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February 13, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katherine Biber, Professor of Law, University of Technology Sydney When a man died by suicide in 2016, a friend found an unsent SMS on his phone: Dave Nic you and Jack keep all that I have house and superannuation, put my ashes in the back garden with ... <a title="An unsent SMS, a message on a tractor, a poem: the courts say a valid will can take many forms" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/13/an-unsent-sms-a-message-on-a-tractor-a-poem-the-courts-say-a-valid-will-can-take-many-forms-128056/" aria-label="Read more about An unsent SMS, a message on a tractor, a poem: the courts say a valid will can take many forms">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Claire Hooker, Senior Lecturer and Coordinator, Health and Medical Humanities, University of Sydney The spread of misinformation about the novel coronavirus, now known as COVID-19, seems greater than the spread of the infection itself. The World Health Organisation (WHO), government health departments and others are trying to ... <a title="9 ways to talk to people who spread coronavirus myths" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/13/9-ways-to-talk-to-people-who-spread-coronavirus-myths-131378/" aria-label="Read more about 9 ways to talk to people who spread coronavirus myths">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Meredith O’Connor, Senior Research Officer, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute Teachers identify one in five children as having emerging health or developmental concerns when they start school. This might include a child being disruptive, having difficulties understanding the teacher’s instructions, or experiencing fears and anxieties at a level ... <a title="1 in 5 kids start school with health or emotional difficulties that challenge their learning" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/13/1-in-5-kids-start-school-with-health-or-emotional-difficulties-that-challenge-their-learning-131134/" aria-label="Read more about 1 in 5 kids start school with health or emotional difficulties that challenge their learning">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Thomas Sigler, Senior Lecturer in Human Geography, The University of Queensland Short-term rental platforms such as Airbnb are increasingly displacing hotels and holiday letting agencies as the go-to form of accommodation. The ease of booking it all in seconds on your smartphone adds to the appeal of ... <a title="Ever wondered how many Airbnbs Australia has and where they all are? We have the answers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/13/ever-wondered-how-many-airbnbs-australia-has-and-where-they-all-are-we-have-the-answers-129003/" aria-label="Read more about Ever wondered how many Airbnbs Australia has and where they all are? We have the answers">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By George Denny-Smith, Scientia PhD Researcher, Faculty of Built Environment, UNSW Australia’s 12th Closing the Gap report, published yesterday, shows by most socio-economic measures Indigenous Australians continue to lag behind the rest of the population. Only two of seven targets – early education and Year 12 completion rates ... <a title="Why we aren’t closing the gap: a failure to account for ‘cultural counterfactuals’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/13/why-we-arent-closing-the-gap-a-failure-to-account-for-cultural-counterfactuals-129076/" aria-label="Read more about Why we aren’t closing the gap: a failure to account for ‘cultural counterfactuals’">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Camilla Nelson, Associate Professor in Media, University of Notre Dame Australia The cartoonist’s task is to give voice to ideas and sentiments that are repressed in culture. For Michael Leunig, it was an odd poetic impulse – a strand of lyricism, which Australians probably never suspected they ... <a title="Looking on the bright side, The Leunig Fragments film skips dark truths" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/13/looking-on-the-bright-side-the-leunig-fragments-film-skips-dark-truths-131202/" aria-label="Read more about Looking on the bright side, The Leunig Fragments film skips dark truths">Read more</a>
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February 12, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne With 87% reporting in today’s New Hampshire Democratic primary, Bernie Sanders won 25.7%, defeating Pete Buttigieg, who won 24.4%. Amy Klobuchar was a surprise strong third with 19.8%. Former frontrunners Joe Biden and Elizabeth Warren ... <a title="Sanders narrowly wins New Hampshire as Klobuchar surges, while Queensland is tied 50-50" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/12/sanders-narrowly-wins-new-hampshire-as-klobuchar-surges-while-queensland-is-tied-50-50-131448/" aria-label="Read more about Sanders narrowly wins New Hampshire as Klobuchar surges, while Queensland is tied 50-50">Read more</a>
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February 12, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra A bid to hobble Senate leader Mathias Cormann in retaliation for the government’s refusal to produce the report from top public servant Phil Gaetjens on Bridget McKenzie failed after Pauline Hanson withdrew her support and Centre Alliance split. Under the ... <a title="Pauline Hanson stymies bid to hobble Mathias Cormann" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/12/pauline-hanson-stymies-bid-to-hobble-mathias-cormann-131670/" aria-label="Read more about Pauline Hanson stymies bid to hobble Mathias Cormann">Read more</a>
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February 12, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Connal Lee, Associate Lecturer, Philosophy, University of South Australia The novel coronavirus that has so far killed more than 1,100 people now has a name – covid-19. The World Health Organisation (WHO) didn’t want the name to refer to a place, animal or certain group of people ... <a title="We’re in danger of drowning in a coronavirus ‘infodemic’. Here’s how we can cut through the noise" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/12/were-in-danger-of-drowning-in-a-coronavirus-infodemic-heres-how-we-can-cut-through-the-noise-131303/" aria-label="Read more about We’re in danger of drowning in a coronavirus ‘infodemic’. Here’s how we can cut through the noise">Read more</a>
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February 12, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra A bid to hobble Senate leader Mathias Cormann in retaliation for the government’s refusal to produce the report from top public servant Phil Gaetjens on Bridget McKenzie failed after Pauline Hanson withdrew her support and Centre Alliance split. Under the ... <a title="Crossbench split stymies bid to hobble Mathias Cormann" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/12/crossbench-split-stymies-bid-to-hobble-mathias-cormann-131670/" aria-label="Read more about Crossbench split stymies bid to hobble Mathias Cormann">Read more</a>
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February 12, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Barbara Norman, Chair of Urban & Regional Planning and Director of Canberra Urban & Regional Futures, University of Canberra The Australian bushfires have caught the world’s attention. They dominated the speeches by global leaders at the World Urban Forum (WUF10) in Abu Dhabi this week. The United ... <a title="All eyes on Australia as World Urban Forum urges climate action" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/12/all-eyes-on-australia-as-world-urban-forum-urges-climate-action-130884/" aria-label="Read more about All eyes on Australia as World Urban Forum urges climate action">Read more</a>
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February 12, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alan Finkel, Australia’s Chief Scientist, Office of the Chief Scientist I want you to imagine a highway exclusively devoted to delivering the world’s energy. Each lane is restricted to trucks that carry one of the world’s seven large-scale sources of primary energy: coal, oil, natural gas, nuclear, ... <a title="Chief Scientist: we need to transform our world into a sustainable ‘electric planet’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/12/chief-scientist-we-need-to-transform-our-world-into-a-sustainable-electric-planet-131658/" aria-label="Read more about Chief Scientist: we need to transform our world into a sustainable ‘electric planet’">Read more</a>
