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April 9, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jim Macnamara, Professor of Public Communication, University of Technology Sydney Over the past month, Australians and many people around the world have been listening – really listening – to politicians, for a change. Some politicians, that is. Jacinda Ardern, for one. People everywhere have been moved by ... <a title="Politicians need to listen up before they speak up – and listen in the right places" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/09/politicians-need-to-listen-up-before-they-speak-up-and-listen-in-the-right-places-114821/" aria-label="Read more about Politicians need to listen up before they speak up – and listen in the right places">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ray Moynihan, Assistant Professor, Bond University Did you know the definition of high blood pressure (hypertension) in the United States was recently greatly expanded? Overnight, tens of millions of people were reclassified, leaving one in every two adults with a diagnosis of hypertension. The move has been ... <a title="We need new rules for defining who is sick. Step 1: remove vested interests" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/09/we-need-new-rules-for-defining-who-is-sick-step-1-remove-vested-interests-114621/" aria-label="Read more about We need new rules for defining who is sick. Step 1: remove vested interests">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Thornhill, Research botanist, James Cook University Eucalypts dominate Australia’s landscape like no other plant group in the world. Europe’s pine forests consist of many different types of trees. North America’s forests change over the width of the continent, from redwood, to pine and oak, to deserts ... <a title="A detailed eucalypt family tree helps us see how they came to dominate Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/09/a-detailed-eucalypt-family-tree-helps-us-see-how-they-came-to-dominate-australia-113371/" aria-label="Read more about A detailed eucalypt family tree helps us see how they came to dominate Australia">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marc Hudson, PhD Candidate, Sustainable Consumption Institute, University of Manchester This article is part of a series examining the Coalition government’s record on key issues while in power and what Labor is promising if it wins the 2019 federal election. It might feel like the past decade ... <a title="In Australia, climate policy battles are endlessly reheated" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/09/in-australia-climate-policy-battles-are-endlessly-reheated-114971/" aria-label="Read more about In Australia, climate policy battles are endlessly reheated">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Hanly, Research Fellow, UNSW Boys, younger children and children from relatively advantaged families and neighbourhoods – particularly in Sydney – are more likely to delay starting school. These are some of the findings of our study on who chooses to delay sending their children to school ... <a title="Which families delay sending their child to school, and why? We crunched the numbers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/09/which-families-delay-sending-their-child-to-school-and-why-we-crunched-the-numbers-111826/" aria-label="Read more about Which families delay sending their child to school, and why? We crunched the numbers">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dr Timothy O’Leary, Lecturer in Construction and Property, University of Melbourne After a three-year cycle of industry comment, review and revision, May 1 marks the adoption of a new National Construction Code (NCC). Overseen by the Australian Building Codes Board (ABCB), the code is the nation’s defining ... <a title="Australia has a new National Construction Code, but it’s still not good enough" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/09/australia-has-a-new-national-construction-code-but-its-still-not-good-enough-113729/" aria-label="Read more about Australia has a new National Construction Code, but it’s still not good enough">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert Breunig, Professor of Economics and Director, Tax and Transfer Policy Institute, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University This article is part of a series examining the Coalition government’s record on key issues while in power and what Labor is promising if it wins the ... <a title="What will the Coalition be remembered for on tax? Tinkering, blunders and lost opportunities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/09/what-will-the-coalition-be-remembered-for-on-tax-tinkering-blunders-and-lost-opportunities-114632/" aria-label="Read more about What will the Coalition be remembered for on tax? Tinkering, blunders and lost opportunities">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Danielle Wood, Program Director, Budget Policy and Institutional Reform, Grattan Institute The big surprise in last week’s budget was the size of new income tax cuts – A$158 billion over a decade, in addition to the A$144 billion already promised in last year’s budget. A lot of ... <a title="Potentially unaffordable, and it still won’t fix bracket creep. The Coalition’s $300 billion tax plan assessed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/09/potentially-unaffordable-and-it-still-wont-fix-bracket-creep-the-coalitions-300-billion-tax-plan-assessed-115057/" aria-label="Read more about Potentially unaffordable, and it still won’t fix bracket creep. The Coalition’s $300 billion tax plan assessed">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Felicity Meakins, Associate Professor and ARC Future Fellow, The University of Queensland When you rifle around in your purse for some change, you might be lucky enough to pull out a new 50 cent coin, launched today by the Royal Australian Mint to celebrate the International Year ... <a title="The 14 Indigenous words for money on the new 50 cent coin" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/09/the-14-indigenous-words-for-money-on-the-new-50-cent-coin-113110/" aria-label="Read more about The 14 Indigenous words for money on the new 50 cent coin">Read more</a>
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April 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Pask, Professor, University of Melbourne Female enjoyment of sex is typically associated with the human species. But actually all female mammals have a clitoris, the highly sensitive organ that is linked with pleasure and orgasm in women. And research is now starting to slowly unpack how ... <a title="All female mammals have a clitoris – we’re starting to work out what that means for their sex lives" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/08/all-female-mammals-have-a-clitoris-were-starting-to-work-out-what-that-means-for-their-sex-lives-114916/" aria-label="Read more about All female mammals have a clitoris – we’re starting to work out what that means for their sex lives">Read more</a>
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April 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kees Van Gool, Health economist, University of Technology Sydney Labor’s big-ticket election promise is a A$2.3 billion package to provide free medical scans and specialist consultations for cancer patients, plus automatic listing of new cancer therapies on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) once they’re recommended by the ... <a title="Labor’s cancer package would cut the cost of care, but beware of unintended side effects" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/08/labors-cancer-package-would-cut-the-cost-of-care-but-beware-of-unintended-side-effects-114979/" aria-label="Read more about Labor’s cancer package would cut the cost of care, but beware of unintended side effects">Read more</a>
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April 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Glenn C. Savage, Senior Lecturer in Education Policy and Sociology of Education, University of Western Australia This article is part of a series examining the Coalition government’s record on key issues while in power and what Labor is promising if it wins the 2019 federal election. School’s ... <a title="How has education policy changed under the Coalition government?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/08/how-has-education-policy-changed-under-the-coalition-government-113921/" aria-label="Read more about How has education policy changed under the Coalition government?">Read more</a>
