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December 12, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Merlin Crossley, Deputy Vice-Chancellor Academic and Professor of Molecular Biology, UNSW This article is part of our occasional long read series Zoom Out, where authors explore key ideas in science and technology in the broader context of society and humanity. Despite reports that two genetically modified babies ... <a title="‘Designer’ babies won’t be common anytime soon – despite recent CRISPR twins" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/12/designer-babies-wont-be-common-anytime-soon-despite-recent-crispr-twins-108342/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Designer’ babies won’t be common anytime soon – despite recent CRISPR twins">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Luke McNamara, Professor of Law, UNSW With confidence in politicians at an all-time low, it would be easy to assume criminal law-making is only ever about “law and order” bidding and winning elections. Read more: Historical fall of Liberal seats in Victoria; micros likely to win ten ... <a title="Law and order is no get-out-of-jail card for floundering politicians" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/12/law-and-order-is-no-get-out-of-jail-card-for-floundering-politicians-107701/" aria-label="Read more about Law and order is no get-out-of-jail card for floundering politicians">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jaithri Ananthapavan, Senior Research Fellow, Health Economics, Deakin University We don’t often equate the kilojoules we drink in our glass of wine or pint of beer with the weight that accumulates around our middle. But our new study shows increasing the price of alcohol is the most ... <a title="What’s the most value for money way to tackle obesity? Increase taxes on alcohol" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/12/whats-the-most-value-for-money-way-to-tackle-obesity-increase-taxes-on-alcohol-108335/" aria-label="Read more about What’s the most value for money way to tackle obesity? Increase taxes on alcohol">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael O’Neil, Executive Director, SA Centre for Economic Studies, University of Adelaide Whyalla will be wiped off the map by Julia Gillard’s carbon tax, Whyalla risks becoming a ghost town, an economic wasteland if this carbon tax goes ahead – Then opposition leader Tony Abbott, campaigning against ... <a title="Not wiped out. Why Whyalla, of all places, now has a sustainable future" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/12/not-wiped-out-why-whyalla-of-all-places-now-has-a-sustainable-future-108506/" aria-label="Read more about Not wiped out. Why Whyalla, of all places, now has a sustainable future">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adam Turner, PhD student, University of Newcastle Muscular, bearded and trident-wielding, Jason Momoa’s portrayal of the titular Aquaman in the forthcoming DC film draws on ancient Greek and Roman iconography. Water gods in Greek mythology are a diverse group. There are human-looking gods such as Poseidon, god ... <a title="How cinema’s new Aquaman draws on the mythology of ancient sea gods" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/12/how-cinemas-new-aquaman-draws-on-the-mythology-of-ancient-sea-gods-105856/" aria-label="Read more about How cinema’s new Aquaman draws on the mythology of ancient sea gods">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne The November 24 Victorian election will result in an upper house of 18 Labor out of 40 (up four since the 2014 election), 11 Coalition (down five), one Green (down four), three Derryn Hinch Justice, ... <a title="Victorian upper house greatly distorted by group voting tickets; federal Labor still dominant in Newspoll" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/11/victorian-upper-house-greatly-distorted-by-group-voting-tickets-federal-labor-still-dominant-in-newspoll-108488/" aria-label="Read more about Victorian upper house greatly distorted by group voting tickets; federal Labor still dominant in Newspoll">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Azadeh Dastyari, Deputy Director of the Castan Centre for Human Rights Law, Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Law, Monash University Australia was one of 176 countries to vote in favour of the Global Compact on Refugees (refugee compact) in mid-November this year. The United Nations General ... <a title="Explainer: why is Australia adopting the global refugee compact but not the migration compact?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/11/explainer-why-is-australia-adopting-the-global-refugee-compact-but-not-the-migration-compact-108167/" aria-label="Read more about Explainer: why is Australia adopting the global refugee compact but not the migration compact?">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katharine Kemp, Lecturer, Faculty of Law, UNSW, and Co-Leader, ‘Data as a Source of Market Power’ Research Stream of The Allens Hub for Technology, Law and Innovation, UNSW We need new laws to monitor and curb the power wielded by Google, Facebook and other powerful digital platforms, ... <a title="ACCC wants to curb digital platform power – but enforcement is tricky" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/11/accc-wants-to-curb-digital-platform-power-but-enforcement-is-tricky-107791/" aria-label="Read more about ACCC wants to curb digital platform power – but enforcement is tricky">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ana Stevenson, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, International Studies Group, University of the Free State Mary Poppins first flew down from a hazy London skyline to care for Jane and Michael Banks in a children’s book published in 1934. Julie Andrews immortalised the character on screen in the celebrated ... <a title="Will the new Mary Poppins film acknowledge the suffragettes’ success?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/11/will-the-new-mary-poppins-film-acknowledge-the-suffragettes-success-106771/" aria-label="Read more about Will the new Mary Poppins film acknowledge the suffragettes’ success?">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vaughan Cruickshank, Program Director – Health and Physical Education, Maths/Science, Faculty of Education, University of Tasmania Many teenagers spend a lot of time being sedentary (sitting or lying down) at school or work, when travelling and during their free time. Modern conveniences such as smart phones, computers ... <a title="How much physical activity should teenagers do, and how can they get enough?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/11/how-much-physical-activity-should-teenagers-do-and-how-can-they-get-enough-102709/" aria-label="Read more about How much physical activity should teenagers do, and how can they get enough?">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Daryl Efron, Associate Professor, Royal Children’s Hospital The rate of medications dispensed for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children aged 17 and under increased by 30% between 2013-14 and 2016-17. The Australian Atlas for Healthcare Variation, released today, shows around 14,000 prescriptions were dispensed per 100,000 children ... <a title="ADHD prescriptions are going up, but that doesn’t mean we’re over-medicating" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/11/adhd-prescriptions-are-going-up-but-that-doesnt-mean-were-over-medicating-108474/" aria-label="Read more about ADHD prescriptions are going up, but that doesn’t mean we’re over-medicating">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tony Walker, Adjunct Professor, School of Communications, La Trobe University When US Vice President Mike Pence got to his feet at the conservative Hudson Institute in Washington on October 4, it was clear that US-China relations were entering a new, certainly fractious, possibly destructive phase. In those ... <a title="Huawei executive’s arrest will further test an already shaky US-China relationship" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/11/huawei-executives-arrest-will-further-test-an-already-shaky-us-china-relationship-108478/" aria-label="Read more about Huawei executive’s arrest will further test an already shaky US-China relationship">Read more</a>
