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July 19, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cherie Hugo, Teaching Fellow, Nutrition & Dietetics, Bond University The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety this week turned its attention to food and nutrition. The testimony of maggots in bins and rotting food in refrigerators was horrific. When so much of a resident’s waking ... <a title="Why is nursing home food so bad? Some spend just $6.08 per person a day – that’s lower than prison" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/19/why-is-nursing-home-food-so-bad-some-spend-just-6-08-per-person-a-day-thats-lower-than-prison-120421/" aria-label="Read more about Why is nursing home food so bad? Some spend just $6.08 per person a day – that’s lower than prison">Read more</a>
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July 19, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joanne Orlando, Researcher: Children and Technology, Western Sydney University Instagram is running a social media experiment in Australia and elsewhere to see what happens when it hides the number of likes on photos and other posts. If you have an Instagram account, you’ll get to see the ... <a title="What’s not to like? Instagram’s trial to hide the number of ‘likes’ could save users’ self-esteem" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/19/whats-not-to-like-instagrams-trial-to-hide-the-number-of-likes-could-save-users-self-esteem-120596/" aria-label="Read more about What’s not to like? Instagram’s trial to hide the number of ‘likes’ could save users’ self-esteem">Read more</a>
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July 19, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adam Cross, Research Fellow, Curtin University Sign up to the Beating Around the Bush newsletter here, and suggest a plant we should cover at batb@theconversation.edu.au. Billabongs in the northern Kimberley are welcome oases of colour in an otherwise brown landscape. This one reflected the clear blue sky, ... <a title="The waterwheel plant is a carnivorous, underwater snap-trap" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/19/the-waterwheel-plant-is-a-carnivorous-underwater-snap-trap-120424/" aria-label="Read more about The waterwheel plant is a carnivorous, underwater snap-trap">Read more</a>
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July 19, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sunanda Creagh, Head of Digital Storytelling You’ve probably heard that this week marks 50 years since humans first set foot on the Moon – a feat that still boggles the mind given the limitations of technology at the time and the global effort required to pull it ... <a title="What’s the next ‘giant leap’ for humankind in space? We asked 3 space experts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/19/whats-the-next-giant-leap-for-humankind-in-space-we-asked-3-space-experts-120428/" aria-label="Read more about What’s the next ‘giant leap’ for humankind in space? We asked 3 space experts">Read more</a>
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July 19, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dennis Gentilin, Adjunct Fellow, Macquarie University As strange as it might sound, whistleblowers in Australia have reason to rejoice – so long as they are in the private sector. Thanks to new laws that came into effect this month, private-sector whistleblowers have a range of new protections. ... <a title="It’s a new era for Australia’s whistleblowers – in the private sector" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/19/its-a-new-era-for-australias-whistleblowers-in-the-private-sector-119596/" aria-label="Read more about It’s a new era for Australia’s whistleblowers – in the private sector">Read more</a>
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July 19, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christine Griebsch, Specialist and Senior Lecturer in Small Animal Medicine, University Veterinary Teaching Hospital Sydney, Sydney School of Veterinary Science, University of Sydney Recently reported cases of the often fatal bacterial infection leptospirosis in dogs in Sydney have raised the issue of animal diseases that also affect ... <a title="Explainer: what is leptospirosis and how can it harm us and our pets?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/19/explainer-what-is-leptospirosis-and-how-can-it-harm-us-and-our-pets-120221/" aria-label="Read more about Explainer: what is leptospirosis and how can it harm us and our pets?">Read more</a>
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July 19, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Sarkissian, Operations Scientist, CSIRO The role Australia played in relaying the first television images of astronaut Neil Armstrong’s historic walk on the Moon 50 years ago this July features in the popular movie The Dish. But that only tells part of the story (with some fictionalisation ... <a title="Not one but two Aussie dishes were used to get the TV signals back from the Apollo 11 moonwalk" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/19/not-one-but-two-aussie-dishes-were-used-to-get-the-tv-signals-back-from-the-apollo-11-moonwalk-108177/" aria-label="Read more about Not one but two Aussie dishes were used to get the TV signals back from the Apollo 11 moonwalk">Read more</a>
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July 19, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lyndal Sleep, Research Fellow, Griffith University In Australia’s social security laws, the “couple rule” is used to determine if a person is in a relationship, tying access to Centrelink payments to the income and assets of their partner. For victims of domestic violence, it ties a woman’s ... <a title="Domestic abuse or genuine relationship? Our welfare system can’t tell" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/19/domestic-abuse-or-genuine-relationship-our-welfare-system-cant-tell-120223/" aria-label="Read more about Domestic abuse or genuine relationship? Our welfare system can’t tell">Read more</a>
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July 19, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben Walker, Lecturer (Management), Victoria University of Wellington We live in a society obsessed with performance. For both young and old, competitions, awards and rankings are an inescapable feature of life. How well we do – in the classroom, at work, on the sports field or even ... <a title="How our obsession with performance is changing our sense of self" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/19/how-our-obsession-with-performance-is-changing-our-sense-of-self-120212/" aria-label="Read more about How our obsession with performance is changing our sense of self">Read more</a>
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July 19, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Megan O’Connell, Honorary Senior Fellow, University of Melbourne One-third of all preschools may lack a qualified teacher in the next four years if nothing changes, my new modelling shows. Currently, half of all early childhood teachers have a bachelor degree, with a further one-third still working towards ... <a title="One-third of all preschool centres could be without a trained teacher in four years, if we do nothing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/19/one-third-of-all-preschool-centres-could-be-without-a-trained-teacher-in-four-years-if-we-do-nothing-120099/" aria-label="Read more about One-third of all preschool centres could be without a trained teacher in four years, if we do nothing">Read more</a>
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July 19, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Finch, Adjunct Research Fellow, University of Southern Queensland For generations, libraries have helped people explore knowledge, information and culture. The invention of the public library meant more and more people got to use these collections and services. In the digital age, a public library can connect ... <a title="How public libraries can help prepare us for the future" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/19/how-public-libraries-can-help-prepare-us-for-the-future-120074/" aria-label="Read more about How public libraries can help prepare us for the future">Read more</a>
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July 19, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kirsty Volz, PhD Candidate, The University of Queensland Of all the mantras for modernism, the one I think most befitting for Australian mid-century modern houses is L’esprit Nouveau – The New Spirit. These houses represented more than style; they reflected a new Australian spirit that emerged in ... <a title="Friday essay: why old is new again – the mid-century homes made famous by Don’s Party and Dame Edna" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/19/friday-essay-why-old-is-new-again-the-mid-century-homes-made-famous-by-dons-party-and-dame-edna-113363/" aria-label="Read more about Friday essay: why old is new again – the mid-century homes made famous by Don’s Party and Dame Edna">Read more</a>
