thinking" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/25/oscars2019-play-it-safe-with-green-book-but-dont-look-to-the-academy-for-any-enlightened-thinking-111733/" aria-label="Read more about #Oscars2019 play it safe with Green Book – but don’t look to the Academy for any enlightened thinking">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sacha Molitorisz, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Centre for Media Transition, Faculty of Law, University of Technology Sydney For social media and search engines, the law is back in town. Prompted by privacy invasions, the spread of misinformation, a crisis in news funding and potential interference in elections, regulators ... <a title="The law is closing in on Facebook and the ‘digital gangsters’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/25/the-law-is-closing-in-on-facebook-and-the-digital-gangsters-112232/" aria-label="Read more about The law is closing in on Facebook and the ‘digital gangsters’">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Malouff, Associate Professor, School of Behavioural, Cognitive and Social Sciences, University of New England Australians report having sex once or twice a week, on average. For Brits, it’s less than once a week, while Americans report having sex two to three times a week. We can’t ... <a title="Health Check: how often do people have sex?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/25/health-check-how-often-do-people-have-sex-108423/" aria-label="Read more about Health Check: how often do people have sex?">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris Zehntner, Lecturer in Health and Physical Education, Southern Cross University Sports coaches have been in the headlines recently for all the wrong reasons. At the end of 2018, the University of Maryland investigated a football coach for intimidation, humiliation and verbal abuse. This followed a player ... <a title="Toughen up snowflake! Sports coaches can be emotionally abusive – here’s how to recognise it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/25/toughen-up-snowflake-sports-coaches-can-be-emotionally-abusive-heres-how-to-recognise-it-110267/" aria-label="Read more about Toughen up snowflake! Sports coaches can be emotionally abusive – here’s how to recognise it">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Evans, Professor of Governance and Director of Democracy 2025 – bridging the trust divide at Old Parliament House, University of Canberra Around the world, democracies are distrusted by a majority of their citizens – the 2018 Edelman Trust Barometer puts the figure at 80%. Australia has ... <a title="Trust in politicians and government is at an all-time low. The next government must work to fix that" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/25/trust-in-politicians-and-government-is-at-an-all-time-low-the-next-government-must-work-to-fix-that-110886/" aria-label="Read more about Trust in politicians and government is at an all-time low. The next government must work to fix that">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Warren Hogan, Industry Professor, University of Technology Sydney This is part of a major series called Advancing Australia, in which leading academics examine the key issues facing Australia in the lead-up to the 2019 federal election and beyond. Populism is driven by the view that everyday people ... <a title="Australia’s populist moment has arrived" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/25/australias-populist-moment-has-arrived-111491/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s populist moment has arrived">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vincent Ho, Senior Lecturer and clinical academic gastroenterologist, Western Sydney 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 ... <a title="Curious Kids: how does my tummy turn food into poo?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/25/curious-kids-how-does-my-tummy-turn-food-into-poo-110353/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: how does my tummy turn food into poo?">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ritesh Chugh, Senior Lecturer/Discipline Lead – Information Systems and Analysis, CQUniversity Australia What happens to research that is funded by taxpayers? A lot ends up in subscription-only journals, protected from the eyes of most by a paywall. But a new initiative known as Plan S could change ... <a title="All publicly funded research could soon be free for you, the taxpayer, to read" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/25/all-publicly-funded-research-could-soon-be-free-for-you-the-taxpayer-to-read-111825/" aria-label="Read more about All publicly funded research could soon be free for you, the taxpayer, to read">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicole Lee, Professor at the National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University This month, close to 40,000 people, mostly women, have given up alcohol for FebFast and many others will be participating in Dry July. These events began as fundraisers for various social causes. But the main reasons ... <a title="Did you look forward to last night’s bottle of wine a bit too much? Ladies, you’re not alone" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/25/did-you-look-forward-to-last-nights-bottle-of-wine-a-bit-too-much-ladies-youre-not-alone-109078/" aria-label="Read more about Did you look forward to last night’s bottle of wine a bit too much? Ladies, you’re not alone">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Maria Chisari, Lecturer, School of Education and Social Work and Learning Centre, University of Sydney This week, thousands of new students from around the country will be starting their first year at university. For many students and their parents, transitioning to university is an exciting but daunting ... <a title="Five top tips to succeed in your first year of university" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/25/five-top-tips-to-succeed-in-your-first-year-of-university-112135/" aria-label="Read more about Five top tips to succeed in your first year of university">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brian Feeney, Adjunct Fellow, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Queensland Soon after becoming prime minister last year, Scott Morrison appointed a minister for “congestion busting”, signalling the importance he attaches to this issue. The large number of Google search results on “traffic congestion ... <a title="Rethinking traffic congestion to make our cities more like the places we want them to be" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/25/rethinking-traffic-congestion-to-make-our-cities-more-like-the-places-we-want-them-to-be-111614/" aria-label="Read more about Rethinking traffic congestion to make our cities more like the places we want them to be">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joshua Krook, Doctoral Candidate in Law, University of Adelaide The story of Yumiko Kadota, whose gruelling schedule as a Sydney hospital registrar included clocking up more than 100 hours of overtime in her first month, has highlighted the punishing work schedules required in the medical profession. Research ... <a title="Our culture of overtime is costing us dearly" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/25/our-culture-of-overtime-is-costing-us-dearly-110566/" aria-label="Read more about Our culture of overtime is costing us dearly">Read more</a>
