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February 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra As a parliament that will be unmourned winds down to the election, this fortnight has been the season for goodbyes from those departing (voluntarily). The most dramatic was Thursday’s announcement by Julie Bishop that she isn’t running again. Bishop’s claim ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Bishop’s boots were made for walking" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/22/grattan-on-friday-bishops-boots-were-made-for-walking-112251/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Bishop’s boots were made for walking">Read more</a>
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February 21, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Jensen, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Governance and Policy Analysis, University of Canberra Prime Minister Scott Morrison recently said both the Australian Parliament and its major political parties were hacked by a “sophisticated state actor.” This raises concerns that a foreign adversary may be intending to ... <a title="We’ve been hacked – so will the data be weaponised to influence election 2019? Here’s what to look for" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/21/weve-been-hacked-so-will-the-data-be-weaponised-to-influence-election-2019-heres-what-to-look-for-112130/" aria-label="Read more about We’ve been hacked – so will the data be weaponised to influence election 2019? Here’s what to look for">Read more</a>
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February 21, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kevin Dew, Professor of Sociology, Victoria University of Wellington The use of pharmaceuticals is on the rise and, globally, the expenses for drugs are projected to reach US$1.5 trillion by 2021. The ageing of populations is one of the drivers of this upward trend, but another important ... <a title="As pharmaceutical use continues to rise, side effects are becoming a costly health issue" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/21/as-pharmaceutical-use-continues-to-rise-side-effects-are-becoming-a-costly-health-issue-105494/" aria-label="Read more about As pharmaceutical use continues to rise, side effects are becoming a costly health issue">Read more</a>
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February 21, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jason Paul Mika, Senior Lecturer, School of Management, Massey University Tourism is New Zealand’s biggest export earner, contributing 21% of foreign exchange earnings. The latest data show tourists added NZ$39.1 billion to the economy and the industry has seen a 44% increase over the past five years. ... <a title="Five insights that could move tourism closer towards sustainability" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/21/five-insights-that-could-move-tourism-closer-towards-sustainability-110594/" aria-label="Read more about Five insights that could move tourism closer towards sustainability">Read more</a>
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February 21, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emmanuel Stamatakis, Professor of Physical Activity, Lifestyle, and Population Health, University of Sydney Have you recently carried heavy shopping bags up a few flights of stairs? Or run the last 100 metres to the station to catch your train? If you have, you may have unknowingly been ... <a title="Don’t have time to exercise? Here’s a regime everyone can squeeze in" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/21/dont-have-time-to-exercise-heres-a-regime-everyone-can-squeeze-in-111600/" aria-label="Read more about Don’t have time to exercise? Here’s a regime everyone can squeeze in">Read more</a>
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February 21, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Walter Jarvis, Director, UTS Master of Management; Lecturer in Managing, Leading & Stewardship, University of Technology Sydney The banking royal commission has seen spectacular resignations, calls for changes in the law, and calls for cultural change within banks. But what about changes in education, which is where ... <a title="What are we teaching in business schools? The royal commission’s challenge to amoral theory" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/21/what-are-we-teaching-in-business-schools-the-royal-commissions-challenge-to-amoral-theory-110901/" aria-label="Read more about What are we teaching in business schools? The royal commission’s challenge to amoral theory">Read more</a>
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February 21, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lorana Bartels, Professor, School of Law and Justice, University of Canberra Justice reinvestment seeks to reduce the number of people in prison by investing money that would have been spent on prisons in early intervention, prevention and diversion. It involves working with communities to design local solutions ... <a title="Australian governments should follow the ACT’s lead in building communities, not prisons" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/21/australian-governments-should-follow-the-acts-lead-in-building-communities-not-prisons-111990/" aria-label="Read more about Australian governments should follow the ACT’s lead in building communities, not prisons">Read more</a>
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February 21, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alice Towler, Post-doctoral Research Fellow, UNSW Yenny is 26 years old, lives in Melbourne, and has a very specific talent. One day, she was driving her car when she recognised a man who had been several years below her at high school and whom she hadn’t seen ... <a title="Super-recognisers accurately pick out a face in a crowd – but can this skill be taught?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/21/super-recognisers-accurately-pick-out-a-face-in-a-crowd-but-can-this-skill-be-taught-112003/" aria-label="Read more about Super-recognisers accurately pick out a face in a crowd – but can this skill be taught?">Read more</a>
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February 21, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Humphery-Jenner, Associate Professor of Finance, UNSW The Hayne Royal Commission began and ended with strident criticism of the mortgage broking industry. It recommended brokers be required to act in the “best interests” of intending borrowers, and that intending borrowers, rather than the successful lender, pay the ... <a title="Honest brokers. Why mortgage broker commissions aren’t the problem" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/21/honest-brokers-why-mortgage-broker-commissions-arent-the-problem-111631/" aria-label="Read more about Honest brokers. Why mortgage broker commissions aren’t the problem">Read more</a>
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February 21, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tanya Latty, Senior Lecturer, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney In this series, we look at under-acknowledged women through the ages. Most school kids can describe in detail the life cycle of butterflies: eggs hatch into caterpillars, caterpillars turn into cocoons and cocoons hatch. ... <a title="Hidden women of history: Maria Sibylla Merian, 17th-century entomologist and scientific adventurer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/21/hidden-women-of-history-maria-sibylla-merian-17th-century-entomologist-and-scientific-adventurer-112057/" aria-label="Read more about Hidden women of history: Maria Sibylla Merian, 17th-century entomologist and scientific adventurer">Read more</a>
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February 21, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Helen Vatsikopoulos, Lecturer in Journalism, University of Technology Sydney This week, Department of Communications and Arts secretary Mike Mrdak told a Senate hearing our Pacific neighbours will soon experience “the full suite of programs available on Australian networks”. This means the region will see some of our ... <a title="As Australia’s soft power in the Pacific fades, China’s voice gets louder" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/21/as-australias-soft-power-in-the-pacific-fades-chinas-voice-gets-louder-111841/" aria-label="Read more about As Australia’s soft power in the Pacific fades, China’s voice gets louder">Read more</a>
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February 21, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Dunn, Associate Lecturer in Anatomy and Cell Biology, Western Sydney University Some men may shudder at the thought of “the snip”. But vasectomies are a safe and effective form of contraception for men who have completed their family, or don’t wish to have children. Medicare data ... <a title="Explainer: how does a vasectomy work and can it be reversed?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/21/explainer-how-does-a-vasectomy-work-and-can-it-be-reversed-110780/" aria-label="Read more about Explainer: how does a vasectomy work and can it be reversed?">Read more</a>
