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September 24, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alice Gorman, Senior Lecturer in Archaeology and Space Studies, Flinders University Leila Waddell (1880-1932) was a country girl from Bathurst, NSW, who entered the world stage as an acclaimed violinist – and left it having influenced magical practice into the 21st century. Her early life focused on ... <a title="Hidden women of history: Leila Waddell, Australian violinist, philosopher of magic and fearless rebel" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/24/hidden-women-of-history-leila-waddell-australian-violinist-philosopher-of-magic-and-fearless-rebel-122402/" aria-label="Read more about Hidden women of history: Leila Waddell, Australian violinist, philosopher of magic and fearless rebel">Read more</a>
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September 23, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marissa Parrott, Reproductive Biologist, Wildlife Conservation & Science, Zoos Victoria, and Honorary Research Associate, BioSciences, University of Melbourne Australia’s water rats, or Rakali, are one of Australia’s beautiful but lesser-known native rodents. And these intelligent, semi-aquatic rats have revealed another talent: they are one of the only ... <a title="Eat your heart out: native water rats have worked out how to safely eat cane toads" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/23/eat-your-heart-out-native-water-rats-have-worked-out-how-to-safely-eat-cane-toads-123986/" aria-label="Read more about Eat your heart out: native water rats have worked out how to safely eat cane toads">Read more</a>
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September 23, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lara Farrell, Associate Professor and Clinical Psychologist, Griffith University If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskids@theconversation.edu.au. Where do phobias come from? – Olivia, age 12, Strathfield, Sydney. Phobias are an intense fear of very specific things like objects, places, ... <a title="Curious Kids: where do phobias come from?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/23/curious-kids-where-do-phobias-come-from-121738/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: where do phobias come from?">Read more</a>
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September 23, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicole Rogers, Senior lecturer, School of Law and Justice, Southern Cross University The phrase “climate emergency” became part of the political lexicon this year. Governments at all levels made declarations of a climate emergency, as did various organisations such as the Australian Medical Association. Even the Pope ... <a title="Activists are using the climate emergency as a new legal defence to justify law-breaking" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/23/activists-are-using-the-climate-emergency-as-a-new-legal-defence-to-justify-law-breaking-122949/" aria-label="Read more about Activists are using the climate emergency as a new legal defence to justify law-breaking">Read more</a>
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September 23, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marcus Luigi Spiller, Associate Professor (Urban Planning) – honorary , University of Melbourne Labor’s Rudd-era National Rental Affordability Scheme (NRAS) has come under attack just when it might be needed. The Abbott government stopped funding new deals under the scheme in 2014, but existing arrangements continued and ... <a title="Don’t tear it down: the idea behind Labor’s National Rental Affordability Scheme is worth saving" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/23/dont-tear-it-down-the-idea-behind-labors-national-rental-affordability-scheme-is-worth-saving-123519/" aria-label="Read more about Don’t tear it down: the idea behind Labor’s National Rental Affordability Scheme is worth saving">Read more</a>
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September 23, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Simone Casey, Research Associate, Future Social Service Institute, RMIT University In all Australia’s capital cities, average share-house rents in the inner suburbs (where jobs are concentrated) leave people without enough money for food and other basics, new research shows. This research, for a forthcoming report by the ... <a title="City share-house rents eat up most of Newstart, leaving less than $100 a week to live on" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/23/city-share-house-rents-eat-up-most-of-newstart-leaving-less-than-100-a-week-to-live-on-123772/" aria-label="Read more about City share-house rents eat up most of Newstart, leaving less than $100 a week to live on">Read more</a>
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September 23, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Liam Lenten, Senior Lecturer, Department of Economics and Finance, La Trobe University Tonight is the AFL’s annual night of nights, the red-carpet spectacular known as the Brownlow Medal vote count. The Brownlow is awarded to the season’s “fairest and best” player. But is the way the medal ... <a title="Fairest and best? Status counts in the Brownlow Medal" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/23/fairest-and-best-status-counts-in-the-brownlow-medal-123858/" aria-label="Read more about Fairest and best? Status counts in the Brownlow Medal">Read more</a>
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September 23, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gianluca Demartini, Associate professor, The University of Queensland The information we encounter online everyday can be misleading, incomplete or fabricated. Being exposed to “fake news” on social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter can influence our thoughts and decisions. We’ve already seen misinformation interfere with elections ... <a title="Users (and their bias) are key to fighting fake news on Facebook – AI isn’t smart enough yet" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/23/users-and-their-bias-are-key-to-fighting-fake-news-on-facebook-ai-isnt-smart-enough-yet-123767/" aria-label="Read more about Users (and their bias) are key to fighting fake news on Facebook – AI isn’t smart enough yet">Read more</a>
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September 23, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Howard Manns, Lecturer in Linguistics, Monash University Not to put a damper on things, but Australian food hasn’t always made us happy little Vegemites. One needn’t look further than the humble meat pie to see how our love/hate relationship with Aussie tucker has evolved. In the early ... <a title="How Australians talk about tucker is a story that’ll make you want to eat the bum out of an elephant" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/23/how-australians-talk-about-tucker-is-a-story-thatll-make-you-want-to-eat-the-bum-out-of-an-elephant-121492/" aria-label="Read more about How Australians talk about tucker is a story that’ll make you want to eat the bum out of an elephant">Read more</a>
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September 23, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kirrie J Ballard, Professor, Speech Pathology, University of Sydney Sam is a high school drama teacher — articulate, funny, smart. It’s an ordinary day and she isn’t feeling great, but pushes through. At morning tea, she spills coffee down her shirt; at lunch she notices a strange ... <a title="In a chatty world, losing your speech can be alienating. But there’s help" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/23/in-a-chatty-world-losing-your-speech-can-be-alienating-but-theres-help-121943/" aria-label="Read more about In a chatty world, losing your speech can be alienating. But there’s help">Read more</a>
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September 23, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Penelope Carroll, Researcher in Public Health, Massey University Our research project explored the everyday lives of disabled young people, aged from 12 to 25 years, with mobility, vision and hearing impairments. We measured and asked them about factors that enabled or constrained their opportunities to fully participate ... <a title="Comic explainer: young disabled New Zealanders on the barriers to a better life" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/23/comic-explainer-young-disabled-new-zealanders-on-the-barriers-to-a-better-life-122226/" aria-label="Read more about Comic explainer: young disabled New Zealanders on the barriers to a better life">Read more</a>
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September 23, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jagannath Adhikari, Sessional Lecturer, UNSW Reducing emissions from deforestation and farming is an urgent global priority if we want to control climate change. However, like many climate change problems, the solution is complicated. Cutting down forests to plant edible crops feeds some of the world’s hungriest people. ... <a title="‘Edible forests’ can fight land clearing and world hunger at the same time" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/23/edible-forests-can-fight-land-clearing-and-world-hunger-at-the-same-time-122540/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Edible forests’ can fight land clearing and world hunger at the same time">Read more</a>
