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January 18, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Giovanni Di Lieto, Lecturer of international trade law, Monash Business School, Monash University On June 23, 2016 the United Kingdom held a referendum to decide whether it should leave or remain in the European Union. More than 30 million people took part in the vote with 51.9% ... <a title="What’s the deal (or no-deal) with Brexit? Here’s everything explained" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/18/whats-the-deal-or-no-deal-with-brexit-heres-everything-explained-110024/" aria-label="Read more about What’s the deal (or no-deal) with Brexit? Here’s everything explained">Read more</a>
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January 18, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joseph Ibrahim, Professor, Health Law and Ageing Research Unit, Department of Forensic Medicine, Monash University A surprising group of people stand to benefit from the aged care royal commission, whose hearings start today. These are residents of nursing homes in the far future — people in their ... <a title="Aged care royal commission benefits Generation X: it’s too late for the silent generation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/18/aged-care-royal-commission-benefits-generation-x-its-too-late-for-the-silent-generation-106607/" aria-label="Read more about Aged care royal commission benefits Generation X: it’s too late for the silent generation">Read more</a>
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January 18, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Margaret Kristin Merga, Senior Lecturer in Education, Edith Cowan University Australian schools constantly strive to improve the literacy outcomes of their students. Supporting literacy achievement for struggling readers is particularly important because these readers have their disadvantage compounded: capable students develop “richer” skills through continued exposure to ... <a title="Ten ways teacher librarians improve literacy in schools" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/18/ten-ways-teacher-librarians-improve-literacy-in-schools-110026/" aria-label="Read more about Ten ways teacher librarians improve literacy in schools">Read more</a>
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January 18, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW Incentives, in one form or other, are central to our lives. The Soviet experiment ended in December 1991 because it turned out that when people got paid the same whether they worked hard or slacked off, most people slacked off. People ... <a title="Vital Signs: the power of not being too clear" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/18/vital-signs-the-power-of-not-being-too-clear-110027/" aria-label="Read more about Vital Signs: the power of not being too clear">Read more</a>
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January 18, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David C. Ribar, Professorial Research Fellow, University of Melbourne Financial well-being is hard to get a handle on. That’s because it’s a mix of how people feel and how they objectively are. And it’s multifaceted, including things such as spending, saving, investing, borrowing, and insuring, and competing ... <a title="The financially well-off defy the stereotypes. They include retirees, and mortgagees" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/18/the-financially-well-off-defy-the-stereotypes-they-include-retirees-and-mortgagees-103431/" aria-label="Read more about The financially well-off defy the stereotypes. They include retirees, and mortgagees">Read more</a>
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January 18, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Laura Rademaker, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Australian National University Linguistically speaking, Australia is special. With around 250 languages spoken when Australia was first colonised, Australia was one of the most linguistically diverse places in the world. But few people speak our Indigenous languages. As of 2016, only 10% ... <a title="Why do so few Aussies speak an Australian language?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/18/why-do-so-few-aussies-speak-an-australian-language-109570/" aria-label="Read more about Why do so few Aussies speak an Australian language?">Read more</a>
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January 17, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexandra Whittaker, Senior Lecturer in Animal Welfare and Law, University of Adelaide Australia is a nation of animal lovers, so when animal abuse is reported in the media, the public are understandably horrified. And they are enraged when the punishment for the offence is seen to be ... <a title="Penalties for animal cruelty double in SA, but is this enough to stop animal abuse?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/17/penalties-for-animal-cruelty-double-in-sa-but-is-this-enough-to-stop-animal-abuse-108021/" aria-label="Read more about Penalties for animal cruelty double in SA, but is this enough to stop animal abuse?">Read more</a>
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January 17, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lynn Sheridan, Senior Academic Professional Studies, University of Wollongong Starting this month, teaching students who fail or haven’t yet taken the Literacy and Numeracy Test for Initial Teacher Education (LANTITE) will not be able to teach in Victorian schools. Previously, around one in 20 teachers who had ... <a title="Viewpoints: should teaching students who fail a literacy and numeracy test be barred from teaching?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/17/viewpoints-should-teaching-students-who-fail-a-literacy-and-numeracy-test-be-barred-from-teaching-109882/" aria-label="Read more about Viewpoints: should teaching students who fail a literacy and numeracy test be barred from teaching?">Read more</a>
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January 17, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julie Arblaster, Associate Professor, Monash University Sea ice cover in Antarctica shrank rapidly to a record low in late 2016 and has remained well below average. But what’s behind this dramatic melting and low ice cover since? Our two articles published earlier this month suggest that a ... <a title="Why Antarctica’s sea ice cover is so low (and no, it’s not just about climate change)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/17/why-antarcticas-sea-ice-cover-is-so-low-and-no-its-not-just-about-climate-change-109572/" aria-label="Read more about Why Antarctica’s sea ice cover is so low (and no, it’s not just about climate change)">Read more</a>
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January 17, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alessandro R Demaio, Australian Medical Doctor; Fellow in Global Health & NCDs, University of Copenhagen If we’re serious about feeding the world’s growing population healthy food, and not ruining the planet, we need to get used to a new style of eating. This includes cutting our Western ... <a title="How to feed a growing population healthy food without ruining the planet" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/17/how-to-feed-a-growing-population-healthy-food-without-ruining-the-planet-108994/" aria-label="Read more about How to feed a growing population healthy food without ruining the planet">Read more</a>
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January 17, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kelly D. Wiltshire, PhD Candidate, Flinders University When I go to see the new film Storm Boy, which opens in cinemas nationally today, my mind will turn to the landscape that forms the film’s backdrop. This is the Kurangk (Coorong), land of the Ngarrindjeri Nation. The Nation’s ... <a title="In the land of Storm Boy, the cultural heritage of the Coorong is under threat" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/17/in-the-land-of-storm-boy-the-cultural-heritage-of-the-coorong-is-under-threat-109944/" aria-label="Read more about In the land of Storm Boy, the cultural heritage of the Coorong is under threat">Read more</a>
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January 17, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joshua Chou, Senior lecturer, University of Technology Sydney The world is still celebrating the historic landing of China’s Chang’e-4 on the dark side of the moon on January 3. This week, China announced its plans to follow up with three more lunar missions, laying the groundwork for ... <a title="How realistic are China’s plans to build a research station on the Moon?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/17/how-realistic-are-chinas-plans-to-build-a-research-station-on-the-moon-109942/" aria-label="Read more about How realistic are China’s plans to build a research station on the Moon?">Read more</a>
