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February 11, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne This week’s Newspoll, conducted February 7-10 from a sample of 1,570, gave Labor a 53-47 lead, unchanged from last fortnight. Primary votes were 39% Labor (up one), 37% Coalition (steady), 9% Greens (steady) and 5% ... <a title="Poll wrap: Labor maintains Newspoll lead but Morrison’s ratings up, and Abbott behind in Warringah" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/11/poll-wrap-labor-maintains-newspoll-lead-but-morrisons-ratings-up-and-abbott-behind-in-warringah-111523/" aria-label="Read more about Poll wrap: Labor maintains Newspoll lead but Morrison’s ratings up, and Abbott behind in Warringah">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yuan Lei, Graduate Student, Institute of Neuroscience, Chinese Academy of Sciences We’ve all experienced the unpleasant sensation of being itchy. For many years, scientists suspected that pain and itch were the same thing, only differentiated by their intensity: itch was just light pain, and pain was strong ... <a title="Health Check: why do we itch?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/11/health-check-why-do-we-itch-109435/" aria-label="Read more about Health Check: why do we itch?">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Matthews, Lecturer Entrepreneurship, Commercialisation and Innovation Centre | PhD Candidate in Image Forensics and Cyber | Councillor, University of Adelaide Every day, often multiple times a day, you are invited to click on links sent to you by brands, politicians, friends and strangers. You download apps ... <a title="Don’t click that link! How criminals access your digital devices and what happens when they do" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/11/dont-click-that-link-how-criminals-access-your-digital-devices-and-what-happens-when-they-do-109802/" aria-label="Read more about Don’t click that link! How criminals access your digital devices and what happens when they do">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Terry Goldsworthy, Associate Professor in Criminology, Bond University Curious Kids is a series for children. Send your question to curiouskids@theconversation.edu.au. You might also like the podcast Imagine This, a co-production between ABC KIDS listen and The Conversation, based on Curious Kids. Is it more dangerous for police ... <a title="Curious Kids: is it more dangerous for police to pursue a suspect than to call off the pursuit?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/11/curious-kids-is-it-more-dangerous-for-police-to-pursue-a-suspect-than-to-call-off-the-pursuit-109440/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: is it more dangerous for police to pursue a suspect than to call off the pursuit?">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elise Bant, Professor of Law, University of Melbourne One of the most important lessons to come out of last week’s banking royal commission is one of the least likely to grab attention, certainly not in the way the resignation of NAB chair Ken Henry did. It’s that, ... <a title="Understanding Hayne. Why less is more" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/11/understanding-hayne-why-less-is-more-110509/" aria-label="Read more about Understanding Hayne. Why less is more">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anthony Dosseto, Associate Professor, University of Wollongong A new report has warned that even if global warming is held at 1.5℃, we will still lose a third of the glaciers in the Hindu Kush-Himalaya (HKH) region. What does that mean for rivers that flow down these mountains, ... <a title="Melting Himalayan glaciers: a big drop in a bucket that’s already full" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/11/melting-himalayan-glaciers-a-big-drop-in-a-bucket-thats-already-full-111345/" aria-label="Read more about Melting Himalayan glaciers: a big drop in a bucket that’s already full">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University You’re forgiven for being confused. Newspapers need to economise on words. Television and radio reporters need to economise on seconds. So they use shorthand: words like “dividend imputation”, “franking credits”, and yes, “retiree tax” Which ... <a title="Words that matter. What’s a franking credit? What’s dividend imputation. And what’s “retiree tax”?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/11/words-that-matter-whats-a-franking-credit-whats-dividend-imputation-and-whats-retiree-tax-111423/" aria-label="Read more about Words that matter. What’s a franking credit? What’s dividend imputation. And what’s “retiree tax”?">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James L Croft, Lecturer, Motor Control and Skill Acquisition, Edith Cowan University People climbing up walls and jumping off buildings in films such as Brick Mansions, Assassin’s Creed, and Casino Royal aren’t tricks of cinema. The athletes that perform these stunts are part of a global community ... <a title="The science of parkour, the sport that seems reckless but takes poise and skill" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/11/the-science-of-parkour-the-sport-that-seems-reckless-but-takes-poise-and-skill-110881/" aria-label="Read more about The science of parkour, the sport that seems reckless but takes poise and skill">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Kenny, Senior Fellow, Australian Studies Institute, Australian National University Strangely enough, there’s a link between “Kevin07” as an electoral phenomenon and the recent successes of independents such as Kerryn Phelps (Wentworth), Cathy McGowan (Indi), and Rebekha Sharkie (Mayo). All three now hold once safe Coalition seats. ... <a title="Could Tony Abbott lose to an independent? If the zeitgeist is any guide, he’s on thin ice" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/11/could-tony-abbott-lose-to-an-independent-if-the-zeitgeist-is-any-guide-hes-on-thin-ice-111422/" aria-label="Read more about Could Tony Abbott lose to an independent? If the zeitgeist is any guide, he’s on thin ice">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joseph Ibrahim, Professor, Health Law and Ageing Research Unit, Department of Forensic Medicine, Monash University It’s an uncomfortable image to consider: an elderly person – perhaps somebody you know – physically restrained. Maybe an aged care resident deemed likely to fall has been bound to his chair ... <a title="Physical restraint doesn’t protect patients – there are better alternatives" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/11/physical-restraint-doesnt-protect-patients-there-are-better-alternatives-111060/" aria-label="Read more about Physical restraint doesn’t protect patients – there are better alternatives">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicola Henry, Associate Professor & Vice-Chancellor’s Principal Research Fellow, RMIT University Four years ago, the Hunting Ground documentary explored the failure of university administrations to adequately respond to sexual assault on college campuses in the United States. Universities in Australia and elsewhere also came under the spotlight. ... <a title="Universities have made progress on responding to sexual assault, but there’s more to be done" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/11/universities-have-made-progress-on-responding-to-sexual-assault-but-theres-more-to-be-done-111343/" aria-label="Read more about Universities have made progress on responding to sexual assault, but there’s more to be done">Read more</a>
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February 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dominic O’Sullivan, Associate Professor of Political Science, Charles Sturt University This week, New Zealand marked Waitangi Day, which commemorates the 1840 signing of the Treaty of Waitangi. The treaty allowed Britain to establish government over its settlers (Article One), guaranteed ongoing Māori authority over their own affairs ... <a title="The Crown is Māori too – citizenship, sovereignty and the Treaty of Waitangi" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/08/the-crown-is-maori-too-citizenship-sovereignty-and-the-treaty-of-waitangi-111168/" aria-label="Read more about The Crown is Māori too – citizenship, sovereignty and the Treaty of Waitangi">Read more</a>
