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January 29, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Scott Morrison will use his first major 2020 speech to press his plan for more federal government power to intervene directly when there are natural disasters, including by deploying the defence force without requests from the states. In his speech ... <a title="Scott Morrison’s ‘resilience’ speech overshadowed as McKenzie crisis deepens" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/29/scott-morrisons-resilience-speech-overshadowed-as-mckenzie-crisis-deepens-130700/" aria-label="Read more about Scott Morrison’s ‘resilience’ speech overshadowed as McKenzie crisis deepens">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bernardo Figueiredo, Senior Lecturer in Marketing, RMIT University Seniors may not enjoy the stereotype of struggling with technology, but undeniably many older people do have difficulty mastering their devices. A 2016-17 Deloitte survey of Australian consumers found 78% of seniors aged 65-75 owned a smartphone, as well ... <a title="Seniors struggle with technology, and often their kids won’t help" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/29/seniors-struggle-with-technology-and-often-their-kids-wont-help-130464/" aria-label="Read more about Seniors struggle with technology, and often their kids won’t help">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Smith, Senior Lecturer in American Politics and Foreign Policy, US Studies Centre, University of Sydney While political parties in both Australia and Britain have recently moved towards leadership contests that give more say to ordinary party members, nothing matches the democratic scale of the American process ... <a title="The US presidential primaries are arcane, complex and unrepresentative. So why do Americans still vote this way?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/29/the-us-presidential-primaries-are-arcane-complex-and-unrepresentative-so-why-do-americans-still-vote-this-way-129759/" aria-label="Read more about The US presidential primaries are arcane, complex and unrepresentative. So why do Americans still vote this way?">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Noble, Education Policy Fellow, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University Many providers of early childhood education and care are charging above the cap for government subsidies and parents are being forced to meet the additional costs. This is according to recently released data. This has been the situation ... <a title="Not all Australian parents can access quality childcare and preschool – they can’t just ‘shop around’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/29/not-all-australian-parents-can-access-quality-childcare-and-preschool-they-cant-just-shop-around-130369/" aria-label="Read more about Not all Australian parents can access quality childcare and preschool – they can’t just ‘shop around’">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma Power, Senior Research Fellow, Geography and Urban Studies, Western Sydney University Summer in Australia is getting hotter. Extreme heat events, with daytime temperatures over 35 degrees Celsius, are becoming more common and we are getting more of these days in a row. We all need to ... <a title="How to cope with extreme heat days without racking up the aircon bills" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/29/how-to-cope-with-extreme-heat-days-without-racking-up-the-aircon-bills-128857/" aria-label="Read more about How to cope with extreme heat days without racking up the aircon bills">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nadia Zainuddin, Senior Lecturer, University of Wollongong In Gwyneth Paltrow’s new Netflix series, The Goop Lab, Paltrow explores a variety of wellness management approaches, from “energy healing” to psychedelic psychotherapy. Goop has long been criticised for making unsubstantiated health claims and advancing pseudoscience, but the brand is ... <a title="Marketing, not medicine: Gwyneth Paltrow’s The Goop Lab whitewashes traditional health therapies for profit" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/29/marketing-not-medicine-gwyneth-paltrows-the-goop-lab-whitewashes-traditional-health-therapies-for-profit-130287/" aria-label="Read more about Marketing, not medicine: Gwyneth Paltrow’s The Goop Lab whitewashes traditional health therapies for profit">Read more</a>
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January 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By C Raina MacIntyre, Professor of Global Biosecurity, NHMRC Principal Research Fellow, Head, Biosecurity Program, UNSW Cases of the Wuhan coronavirus have increased dramatically over the past week, prompting concerns about how contagious the virus is and how it spreads. According the World Health Organisation, 16-21% of people ... <a title="How contagious is the Wuhan coronavirus and can you spread it before symptoms start?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/28/how-contagious-is-the-wuhan-coronavirus-and-can-you-spread-it-before-symptoms-start-130686/" aria-label="Read more about How contagious is the Wuhan coronavirus and can you spread it before symptoms start?">Read more</a>
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January 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julaine Allan, Senior research fellow, Charles Sturt University Slang names or street names for drugs are common. From pingers (MDMA), to fishies (GHB) to going into the K-hole (ketamine), slang use marks someone as an insider with knowledge and experience of illicit drug use. The use of ... <a title="Pingers, pingas, pingaz: how drug slang affects the way we use and understand drugs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/28/pingers-pingas-pingaz-how-drug-slang-affects-the-way-we-use-and-understand-drugs-129452/" aria-label="Read more about Pingers, pingas, pingaz: how drug slang affects the way we use and understand drugs">Read more</a>
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January 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Humphery-Jenner, Associate Professor of Finance, UNSW The Wuhan coronavirus has had a significant human toll. More than 100 people have died and nearly 3,000 are known to be infected, including some in Australia. The number actually infected will be higher. People experiencing only mild symptoms often ... <a title="What we know suggests the economic impact of Wuhan coronavirus will be limited" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/28/what-we-know-suggests-the-economic-impact-of-wuhan-coronavirus-will-be-limited-130598/" aria-label="Read more about What we know suggests the economic impact of Wuhan coronavirus will be limited">Read more</a>
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January 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jamie Pittock, Professor, Fenner School of Environment & Society, Australian National University On Friday I flew in a helicopter over the fire-ravaged Kosciuszko National Park. I was devastated by what I saw. Cherished wildlife species are at grave risk of extinction: those populations the bushfires haven’t already ... <a title="Fire almost wiped out rare species in the Australian Alps. Feral horses are finishing the job" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/28/fire-almost-wiped-out-rare-species-in-the-australian-alps-feral-horses-are-finishing-the-job-130584/" aria-label="Read more about Fire almost wiped out rare species in the Australian Alps. Feral horses are finishing the job">Read more</a>
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January 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kseniya Kolobova, Leader research scientist, Russian Academy of Sciences Neanderthal (Homo neanderthalensis) fossils were first discovered in western Europe in the mid nineteenth century. That was just the first in a long line of surprises thrown up by our closest evolutionary cousins. We reveal another in our ... <a title="Stone tools reveal epic trek of nomadic Neanderthals" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/28/stone-tools-reveal-epic-trek-of-nomadic-neanderthals-129886/" aria-label="Read more about Stone tools reveal epic trek of nomadic Neanderthals">Read more</a>
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January 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dr Patrick Scolyer-Gray, Research Fellow, Cyber Security, Deakin University The Australian government’s Digital Transformation Agency (DTA) has spent more than A$200 million over the past five years developing a National Digital ID platform. If successful, the project could streamline commerce, resolve bureaucratic quagmires, and improve national security. ... <a title="Australia’s National Digital ID is here, but the government’s not talking about it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/28/australias-national-digital-id-is-here-but-the-governments-not-talking-about-it-130200/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s National Digital ID is here, but the government’s not talking about it">Read more</a>
