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April 16, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sunanda Creagh, Head of Digital Storytelling Reader advice: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that this article may contain images of people who have died. A few years ago, the State Library of NSW was working with Moree’s Dhiiyaan Centre to pull together archival photographs ... <a title="Mukurtu: an online dilly bag for keeping Indigenous digital archives safe" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/16/mukurtu-an-online-dilly-bag-for-keeping-indigenous-digital-archives-safe-112949/" aria-label="Read more about Mukurtu: an online dilly bag for keeping Indigenous digital archives safe">Read more</a>
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April 16, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Maggie J. Watson, Lecturer in Ornithology, Ecology, Conservation and Parasitology, Charles Sturt 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 ... <a title="Curious Kids: why do eggs have a yolk?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/16/curious-kids-why-do-eggs-have-a-yolk-111605/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: why do eggs have a yolk?">Read more</a>
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April 16, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrea Carson, Associate Professor at La Trobe University. Department of Politics, Media and Philosophy, La Trobe University A quick scan of political headlines over recent election campaigns will tell you that there is a trust deficit in Australian politics. Alarmingly, surveys uniformly find that public trust is ... <a title="And now for a newsflash: politicians actually do keep their promises" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/16/and-now-for-a-newsflash-politicians-actually-do-keep-their-promises-114357/" aria-label="Read more about And now for a newsflash: politicians actually do keep their promises">Read more</a>
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April 16, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Allen Cheng, Professor in Infectious Diseases Epidemiology, Monash University Flu vaccines work by exposing the body to a component of the virus so it can “practise” fighting it off, without risking infection. The immune system can then mount a more rapid and effective response when faced with ... <a title="High-dose, immune-boosting or four-strain? A guide to flu vaccines for over-65s" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/16/high-dose-immune-boosting-or-four-strain-a-guide-to-flu-vaccines-for-over-65s-112224/" aria-label="Read more about High-dose, immune-boosting or four-strain? A guide to flu vaccines for over-65s">Read more</a>
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April 16, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jake Whitehead, Research Fellow, The University of Queensland Australian politicians, including Prime Minister Scott Morrison, have raised the question of electric vehicles’ capacity for “grunt”. Now I’m by no means a “grunt” expert, but when it comes to performance, electric cars are far from lacking. In fact, ... <a title="Here’s why electric cars have plenty of grunt, oomph and torque" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/16/heres-why-electric-cars-have-plenty-of-grunt-oomph-and-torque-115356/" aria-label="Read more about Here’s why electric cars have plenty of grunt, oomph and torque">Read more</a>
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April 16, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Philip Almond, Emeritus Professor in the History of Religious Thought, The University of Queensland This year is the 40th anniversary of the release of Monty Python’s Life of Brian. The film met with instant controversy in 1979 and was banned in Ireland, Norway and parts of Britain. ... <a title="Life of Brian at 40: an assertion of individual freedom that still resonates" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/16/life-of-brian-at-40-an-assertion-of-individual-freedom-that-still-resonates-114743/" aria-label="Read more about Life of Brian at 40: an assertion of individual freedom that still resonates">Read more</a>
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April 16, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mirjam van der Mheen, PhD Candidate in Oceanography, University of Western Australia Great areas of our rubbish are known to form in parts of the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. But no such “garbage patch” has been found in the Southern Indian Ocean. Our research – published recently ... <a title="There’s no ‘garbage patch’ in the Southern Indian Ocean, so where does all the rubbish go?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/16/theres-no-garbage-patch-in-the-southern-indian-ocean-so-where-does-all-the-rubbish-go-114439/" aria-label="Read more about There’s no ‘garbage patch’ in the Southern Indian Ocean, so where does all the rubbish go?">Read more</a>
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April 16, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The election contest continues to focus on tax and health, with the government setting out the tax benefit people in particular occupations would get in the long term under its plan, and Labor announcing funding for pathology from its cancer ... <a title="Election stays on tax and health battlegrounds" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/16/election-stays-on-tax-and-health-battlegrounds-115500/" aria-label="Read more about Election stays on tax and health battlegrounds">Read more</a>
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April 16, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Burton, Adjunct Lecturer in Education, Edith Cowan University This article is part of our series on homeschooling in Australia. The series answers common questions including why homeschooling is on the rise and how outcomes of homeschooled children compare with those who attend formal schooling. Between 2011 ... <a title="Homeschooled children are far more socially engaged than you might think" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/16/homeschooled-children-are-far-more-socially-engaged-than-you-might-think-111353/" aria-label="Read more about Homeschooled children are far more socially engaged than you might think">Read more</a>
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April 16, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Warwick Smith, Research economist, University of Melbourne Lately, governments and oppositions have been obsessed with “returning to surplus” in order to balance the budget. It hasn’t always been so. In the lead-up to the 1961 federal election, unemployment had climbed above 2% and was creeping towards 3%. ... <a title="Memories. In 1961 Labor promised to boost the deficit to fight unemployment. The promise won" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/16/memories-in-1961-labor-promised-to-boost-the-deficit-to-fight-unemployment-the-promise-won-115376/" aria-label="Read more about Memories. In 1961 Labor promised to boost the deficit to fight unemployment. The promise won">Read more</a>
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April 15, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra While Peter Dutton is fighting for his political life in his marginal Brisbane seat of Dickson, he is being “weaponised” by Labor in its efforts to defeat two of his strongest Victorian supporters, Greg Hunt and Michael Sukkar, despite their ... <a title="View from The Hill: Peter Dutton – Labor’s not-so-secret weapon against Hunt and Sukkar" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/15/view-from-the-hill-peter-dutton-labors-not-so-secret-weapon-against-hunt-and-sukkar-115474/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Peter Dutton – Labor’s not-so-secret weapon against Hunt and Sukkar">Read more</a>
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April 15, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne With five weeks until the May 18 election, this week’s Newspoll, conducted April 11-14 from a sample of 1,700 people, gave Labor a 52-48 lead, unchanged since last week. Primary votes were 39% Coalition (up ... <a title="Poll wrap: Labor maintains its lead in Newspoll, while One Nation drops; NSW upper house finalised" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/15/poll-wrap-labor-maintains-its-lead-in-newspoll-while-one-nation-drops-nsw-upper-house-finalised-115426/" aria-label="Read more about Poll wrap: Labor maintains its lead in Newspoll, while One Nation drops; NSW upper house finalised">Read more</a>
