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September 24, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ken Doust, Senior Lecturer in Engineering Management , Southern Cross University If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskids@theconversation.edu.au. Why can’t we build a pipe or find some other way to move fresh water from state to state, from areas ... <a title="Curious Kids: why can’t we just build a pipe to move water to areas in drought?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/24/curious-kids-why-cant-we-just-build-a-pipe-to-move-water-to-areas-in-drought-123454/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: why can’t we just build a pipe to move water to areas in drought?">Read more</a>
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September 24, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Last week, a very special event took place in Parliament House. The daughters of Sir Robert Menzies and Arthur Calwell – Heather Henderson and Mary Elizabeth Calwell – came together to reflect on their fathers’ legacies, and to offer their ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: daughters of Robert Menzies and Arthur Calwell say parliament wasn’t always a “fort”" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/24/politics-with-michelle-grattan-daughters-of-robert-menzies-and-arthur-calwell-say-parliament-wasnt-always-a-fort-123598/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: daughters of Robert Menzies and Arthur Calwell say parliament wasn’t always a “fort”">Read more</a>
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September 24, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hannah Dahlen, Professor of Midwifery and Higher Degree Director, Western Sydney University Becoming a parent is a wonderful experience but it can also be incredibly daunting. There is no qualification or test you can take to make sure you’re ready; you have to rely on life experience, ... <a title="1 in 3 new mums struggle to get their baby to sleep, but some women have a tougher time" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/24/1-in-3-new-mums-struggle-to-get-their-baby-to-sleep-but-some-women-have-a-tougher-time-102269/" aria-label="Read more about 1 in 3 new mums struggle to get their baby to sleep, but some women have a tougher time">Read more</a>
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September 24, 2019
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Today’s content by Dr Bryce Edwards. Foreign affairs and trade 1News: Full video: Jacinda Ardern takes media questions following meeting with Donald Trump Jamie Ensor (Newshub): Jacinda Ardern, Donald Trump meeting: US President takes interest ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – September 24 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/24/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-september-24-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – September 24 2019">Read more</a>
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September 24, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Md Abdul Alim, Postdoctoral researcher on sustainable development (Energy and Water), Western Sydney University Despite being such a sunkissed country, Australia is still lagging behind in the race to embrace solar power. While solar panels adorn hundreds of thousands of rooftops throughout the nation, we have not ... <a title="We can make roof tiles with built-in solar cells – now the challenge is to make them cheaper" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/24/we-can-make-roof-tiles-with-built-in-solar-cells-now-the-challenge-is-to-make-them-cheaper-123775/" aria-label="Read more about We can make roof tiles with built-in solar cells – now the challenge is to make them cheaper">Read more</a>
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September 24, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Beeson, Professor of International Politics, University of Western Australia One of the time-honoured tests of the diplomatic skills of any Australian prime minister has been dealing with the United States. We are frequently assured by the hard-headed realists who make and influence strategic policy that this ... <a title="Yes, the US-Australia alliance is important, but Scott Morrison needs to take a careful approach with Donald Trump" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/24/yes-the-us-australia-alliance-is-important-but-scott-morrison-needs-to-take-a-careful-approach-with-donald-trump-123973/" aria-label="Read more about Yes, the US-Australia alliance is important, but Scott Morrison needs to take a careful approach with Donald Trump">Read more</a>
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September 24, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Penelope Hasking, Associate Professor of Psychology, Curtin University Non-suicidal self-injury is the deliberate damage of body tissue without conscious suicidal intent. It’s more specific than self-harm, a broader term that can also include suicide attempts. Self-injury is reasonably common, particularly among young people. In community samples, 17% ... <a title="It’s not only teenage girls, and it’s rarely attention-seeking: debunking the myths around self-injury" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/24/its-not-only-teenage-girls-and-its-rarely-attention-seeking-debunking-the-myths-around-self-injury-120214/" aria-label="Read more about It’s not only teenage girls, and it’s rarely attention-seeking: debunking the myths around self-injury">Read more</a>
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September 24, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christian Tietz, Senior Lecturer in Industrial Design, UNSW With two-thirds of a global population of 9.4 billion people expected to live in urban areas by 2050, we can expect a change in the domestic living arrangements we are familiar with today. In high-density cities, the static apartment ... <a title="‘Transformer’ rooms and robo-furniture are set to remake our homes – and lives – before our eyes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/24/transformer-rooms-and-robo-furniture-are-set-to-remake-our-homes-and-lives-before-our-eyes-123682/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Transformer’ rooms and robo-furniture are set to remake our homes – and lives – before our eyes">Read more</a>
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September 24, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Heather Bray, Lecturer in Science Communication, University of Western Australia Soy milk. Almond milk. Rice milk. To some dairy farmers these products are like a red rag to a bull. They want governments to decree the word “milk” should be reserved for milk from mammals. They argue ... <a title="Crying over plant-based milk: neither science nor history favours a dairy monopoly" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/24/crying-over-plant-based-milk-neither-science-nor-history-favours-a-dairy-monopoly-123852/" aria-label="Read more about Crying over plant-based milk: neither science nor history favours a dairy monopoly">Read more</a>
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September 24, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicolas Herault, Academic, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, University of Melbourne If we asked people in New Zealand what they think the best income tax reform would be, we would expect a range of responses. People will no doubt have different views about which ... <a title="How raising tax for high-income earners would reduce inequality, improve social welfare in New Zealand" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/24/how-raising-tax-for-high-income-earners-would-reduce-inequality-improve-social-welfare-in-new-zealand-123161/" aria-label="Read more about How raising tax for high-income earners would reduce inequality, improve social welfare in New Zealand">Read more</a>
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September 24, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alice Gorman, Senior Lecturer in Archaeology and Space Studies, Flinders University Leila Waddell (1880-1932) was a country girl from Bathurst, NSW, who entered the world stage as an acclaimed violinist – and left it having influenced magical practice into the 21st century. Her early life focused on ... <a title="Hidden women of history: Leila Waddell, Australian violinist, philosopher of magic and fearless rebel" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/24/hidden-women-of-history-leila-waddell-australian-violinist-philosopher-of-magic-and-fearless-rebel-122402/" aria-label="Read more about Hidden women of history: Leila Waddell, Australian violinist, philosopher of magic and fearless rebel">Read more</a>
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September 23, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marissa Parrott, Reproductive Biologist, Wildlife Conservation & Science, Zoos Victoria, and Honorary Research Associate, BioSciences, University of Melbourne Australia’s water rats, or Rakali, are one of Australia’s beautiful but lesser-known native rodents. And these intelligent, semi-aquatic rats have revealed another talent: they are one of the only ... <a title="Eat your heart out: native water rats have worked out how to safely eat cane toads" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/23/eat-your-heart-out-native-water-rats-have-worked-out-how-to-safely-eat-cane-toads-123986/" aria-label="Read more about Eat your heart out: native water rats have worked out how to safely eat cane toads">Read more</a>
