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April 29, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Dyer, Associate Professor, RMIT University Shutterstock What makes us want things we like? We know things that offer potential rewards, including food, sex, addictive drugs, and even certain artworks, can inspire desire in us – but why? The French Enlightenment philosopher Denis Diderot pointed out a ... <a title="Why do we want what we like? New evidence from bee brains offers clues" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/29/why-do-we-want-what-we-like-new-evidence-from-bee-brains-offers-clues-181482/" aria-label="Read more about Why do we want what we like? New evidence from bee brains offers clues">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Philip Lowe mightn’t be a household name but the Reserve Bank governor finds himself catapulted right into the centre of this election campaign, in which events are proving more important than policies. The very large inflation spike has economists declaring ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Managing post-COVID a delicate balance for Anthony Albanese" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/29/grattan-on-friday-managing-post-covid-a-delicate-balance-for-anthony-albanese-182166/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Managing post-COVID a delicate balance for Anthony Albanese">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra University of Canberra Professional Fellow Michelle Grattan and University of Canberra Associate Professor Caroline Fisher discuss the week in politics. They canvass the elevation of cost of living pressures in the election battle, with the big spike in inflation and ... <a title="VIDEO: Inflation, Solomons and ‘Albo’s iso’ dominate campaign’s third week." class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/28/video-inflation-solomons-and-albos-iso-dominate-campaigns-third-week-182146/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Inflation, Solomons and ‘Albo’s iso’ dominate campaign’s third week.">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2022
Political Roundup is entirely subscriber-funded. The ethos behind this public service is to help foster a robust and informed public debate, with a great diversity of perspectives. If you appreciate what we are doing in providing non-partisan analysis and information about politics, economy, and society, please consider helping us keep going, by donating via Victoria ... <a title="Newsletter – Political Roundup: Could inflation lead to a voter backlash?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/28/newsletter-political-roundup-could-inflation-lead-to-a-voter-backlash/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter – Political Roundup: Could inflation lead to a voter backlash?">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lucyna Kedziora-Chudczer, Program Manager / Adjunct Research Fellow, Swinburne University of Technology The red and stormy planet. Shutterstock Will the big storm on Jupiter ever go away? — Edgar Nuttall, age 5, Brisbane Hi Edgar! Thank you for such a unique question. Jupiter is the largest planet ... <a title="Curious kids: will the big storm on Jupiter ever go away?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/28/curious-kids-will-the-big-storm-on-jupiter-ever-go-away-180573/" aria-label="Read more about Curious kids: will the big storm on Jupiter ever go away?">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachel Hogg, Lecturer in Psychology, Charles Sturt University Fausto Sandoval/Unsplash, CC BY “Therapy-speak” advice on relationships and dating is widely available outside of the psychotherapist’s office. Much of this advice places responsibility on women for managing their emotional reactions to problematic dating and relationship experiences. The advice ... <a title="When it comes to dating advice, why is it always women who must improve?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/28/when-it-comes-to-dating-advice-why-is-it-always-women-who-must-improve-180877/" aria-label="Read more about When it comes to dating advice, why is it always women who must improve?">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Ward, PhD candidate, University of Sydney The election campaign is well underway and the ABC is barely registering as an issue. Why is that, when according to the Morrison government’s own figures, the ABC’s real funding will continue to decline over the next three years? Not ... <a title="No-one is talking about ABC funding in this election campaign. Here’s why they should be" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/28/no-one-is-talking-about-abc-funding-in-this-election-campaign-heres-why-they-should-be-181948/" aria-label="Read more about No-one is talking about ABC funding in this election campaign. Here’s why they should be">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Apisalome Movono, Senior Lecturer in Development Studies, Massey University Shutterstock As daylight hours shorten and temperatures drop, and with borders reopening across the Pacific, many will be tempted to escape pandemic fatigue by flying somewhere warm and welcoming. Fiji, in particular, has wasted no time mounting a ... <a title="Fiji is officially ‘open for happiness’ – will that apply to its tourism workers too?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/28/fiji-is-officially-open-for-happiness-will-that-apply-to-its-tourism-workers-too-181603/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji is officially ‘open for happiness’ – will that apply to its tourism workers too?">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ritesh Chugh, Associate Professor – Information and Communications Technology, CQUniversity Australia Shutterstock With nearly 84% of the world’s population now owning a smartphone, and our dependence on them growing all the time, these devices have become an attractive avenue for scammers. Last year, cyber security company Kaspersky ... <a title="Can your mobile phone get a virus? Yes – and you’ll have to look carefully to see the signs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/28/can-your-mobile-phone-get-a-virus-yes-and-youll-have-to-look-carefully-to-see-the-signs-181720/" aria-label="Read more about Can your mobile phone get a virus? Yes – and you’ll have to look carefully to see the signs">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Griffiths, Deputy Program Director, Grattan Institute Corruption in politics is a big issue for Australian voters this federal election. Over 10% of respondents to The Conversation’s #SetTheAgenda poll said they wanted candidates to be talking about integrity, corruption and a federal independent commission against corruption (or ... <a title="How do the major parties rate on an independent anti-corruption commission? We asked 5 experts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/28/how-do-the-major-parties-rate-on-an-independent-anti-corruption-commission-we-asked-5-experts-181077/" aria-label="Read more about How do the major parties rate on an independent anti-corruption commission? We asked 5 experts">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tess Newton Cain, Adjunct Associate Professor, Griffith Asia Institute, Griffith University AAP/Mick Tsikas I was once asked “why should Australians care about what happens in the Pacific? and my response was (or started with) “This is where you live”. Being in the neighbourhood is a fact of ... <a title="This is where we live: has Australia been a good neighbour in the Pacific?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/28/this-is-where-we-live-has-australia-been-a-good-neighbour-in-the-pacific-182040/" aria-label="Read more about This is where we live: has Australia been a good neighbour in the Pacific?">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Diesendorf, Honorary Associate Professor, UNSW Sydney Shutterstock Many climate activists, scientists, engineers and politicians are trying to reassure us the climate crisis can be solved rapidly without any changes to lifestyle, society or the economy. To make the vast scale of change palatable, advocates suggest all ... <a title="Net zero by 2050 will hit a major timing problem technology can’t solve. We need to talk about cutting consumption" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/28/net-zero-by-2050-will-hit-a-major-timing-problem-technology-cant-solve-we-need-to-talk-about-cutting-consumption-181951/" aria-label="Read more about Net zero by 2050 will hit a major timing problem technology can’t solve. We need to talk about cutting consumption">Read more</a>
