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December 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Scott Morrison is picking up that Australia’s devastating, prolonged fires are producing a soured, anti-government mood among many in the community. It may not be entirely rational for people to turn on politicians in such situations. The actual fighting of ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Climate winds blowing on Morrison from Liberal party’s left" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/12/grattan-on-friday-climate-winds-blowing-on-morrison-from-liberal-partys-left-128793/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Climate winds blowing on Morrison from Liberal party’s left">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katharine Kemp, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, UNSW, and Co-Leader, ‘Data as a Source of Market Power’ Research Stream of The Allens Hub for Technology, Law and Innovation, UNSW Today, the federal government responded to the recommendations of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) “world-leading” Digital ... <a title="The federal government’s response to the ACCC’s Digital Platforms Inquiry is a let down" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/12/the-federal-governments-response-to-the-acccs-digital-platforms-inquiry-is-a-let-down-128775/" aria-label="Read more about The federal government’s response to the ACCC’s Digital Platforms Inquiry is a let down">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lidia Morawska, Professor, Science and Engineering Faculty; Director, International Laboratory for Air Quality and Health (WHO CC for Air Quality and Health); Director – Australia, Australia – China Centre for Air Quality Science and Management (ACC-AQSM), Queensland University of Technology Bushfire smoke has now been blanketing parts ... <a title="From face masks to air purifiers: what actually works to protect us from bushfire smoke?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/12/from-face-masks-to-air-purifiers-what-actually-works-to-protect-us-from-bushfire-smoke-128633/" aria-label="Read more about From face masks to air purifiers: what actually works to protect us from bushfire smoke?">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katherine Gibney, NHMRC early career fellow, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity The pacific island nation of Samoa has been making headlines over the past month due to a significant measles outbreak. At last count, 4,995 measles cases had been recorded, and 72 people, mostly ... <a title="Measles in Samoa: how a small island nation found itself in the grips of an outbreak disaster" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/12/measles-in-samoa-how-a-small-island-nation-found-itself-in-the-grips-of-an-outbreak-disaster-128467/" aria-label="Read more about Measles in Samoa: how a small island nation found itself in the grips of an outbreak disaster">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rob Manwaring, Senior Lecturer, Politics and Public Policy, Flinders University The cost of running the 2017 UK general election was estimated at £140 million (A$270 million). It’s likely to be higher this time. In 2017, the Conservatives, Labour and the Liberal Democrats spent nearly £38 million (A$73 ... <a title="As weary Britons head to the polls again, parties seem incapable of handling the nation’s problems" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/12/as-weary-britons-head-to-the-polls-again-parties-seem-incapable-of-handling-the-nations-problems-127709/" aria-label="Read more about As weary Britons head to the polls again, parties seem incapable of handling the nation’s problems">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adam Brumm, ARC Future Fellow, Griffith University Our team has discovered a cave painting in Indonesia that is at least 44,000 years old and which may cast new light on the beginnings of modern religious culture. This ancient painting from the island of Sulawesi consists of a ... <a title="Indonesian cave paintings show the dawn of imaginative art and human spiritual belief" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/12/indonesian-cave-paintings-show-the-dawn-of-imaginative-art-and-human-spiritual-belief-128457/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesian cave paintings show the dawn of imaginative art and human spiritual belief">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Freya MacMillan, Senior Lecturer in Interprofessional Health Science, Western Sydney University The number of people with diabetes is expected to increase from 463 million in 2019 to 700 million by 2045 globally. So more women with diabetes will be having babies in the future. If you have ... <a title="Diabetes and pregnancy can be a tricky (but achievable) mix: 6 things to think about if you want a baby and 1 if you don’t" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/12/diabetes-and-pregnancy-can-be-a-tricky-but-achievable-mix-6-things-to-think-about-if-you-want-a-baby-and-1-if-you-dont-126687/" aria-label="Read more about Diabetes and pregnancy can be a tricky (but achievable) mix: 6 things to think about if you want a baby and 1 if you don’t">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Sweller, Emeritus Professor, UNSW This is the first of two essays exploring key theories – cognitive load theory and constructivism – underlying teaching methods used today. Explicit guidance and feedback from teachers is more effective in teaching students new content and skills than letting them discover ... <a title="I had an idea in the 1980s and to my surprise, it changed education around the world" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/12/i-had-an-idea-in-the-1980s-and-to-my-surprise-it-changed-education-around-the-world-126519/" aria-label="Read more about I had an idea in the 1980s and to my surprise, it changed education around the world">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris Hartley, Research Fellow (Housing and Homelessness) at the Centre for Social Impact, UNSW A private member’s bill, moved by Labor MP Josh Burns, recently called on the Australian government “to help build more affordable homes” in response to the growing homelessness crisis. A premise of the ... <a title="As simple as finding a job? Getting people out of social housing is much more complex than that" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/12/as-simple-as-finding-a-job-getting-people-out-of-social-housing-is-much-more-complex-than-that-128006/" aria-label="Read more about As simple as finding a job? Getting people out of social housing is much more complex than that">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Salvatore Ferraro, PhD candidate, RMIT University The board of Australia’s second-biggest bank is in for some stick at its annual general meeting today, as Westpac shareholders vent their displeasure at the scandal involving breaches of anti-money-laundering rules. But though it will be uncomfortable, with enough shareholders likely ... <a title="What limits shareholder activism as a force for good: the free-rider problem" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/12/what-limits-shareholder-activism-as-a-force-for-good-the-free-rider-problem-127232/" aria-label="Read more about What limits shareholder activism as a force for good: the free-rider problem">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ayesha Scott, Senior Lecturer – Finance, Auckland University of Technology In the 12 years since New Zealand introduced the retirement fund KiwiSaver, nearly three million New Zealanders have enrolled and 30 KiwiSaver providers are now collectively managing NZ$57 billion in investments. But questions are being asked about ... <a title="How New Zealanders miss out on hundreds of thousands in retirement savings" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/12/how-new-zealanders-miss-out-on-hundreds-of-thousands-in-retirement-savings-127708/" aria-label="Read more about How New Zealanders miss out on hundreds of thousands in retirement savings">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tanya Dalziell, Associate Professor, English and Literary Studies, University of Western Australia Nick Broomfield’s latest documentary, Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love tells the story of the fabled relationship between Leonard Cohen and Marianne Ihlen, which unfolded after they met on the Greek island of Hydra in ... <a title="Marianne & Leonard: a new film tells us little about the woman fixed in the role of musician’s muse" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/12/marianne-and-leonard-a-new-film-tells-us-little-about-the-woman-fixed-in-the-role-of-musicians-muse-128112/" aria-label="Read more about Marianne & Leonard: a new film tells us little about the woman fixed in the role of musician’s muse">Read more</a>
