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February 14, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sunanda Creagh, Head of Digital Storytelling Today, we’re bringing you a special episode of our podcast Trust Me, I’m An Expert for anyone wondering: what the hell happened this week? A sitting government lost a vote on the floor of parliament (which hasn’t happened in decades) over ... <a title="A refugee legal expert on a week of ‘reckless’ rhetoric and a new way to process asylum seeker claims" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/14/a-refugee-legal-expert-on-a-week-of-reckless-rhetoric-and-a-new-way-to-process-asylum-seeker-claims-111756/" aria-label="Read more about A refugee legal expert on a week of ‘reckless’ rhetoric and a new way to process asylum seeker claims">Read more</a>
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February 14, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Saurav Dutta, Head of School at the School of Accounting, Curtin University Zip Co’s “buy now, pay later” service is fast becoming a ubiquitous payment option in Australia. Retailers from Bunnings and Best & Less to Target and Tigerair offer it. All up, the company now boasts ... <a title="How Zip Pay works, and why the extra cost of ‘buy now, pay later’ is still enticing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/14/how-zip-pay-works-and-why-the-extra-cost-of-buy-now-pay-later-is-still-enticing-110429/" aria-label="Read more about How Zip Pay works, and why the extra cost of ‘buy now, pay later’ is still enticing">Read more</a>
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February 14, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicholas Biddle, Associate Professor, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University Scott Morrison today became the fifth prime minister to deliver a Closing the Gap report to parliament – the 11th since the strategy began in 2008. Closing the Gap has aimed to reduce ... <a title="Four lessons from 11 years of Closing the Gap reports" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/14/four-lessons-from-11-years-of-closing-the-gap-reports-111816/" aria-label="Read more about Four lessons from 11 years of Closing the Gap reports">Read more</a>
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February 14, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elizabeth Reid Boyd, Senior Lecturer School of Arts and Humanities, Edith Cowan University We must discover … the redemptive power of love. And when we do that, we will make of this whole world a new world. But love, love is the only way. In his spirited ... <a title="Love, Academically. Why scholarly hearts are beating for Love Studies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/14/love-academically-why-scholarly-hearts-are-beating-for-love-studies-104697/" aria-label="Read more about Love, Academically. Why scholarly hearts are beating for Love Studies">Read more</a>
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February 14, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brian Lovell, Research Director of the Security and Surveillance Research group; Professor, The University of Queensland Recently, the Victorian Government brought in new rules stating Victorian state schools will be banned from using facial recognition technology in classrooms unless they have the approval of parents, students and ... <a title="Face recognition technology in classrooms is here – and that’s ok" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/14/face-recognition-technology-in-classrooms-is-here-and-thats-ok-111351/" aria-label="Read more about Face recognition technology in classrooms is here – and that’s ok">Read more</a>
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February 14, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Albert Van Dijk, Professor, Water and Landscape Dynamics, Fenner School of Environment & Society, Australian National University Curious Kids is a series for children. Send your question to curiouskids@theconversation.edu.au. You might also like the podcast Imagine This, a co-production between ABC KIDS listen and The Conversation, based ... <a title="Curious Kids: why do we have a drought?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/14/curious-kids-why-do-we-have-a-drought-110592/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: why do we have a drought?">Read more</a>
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February 14, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Merlin Crossley, Deputy Vice-Chancellor Academic and Professor of Molecular Biology, UNSW University students, like many in society, demonstrate bias against women and particularly women from non-English speaking backgrounds. That’s the take home message from a new and comprehensive analysis of student experience surveys. The study examined a ... <a title="Male teachers are most likely to rate highly in university student feedback" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/14/male-teachers-are-most-likely-to-rate-highly-in-university-student-feedback-111741/" aria-label="Read more about Male teachers are most likely to rate highly in university student feedback">Read more</a>
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February 14, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Leanda McKenna, Lecturer, Curtin University It’s the middle of the night. Your newborn baby is awake. Again. She wants to feed. You lift her to your breast and brace for the pain. Most mothers who breastfeed come to appreciate the convenience and the bonding it provides. But ... <a title="Explainer: what is mastitis?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/14/explainer-what-is-mastitis-108686/" aria-label="Read more about Explainer: what is mastitis?">Read more</a>
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February 14, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bronwyn Orr, Veterinarian and PhD candidate, University of Sydney Have you ever wondered what’s going through your dog’s mind when you say the word “walk”? And does your pup seem to show guilt when you ask them sternly “what have you done?” Their tail might drop between ... <a title="In an Australian first, the ACT may legally recognise animals’ feelings" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/14/in-an-australian-first-the-act-may-legally-recognise-animals-feelings-111079/" aria-label="Read more about In an Australian first, the ACT may legally recognise animals’ feelings">Read more</a>
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February 14, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gigi Foster, Professor, School of Economics, UNSW After three years and 35 polls, the Economic Society of Australia has received its first-ever unanimous response to a survey question. It asked just over 50 of Australia’s leading economists to respond to this statement: There is no way to ... <a title="It’s unanimous: Economists’ poll says we can fix the banks. But that doesn’t mean we will" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/14/its-unanimous-economists-poll-says-we-can-fix-the-banks-but-that-doesnt-mean-we-will-111748/" aria-label="Read more about It’s unanimous: Economists’ poll says we can fix the banks. But that doesn’t mean we will">Read more</a>
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February 14, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Samuel Wilson, Senior Lecturer in Management, Swinburne University of Technology The leaders of our banks and financial institutions are seen as the most self-serving in the nation, according to a national survey undertaken by researchers at Swinburne University of Technology. More than a third (35.4%) of respondents ... <a title="One-third of Australians think banks do nothing for the greater public good" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/14/one-third-of-australians-think-banks-do-nothing-for-the-greater-public-good-111346/" aria-label="Read more about One-third of Australians think banks do nothing for the greater public good">Read more</a>
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February 14, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Daniel Lee, Graduate Researcher, University of Tasmania Who is currently regarded as the greatest guitarist of all time? It’s a hard question to answer but plenty have tried. In the last decade, a plethora of lists have sought to rank our guitar greats, drawing variously on panels ... <a title="We crunched the numbers on ten recent ‘world’s best guitarist’ lists. Where are the women?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/14/we-crunched-the-numbers-on-ten-recent-worlds-best-guitarist-lists-where-are-the-women-111598/" aria-label="Read more about We crunched the numbers on ten recent ‘world’s best guitarist’ lists. Where are the women?">Read more</a>
