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January 22, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Prime Minister Scott Morrison has ordered the secretary of his department, Phil Gaetjens, to advise whether deputy Nationals leader Bridget McKenzie breached the ministerial code of conduct in the sports rorts affair. A statement from the prime minister’s office on ... <a title="Scott Morrison orders probe into whether Bridget McKenzie breached ministerial code" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/22/scott-morrison-orders-probe-into-whether-bridget-mckenzie-breached-ministerial-code-130403/" aria-label="Read more about Scott Morrison orders probe into whether Bridget McKenzie breached ministerial code">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kenley Kuoch, PhD Candidate in Psychology, Swinburne University of Technology Most of us don’t give much thought to going to the toilet. We go when we need to go. But for a small minority of people, the act of urinating or defecating can be a major source ... <a title="Can’t do what you need to do in a public toilet? You’re not alone – and there’s help" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/22/cant-do-what-you-need-to-do-in-a-public-toilet-youre-not-alone-and-theres-help-127719/" aria-label="Read more about Can’t do what you need to do in a public toilet? You’re not alone – and there’s help">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Roger Patulny, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Wollongong Humans are more connected to each other than ever, thanks to smartphones, the web and social media. At the same time, loneliness is a huge and growing social problem. Why is this so? Research shows social media use ... <a title="Does social media make us more or less lonely? Depends on how you use it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/22/does-social-media-make-us-more-or-less-lonely-depends-on-how-you-use-it-128468/" aria-label="Read more about Does social media make us more or less lonely? Depends on how you use it">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Beeson, Professor of International Politics, University of Western Australia As unprecedented bushfires continue to ravage the country, Prime Minister Scott Morrison and his government have been rightly criticised for their reluctance to talk about the underlying drivers of this crisis. Yet it’s not hard to see ... <a title="As Earth’s population heads to 10 billion, does anything Australians do on climate change matter?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/22/as-earths-population-heads-to-10-billion-does-anything-australians-do-on-climate-change-matter-129139/" aria-label="Read more about As Earth’s population heads to 10 billion, does anything Australians do on climate change matter?">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Craig Batty, Professor of Creative Writing, University of Technology Sydney Sarah Krasnostein’s The Trauma Cleaner has won many awards since it was published in 2017, including the Victorian Prize for Literature and the Australian Book Industry Award General Non-Fiction Book of the Year. While the title may ... <a title="Inside the story: The Trauma Cleaner – a beautiful meditation on death and decay" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/22/inside-the-story-the-trauma-cleaner-a-beautiful-meditation-on-death-and-decay-127436/" aria-label="Read more about Inside the story: The Trauma Cleaner – a beautiful meditation on death and decay">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Aaron J. Cavosie, Senior research fellow, Curtin University The world’s oldest remaining asteroid crater is at a place called Yarrabubba, southeast of the town of Meekatharra in Western Australia. Our new study puts a precise age on the cataclysmic impact – showing Yarrabubba is the oldest known ... <a title="We found the world’s oldest asteroid strike in Western Australia. It might have triggered a global thaw" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/22/we-found-the-worlds-oldest-asteroid-strike-in-western-australia-it-might-have-triggered-a-global-thaw-130192/" aria-label="Read more about We found the world’s oldest asteroid strike in Western Australia. It might have triggered a global thaw">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jemma Holt, Research Fellow/ Acting Executive Officer (Research), Tasmania Law Reform Institute, University of Tasmania Juries are supposed to consider evidence without influence or bias from the outside world. However, the widespread access to and use of the internet and social media threatens to undermine this, with ... <a title="Juries need to be told how they’re allowed to use the internet to ensure fair trials" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/22/juries-need-to-be-told-how-theyre-allowed-to-use-the-internet-to-ensure-fair-trials-130127/" aria-label="Read more about Juries need to be told how they’re allowed to use the internet to ensure fair trials">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christine Carson, Senior Research Fellow, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Western Australia In the days before antibiotics, deaths from bacterial infections were common. Seemingly minor illnesses could escalate in severity, becoming deadly in a matter of hours or days. These days, antibiotics can be life-savers. In ... <a title="I’m taking antibiotics – how do I know I’ve been prescribed the right ones?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/22/im-taking-antibiotics-how-do-i-know-ive-been-prescribed-the-right-ones-122868/" aria-label="Read more about I’m taking antibiotics – how do I know I’ve been prescribed the right ones?">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Will Steffen, Emeritus Professor, Australian National University Those who say “I told you so” are rarely welcomed, yet I am going to say it here. Australian scientists warned the country could face a climate change-driven bushfire crisis by 2020. It arrived on schedule. For several decades, the ... <a title="Scientists hate to say ‘I told you so’. But Australia, you were warned" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/22/scientists-hate-to-say-i-told-you-so-but-australia-you-were-warned-130211/" aria-label="Read more about Scientists hate to say ‘I told you so’. But Australia, you were warned">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Briony Towers, Research Fellow, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University Children and young people have been deeply impacted by the current bushfire crisis. Schools have been destroyed and thousands of houses have burnt down. Hazardous air pollution is causing major public health concerns and the devastating impacts ... <a title="Bushfire education is too abstract. We need to get children into the real world" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/22/bushfire-education-is-too-abstract-we-need-to-get-children-into-the-real-world-129789/" aria-label="Read more about Bushfire education is too abstract. We need to get children into the real world">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jolanda Jetten, Professor, School of Psychology, ARC Laureate Fellow, The University of Queensland If you’ve ever dreamt of fame and fortune, Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle turning their backs on the royal lifestyle might seem churlish. So too their desire to be “financially independent”. As ... <a title="The science backs Harry and Meghan turning in their royal privilege. Fame and fortune aren’t the keys to happiness" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/22/the-science-backs-harry-and-meghan-turning-in-their-royal-privilege-fame-and-fortune-arent-the-keys-to-happiness-130132/" aria-label="Read more about The science backs Harry and Meghan turning in their royal privilege. Fame and fortune aren’t the keys to happiness">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Danielle Wood, Program Director, Budget Policy and Institutional Reform, Grattan Institute In public, the government is crab-walking away from its commitment to a budget surplus, saying since the bushfires that other things have become more important. Asked directly on Tuesday whether he was prepared to sacrifice this ... <a title="New year, new strategy? Unheralded change to budget targets creates space for stimulus" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/22/new-year-new-strategy-unheralded-change-to-budget-targets-creates-space-for-stimulus-129690/" aria-label="Read more about New year, new strategy? Unheralded change to budget targets creates space for stimulus">Read more</a>
