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February 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The battle over the medical transfers legislation has become something of a thriller for political tragics. The government is desperate to head off a defeat next week on the bill. That’s just elevated the issue. If it had let the ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Suspense over medical transfers bill goes down to the wire" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/08/grattan-on-friday-suspense-over-medical-transfers-bill-goes-down-to-the-wire-111376/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Suspense over medical transfers bill goes down to the wire">Read more</a>
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February 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cameron Webb, Clinical Lecturer and Principal Hospital Scientist, University of Sydney We’re often warned to avoid mosquito bites after major flooding events. With more water around, there are likely to be more mosquitoes. As flood waters recede around Townsville and clean-up efforts continue, the local population will ... <a title="After the floods come the mosquitoes – but the disease risk is more difficult to predict" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/07/after-the-floods-come-the-mosquitoes-but-the-disease-risk-is-more-difficult-to-predict-111173/" aria-label="Read more about After the floods come the mosquitoes – but the disease risk is more difficult to predict">Read more</a>
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February 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jeremy Gans, Professor, Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne Imagine you were charged with a serious crime. Then, you found out your lawyer – whether it’s a silk from the top end of town or one from Legal Aid – was only pretending to work for you. ... <a title="The Lawyer X scandal is a massive blow to the criminal justice system: here’s why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/07/the-lawyer-x-scandal-is-a-massive-blow-to-the-criminal-justice-system-heres-why-111342/" aria-label="Read more about The Lawyer X scandal is a massive blow to the criminal justice system: here’s why">Read more</a>
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February 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter McPhee, Emeritus professor, University of Melbourne In this series, we look at under acknowledged women through the ages. Born in 1749, Adélaïde Labille-Guiard was a supremely talented painter who forged her career at a time when the Parisian art world was dominated by aristocratic and male ... <a title="Hidden women of history: Adélaïde Labille-Guiard, prodigiously talented painter" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/07/hidden-women-of-history-adela-de-labille-guiard-prodigiously-talented-painter-107801/" aria-label="Read more about Hidden women of history: Adélaïde Labille-Guiard, prodigiously talented painter">Read more</a>
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February 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Deborah Lupton, SHARP Professor, UNSW This weeks marks 15 years since Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg first set up the platform with his college roommate Eduardo Saverin. Since then, Facebook has grown into a giant global enterprise. The platform now has more than 2.32 billion monthly users and ... <a title="Why are Australians still using Facebook?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/07/why-are-australians-still-using-facebook-111183/" aria-label="Read more about Why are Australians still using Facebook?">Read more</a>
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February 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ramesh Thakur, Professor of International Relations, Australian National University On October 20 2018, US President Donald Trump announced he intends to withdraw from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) – an arms control treaty with Russia that contributed to the end of the Cold War. Secretary of ... <a title="The collapse of the US-Russia INF Treaty makes arms control a global priority" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/07/the-collapse-of-the-us-russia-inf-treaty-makes-arms-control-a-global-priority-111251/" aria-label="Read more about The collapse of the US-Russia INF Treaty makes arms control a global priority">Read more</a>
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February 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Danny Davis, Executive Director, Australian Institute of Performance Sciences, and researcher at, La Trobe University What does the American Netflix fantasy-comedy The Good Place have in common with Australia’s banking royal commission? The Good Place, in case you don’t know, is about a happy afterlife accessed through ... <a title="What TV comedy The Good Place tells us about why banks and other corporations are in a bad place" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/07/what-tv-comedy-the-good-place-tells-us-about-why-banks-and-other-corporations-are-in-a-bad-place-111062/" aria-label="Read more about What TV comedy The Good Place tells us about why banks and other corporations are in a bad place">Read more</a>
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February 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vince Polito, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Cognitive Science, Macquarie University Microdosing means regularly taking very small doses of psychedelic substances such as LSD or psilocybin (magic mushrooms) over a period of weeks or months. The practice has made countless headlines over the past couple of years, with ... <a title="Does microdosing improve your mood and performance? Here’s what the research says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/07/does-microdosing-improve-your-mood-and-performance-heres-what-the-research-says-106850/" aria-label="Read more about Does microdosing improve your mood and performance? Here’s what the research says">Read more</a>
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February 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jayne Lucke, Chair, Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health & Society, La Trobe University Abortion is a common experience for Australian women. Around one in six have had an abortion by their mid-30s, according our new research published today in the Australia New Zealand Journal of Public ... <a title="One in six Australian women in their 30s have had an abortion – and we’re starting to understand why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/07/one-in-six-australian-women-in-their-30s-have-had-an-abortion-and-were-starting-to-understand-why-111246/" aria-label="Read more about One in six Australian women in their 30s have had an abortion – and we’re starting to understand why">Read more</a>
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February 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kevin Tolhurst, Senior Lecturer, Fire Ecology and Management, University of Melbourne Black Saturday was a day like no other; it will be forever remembered in the history of bushfire disasters in Australia. The fires burned about 300,000 hectares in a single day; 173 human lives were lost ... <a title="What has Australia learned from Black Saturday?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/07/what-has-australia-learned-from-black-saturday-111245/" aria-label="Read more about What has Australia learned from Black Saturday?">Read more</a>
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February 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Scott Hamilton, Strategic Advisory Panel Member, Australian-German Energy Transition Hub, University of Melbourne Ten years ago, on February 7, 2009, the Black Saturday bushfires killed 173 people. More than 2,000 houses were destroyed in Victoria, including at Kilmore, Kinglake, Vectis (Horsham), Narbethong, Marysville, Strathewan, Beechworth, Labertouche (Bunyip), ... <a title="Climate change is poised to deliver more Black Saturdays in decades to come" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/07/climate-change-is-poised-to-deliver-more-black-saturdays-in-decades-to-come-111064/" aria-label="Read more about Climate change is poised to deliver more Black Saturdays in decades to come">Read more</a>
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February 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rod Keenan, Professor, University of Melbourne Ten years ago, on February 7, 2009, I sat down in my apartment in central Melbourne to write a job application. All of the blinds were down, and the windows tightly closed. Outside it was 47℃. We had no air conditioning. ... <a title="Ten years ago, climate adaptation research was gaining steam. Today, it’s gutted" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/07/ten-years-ago-climate-adaptation-research-was-gaining-steam-today-its-gutted-111180/" aria-label="Read more about Ten years ago, climate adaptation research was gaining steam. Today, it’s gutted">Read more</a>
