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February 3, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Belinda Cuomo, Lecturer and PhD Candidate, Occupational Therapy, Curtin University It’s your three year old’s birthday and he’s having a party with his day care friends. You watch as the other three year olds ask for more cake and answer questions about what they’re wearing. But your ... <a title="How do I know if my child is developing normally?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/03/how-do-i-know-if-my-child-is-developing-normally-129137/" aria-label="Read more about How do I know if my child is developing normally?">Read more</a>
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February 3, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Hocking, Postdoctoral fellow, Monash University Have you ever clapped your hands to get someone’s attention? The resulting “crack!” sound is hard to ignore, rising above and penetrating through any background noise. Now imagine trying to do it underwater – you would be unlikely to achieve quite ... <a title="Deep impact: grey seals clap underwater to communicate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/03/deep-impact-grey-seals-clap-underwater-to-communicate-129910/" aria-label="Read more about Deep impact: grey seals clap underwater to communicate">Read more</a>
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February 3, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter McCallum, Registrar and Academic Director (Education), University of Sydney In a series marking the 250th year of his birth, we analyse the brilliance of Ludwig van Beethoven. Around 1806, Beethoven sought advice on violin fingering from the Italian violinist Felix Radicati in connection with the three ... <a title="Ahead of his time, Beethoven still inspires" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/03/ahead-of-his-time-beethoven-still-inspires-129454/" aria-label="Read more about Ahead of his time, Beethoven still inspires">Read more</a>
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February 3, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Richard Di Natale has quit the leadership of the Greens, telling his party room on Monday he will also leave the Senate. Citing in particular family reason for his shock departure, Di Natale said: “It’s a tough and demanding job ... <a title="Richard Di Natale quits Greens leadership, as Barnaby Joyce seeks a tilt at Michael McCormack" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/03/richard-di-natale-quits-greens-leadership-as-barnaby-joyce-seeks-a-tilt-at-michael-mccormack-131029/" aria-label="Read more about Richard Di Natale quits Greens leadership, as Barnaby Joyce seeks a tilt at Michael McCormack">Read more</a>
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February 3, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Leanne Wiseman, Professor of Law, Griffith University, Associate Director Australian Centre for Intellectual Property in Agriculture (ACIPA), Griffith University Australians are buying more and and more gadgets and devices. Our homes and workplaces seemed to be filled with smart phones, drones, Fitbits, internet- connected fridges, air-conditioners that ... <a title="US and EU laws show Australia’s Right to Repair moment is well overdue" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/03/us-and-eu-laws-show-australias-right-to-repair-moment-is-well-overdue-127323/" aria-label="Read more about US and EU laws show Australia’s Right to Repair moment is well overdue">Read more</a>
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February 3, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Iain White, Professor of Environmental Planning, University of Waikato Politicians in many countries around the world claim to be experiencing a “housing crisis”. But how do they define it, who is affected, and what is the cause? These are critical questions. Exploring them can help us understand ... <a title="Housing crisis? What crisis? How politicians talk about housing and why it matters" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/03/housing-crisis-what-crisis-how-politicians-talk-about-housing-and-why-it-matters-128861/" aria-label="Read more about Housing crisis? What crisis? How politicians talk about housing and why it matters">Read more</a>
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February 3, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brendan Coates, Program Director, Household Finances, Grattan Institute A key question for the government’s retirement incomes review is who ultimately pays for compulsory super contributions, especially since they are set to climb from 9.5% of wages to 12% over the next five years. Legally, they come from ... <a title="Think superannuation comes from employers’ pockets? It comes from yours" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/03/think-superannuation-comes-from-employers-pockets-it-comes-from-yours-130797/" aria-label="Read more about Think superannuation comes from employers’ pockets? It comes from yours">Read more</a>
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February 3, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Darren Paul Fisher, Head of Directing, Department of Film, Screen and Creative Media, Bond University You’ve seen the Game of Thrones scene with Jon and Daenerys where somehow a Starbucks coffee cup made it into the frame? Or maybe the one in Star Wars where the Stormtrooper ... <a title="How script supervisors keep film continuity – and coffee cups and cigarettes – in check" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/03/how-script-supervisors-keep-film-continuity-and-coffee-cups-and-cigarettes-in-check-127911/" aria-label="Read more about How script supervisors keep film continuity – and coffee cups and cigarettes – in check">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Agriculture Minister and Nationals deputy leader Bridget McKenzie has finally fallen on her sword, after intense pressure on her to limit the government’s damage from the sports rorts affair ahead of parliament resuming this week. But McKenzie has been pushed ... <a title="View from The Hill: Bridget McKenzie falls – but for the lesser of her political sins" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/02/view-from-the-hill-bridget-mckenzie-falls-but-for-the-lesser-of-her-political-sins-131011/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Bridget McKenzie falls – but for the lesser of her political sins">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Frank Bongiorno, Professor of History, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University The sports rorts scandal has evoked in some commentators considerable nostalgia. There was a time, we are assured, when politics was governed by genuine integrity. Andrew Peacock offered John Gorton his resignation ... <a title="Remembrance of rorts past: why the McKenzie scandal might not count for a hill of beans" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/02/remembrance-of-rorts-past-why-the-mckenzie-scandal-might-not-count-for-a-hill-of-beans-130793/" aria-label="Read more about Remembrance of rorts past: why the McKenzie scandal might not count for a hill of beans">Read more</a>
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January 31, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Claire Hooker, Senior Lecturer and Coordinator, Health and Medical Humanities, University of Sydney Every disease outbreak brings an accompanying outbreak of fear. Already we’re seeing coverage on the spread of coronavirus fear which leads to misinformation, an effect on the economy and, perhaps the most alarming, xenophobia ... <a title="Coronavirus fears can trigger anti-Chinese prejudice. Here’s how schools can help" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/31/coronavirus-fears-can-trigger-anti-chinese-prejudice-heres-how-schools-can-help-130945/" aria-label="Read more about Coronavirus fears can trigger anti-Chinese prejudice. Here’s how schools can help">Read more</a>
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January 31, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By C Raina MacIntyre, Professor of Global Biosecurity, NHMRC Principal Research Fellow, Head, Biosecurity Program, Kirby Institute, UNSW The World Health Organisation (WHO) has just declared the coronavirus outbreak a public health emergency of international concern. There have been nearly 10,000 cases of the so-called 2019-nCoV in China, ... <a title="Coronavirus: how worried should I be about the shortage of face masks? Or can I just use a scarf?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/31/coronavirus-how-worried-should-i-be-about-the-shortage-of-face-masks-or-can-i-just-use-a-scarf-130873/" aria-label="Read more about Coronavirus: how worried should I be about the shortage of face masks? Or can I just use a scarf?">Read more</a>
