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November 20, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Vardon, Associate Professor at the Fenner School, Australian National University Ensuring the economic health of nations is one of the biggest tasks expected of governments. The elephant in the room has long been the health of the environment, on which the health of the economy (and ... <a title="Elephants and economics: how to ensure we value wildlife properly" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/11/20/elephants-and-economics-how-to-ensure-we-value-wildlife-properly-107184/" aria-label="Read more about Elephants and economics: how to ensure we value wildlife properly">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Susan Hazel, Senior Lecturer, School of Animal and Veterinary Science, University of Adelaide Have you ever been licked by a cat? If so you’ll know the feline tongue feels more like sandpaper than satin. A cat’s tongue is covered in hundreds of sharp, scoop-shaped spines made of ... <a title="Cool for cats: that spiny tongue does more than keep a cat well groomed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/11/20/cool-for-cats-that-spiny-tongue-does-more-than-keep-a-cat-well-groomed-107007/" aria-label="Read more about Cool for cats: that spiny tongue does more than keep a cat well groomed">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Leonora Risse, Vice-Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Research Fellow, RMIT University It took a Nobel Prize before Canadian physicist Donna Strickland got promoted to a full professorship. As anecdotal evidence that women have to prove themselves even more than men to earn a job promotion, her story is hard to ... <a title="The gender qualification gap: women ‘over-invest’ in workplace capabilities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/11/20/the-gender-qualification-gap-women-over-invest-in-workplace-capabilities-105385/" aria-label="Read more about The gender qualification gap: women ‘over-invest’ in workplace capabilities">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Franciscus Johannes Merkes, PhD candidate, Edith Cowan University Many professional road cycling events are hundreds of kilometres long, but the final placings are often decided by what happens in the last few seconds of any race stage. New research shows that a rider can gain up ... <a title="Your riding position can give you an advantage in a road cycling sprint" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/11/20/your-riding-position-can-give-you-an-advantage-in-a-road-cycling-sprint-106539/" aria-label="Read more about Your riding position can give you an advantage in a road cycling sprint">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tony Walker, Adjunct Professor, School of Communications, La Trobe University Port Moresby may not be Yalta, nor, it might be said, is it Potsdam. But for a moment at the weekend the steamy out-of-the-way Papua New Guinea capital found itself at the intersection of great power combustibility. ... <a title="As tensions ratchet up between China and the US, Australia risks being caught in the crossfire" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/11/20/as-tensions-ratchet-up-between-china-and-the-us-australia-risks-being-caught-in-the-crossfire-107178/" aria-label="Read more about As tensions ratchet up between China and the US, Australia risks being caught in the crossfire">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jack Tsonis, Lecturer, Graduate Research School, Western Sydney University If you follow wellness trends, you might’ve come across the claim that an infrared sauna, which heats the body with light, is better for you than a traditional sauna, which uses radiant heat from a stove. In short, ... <a title="Infrared sauna is no better for your health than traditional sauna: busting a common wellness myth" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/11/20/infrared-sauna-is-no-better-for-your-health-than-traditional-sauna-busting-a-common-wellness-myth-102408/" aria-label="Read more about Infrared sauna is no better for your health than traditional sauna: busting a common wellness myth">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Isabel Booth, Senior Lecturer in Human Geography and Planning, University of Tasmania House and contents underinsurance looks like a problem in need of a solution. It is estimated around half of Australians don’t have an insurance policy that fully covers their assets. Without insurance, households are ... <a title="Insurance is unaffordable for some, but it’s middle Australia that is underinsured" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/11/20/insurance-is-unaffordable-for-some-but-its-middle-australia-that-is-underinsured-105662/" aria-label="Read more about Insurance is unaffordable for some, but it’s middle Australia that is underinsured">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mathew Donald, Academic – Management, Leadership and Organisational Change, Charles Sturt University AMP’s chief executive Craig Meller, chairperson Catherine Brenner and other directors fell on their swords after the banking royal commission revealed the insurer had spent a decade charging customers for phantom services and lying to ... <a title="Toppling bankers can be satisfying, but it’s not enough to heal a sick culture" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/11/20/toppling-bankers-can-be-satisfying-but-its-not-enough-to-heal-a-sick-culture-106242/" aria-label="Read more about Toppling bankers can be satisfying, but it’s not enough to heal a sick culture">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Salmond, Honorary Associate, Classics and Ancient History, La Trobe University The Athenian poet Euripides was the last of the three great Greek tragedians (after Aeschylus and Sophocles) and also the least successful. Greek tragedies were performed competitively at religious festivals in Athens in honour of the ... <a title="Guide to the classics: Euripides’ Medea and her terrible revenge against the patriarchy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/11/20/guide-to-the-classics-euripides-medea-and-her-terrible-revenge-against-the-patriarchy-106151/" aria-label="Read more about Guide to the classics: Euripides’ Medea and her terrible revenge against the patriarchy">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra When Scott Morrison parachuted into the prime ministership, he was anxious to remove outstanding barnacles quickly. Now that he’s foolishly created one of his own, he needs to bring a similar sense of urgency to dealing with it. Having cabinet ... <a title="View from The Hill: What about a Jerusalem consulate as a Morrison escape hatch?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/11/20/view-from-the-hill-what-about-a-jerusalem-consulate-as-a-morrison-escape-hatch-107214/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: What about a Jerusalem consulate as a Morrison escape hatch?">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum (APEC) ended with no agreed communique and unresolved tensions between the United States and China on open display. Lowy Institute’s Pacific Islands program director, Jonathan Pryke, who observed the forum in Port Moresby, said: “it ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Lowy Institute’s Jonathan Pryke on APEC 2018" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/11/19/politics-with-michelle-grattan-lowy-institutes-jonathan-pryke-on-apec-2018-107189/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Lowy Institute’s Jonathan Pryke on APEC 2018">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mandy Stefanakis, Sessional lecturer in music education, Deakin University Review: Rock Bang, Malthouse, Melbourne. In this, their 40th year performing, Circus Oz have combined their many talents with German musical duo Astrid and Otto (aka Australian comedians Clare Bartholomew and Daniel Tobias from Die Roten Punkte). Their ... <a title="Rock Bang is a highly charged fusion of music, theatre, and circus" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/11/19/rock-bang-is-a-highly-charged-fusion-of-music-theatre-and-circus-107094/" aria-label="Read more about Rock Bang is a highly charged fusion of music, theatre, and circus">Read more</a>
