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December 5, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bernardo Figueiredo, Senior Lecturer in Marketing, RMIT University Older people are often portrayed in the media as being technically challenged. Jokes are often shared on social media about older people taking photos on their phones with their thumb covering the lens, or accidentally installing viruses on computers. ... <a title="What younger people can learn from older people about using technology" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/05/what-younger-people-can-learn-from-older-people-about-using-technology-107607/" aria-label="Read more about What younger people can learn from older people about using technology">Read more</a>
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December 5, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lawrie Zion, Professor of Journalism, La Trobe University As many as 3,000 journalism jobs are estimated to have been lost in Australia this decade, the vast majority of which have come from newspaper newsrooms. The consequences for the information needs of the public are profound. But what ... <a title="New research reveals how Australian journalists are faring four years after redundancy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/05/new-research-reveals-how-australian-journalists-are-faring-four-years-after-redundancy-107520/" aria-label="Read more about New research reveals how Australian journalists are faring four years after redundancy">Read more</a>
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December 5, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Abu Sina, Research Fellow, The University of Queensland Researchers have developed a test that could be used to diagnose all cancers. It is based on a unique DNA signature that appears to be common across cancer types. The test has yet to be conducted on humans, and ... <a title="One test to diagnose them all: researchers exploit cancers’ unique DNA signature" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/05/one-test-to-diagnose-them-all-researchers-exploit-cancers-unique-dna-signature-108078/" aria-label="Read more about One test to diagnose them all: researchers exploit cancers’ unique DNA signature">Read more</a>
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December 5, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Roger Dargaville, Senior lecturer, Monash University Politicians around Australia are proposing ambitious plans to export renewable energy from Australia, using high-voltage power lines laid under the oceans. But will this work? Our research is investigating the economic and environmental case for Australia to become an Asian energy ... <a title="Making Australia a renewable energy exporting superpower" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/05/making-australia-a-renewable-energy-exporting-superpower-107285/" aria-label="Read more about Making Australia a renewable energy exporting superpower">Read more</a>
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December 5, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katherine Mills, Associate Professor at The Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use, University of Sydney Some 80% of young people will experience a traumatic event by the time they become an adult. Rates of exposure to trauma peak during adolescence. The stress from ... <a title="How parents and teachers can identify and help young people self-medicating trauma with drugs and alcohol" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/05/how-parents-and-teachers-can-identify-and-help-young-people-self-medicating-trauma-with-drugs-and-alcohol-104482/" aria-label="Read more about How parents and teachers can identify and help young people self-medicating trauma with drugs and alcohol">Read more</a>
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December 5, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elisa Palazzo, Senior Lecturer in Urban and Landscape Design, UNSW Science is clearly showing that the world is shifting towards a more unstable climate. Weather events like the flash floods in Sydney last week will be more frequent and extreme, while the intervals between them will become ... <a title="Design for flooding: how cities can make room for water" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/05/design-for-flooding-how-cities-can-make-room-for-water-105844/" aria-label="Read more about Design for flooding: how cities can make room for water">Read more</a>
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December 5, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hari Bapuji, Associate professor, University of Melbourne Twitter chief Jack Dorsey’s first visit to India had been going so well. He got to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi (an avid Tweeter with 44.5 million followers), “King of Bollywood” Shah Rukh Khan (36.8 million followers), and the Dalai ... <a title="How Twitter got blindsided by India’s still-toxic caste system" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/05/how-twitter-got-blindsided-by-indias-still-toxic-caste-system-107792/" aria-label="Read more about How Twitter got blindsided by India’s still-toxic caste system">Read more</a>
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December 5, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jill Vaughan, Research Fellow in Linguistics, University of Melbourne On Australia’s remote north-central coast, the small community of Maningrida is remarkable for many reasons. It boasts dramatic coastal scenery, world-renowned bark and sculptural artists, skilled weavers and textile printers, and unique local wildlife. But Maningrida is extraordinary ... <a title="Meet the remote Indigenous community where a few thousand people use 15 different languages" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/05/meet-the-remote-indigenous-community-where-a-few-thousand-people-use-15-different-languages-107716/" aria-label="Read more about Meet the remote Indigenous community where a few thousand people use 15 different languages">Read more</a>
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December 5, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra If anyone needs further evidence of the self-defeating weird places the Liberals seem to find themselves in, consider what happened on Tuesday. Malcolm Turnbull made another intervention in the political debate, this time talking about the National Energy Guarantee, when ... <a title="View from The Hill: Malcolm Turnbull and his NEG continue to haunt the government" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/05/view-from-the-hill-malcolm-turnbull-and-his-neg-continue-to-haunt-the-government-108200/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Malcolm Turnbull and his NEG continue to haunt the government">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Darren Palmer, Associate professor, Deakin University Victoria is finally getting a royal commission into policing following yesterday’s decisions of the High Court and earlier, the Victorian Supreme Court of Appeal, to release court rulings that outline an extraordinary episode in the use of a police informant. The ... <a title="Victorian royal commission into policing needs to take a broad approach: here’s why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/04/victorian-royal-commission-into-policing-needs-to-take-a-broad-approach-heres-why-108164/" aria-label="Read more about Victorian royal commission into policing needs to take a broad approach: here’s why">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Glyn Davis, Distinguished Professor of Political Science, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University This is an edited version of a speech given at a summit to explore issues of academic freedom and autonomy hosted by the Australian National University. It’s a longer read, at just ... <a title="Special pleading: free speech and Australian universities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/04/special-pleading-free-speech-and-australian-universities-108170/" aria-label="Read more about Special pleading: free speech and Australian universities">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anna Farmery, Research Fellow, University of Wollongong Many Australians are concerned with the sustainability of their seafood. While definitions of sustainability vary, according to government assessments, over 85% of seafood caught in Australia is sustainable. However, just because a fish is sustainably caught, it doesn’t make it ... <a title="Here’s the seafood Australians eat (and what we should be eating)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/04/heres-the-seafood-australians-eat-and-what-we-should-be-eating-108046/" aria-label="Read more about Here’s the seafood Australians eat (and what we should be eating)">Read more</a>
