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November 29, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachel Carey, Research Fellow, University of Melbourne This article is part of a series focusing on the politics of food – what we eat, how our views of food are changing and why it matters from a cultural and political standpoint. When you pick up supplies at ... <a title="Feeding cities in the 21st century: why urban-fringe farming is vital for food resilience" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/11/29/feeding-cities-in-the-21st-century-why-urban-fringe-farming-is-vital-for-food-resilience-106162/" aria-label="Read more about Feeding cities in the 21st century: why urban-fringe farming is vital for food resilience">Read more</a>
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November 29, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Beggs, Associate Professor and Environmental Health Scientist, Macquarie University Extreme heat affects the mental health of Australians to the same degree as unemployment, yet Australia’s policy action on climate change lags behind other high-income countries such as Germany and the United Kingdom. As Australia approaches another ... <a title="Heatwaves threaten Australians’ health, and our politicians aren’t doing enough about it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/11/29/heatwaves-threaten-australians-health-and-our-politicians-arent-doing-enough-about-it-107793/" aria-label="Read more about Heatwaves threaten Australians’ health, and our politicians aren’t doing enough about it">Read more</a>
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November 29, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Stewart, John Bray Professor of Law, University of Adelaide It’s been an extraordinary four years since wages grew by anything like the 3-5% per year they used to. Ever since 2015, wage growth has been closer to 2% per year, moving only in a narrow band ... <a title="The five not-so-easy steps that would push wage growth higher" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/11/29/the-five-not-so-easy-steps-that-would-push-wage-growth-higher-107510/" aria-label="Read more about The five not-so-easy steps that would push wage growth higher">Read more</a>
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November 29, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Carlo Kopp, Lecturer in Computer Science, Monash University Only a small amount of fake news is needed to disrupt any debate or discussion on an issue, according to research published today in PLOS ONE. But there is a way to discourage those spreading fake news, and even ... <a title="We made deceptive robots to see why fake news spreads, and found a weakness" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/11/29/we-made-deceptive-robots-to-see-why-fake-news-spreads-and-found-a-weakness-104776/" aria-label="Read more about We made deceptive robots to see why fake news spreads, and found a weakness">Read more</a>
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November 29, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tony Walker, Adjunct Professor, School of Communications, La Trobe University When US President Donald Trump meets his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, on the margins of the G20 summit in Buenos Aires between November 30 and December 1, nothing less than a reasonably healthy global trading system and ... <a title="Much at stake as Donald Trump and Xi Jinping meet at G20" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/11/29/much-at-stake-as-donald-trump-and-xi-jinping-meet-at-g20-106774/" aria-label="Read more about Much at stake as Donald Trump and Xi Jinping meet at G20">Read more</a>
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November 29, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brian Feeney, Adjunct Fellow, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Queensland A commonly held view is that changing planning rules could significantly increase housing supply and hence make housing more affordable. Recent commentary, including in The Conversation, repeats this. It’s a view that glosses ... <a title="Land makes the housing market different, so changing planning rules won’t fix affordability" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/11/29/land-makes-the-housing-market-different-so-changing-planning-rules-wont-fix-affordability-107182/" aria-label="Read more about Land makes the housing market different, so changing planning rules won’t fix affordability">Read more</a>
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November 29, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Suzanne Mahady, Gastroenterologist & Clinical Epidemiologist, Senior Lecturer, Monash University Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a common disorder that affects one in ten Australians, and twice as many women as men. Its symptoms include chronic abdominal pain, constipation or diarrhoea, and bloating. These have a significant impact ... <a title="Explainer: what is irritable bowel syndrome and what can I do about it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/11/29/explainer-what-is-irritable-bowel-syndrome-and-what-can-i-do-about-it-102579/" aria-label="Read more about Explainer: what is irritable bowel syndrome and what can I do about it?">Read more</a>
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November 29, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adam Triggs, Research fellow, Australian National University “The secret to success is sincerity. Learn to fake that, and you’ve got it made.” So goes an old gag. Many might be wondering something similar about this weekend’s G20 summit in Buenos Aires. Each year the leaders of 20 ... <a title="Does the G20 summit really make a difference? World leaders reckon it does" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/11/29/does-the-g20-summit-really-make-a-difference-world-leaders-reckon-it-does-107505/" aria-label="Read more about Does the G20 summit really make a difference? World leaders reckon it does">Read more</a>
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November 29, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ellie Chapple, Professor, QUT Business School and research leader Accounting for Social Change research team, Queensland University of Technology The Financial Services Royal Commission last week challenged the chair of the Commonwealth Bank Catherine Livingstone about her claim that she confronted management during a 2016 board meeting, ... <a title="So what’s a secretary to do? Banking Royal Commission raises questions about what’s in minutes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/11/29/so-whats-a-secretary-to-do-banking-royal-commission-raises-questions-about-whats-in-minutes-107509/" aria-label="Read more about So what’s a secretary to do? Banking Royal Commission raises questions about what’s in minutes">Read more</a>
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November 29, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert Nelson, Associate Director Student Experience, Monash University Industry and educators are agreed: the world needs creativity. There is interest in the field, lots of urging but remarkably little action. Everyone is a bit scared of what to do next. On the question of creativity and imagination, ... <a title="Why it is (almost) impossible to teach creativity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/11/29/why-it-is-almost-impossible-to-teach-creativity-105659/" aria-label="Read more about Why it is (almost) impossible to teach creativity">Read more</a>
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November 29, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Merlin Crossley, Deputy Vice-Chancellor Academic and Professor of Molecular Biology, UNSW I am currently at the Second International Summit on Human Genome Editing, where controversial CRIPSR scientist Jiankui He presented his research just a few hours ago. He also answered questions from gene experts Robin Lovell-Badge (Crick ... <a title="Tension as scientist at centre of CRIPSR outrage speaks at genome editing summit" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/11/29/tension-as-scientist-at-centre-of-cripsr-outrage-speaks-at-genome-editing-summit-107807/" aria-label="Read more about Tension as scientist at centre of CRIPSR outrage speaks at genome editing summit">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra When a prime minister has diminished authority, people don’t bother so much with the niceties. Scott Morrison admitted on Wednesday that Julia Banks had not given him notice of her intention to announce in parliament at midday on Tuesday that ... <a title="View from The Hill: Morrison’s authority deficit on show at home and abroad" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/11/28/view-from-the-hill-morrisons-authority-deficit-on-show-at-home-and-abroad-107813/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Morrison’s authority deficit on show at home and abroad">Read more</a>
