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August 13, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Marshall, Academic, Landscape Architecture and Urban Ecology, University of Melbourne Volcanic plains stretching from Melbourne’s west to the South Australian border were once home to native grasslands strewn with wildflowers and a vast diversity of animals. Today, this grassland ecosystem is critically endangered. To protect the ... <a title="These historic grasslands are becoming a weed-choked waste. It could be one of the world’s great parks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/13/these-historic-grasslands-are-becoming-a-weed-choked-waste-it-could-be-one-of-the-worlds-great-parks-144208/" aria-label="Read more about These historic grasslands are becoming a weed-choked waste. It could be one of the world’s great parks">Read more</a>
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August 13, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sally Larsen, PhD candidate, Education & Psychology, University of New England Whether to hold a child back from starting school when they are first eligible is a question faced by many parents in Australia each year. If you start a child at school too early, there’s a ... <a title="Should you hold your child back from starting school? Research shows it has little effect on their maths and reading skills" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/13/should-you-hold-your-child-back-from-starting-school-research-shows-it-has-little-effect-on-their-maths-and-reading-skills-132874/" aria-label="Read more about Should you hold your child back from starting school? Research shows it has little effect on their maths and reading skills">Read more</a>
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August 13, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alan Morris, Professor, Institute of Public Policy and Governance, University of Technology Sydney Many international students in private rental housing in Sydney and Melbourne were struggling before COVID-19 hit. Our surveys of these students before and during the pandemic show it has made their already precarious situations ... <a title="‘No one would even know if I had died in my room’: coronavirus leaves international students in dire straits" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/13/no-one-would-even-know-if-i-had-died-in-my-room-coronavirus-leaves-international-students-in-dire-straits-144128/" aria-label="Read more about ‘No one would even know if I had died in my room’: coronavirus leaves international students in dire straits">Read more</a>
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August 13, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dallas Rogers, School of Architecture, Design and Planning, University of Sydney Public housing estate redevelopments that displace residents to other suburbs are highly disruptive whereas projects that allow them to remain are suggested to be better. We tested this assumption through two large, multi-year ethnographic studies with ... <a title="Public housing renewal can make tenants feel displaced in their home, even before any work begins" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/13/public-housing-renewal-can-make-tenants-feel-displaced-in-their-home-even-before-any-work-begins-142912/" aria-label="Read more about Public housing renewal can make tenants feel displaced in their home, even before any work begins">Read more</a>
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August 13, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Bell, Executive Director, The Conexus Institute; Associate Investigator, CEPAR, UNSW The past financial year has been one of the most volatile on record for stock markets, yet almost every Australian super fund has delivered similar returns. This not only demonstrates that super funds very rarely make ... <a title="Timing the share market is hard – just ask your super fund" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/13/timing-the-share-market-is-hard-just-ask-your-super-fund-144202/" aria-label="Read more about Timing the share market is hard – just ask your super fund">Read more</a>
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August 13, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Thomas Suddendorf, Professor, School of Psychology, The University of Queensland Today, bags are everywhere — from cheap canvas ones at the supermarket to designer handbags costing up to US$2,000,000. But archaeological evidence shows we have been using mobile containers — bags and other carrying devices — for ... <a title="Got your bag? The critical place of mobile containers in human evolution" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/13/got-your-bag-the-critical-place-of-mobile-containers-in-human-evolution-142712/" aria-label="Read more about Got your bag? The critical place of mobile containers in human evolution">Read more</a>
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August 13, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Royal Commission into Aged Care put the Secretary of the Federal Health Department, Brendan Murphy, firmly in his place when he tried to make an opening statement to attack claims by the senior counsel assisting the commission, Peter Rozen, ... <a title="Royal Commission into Aged Care reminds Health Department Secretary Brendan Murphy it sets the rules" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/13/royal-commission-into-aged-care-reminds-health-department-secretary-brendan-murphy-it-sets-the-rules-144385/" aria-label="Read more about Royal Commission into Aged Care reminds Health Department Secretary Brendan Murphy it sets the rules">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kylie Quinn, Vice-Chancellor’s Research Fellow, School of Health and Biomedical Sciences, RMIT University On Tuesday, Vladimir Putin announced Russia was the first country to register a vaccine offering “sustainable immunity” against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. Developed by the Gamaleya Research Institute in Moscow, it’s been ... <a title="Russia’s coronavirus vaccine hasn’t been fully tested. Doling it out risks side effects and false protection" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/12/russias-coronavirus-vaccine-hasnt-been-fully-tested-doling-it-out-risks-side-effects-and-false-protection-144347/" aria-label="Read more about Russia’s coronavirus vaccine hasn’t been fully tested. Doling it out risks side effects and false protection">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By C Raina MacIntyre, Professor of Global Biosecurity, NHMRC Principal Research Fellow, Head, Biosecurity Program, Kirby Institute, UNSW With mask wearing in public compulsory in Victoria and recommended in New South Wales, many Australians are buying, wearing or making face masks for the first time. Reports of counterfeit ... <a title="How do I know if my mask actually works? What about the ‘candle test’?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/12/how-do-i-know-if-my-mask-actually-works-what-about-the-candle-test-144124/" aria-label="Read more about How do I know if my mask actually works? What about the ‘candle test’?">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bruce Webber, Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO Scientists have been interested in the flora of New Guinea since the 17th century, but formal knowledge of the tropical island’s diversity has remained limited. To solve this mystery, our global team of 99 scientists from 56 institutions built the first ... <a title="‘Majestic, stunning, intriguing and bizarre’: New Guinea has 13,634 species of plants, and these are some of our favourites" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/12/majestic-stunning-intriguing-and-bizarre-new-guinea-has-13-634-species-of-plants-and-these-are-some-of-our-favourites-144279/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Majestic, stunning, intriguing and bizarre’: New Guinea has 13,634 species of plants, and these are some of our favourites">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alison Taylor, Teaching Fellow, Bond University The Melbourne International Film Festival is currently running online, but one movie announced at their program launch won’t be streaming. At the end of July, Sandra Wollner’s The Trouble With Being Born was withdrawn after the festival received “expert advice and ... <a title="Boundary-pushing films are more than their clickbait headlines" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/12/boundary-pushing-films-are-more-than-their-clickbait-headlines-144062/" aria-label="Read more about Boundary-pushing films are more than their clickbait headlines">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Geddis, Professor of Law, University of Otago The return of COVID-19 community transmission, with Auckland back in a level 3 lockdown and the rest of New Zealand at level 2, raises real questions about New Zealand’s upcoming general election. Polling day is scheduled for September 19 ... <a title="By delaying the dissolution of parliament Jacinda Ardern buys time on the election date – but only a little" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/12/by-delaying-the-dissolution-of-parliament-jacinda-ardern-buys-time-on-the-election-date-but-only-a-little-144351/" aria-label="Read more about By delaying the dissolution of parliament Jacinda Ardern buys time on the election date – but only a little">Read more</a>
