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November 20, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christian Swann, Associate Professor in Psychology, Southern Cross University We often hear about people being “in the zone” when they have excelled, be it at sport, playing music, video gaming, or going for a run. For decades, researchers have tried to find out what the zone is ... <a title="Let it happen or make it happen? There’s more than one way to get in the zone" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/20/let-it-happen-or-make-it-happen-theres-more-than-one-way-to-get-in-the-zone-149173/" aria-label="Read more about Let it happen or make it happen? There’s more than one way to get in the zone">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Liz Allen, Demographer, ANU Centre for Social Research and Methods, Australian National University This week marks the 31st anniversary of the Convention of the Rights of the Child. As we reflect on the value and place of children, this gives us a chance to look at how ... <a title="A birth certificate is a human right. Why aren’t they free and easier to get?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/20/a-birth-certificate-is-a-human-right-why-arent-they-free-and-easier-to-get-146834/" aria-label="Read more about A birth certificate is a human right. Why aren’t they free and easier to get?">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mai Sato, Associate Professor, Director of Eleos Justice, Faculty of Law, Monash University The Reciprocal Access Agreement (RAA) reached in principle this week by Japan and Australia provides a legal framework for the Australian Defence Force and the Japanese Self-Defence Force to operate in each other’s territories. ... <a title="Japan-Australia pact highlights need to move away creatively from death penalty" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/20/japan-australia-pact-highlights-need-to-move-away-creatively-from-death-penalty-148436/" aria-label="Read more about Japan-Australia pact highlights need to move away creatively from death penalty">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rona Carroll, Senior Lecturer, Department of Primary Health Care and General Practice, University of Otago Demand for healthcare for transgender people is on the rise in New Zealand but training for health professionals to develop basic competencies is lagging behind. There is little teaching on gender and ... <a title="Why the way we approach transgender and non-binary healthcare needs to change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/20/why-the-way-we-approach-transgender-and-non-binary-healthcare-needs-to-change-149816/" aria-label="Read more about Why the way we approach transgender and non-binary healthcare needs to change">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert Breunig, Professor of Economics and Director, Tax and Transfer Policy Institute, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University The government’s much-anticipated Retirement Incomes Review has found that increases in employer’s compulsory superannuation contributions are financed by reductions in workers’ wage growth. This isn’t obvious, and ... <a title="Workers bear 71% to 100% of the cost of increases in compulsory super" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/20/workers-bear-71-to-100-of-the-cost-of-increases-in-compulsory-super-150461/" aria-label="Read more about Workers bear 71% to 100% of the cost of increases in compulsory super">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben Egliston, Postdoctoral research fellow, Digital Media Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology In the latest salvo of an almost two-decade console war between Microsoft and Sony, both Sony’s Playstation 5 and Microsoft’s Xbox Series S/X were launched last week. With increased spending on videogames due to ... <a title="The war between Xbox and Playstation is no longer about consoles. It’s about winning your loyalty" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/20/the-war-between-xbox-and-playstation-is-no-longer-about-consoles-its-about-winning-your-loyalty-150057/" aria-label="Read more about The war between Xbox and Playstation is no longer about consoles. It’s about winning your loyalty">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonathan Pickering, Assistant Professor, Canberra School of Politics, Economics and Society, University of Canberra Now Joe Biden is on track to be the next US president, there has been plenty of speculation about what this means for Australia’s policies on climate change. Biden promises to achieve a ... <a title="After Biden’s win, Australia needs to step up and recommit to this vital UN climate change fund" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/20/after-bidens-win-australia-needs-to-step-up-and-recommit-to-this-vital-un-climate-change-fund-150444/" aria-label="Read more about After Biden’s win, Australia needs to step up and recommit to this vital UN climate change fund">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Barbara Broadway, Senior Research Fellow, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, University of Melbourne Female workforce participation has risen for the past two decades in Australia, and in turn, more young kids have been attending formal childcare. So it’s very surprising the latest Household, Income ... <a title="Single parents are getting priced out of daycare, triggering a vicious cycle of entrenched poverty" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/20/single-parents-are-getting-priced-out-of-daycare-triggering-a-vicious-cycle-of-entrenched-poverty-150362/" aria-label="Read more about Single parents are getting priced out of daycare, triggering a vicious cycle of entrenched poverty">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ferdi Botha, Research Fellow, University of Melbourne Measuring the material factors of our lives — like finances, work, health — can tell us a lot about the state of Australian society, but what matters most to us? To help answer this question, we need to know not ... <a title="Australia, are you OK? Here are the groups with the highest (and lowest) life satisfaction" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/20/australia-are-you-ok-here-are-the-groups-with-the-highest-and-lowest-life-satisfaction-150363/" aria-label="Read more about Australia, are you OK? Here are the groups with the highest (and lowest) life satisfaction">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Lowe, Emeritus Professor, School of Science, Griffith University It’s that time of the year again. Brochures and emails spruik a bumper crop of new books about the climate crisis. Goodreads This time there are some really big names: How to Avoid a Climate Disaster by Bill ... <a title="Friday essay: how many climate crisis books will it take to save the planet?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/20/friday-essay-how-many-climate-crisis-books-will-it-take-to-save-the-planet-149529/" aria-label="Read more about Friday essay: how many climate crisis books will it take to save the planet?">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra When he speaks at functions, Scott Morrison routinely pays tribute to present and past members of the Australian Defence Force. It seems a very American thing to do. But he is also putting the military on an extremely high pedestal. ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Australia’s war crimes in Afghanistan – how could those up the chain not know?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/19/grattan-on-friday-australias-war-crimes-in-afghanistan-how-could-those-up-the-chain-not-know-150462/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Australia’s war crimes in Afghanistan – how could those up the chain not know?">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kylie Quinn, Vice-Chancellor’s Research Fellow, School of Health and Biomedical Sciences, RMIT University On Wednesday, Pfizer and BioNTech announced their mRNA vaccine has demonstrated a remarkable 95% efficacy in the “final efficacy analysis” of its phase 3 trial. The news comes hot on the heels of Pfizer/BioNTech’s ... <a title="‘Very convincing evidence’: Pfizer now has the data it needs to apply for COVID vaccine approval" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/19/very-convincing-evidence-pfizer-now-has-the-data-it-needs-to-apply-for-covid-vaccine-approval-150443/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Very convincing evidence’: Pfizer now has the data it needs to apply for COVID vaccine approval">Read more</a>
