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October 3, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rose Cairns, Lecturer in Pharmacy, University of Sydney Fears switching the painkiller codeine to a prescription only medicine would lead to more people misusing stronger painkillers are unfounded, according to research published today. Our research, in the journal Addiction, found the 2018 switch resulted in a 50% ... <a title="Here’s what happened when codeine was made prescription only. No, the sky didn’t fall in" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/03/heres-what-happened-when-codeine-was-made-prescription-only-no-the-sky-didnt-fall-in-124169/" aria-label="Read more about Here’s what happened when codeine was made prescription only. No, the sky didn’t fall in">Read more</a>
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October 3, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Georgia Rose Grant, Postdoctoral Research Assistant, Paleontology Team, GNS Science We know that our planet has experienced warmer periods in the past, during the Pliocene geological epoch around three million years ago. Our research, published today, shows that up to one third of Antarctica’s ice sheet melted ... <a title="If warming exceeds 2°C, Antarctica’s melting ice sheets could raise seas 20 metres in coming centuries" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/03/if-warming-exceeds-2-c-antarcticas-melting-ice-sheets-could-raise-seas-20-metres-in-coming-centuries-124484/" aria-label="Read more about If warming exceeds 2°C, Antarctica’s melting ice sheets could raise seas 20 metres in coming centuries">Read more</a>
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October 3, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Ann Wheeler, Professor in Water Economics, University of Adelaide Australia has one of the most sophisticated water markets in the world, particularly notable for the ways in which government can return water to the environment. Water markets allow the return of this water through two main ... <a title="Scarcity drives water prices, not government water recovery: new research" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/03/scarcity-drives-water-prices-not-government-water-recovery-new-research-124491/" aria-label="Read more about Scarcity drives water prices, not government water recovery: new research">Read more</a>
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October 3, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lisa Bero, Chair professor, University of Sydney This article is part of a series on academic freedom where leading academics from around the world write on the state of free speech and inquiry in their region. Over the last two decades, industry funding for medical research has ... <a title="When big companies fund academic research, the truth often comes last" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/03/when-big-companies-fund-academic-research-the-truth-often-comes-last-119164/" aria-label="Read more about When big companies fund academic research, the truth often comes last">Read more</a>
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October 3, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Kelly, Human Geographer, Deakin University You would think a city that each year hosts Australia’s largest conference for people with disability would be the most accessible for all people. Not according to our research which highlights 119 issues that need fixing if Geelong, Victoria, wants to ... <a title="Making our cities more accessible for people with disability is easier than we think" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/03/making-our-cities-more-accessible-for-people-with-disability-is-easier-than-we-think-124420/" aria-label="Read more about Making our cities more accessible for people with disability is easier than we think">Read more</a>
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October 3, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lin Crase, Professor of Economics and Head of School, University of South Australia The bipartisan parliamentary vote to transform the A$3.9 billion Building Australia Fund into a pot of cash to drought-proof Australia, the Future Drought Fund, should not be taken as universal endorsement. Labor opposed the ... <a title="Just because both sides support drought relief, doesn’t mean it’s right" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/03/just-because-both-sides-support-drought-relief-doesnt-mean-its-right-121744/" aria-label="Read more about Just because both sides support drought relief, doesn’t mean it’s right">Read more</a>
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October 3, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dan Golding, Senior lecturer, Swinburne University of Technology The product of hundreds of years of musical and storytelling tradition married to computer technology, video game music has gone from a technological curio to something vitally creative. Next week in Melbourne, some of the nation’s best video game ... <a title="Music that you help make: composition for video gaming draws on tradition and tech" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/03/music-that-you-help-make-composition-for-video-gaming-draws-on-tradition-and-tech-124282/" aria-label="Read more about Music that you help make: composition for video gaming draws on tradition and tech">Read more</a>
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October 2, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Tim Watts is Labor member for the Victorian seat of Gellibrand, one of the most diverse electorates in Australia. His own family is a microcosm of diversity – Watts comes from a long line of Australians with some ancestors deeply ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Tim Watts on Australia’s changing identity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/02/politics-with-michelle-grattan-tim-watts-on-australias-changing-identity-124590/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Tim Watts on Australia’s changing identity">Read more</a>
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October 2, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nial Wheate, Associate Professor | Program Director, Undergraduate Pharmacy, University of Sydney Ranitidine is a medicine used for the short-term treatment of heartburn. Available in supermarkets and pharmacies, a prescription is only needed when a higher dose of the medicine is required over a longer period of ... <a title="Weekly Dose: ranitidine, the heartburn medicine being recalled because of cancer-causing contamination" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/02/weekly-dose-ranitidine-the-heartburn-medicine-being-recalled-because-of-cancer-causing-contamination-124578/" aria-label="Read more about Weekly Dose: ranitidine, the heartburn medicine being recalled because of cancer-causing contamination">Read more</a>
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October 2, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marilyn Giroux, Senior Lecturer in Marketing, Auckland University of Technology Last week the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) sentenced Australian tennis player Nick Kyrgios to a probationary period of six months that could lead to a suspension if certain conditions are not adhered to. This probation follows ... <a title="Nick Kyrgios on probation: can controversial athletes sell a sport or are they bad for the business?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/02/nick-kyrgios-on-probation-can-controversial-athletes-sell-a-sport-or-are-they-bad-for-the-business-124567/" aria-label="Read more about Nick Kyrgios on probation: can controversial athletes sell a sport or are they bad for the business?">Read more</a>
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October 2, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert Crawford, Professor of Advertising, RMIT University Advertising agencies are full of confidence and self-belief, but only a few have the chutzpah to think they can take on the world. In the 1980s, Mojo was one such agency. With the goal of becoming Australia’s first multinational agency, ... <a title="Mojo: the rise and fall of an Australian advertising empire" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/02/mojo-the-rise-and-fall-of-an-australian-advertising-empire-124428/" aria-label="Read more about Mojo: the rise and fall of an Australian advertising empire">Read more</a>
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October 2, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Tuffley, Senior Lecturer in Applied Ethics & CyberSecurity, Griffith University Australia’s ability to compete with other nations in a technology-enabled world is declining, according to a report recently released by the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA). In 2019 Australia dropped to 14th on the ... <a title="Australia’s digital competitiveness is slipping. Here’s how we can catch up" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/02/australias-digital-competitiveness-is-slipping-heres-how-we-can-catch-up-124430/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s digital competitiveness is slipping. Here’s how we can catch up">Read more</a>
