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December 6, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yale Zhuxiao Wong, Doctoral Candidate and Research Analyst, Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies, University of Sydney The optically guided bus is the latest in a long line of initiatives to repackage the bus as premium rail-derived technology. The name “trackless trams”, the vehicle design, and the ... <a title="Looking past the hype about ‘trackless trams’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/06/looking-past-the-hype-about-trackless-trams-107092/" aria-label="Read more about Looking past the hype about ‘trackless trams’">Read more</a>
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December 6, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jessamy Gleeson, Research Officer, School of Global, Urban & Social Studies, RMIT University Shortlisted for the Oxford English Dictionary’s 2018 word of the year, “gaslighting” has well and truly found its way into contemporary thought and vernacular. The term has recently been employed to explain the behaviour ... <a title="Explainer: what does ‘gaslighting’ mean?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/06/explainer-what-does-gaslighting-mean-107888/" aria-label="Read more about Explainer: what does ‘gaslighting’ mean?">Read more</a>
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December 5, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anthony Uhlmann, Director, Writing and Society Research Centre, Western Sydney University I first came to Border Districts through a brief description of it given to me by Gerald Murnane when I first met him three years ago. I thought he had told me that he did not ... <a title="Gerald Murnane’s Prime Minister’s Literary award is long overdue" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/05/gerald-murnanes-prime-ministers-literary-award-is-long-overdue-108261/" aria-label="Read more about Gerald Murnane’s Prime Minister’s Literary award is long overdue">Read more</a>
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December 5, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne While it is possible that two seats could change, Labor appears to have won 56 of the 88 seats in the Victorian lower house, up nine seats since the 2014 election. the Coalition won 26 ... <a title="Historical fall of Liberal seats in Victoria; micros likely to win ten seats in upper house; Labor leads in NSW" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/05/historical-fall-of-liberal-seats-in-victoria-micros-likely-to-win-ten-seats-in-upper-house-labor-leads-in-nsw-108047/" aria-label="Read more about Historical fall of Liberal seats in Victoria; micros likely to win ten seats in upper house; Labor leads in NSW">Read more</a>
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December 5, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alex McBratney, Professor of Digital Agriculture & Soil Science; Director, Sydney Institute of Agriculture, University of Sydney It takes a lot to make a room of soil scientists gasp. Last month, I presented at the National Soils Conference in Canberra, and asked 400 colleagues a simple question: ... <a title="In 100 years’ time, maybe our food won’t be grown in soil" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/05/in-100-years-time-maybe-our-food-wont-be-grown-in-soil-108049/" aria-label="Read more about In 100 years’ time, maybe our food won’t be grown in soil">Read more</a>
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December 5, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Keith Rathbone, Lecturer, Modern European History and Sports History, Macquarie University One of Australia’s most successful youth basketball organisations, the South Sudanese Australian Basketball Association, was forced to cancel their 16th annual Summer Slam tournament last week after being unable to find a venue in Melbourne willing ... <a title="How a race scare left South Sudanese star basketballers with nowhere to play" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/05/how-a-race-scare-left-south-sudanese-star-basketballers-with-nowhere-to-play-107940/" aria-label="Read more about How a race scare left South Sudanese star basketballers with nowhere to play">Read more</a>
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December 5, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicole Sutton, Lecturer in Accounting, University of Technology Sydney One of Australia’s biggest banks, currently under scrutiny at the royal commission, has a long history. The Bank of New South Wales, which later became Westpac, was established in 1817 under a charter of incorporation signed by Governor ... <a title="Who made Australia’s first ever bank deposit? Here’s our unsettling discovery" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/05/who-made-australias-first-ever-bank-deposit-heres-our-unsettling-discovery-107809/" aria-label="Read more about Who made Australia’s first ever bank deposit? Here’s our unsettling discovery">Read more</a>
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December 5, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dr Moya Costello, Adjunct Lecturer, Southern Cross University While we can tell the most about wine by drinking it, the door into this experience for bottled wine is the label. Clearly important from a marketing perspective, most Australian labels also communicate much more about a company, a ... <a title="A taste for terroir: the evolution of the Australian wine label" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/05/a-taste-for-terroir-the-evolution-of-the-australian-wine-label-102262/" aria-label="Read more about A taste for terroir: the evolution of the Australian wine label">Read more</a>
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December 5, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicole Sutton, Lecturer in Accounting, University of Technology Sydney One of Australia’s biggest banks, currently under scrutiny at the royal commission, has a long history. The Bank of New South Wales, which later became Westpac, was established in 1817 under a charter of incorporation signed by Governor ... <a title="Who made Australia’s first ever bank deposit? Here’s our unsettling answer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/05/who-made-australias-first-ever-bank-deposit-heres-our-unsettling-answer-107809/" aria-label="Read more about Who made Australia’s first ever bank deposit? Here’s our unsettling answer">Read more</a>
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December 5, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bernardo Figueiredo, Senior Lecturer in Marketing, RMIT University Older people are often portrayed in the media as being technically challenged. Jokes are often shared on social media about older people taking photos on their phones with their thumb covering the lens, or accidentally installing viruses on computers. ... <a title="What younger people can learn from older people about using technology" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/05/what-younger-people-can-learn-from-older-people-about-using-technology-107607/" aria-label="Read more about What younger people can learn from older people about using technology">Read more</a>
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December 5, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lawrie Zion, Professor of Journalism, La Trobe University As many as 3,000 journalism jobs are estimated to have been lost in Australia this decade, the vast majority of which have come from newspaper newsrooms. The consequences for the information needs of the public are profound. But what ... <a title="New research reveals how Australian journalists are faring four years after redundancy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/05/new-research-reveals-how-australian-journalists-are-faring-four-years-after-redundancy-107520/" aria-label="Read more about New research reveals how Australian journalists are faring four years after redundancy">Read more</a>
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December 5, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Abu Sina, Research Fellow, The University of Queensland Researchers have developed a test that could be used to diagnose all cancers. It is based on a unique DNA signature that appears to be common across cancer types. The test has yet to be conducted on humans, and ... <a title="One test to diagnose them all: researchers exploit cancers’ unique DNA signature" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/05/one-test-to-diagnose-them-all-researchers-exploit-cancers-unique-dna-signature-108078/" aria-label="Read more about One test to diagnose them all: researchers exploit cancers’ unique DNA signature">Read more</a>
