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January 23, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Scott Morrison’s controversial move to install former Labor party president Warren Mundine as Liberal candidate in the ultra-marginal NSW seat of Gilmore has triggered a local implosion. As members of the Liberal state executive were voting on Tuesday to admit ... <a title="View from The Hill: Morrison’s Gilmore candidate is the man who’s been everywhere" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/23/view-from-the-hill-morrisons-gilmore-candidate-is-the-man-whos-been-everywhere-110300/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Morrison’s Gilmore candidate is the man who’s been everywhere">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Harcourt, Professor, University of Waikato A more equal society with less income disparity is good for well-being. In their latest book, epidemiologists Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett argue people living in more equal societies empathise more and worry less about income, possessions and social status. But ... <a title="How a default union membership could help reduce income inequality" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/22/how-a-default-union-membership-could-help-reduce-income-inequality-110021/" aria-label="Read more about How a default union membership could help reduce income inequality">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Craig Stevens, Associate Professor in Ocean Physics, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research As New Zealanders are enjoying their days at the beach, unusually warm ocean temperatures look to be a harbinger of another marine heatwave. Despite the exceptional conditions during last year’s heatwave in the ... <a title="Coastal seas around New Zealand are heading into a marine heatwave, again" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/22/coastal-seas-around-new-zealand-are-heading-into-a-marine-heatwave-again-110028/" aria-label="Read more about Coastal seas around New Zealand are heading into a marine heatwave, again">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kylie Pitt, Professor, Griffith University Reports that Irukandji jellyfish might be moving south may be panicking people unnecessarily. It’s almost impossible to tell where the tiny jellyfish are along our coast, but that could change with new technology that can “sweep” the ocean for traces of DNA. ... <a title="Why we don’t know if Irukandji jellyfish are moving south" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/22/why-we-dont-know-if-irukandji-jellyfish-are-moving-south-109653/" aria-label="Read more about Why we don’t know if Irukandji jellyfish are moving south">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicole Lee, Professor at the National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University To demonstrate the failure of the war on drugs, NSW Greens MP Cate Faehrmann came out this week about about her own drug use: Since my 20s, I’ve occasionally taken MDMA [ecstasy] at dance parties and ... <a title="Three Charts on who uses illicit drugs in Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/22/three-charts-on-who-uses-illicit-drugs-in-australia-110169/" aria-label="Read more about Three Charts on who uses illicit drugs in Australia">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma Kathryn White, PhD Candidate, Infrastructure Engineering, University of Melbourne 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 on Curious Kids. How is water made? ... <a title="Curious Kids: how is water made?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/22/curious-kids-how-is-water-made-109434/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: how is water made?">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lloyd White, Lecturer (Geology), University of Wollongong Video games have long been criticised for encouraging violence and antisocial behaviour. And parents often express concern that they could have detrimental effects on their child’s learning abilities. But research has shown that off-the-shelf video games can also aid learning ... <a title="Video games could teach spatial skills lost to a society dependent on devices" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/22/video-games-could-teach-spatial-skills-lost-to-a-society-dependent-on-devices-109500/" aria-label="Read more about Video games could teach spatial skills lost to a society dependent on devices">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris Wallace, ARC DECRA Fellow, Australian National University Look around the world this week and you see women exercising power and influence everywhere. In the United States, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is wrangling US President Donald Trump over his shutdown of federal government. In the UK, Prime ... <a title="The Liberal Party is failing women miserably compared to other democracies, and needs quotas" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/22/the-liberal-party-is-failing-women-miserably-compared-to-other-democracies-and-needs-quotas-110172/" aria-label="Read more about The Liberal Party is failing women miserably compared to other democracies, and needs quotas">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Suzanne Mahady, Gastroenterologist & Clinical Epidemiologist, Senior Lecturer, Monash University Bowel cancer mostly affects people over the age of 50, but recent evidence suggests it’s on the rise among younger Australians. Our study, published recently in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention, found the incidence of bowel cancer, ... <a title="What’s behind the increase in bowel cancer among younger Australians?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/22/whats-behind-the-increase-in-bowel-cancer-among-younger-australians-105484/" aria-label="Read more about What’s behind the increase in bowel cancer among younger Australians?">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elle Bowd, PhD scholar, Australian National University The 2009 Black Saturday fires burned 437,000 hectares of Victoria, including tens of thousands of hectares of Mountain Ash forest. As we approach the tenth anniversary of these fires, we are reminded of their legacy by the thousands of tall ... <a title="Forest soil needs decades or centuries to recover from fires and logging" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/22/forest-soil-needs-decades-or-centuries-to-recover-from-fires-and-logging-110171/" aria-label="Read more about Forest soil needs decades or centuries to recover from fires and logging">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Munro, Professor, Faculty of Education and Arts, Australian Catholic University This is a longer read at just under 2,000 words. Enjoy! The beginning of the 2019 school year will be a time of planning and crystal-gazing. Teachers will plan their instructional agenda in a general way. ... <a title="How to identify, understand and teach gifted children" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/22/how-to-identify-understand-and-teach-gifted-children-107718/" aria-label="Read more about How to identify, understand and teach gifted children">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachael Wallis, Lecturer and Research Fellow, University of Southern Queensland Many people move in the summer months, but not everyone realises that moving starts a process of identity transformation that never really stops. I first noticed something about place changing a person when I moved to Canada. ... <a title="How moving house changes you" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/22/how-moving-house-changes-you-109225/" aria-label="Read more about How moving house changes you">Read more</a>
