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April 2, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Xu Chen, PhD candidate; sessional academic, Queensland University of Technology If Twitter is the revolutionary version of blogging, TikTok might be the revolutionary version of YouTube. Both Twitter and TikTok encourage their users to post shorter, more fragmented content than their precursors. TikTok, owned by the Chinese ... <a title="TikTok is popular, but Chinese apps still have a lot to learn about global markets" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/02/tiktok-is-popular-but-chinese-apps-still-have-a-lot-to-learn-about-global-markets-113039/" aria-label="Read more about TikTok is popular, but Chinese apps still have a lot to learn about global markets">Read more</a>
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April 2, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicky Ison, Research Associate, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney The federal Labor Party this week released the details of its keenly awaited climate policy package. With a commitment to cutting climate pollution by 45% on 2005 levels by 2030, compared with the Coalition’s 26-28% ... <a title="Labor’s climate policy: a decent menu, but missing the main course" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/02/labors-climate-policy-a-decent-menu-but-missing-the-main-course-114606/" aria-label="Read more about Labor’s climate policy: a decent menu, but missing the main course">Read more</a>
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April 2, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elizabeth Tait, Lecturer in Information Management, RMIT University A recent article about a new approach to a school library sparked vigorous discussion on social media. Many worried the school had completely abolished traditional library services. The article describes how a Melbourne school changed its library to a ... <a title="Don’t worry, a school library with fewer books and more technology is good for today’s students" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/02/dont-worry-a-school-library-with-fewer-books-and-more-technology-is-good-for-todays-students-114356/" aria-label="Read more about Don’t worry, a school library with fewer books and more technology is good for today’s students">Read more</a>
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April 2, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nick Parr, Professor and Demographer, Macquarie University The Morrison government’s new population plan will have little effect on Australian population growth. Appropriately, it looks to reduce the concentration of this growth in our biggest cities and to raise the benefit-to-cost ratio of population change more broadly. Australia’s ... <a title="Government’s population plan is more about maximising ‘win-wins’ than cutting numbers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/02/governments-population-plan-is-more-about-maximising-win-wins-than-cutting-numbers-114190/" aria-label="Read more about Government’s population plan is more about maximising ‘win-wins’ than cutting numbers">Read more</a>
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April 2, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Scott, Professor of Politics and Policy, Deakin University In Denmark, you might walk in the door and call out for your “skat” or your “treasure” as a greeting to your family. This is common according to Denmark’s Ambassador to Australia, who launched the Nordic Policy Centre ... <a title="Tax: in Denmark it is a term of affection" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/02/tax-in-denmark-it-is-a-term-of-affection-114180/" aria-label="Read more about Tax: in Denmark it is a term of affection">Read more</a>
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April 2, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gery Karantzas, Associate professor in Social Psychology / Relationship Science, Deakin University Despite its obvious appeal, the Nine Network’s reality TV show Married at First Sight is based on a false premise. This “social experiment” is built on the notion that individuals looking for love are matched ... <a title="Married at First Sight – a ‘social experiment’ all but guaranteeing relationship failure" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/02/married-at-first-sight-a-social-experiment-all-but-guaranteeing-relationship-failure-114070/" aria-label="Read more about Married at First Sight – a ‘social experiment’ all but guaranteeing relationship failure">Read more</a>
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April 1, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anna Mortimore, Lecturer, Griffith Business School, Griffith University In the run-up to May’s federal election, the federal Labor party has unveiled an ambitious plan to reduce Australia’s transport emissions. The key targets are to have electric vehicles make up 50% of new car sales by 2030 and ... <a title="Labor’s plan for transport emissions is long on ambition but short on details" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/01/labors-plan-for-transport-emissions-is-long-on-ambition-but-short-on-details-114592/" aria-label="Read more about Labor’s plan for transport emissions is long on ambition but short on details">Read more</a>
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April 1, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ihsan Yilmaz, Research Professor and Chair in Islamic Studies and Intercultural Dialogue, Deakin University Votes are still being counted in local elections that took place across Turkey on Sunday, but so far it appears that President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s party has lost key cities and towns. That ... <a title="Erdogan tried to make local Turkish elections about national security, but it didn’t work" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/01/erdogan-tried-to-make-local-turkish-elections-about-national-security-but-it-didnt-work-114302/" aria-label="Read more about Erdogan tried to make local Turkish elections about national security, but it didn’t work">Read more</a>
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April 1, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lesley McCowan, Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Auckland A New Zealand-led international study published today provides the strongest evidence yet that women can more than halve their risk of stillbirth by going to sleep on either side during the last three months of pregnancy. This mega ... <a title="Mega study confirms pregnant women can reduce risk of stillbirth by sleeping on their side" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/01/mega-study-confirms-pregnant-women-can-reduce-risk-of-stillbirth-by-sleeping-on-their-side-114601/" aria-label="Read more about Mega study confirms pregnant women can reduce risk of stillbirth by sleeping on their side">Read more</a>
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April 1, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bin Li, Lecturer, University of Newcastle On March 27, India announced it had successfully conducted an anti-satellite (ASAT) missile test, called “Mission Shakti”. After the United States, Russia and China, India is now the fourth country in the world to have demonstrated this capability. The destroyed satellite ... <a title="India destroys its own satellite with a test missile, still says space is for peace" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/01/india-destroys-its-own-satellite-with-a-test-missile-still-says-space-is-for-peace-114441/" aria-label="Read more about India destroys its own satellite with a test missile, still says space is for peace">Read more</a>
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April 1, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Angela Spence, Senior Lecturer in Exercise Physiology (BSc, PhD), Curtin University You have your runners on, your FitBit is charged, but now what? When you exercise, your heart and breathing rates increase, delivering greater quantities of oxygen from the lungs to the blood, then to exercising muscles. ... <a title="Health Check: what should our maximum heart rate be during exercise?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/01/health-check-what-should-our-maximum-heart-rate-be-during-exercise-107963/" aria-label="Read more about Health Check: what should our maximum heart rate be during exercise?">Read more</a>
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April 1, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hongzhi Gao, Associate professor, Victoria University of Wellington The ever-escalating tensions in trade relations between the US and China have caught the nerve of politicians, businesses and the public. This conflict is challenging the traditional approach to trade disputes, which usually involves one of the disputing countries ... <a title="How to get ready as the US-China trade war spills over to other countries" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/01/how-to-get-ready-as-the-us-china-trade-war-spills-over-to-other-countries-114361/" aria-label="Read more about How to get ready as the US-China trade war spills over to other countries">Read more</a>
