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March 11, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jenny Graves, Distinguished Professor of Genetics, La Trobe University The highly unusual “semi-identical” Australian twins reported last week are the result of a rare event. It’s thought the brother and sister (who have identical genes from their mother but not their father) developed from an egg fertilised ... <a title="How birds become male or female, and occasionally both" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/11/how-birds-become-male-or-female-and-occasionally-both-112061/" aria-label="Read more about How birds become male or female, and occasionally both">Read more</a>
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March 11, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gregory Melleuish, Professor, School of Humanities and Social Inquiry, University of Wollongong It may come as news to many people living in New South Wales, but there is a state election to be held on March 23. There has been little of the hullabaloo associated with elections, ... <a title="Low-key NSW election likely to reveal a city-country divide" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/11/low-key-nsw-election-likely-to-reveal-a-city-country-divide-112968/" aria-label="Read more about Low-key NSW election likely to reveal a city-country divide">Read more</a>
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March 11, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hassan Vally, Senior Lecturer in Epidemiology, La Trobe University For the past three decades or so, the conventional wisdom has been that drinking alcohol at moderate levels is good for us. The evidence for this has come from many studies that have suggested the death rate for ... <a title="Health check: is moderate drinking good for me?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/11/health-check-is-moderate-drinking-good-for-me-108921/" aria-label="Read more about Health check: is moderate drinking good for me?">Read more</a>
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March 11, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Martine Maron, ARC Future Fellow and Associate Professor of Environmental Management, The University of Queensland Australia’s high rates of forest loss and weakening land clearing laws are increasing bushfire risk, and undermining our ability to meet national targets aimed at curbing climate change. This dire situation is ... <a title="To reduce fire risk and meet climate targets, over 300 scientists call for stronger land clearing laws" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/11/to-reduce-fire-risk-and-meet-climate-targets-over-300-scientists-call-for-stronger-land-clearing-laws-113172/" aria-label="Read more about To reduce fire risk and meet climate targets, over 300 scientists call for stronger land clearing laws">Read more</a>
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March 11, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Louise Grimmer, Lecturer in Retail Marketing, Tasmanian School of Business and Economics, University of Tasmania Venture to the local shops and you’ll probably see dogs outside on the footpath waiting for their owners. Perhaps the store has provided a hook for dog leads and a bowl of ... <a title="Australians love their pets, so why don’t more public places welcome them?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/11/australians-love-their-pets-so-why-dont-more-public-places-welcome-them-112062/" aria-label="Read more about Australians love their pets, so why don’t more public places welcome them?">Read more</a>
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March 11, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cameron Murray, Lecturer in Economics, The University of Queensland When you want to take back a multibillion-dollar giveaway to the country’s wealthiest, expect them to put up a fight. The Labor Party’s proposal to reduce the tax advantages of being a landlord by limiting negative gearing to ... <a title="The Game of Homes: how the vested interests lie about negative gearing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/11/the-game-of-homes-how-the-vested-interests-lie-about-negative-gearing-112222/" aria-label="Read more about The Game of Homes: how the vested interests lie about negative gearing">Read more</a>
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March 11, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Prudence Gibson, Art writer and Tutor, UNSW In 2014 I rang artist Janet Laurence and suggested I write a book about her art. Not all of it, just the plant-related artworks. This was to be a philosophical musing on our mutual fascination with the crossover between art ... <a title="Janet Laurence: After Nature sounds an exquisite warning bell for extinction" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/11/janet-laurence-after-nature-sounds-an-exquisite-warning-bell-for-extinction-112942/" aria-label="Read more about Janet Laurence: After Nature sounds an exquisite warning bell for extinction">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra [embedded content] University of Canberra Vice-Chancellor Deep Saini speaks with Michelle Grattan about the week in politics. They discuss the departures of two more cabinet ministers – Steve Ciobo and Chris Pyne; the latest national accounts figures; Bill Shorten’s focus ... <a title="VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on more cabinet departures, national accounts figures and Morrison’s Christmas island visit" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/08/video-michelle-grattan-on-more-cabinet-departures-national-accounts-figures-and-morrisons-christmas-island-visit-113194/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on more cabinet departures, national accounts figures and Morrison’s Christmas island visit">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kevin Glencross, Research Fellow, Southern Cross University Sign up to Beating Around the Bush, a series that profiles native plants: part gardening column, part dispatches from country, entirely Australian. When I first came across the kauri pine (Agathis robusta), I certainly wasn’t impressed by their growth. Mixed ... <a title="Kauri pines are late-blooming rainforest giants" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/08/kauri-pines-are-late-blooming-rainforest-giants-112866/" aria-label="Read more about Kauri pines are late-blooming rainforest giants">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brenda Midson, Editor, New Zealand Law Journal; Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Waikato This week, the New Zealand Parliament passed the Crimes Amendment Bill, abolishing the “year and a day” rule. This rule meant that no one could be liable for killing another person unless that ... <a title="New Zealand’s repeal of “year and a day” rule expands liability for homicide" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/08/new-zealands-repeal-of-year-and-a-day-rule-expands-liability-for-homicide-113042/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand’s repeal of “year and a day” rule expands liability for homicide">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Pani Farvid, Senior Lecturer, Psychology, University of Auckland In the wake of the #MeToo movement, addressing gender inequality in New Zealand remains a challenge. As the first country to grant women the vote, we have a long way to go to until there’s genuine equality across all ... <a title="Beyond the binary: how teaching children about gender could help reduce sexism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/08/beyond-the-binary-how-teaching-children-about-gender-could-help-reduce-sexism-113140/" aria-label="Read more about Beyond the binary: how teaching children about gender could help reduce sexism">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sue Williamson, Senior Lecturer, Human Resource Management, UNSW Canberra, UNSW We are in the midst of an outpouring of feminist activism kicked off by the pink pussy hat movement in the United States and propelled by #MeToo, which has spread to Australia where a range of luminaries ... <a title="Backlash and gender fatigue. Why progress on gender equality has slowed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/08/backlash-and-gender-fatigue-why-progress-on-gender-equality-has-slowed-112706/" aria-label="Read more about Backlash and gender fatigue. Why progress on gender equality has slowed">Read more</a>
