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July 26, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Shutterstock Who could even question a requirement that super funds act in the best financial interests of their members? Labor’s new assistant treasurer Stephen Jones, that’s who. While the treasurer himself has been working on ... <a title="Labor is winding back reforms meant to hold super funds accountable to their members" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/26/labor-is-winding-back-reforms-meant-to-hold-super-funds-accountable-to-their-members-187594/" aria-label="Read more about Labor is winding back reforms meant to hold super funds accountable to their members">Read more</a>
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July 26, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tomás I. Fuenzalida, Postdoctoral Fellow, Research School of Biology, Australian National University Tomás I. Fuenzalida, Author provided How do you tell if your plants need water? Recently, I asked this question of a group of about 40 biologists at the Australian National University. Most of them said ... <a title="I spent a year squeezing leaves to measure their water content. Here’s what I learned" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/26/i-spent-a-year-squeezing-leaves-to-measure-their-water-content-heres-what-i-learned-187460/" aria-label="Read more about I spent a year squeezing leaves to measure their water content. Here’s what I learned">Read more</a>
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July 26, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate D’Cruz, Senior research fellow, La Trobe University Shutterstock It is nearing ten years since the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) was legislated in the dying days of the Gillard government. Not only was there bipartisan support for the NDIS, the reform came about on the back ... <a title="What the NDIS needs to do to rebuild trust, in the words of the people who use it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/26/what-the-ndis-needs-to-do-to-rebuild-trust-in-the-words-of-the-people-who-use-it-185880/" aria-label="Read more about What the NDIS needs to do to rebuild trust, in the words of the people who use it">Read more</a>
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July 26, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrea Waling, ARC DECRA Senior Research Fellow in Sex & Sexuality, La Trobe University Shutterstock “Vabbing”, while not a new trend, is taking social media sites like TikTok by storm. Vabbing is the act of taking one’s vaginal secretions and using it as a perfume. People dab ... <a title="Vaginas, pheromones and TikTok: what is the strange new trend of ‘vabbing’?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/26/vaginas-pheromones-and-tiktok-what-is-the-strange-new-trend-of-vabbing-187431/" aria-label="Read more about Vaginas, pheromones and TikTok: what is the strange new trend of ‘vabbing’?">Read more</a>
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July 26, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist), The Conversation AAP/AP/Kydpl Kyodo Under compulsory preferential voting, all formal votes must eventually preference one of the major parties over the other. The electoral commission has released preference flow information for all minor parties, This means we can tell, for example, how ... <a title="Record 85.7% of Greens preferenced Labor at federal election; electoral reform proposals" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/26/record-85-7-of-greens-preferenced-labor-at-federal-election-electoral-reform-proposals-187081/" aria-label="Read more about Record 85.7% of Greens preferenced Labor at federal election; electoral reform proposals">Read more</a>
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July 26, 2022
Analysis by Keith Rankin. West Europe The first three charts (above) show three of the larger Western European countries: Germany, France, Spain. (Italy shows a similar picture.) The most important data item is ‘excess deaths’. (In the case of France and Spain, the last few weeks of this data have been ‘topped up’ using estimates ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid Waves in Europe, Lesson for New Zealand" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/26/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid-waves-in-europe-lesson-for-new-zealand/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid Waves in Europe, Lesson for New Zealand">Read more</a>
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July 26, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicola St John, Lecturer, Communication Design, RMIT University The latest draft report from the Productivity Commission on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander visual arts and crafts confirms what First Nations artists have known for decades: fake art harms culture. Released last week, the report details how two ... <a title="Labelling ‘fake art’ isn’t enough. Australia needs to recognise and protect First Nations cultural and intellectual property" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/26/labelling-fake-art-isnt-enough-australia-needs-to-recognise-and-protect-first-nations-cultural-and-intellectual-property-187426/" aria-label="Read more about Labelling ‘fake art’ isn’t enough. Australia needs to recognise and protect First Nations cultural and intellectual property">Read more</a>
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July 26, 2022
ANALYSIS: By Frank Bongiorno, Australian National University The covid-19 pandemic has already generated its own mythology. In Britain, they talk of the “myth of the blitz” – the idea of a society that pulled together in the Second World War to withstand the bombs dropped by the Luftwaffe with pluck, bravery and humour. In Australia, ... <a title="Covid and reality: Do we care enough about the common good?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/26/covid-and-reality-do-we-care-enough-about-the-common-good/" aria-label="Read more about Covid and reality: Do we care enough about the common good?">Read more</a>
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July 26, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben McAllister, Research Fellow, Department of Physics, The University of Western Australia Shutterstock Australian scientists are making strides towards solving one of the greatest mysteries of the universe: the nature of invisible “dark matter”. The ORGAN Experiment, Australia’s first major dark matter detector, recently completed a search ... <a title="This Australian experiment is on the hunt for an elusive particle that could help unlock the mystery of dark matter" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/26/this-australian-experiment-is-on-the-hunt-for-an-elusive-particle-that-could-help-unlock-the-mystery-of-dark-matter-187014/" aria-label="Read more about This Australian experiment is on the hunt for an elusive particle that could help unlock the mystery of dark matter">Read more</a>
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July 26, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Frank Bongiorno, Professor of History, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University The COVID-19 pandemic has already generated its own mythology. In Britain, they talk of the “myth of the blitz” – the idea of a society that pulled together in the second world ... <a title="Do we care enough about COVID?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/26/do-we-care-enough-about-covid-187356/" aria-label="Read more about Do we care enough about COVID?">Read more</a>
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July 26, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Phoebe Holdenson Kimura, Lecturer and GP, University of Sydney Unsplash/Drew Dizzy Graham “The pill” (the combined oral contraceptive pill) has been giving Australian women control over their reproductive health since the 1960s and remains the most commonly used method of contraception by Australian women. Its use peaks ... <a title="What to expect when coming off the pill, and 5 things to do before you do" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/26/what-to-expect-when-coming-off-the-pill-and-5-things-to-do-before-you-do-183367/" aria-label="Read more about What to expect when coming off the pill, and 5 things to do before you do">Read more</a>
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July 26, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tayanah O’Donnell, Honorary Associate Professor, Australian National University Australians are reeling from climate change impacts including more frequent and severe disasters – floods, droughts, searing heat and fires. These complex disasters are fuelling calls for managed retreats and debates about buying out at-risk properties. Buyouts involve governments ... <a title="‘Building too close to the water. It’s ridiculous!’: talk of buyouts after floods shows need to get serious about climate adaptation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/26/building-too-close-to-the-water-its-ridiculous-talk-of-buyouts-after-floods-shows-need-to-get-serious-about-climate-adaptation-186999/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Building too close to the water. It’s ridiculous!’: talk of buyouts after floods shows need to get serious about climate adaptation">Read more</a>
