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June 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Euan Ritchie, Associate Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Centre for Integrative Ecology, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University Sign up to the Beating Around the Bush newsletter here, and suggest a plant we should cover at batb@theconversation.edu.au. In Dr Seuss’s The Lorax, his titular ... <a title="This centuries-old river red gum is a local legend – here’s why it’s worth fighting for" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/07/this-centuries-old-river-red-gum-is-a-local-legend-heres-why-its-worth-fighting-for-117666/" aria-label="Read more about This centuries-old river red gum is a local legend – here’s why it’s worth fighting for">Read more</a>
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June 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Wilson, Associate professor, University of Wollongong Buying the contraceptive pill from the pharmacy without a prescription, as is being considered by Australia’s drug regulator, might be convenient for women or even save the health system money. But it risks women’s health for a number of reasons. ... <a title="Leave pill prescribing to GPs, not pharmacists, for the sake of women’s health" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/07/leave-pill-prescribing-to-gps-not-pharmacists-for-the-sake-of-womens-health-118120/" aria-label="Read more about Leave pill prescribing to GPs, not pharmacists, for the sake of women’s health">Read more</a>
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June 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gabriele Gratton, Associate Professor of Economics and Scientia Fellow, UNSW Exactly two weeks before the Reserve Bank of Australia cut interest rates to a record low, the bank’s head, Philip Lowe, outlined a predicament to the Economic Society of Australia. He is faced with a global problem, ... <a title="Our economic model looks broken, but trying to fix it could be a disaster" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/07/our-economic-model-looks-broken-but-trying-to-fix-it-could-be-a-disaster-118397/" aria-label="Read more about Our economic model looks broken, but trying to fix it could be a disaster">Read more</a>
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June 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra [embedded content] University of Canberra Deputy Vice-Chancellor Geoff Crisp speaks with Michelle Grattan about the week in politics. They discuss Labor’s shadow cabinet, including Shorten’s new role in the area of the NDIS where he will be going up against ... <a title="VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on Labor’s shadow cabinet – and the media raids" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/07/video-michelle-grattan-on-labors-shadow-cabinet-and-the-media-raids-118454/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on Labor’s shadow cabinet – and the media raids">Read more</a>
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June 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Hall, Senior Researcher in Politics, Auckland University of Technology When you’re in politics, words are a high-stakes game. Voters and journalists hold you to them and there is a risk in using words that are hard to live up to. This is particularly true for politicians ... <a title="NZ has dethroned GDP as a measure of success, but will Ardern’s government be transformational?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/07/nz-has-dethroned-gdp-as-a-measure-of-success-but-will-arderns-government-be-transformational-118262/" aria-label="Read more about NZ has dethroned GDP as a measure of success, but will Ardern’s government be transformational?">Read more</a>
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June 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Heshani Edirisinghe, PhD student, Massey University Curious Kids is a series for children. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it 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 ... <a title="Curious Kids: why don’t ladybirds have tails?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/07/curious-kids-why-dont-ladybirds-have-tails-117749/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: why don’t ladybirds have tails?">Read more</a>
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June 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Valentin Christiaens, Research Fellow in Astrophysics, Monash University When Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei first spotted four moons of Jupiter through a telescope, he realised that not everything goes around the Earth, as was the prevailing theory in 1610. The presumed origin of the Galilean moons was in ... <a title="A disc of dust and gas found around a newborn planet could be the birthplace of moons" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/07/a-disc-of-dust-and-gas-found-around-a-newborn-planet-could-be-the-birthplace-of-moons-118260/" aria-label="Read more about A disc of dust and gas found around a newborn planet could be the birthplace of moons">Read more</a>
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June 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By H. K. Colebatch, Visiting Professorial Fellow, UNSW One thing we learned from the recent election campaign is that the political crisis over Section 44 of the Constitution has not gone away. Many candidates in the election had their eligibility to stand for parliament questioned and some were ... <a title="The Section 44 soap opera: why more MPs could be in danger of being forced out" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/07/the-section-44-soap-opera-why-more-mps-could-be-in-danger-of-being-forced-out-116955/" aria-label="Read more about The Section 44 soap opera: why more MPs could be in danger of being forced out">Read more</a>
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June 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peta Stapleton, Associate Professor in Psychology, Bond University Over half of Australian teachers suffer from anxiety and nearly one-fifth are depressed. These are the findings of our soon-to-be-published study assessing teachers’ well-being. We examined the health and well-being of 166 Australian school teachers, aged 22-65, in an ... <a title="Teachers are more depressed and anxious than the average Australian" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/07/teachers-are-more-depressed-and-anxious-than-the-average-australian-117267/" aria-label="Read more about Teachers are more depressed and anxious than the average Australian">Read more</a>
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June 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW The facts are not in dispute. Annual GDP growth has fallen to 1.8%. On a per-capita basis we have had three consecutive quarters of negative growth. The last time that happened was during the drought and recession of 1982, almost four ... <a title="Vital Signs. If we fall into a recession (and we might) we’ll have ourselves to blame" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/07/vital-signs-if-we-fall-into-a-recession-and-we-might-well-have-ourselves-to-blame-118387/" aria-label="Read more about Vital Signs. If we fall into a recession (and we might) we’ll have ourselves to blame">Read more</a>
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June 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Kinsella, Professor of Literature and Environment, Curtin University I live in a vegan family situation. I have been a vegan for over 33 years and my partner, poet and novelist Tracy Ryan, has been a vegan for over a quarter of a century; our 16-year-old son ... <a title="Friday essay: on being an ethical vegan for 33 years" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/07/friday-essay-on-being-an-ethical-vegan-for-33-years-118049/" aria-label="Read more about Friday essay: on being an ethical vegan for 33 years">Read more</a>
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June 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bronwyn Orr, Veterinarian and PhD scholar, University of Sydney If you think your dog looks stressed out, it might be your own stress levels that are affecting your pet pooch. A study published on Thursday in Nature’s Scientific Reports shows pet dogs may synchronise their stress levels ... <a title="Man’s stressed friend: how your mental health can affect your dog" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/07/mans-stressed-friend-how-your-mental-health-can-affect-your-dog-118271/" aria-label="Read more about Man’s stressed friend: how your mental health can affect your dog">Read more</a>
