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February 18, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gary Mortimer, Associate Professor in Marketing and Consumer Behaviour, Queensland University of Technology Price is the most delicate element of the marketing mix, and much thought goes into setting prices to nudge us towards spending more. There’s one particularly cunning type of pricing strategy that marketers use ... <a title="The decoy effect: how you are influenced to choose without really knowing it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/18/the-decoy-effect-how-you-are-influenced-to-choose-without-really-knowing-it-111259/" aria-label="Read more about The decoy effect: how you are influenced to choose without really knowing it">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brett Goodin, Postdoctoral fellow in the Program in Early American Economy & Society, at the Library Company of Philadelphia.., Australian National University The natives of new Holland are perhaps the quickest fighters in the world … They remind me of Homer’s description of his heroes. The warriors ... <a title="Sailors’ journals shed new light on Bennelong, a man misunderstood by history" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/18/sailors-journals-shed-new-light-on-bennelong-a-man-misunderstood-by-history-111266/" aria-label="Read more about Sailors’ journals shed new light on Bennelong, a man misunderstood by history">Read more</a>
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February 16, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Vagg, Clinical associate professor, Deakin University School of Medicine and Pain Specialist, Deakin University Making the decision to operate on a baby or toddler can be complex and confronting for parents. It involves weighing the risks versus the expected benefits for the child. One of the ... <a title="Putting babies under general anaesthetic won’t affect their development, new research shows" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/16/putting-babies-under-general-anaesthetic-wont-affect-their-development-new-research-shows-111727/" aria-label="Read more about Putting babies under general anaesthetic won’t affect their development, new research shows">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Melitta Hogarth, Lecturer, University of Southern Queensland This week saw the release of the annual Closing the Gap report. Much like the previous decade of reports, we learned progress was lacking, failure was apparent and in 2018, only two of the seven targets were on track. This ... <a title="There’s little reason for optimism about Closing the Gap, despite changes to education targets" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/15/theres-little-reason-for-optimism-about-closing-the-gap-despite-changes-to-education-targets-111840/" aria-label="Read more about There’s little reason for optimism about Closing the Gap, despite changes to education targets">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Annamarie Jagose, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Sydney Recently, the Australian Association for the Teaching of English (AATE) — the peak professional body for Australian English teachers — published a special issue of the journal English in Australia entitled “Love in ... <a title="Pages and prejudice: how queer texts could fight homophobia in Australian schools" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/15/pages-and-prejudice-how-queer-texts-could-fight-homophobia-in-australian-schools-111437/" aria-label="Read more about Pages and prejudice: how queer texts could fight homophobia in Australian schools">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra [embedded content] University of Canberra Vice-Chancellor Deep Saini and Michelle Grattan talk about the week in politics. They discuss including the government’s historic defeat in the House of Representatives on the medevac legislation, plans to reopen the Christmas Island detention ... <a title="VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on reopening Christmas Island and One Nation’s shenanigans" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/15/video-michelle-grattan-on-reopening-christmas-island-and-one-nations-shenanigans-111910/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on reopening Christmas Island and One Nation’s shenanigans">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alison Pouliot, Australian National University Sign up to Beating Around the Bush, a series that profiles native plants: part gardening column, part dispatches from country, entirely Australian. It’s worth tolerating the mosquitoes and the disconcerting rustle of unseen creatures that populate forests after dark, for the chance ... <a title="The glowing ghost mushroom looks like it comes from a fungal netherworld" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/15/the-glowing-ghost-mushroom-looks-like-it-comes-from-a-fungal-netherworld-111607/" aria-label="Read more about The glowing ghost mushroom looks like it comes from a fungal netherworld">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kathleen McPhillips, Senior Lecturer, School of Humanities and Social Science, University of Newcastle All eyes will turn to Rome between 21-24 February, when senior church clerics across the world meet to discuss how to handle the widening sexual abuse crisis in the Catholic Church. Until recently, this ... <a title="The Catholic Church is headed for another sex abuse scandal as #NunsToo speak up" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/15/the-catholic-church-is-headed-for-another-sex-abuse-scandal-as-nunstoo-speak-up-111539/" aria-label="Read more about The Catholic Church is headed for another sex abuse scandal as #NunsToo speak up">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Dempster, Director, Australian Centre for Space Engineering Research; Professor, School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications, UNSW It’s 50 years since man first stepped on the Moon. Now the focus is on going back to our nearest orbiting neighbour – not to leave footprints, but to mine ... <a title="Australia: well placed to join the Moon mining race … or is it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/15/australia-well-placed-to-join-the-moon-mining-race-or-is-it-111746/" aria-label="Read more about Australia: well placed to join the Moon mining race … or is it?">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Green, Merck Serono Senior Lecturer in Reproductive Biology, University of Melbourne In prenatal ultrasounds or at delivery, many new parents look between their baby’s legs: the presence of a penis is taken as a strong sign that it’s a boy. For humans and other animals, development ... <a title="You need more than just testes to make a penis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/15/you-need-more-than-just-testes-to-make-a-penis-111625/" aria-label="Read more about You need more than just testes to make a penis">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anna Hayes, Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, James Cook University The Uyghurs are Turkic-speaking Muslims from the Central Asian region. The largest population live in China’s autonomous Xinjiang region, in the country’s north-west. The Uyghurs are one of a number of persecuted Muslim minorities in ... <a title="Explainer: who are the Uyghurs and why is the Chinese government detaining them?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/15/explainer-who-are-the-uyghurs-and-why-is-the-chinese-government-detaining-them-111843/" aria-label="Read more about Explainer: who are the Uyghurs and why is the Chinese government detaining them?">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicholas T. Van Dam, Senior Lecturer in Psychological Sciences, University of Melbourne How can we best help Australians who are at risk of developing a mental health disorder? A new recommendation to expand the Better Access initiative would open up government-subsidised psychological care to this effect. The ... <a title="For people at risk of mental illness, having access to treatment early can help" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/15/for-people-at-risk-of-mental-illness-having-access-to-treatment-early-can-help-111429/" aria-label="Read more about For people at risk of mental illness, having access to treatment early can help">Read more</a>
