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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>
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June 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ross Hollett, Lecturer, Edith Cowan University Can a A$12 pill test prevent deaths from ecstasy? Our research, published today, finds pill testing provides no magic answer. We found not everyone acts on the result of a pill test in the same way. It depends on the result, ... <a title="Can a $12 pill test for ecstasy save lives? Well, it’s complicated" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/07/can-a-12-pill-test-for-ecstasy-save-lives-well-its-complicated-108067/" aria-label="Read more about Can a $12 pill test for ecstasy save lives? Well, it’s complicated">Read more</a>
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June 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Zoe Loh, Research Scientist, CSIRO This week brought news that atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO₂) levels at the Mauna Loa atmospheric observatory in Hawaii have risen steeply for the seventh year in a row, reaching a May 2019 average of 414.7 parts per million (ppm). It was the ... <a title="Why there’s more greenhouse gas in the atmosphere than you may have realised" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/07/why-theres-more-greenhouse-gas-in-the-atmosphere-than-you-may-have-realised-118336/" aria-label="Read more about Why there’s more greenhouse gas in the atmosphere than you may have realised">Read more</a>
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June 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katrina Raynor, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Transforming Housing Project, University of Melbourne Housing in Australia is broken. Across the country, only 2% of private rentals are affordable for a person on the minimum wage. Less than 1% are affordable for a single person on the pension. There are ... <a title="If it’s voluntary for developers to make affordable housing deals with councils, what can you expect?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/07/if-its-voluntary-for-developers-to-make-affordable-housing-deals-with-councils-what-can-you-expect-116829/" aria-label="Read more about If it’s voluntary for developers to make affordable housing deals with councils, what can you expect?">Read more</a>
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June 6, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben White, Professor of Law, Australian Centre for Health Law Research, Queensland University of Technology Voluntary assisted dying becomes a lawful choice for Victorians from June 19. To be eligible, two doctors must assess a person to have an incurable, advanced and progressive medical condition that will ... <a title="We don’t know all the details of how voluntary assisted dying will work yet – but the system is ready" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/06/we-dont-know-all-the-details-of-how-voluntary-assisted-dying-will-work-yet-but-the-system-is-ready-117827/" aria-label="Read more about We don’t know all the details of how voluntary assisted dying will work yet – but the system is ready">Read more</a>
