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June 10, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Melissa Cain, Lecturer in Inclusive Education and Arts Education, Australian Catholic University Schools are set up for students who can see. But around 3,000 school-aged children in Australia have a vision impairment – 300 of these have a severe vision impairment or are blind. These children are ... <a title="Four things students with vision impairment want you (their teachers and friends) to know" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/10/four-things-students-with-vision-impairment-want-you-their-teachers-and-friends-to-know-115377/" aria-label="Read more about Four things students with vision impairment want you (their teachers and friends) to know">Read more</a>
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June 10, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Heather Handley, Associate Professor in Volcanology and Geochemistry, Macquarie University Mount Agung volcano in Bali, Indonesia, has been erupting intermittently since November 2017. The volcano erupted six times in the last month and resulted in the cancellation and delay of some flights in and out of Bali’s ... <a title="How Qantas and other airlines decide whether to fly near volcanoes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/10/how-qantas-and-other-airlines-decide-whether-to-fly-near-volcanoes-117899/" aria-label="Read more about How Qantas and other airlines decide whether to fly near volcanoes">Read more</a>
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June 10, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Keith Rathbone, Lecturer, Modern European History and Sports History, Macquarie University The winner of the Women’s World Cup on July 7 will take home more than just a trophy – there’s also US$4 million in prize money at stake, more than double the amount the US women’s ... <a title="The gender pay gap for the FIFA World Cup is US$370 million. It’s time for equity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/10/the-gender-pay-gap-for-the-fifa-world-cup-is-us-370-million-its-time-for-equity-118400/" aria-label="Read more about The gender pay gap for the FIFA World Cup is US$370 million. It’s time for equity">Read more</a>
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June 10, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Melinda Martin-Khan, Senior research fellow, The University of Queensland In Australia, an average baby boy born in 2016 could expect to live to 80, while a baby girl born at the same time could expect to live until closer to 85. A similar gap in life expectancy ... <a title="Health Check: why do women live longer than men?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/10/health-check-why-do-women-live-longer-than-men-117750/" aria-label="Read more about Health Check: why do women live longer than men?">Read more</a>
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June 10, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David MacKenzie, Associate Professor, School of Psychology, Social Work & Social Policy, University of South Australia When the battered body of 25-year-old Courtney Herron was found in Royal Park in Melbourne on Saturday, May 25, it was not the first time a homeless person had been killed ... <a title="Look beyond crisis accommodation so people like Courtney Herron aren’t homeless in the first place" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/10/look-beyond-crisis-accommodation-so-people-like-courtney-herron-arent-homeless-in-the-first-place-118182/" aria-label="Read more about Look beyond crisis accommodation so people like Courtney Herron aren’t homeless in the first place">Read more</a>
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June 10, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Leigh Boucher, Senior Lecturer – Modern History, Macquarie University Queerdom, an exhibition showing at the Imperial Hotel in Erksineville, is an arresting and unsettling archive of queer and trans performances in Sydney. A collaboration between photographer Jamie James and poet Quinn Eades, working here as James Eades, ... <a title="An intimate, arresting exhibition highlights the hard work of living queer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/10/an-intimate-arresting-exhibition-highlights-the-hard-work-of-living-queer-118176/" aria-label="Read more about An intimate, arresting exhibition highlights the hard work of living queer">Read more</a>
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June 10, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Apo Aporosa, Post-doctoral research fellow, University of Waikato The Australian government is considering an increase in the amount of kava travellers can bring into the country. The consultation process includes a proposed pilot program to ease restrictions on kava importation for personal use from two to four ... <a title="Australia’s discussion of kava imports reflects lack of cultural understanding" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/10/australias-discussion-of-kava-imports-reflects-lack-of-cultural-understanding-115662/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s discussion of kava imports reflects lack of cultural understanding">Read more</a>
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June 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Greste, Professor of Journalism and Communications, The University of Queensland A few days ago, Waleed Aly asked a not-so-rhetorical question in The Sydney Morning Herald. He wondered how many Australians were worried about the fact that the Australian Federal Police had spent a good portion of ... <a title="To protect press freedom, we need more public outrage – and an overhaul of our laws" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/08/to-protect-press-freedom-we-need-more-public-outrage-and-an-overhaul-of-our-laws-118457/" aria-label="Read more about To protect press freedom, we need more public outrage – and an overhaul of our laws">Read more</a>
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June 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Euan Ritchie, Associate Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Centre for Integrative Ecology, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University Sign up to the Beating Around the Bush newsletter here, and suggest a plant we should cover at batb@theconversation.edu.au. In Dr Seuss’s The Lorax, his titular ... <a title="This centuries-old river red gum is a local legend – here’s why it’s worth fighting for" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/07/this-centuries-old-river-red-gum-is-a-local-legend-heres-why-its-worth-fighting-for-117666/" aria-label="Read more about This centuries-old river red gum is a local legend – here’s why it’s worth fighting for">Read more</a>
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June 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Wilson, Associate professor, University of Wollongong Buying the contraceptive pill from the pharmacy without a prescription, as is being considered by Australia’s drug regulator, might be convenient for women or even save the health system money. But it risks women’s health for a number of reasons. ... <a title="Leave pill prescribing to GPs, not pharmacists, for the sake of women’s health" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/07/leave-pill-prescribing-to-gps-not-pharmacists-for-the-sake-of-womens-health-118120/" aria-label="Read more about Leave pill prescribing to GPs, not pharmacists, for the sake of women’s health">Read more</a>
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June 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gabriele Gratton, Associate Professor of Economics and Scientia Fellow, UNSW Exactly two weeks before the Reserve Bank of Australia cut interest rates to a record low, the bank’s head, Philip Lowe, outlined a predicament to the Economic Society of Australia. He is faced with a global problem, ... <a title="Our economic model looks broken, but trying to fix it could be a disaster" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/07/our-economic-model-looks-broken-but-trying-to-fix-it-could-be-a-disaster-118397/" aria-label="Read more about Our economic model looks broken, but trying to fix it could be a disaster">Read more</a>
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June 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra [embedded content] University of Canberra Deputy Vice-Chancellor Geoff Crisp speaks with Michelle Grattan about the week in politics. They discuss Labor’s shadow cabinet, including Shorten’s new role in the area of the NDIS where he will be going up against ... <a title="VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on Labor’s shadow cabinet – and the media raids" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/07/video-michelle-grattan-on-labors-shadow-cabinet-and-the-media-raids-118454/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on Labor’s shadow cabinet – and the media raids">Read more</a>
