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October 25, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Eva Vivalt, Research Fellow and Lecturer, Australian National University We ask experts for advice all the time. A company might ask an economist for advice on how to motivate its employees. A government might ask what the effect of a policy reform will be. To give the ... <a title="Predicting research results can mean better science and better advice" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/25/predicting-research-results-can-mean-better-science-and-better-advice-125568/" aria-label="Read more about Predicting research results can mean better science and better advice">Read more</a>
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October 25, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Roberta Ryan, Professor, UTS Institute for Public Policy and Governance and UTS Centre for Local Government, University of Technology Sydney As regional Australian towns face the prospect of running out of water, it’s time to ask why Australia does not make better use of recycled wastewater. The ... <a title="80% of household water goes to waste – we need to get it back" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/25/80-of-household-water-goes-to-waste-we-need-to-get-it-back-125798/" aria-label="Read more about 80% of household water goes to waste – we need to get it back">Read more</a>
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October 25, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brett Healey, PhD Student, Curtin University Ask a child why they write and you might receive a common response: the teacher told me to. Kids often lack confidence as writers and find it emotionally draining. The problem might be the classroom and its detachment from what writers ... <a title="‘I’m in another world’: writing without rules lets kids find their voice, just like professional authors" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/25/im-in-another-world-writing-without-rules-lets-kids-find-their-voice-just-like-professional-authors-124976/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I’m in another world’: writing without rules lets kids find their voice, just like professional authors">Read more</a>
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October 25, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Peetz, Professor of Employment Relations, Centre for Work, Organisation and Wellbeing, Griffith University Ask any economist a question, and you will usually get the answer: “productivity”. The winner of the 2008 Nobel Prize in Economics, Paul Krugman, set the standard in 1994: Productivity isn’t everything, but, ... <a title="What if we measured the thing that matters most: “carbon productivity”" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/25/what-if-we-measured-the-thing-that-matters-most-carbon-productivity-124902/" aria-label="Read more about What if we measured the thing that matters most: “carbon productivity”">Read more</a>
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October 25, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW The race for the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination is hotting up, and so is academic debate about one of the leading contender’s signature proposal – a wealth tax. The US Democratic primary is becoming a race of four (odds in parentheses): ... <a title="Vital Signs: talk of a US wealth tax is about symbolism as much as it is about economics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/25/vital-signs-talk-of-a-us-wealth-tax-is-about-symbolism-as-much-as-it-is-about-economics-125803/" aria-label="Read more about Vital Signs: talk of a US wealth tax is about symbolism as much as it is about economics">Read more</a>
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October 25, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sally Breen, Senior Lecturer in Writing and Publishing, Griffith University Two of the best known 20th century road stories are arguably On the Road by Jack Kerouac and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson. In 1959 Kerouac appeared on the Steve Allen show ... <a title="Friday essay: thrills, booze and athleisure gear – writing on the road" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/25/friday-essay-thrills-booze-and-athleisure-gear-writing-on-the-road-124278/" aria-label="Read more about Friday essay: thrills, booze and athleisure gear – writing on the road">Read more</a>
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October 25, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra John Howard is an icon for the Liberals and a confidant for Scott Morrison. So he was the obvious choice to star at last week’s dinner to mark the 75th anniversary of the party’s founding by Robert Menzies. Howard joined ... <a title="Grattan on Friday – Anthony Albanese needs some meat in his first ‘vision statement’ next week" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/25/grattan-on-friday-anthony-albanese-needs-some-meat-in-his-first-vision-statement-next-week-125834/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday – Anthony Albanese needs some meat in his first ‘vision statement’ next week">Read more</a>
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October 24, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Revill, Senior Medical Scientist at VIDRL, Royal Melbourne Hospital, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity Hepatitis B is blood-borne virus that packs a punch. Worldwide, more than 1.3 billion people have been infected with hepatitis B, and 257 million people have developed a life-long ... <a title="We have a vaccine for hepatitis B but here’s why we still need a cure" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/24/we-have-a-vaccine-for-hepatitis-b-but-heres-why-we-still-need-a-cure-122861/" aria-label="Read more about We have a vaccine for hepatitis B but here’s why we still need a cure">Read more</a>
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October 24, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joellen Riley Munton, Professor of Law, University of Technology Sydney This week, the Seven Network was found liable to pay a workers’ compensation claim brought by Nicole Prince, one of the contestants on its renovation reality television show, House Rules. Prince suffered a major depressive episode, and ... <a title="New house rules: landmark ruling could trigger other workers’ compensation claims from reality TV stars" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/24/new-house-rules-landmark-ruling-could-trigger-other-workers-compensation-claims-from-reality-tv-stars-125801/" aria-label="Read more about New house rules: landmark ruling could trigger other workers’ compensation claims from reality TV stars">Read more</a>
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October 24, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sergio Brodsky, Sessional Lecturer, Marketing, RMIT University Discussion of the environment is embedded in our culture as public awareness over issues such as climate change and plastic pollution has grown. Advertisers are not shy about tapping into this concern for their own benefit. A Twitter analysis last ... <a title="Stop shaming and start empowering: advertisers must rethink their plastic waste message" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/24/stop-shaming-and-start-empowering-advertisers-must-rethink-their-plastic-waste-message-123579/" aria-label="Read more about Stop shaming and start empowering: advertisers must rethink their plastic waste message">Read more</a>
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October 24, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cedric van den Berg, PhD student, The University of Queensland How does an optical illusion work? – Scarlett, age 8, Shellharbour, NSW. Take a look at this image and move your eyes across the pattern: Your eyes tell the brain what it sees and the brain fills ... <a title="Curious Kids: how does an optical illusion work?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/24/curious-kids-how-does-an-optical-illusion-work-123008/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: how does an optical illusion work?">Read more</a>
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October 24, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Greg Barton, Chair in Global Islamic Politics, Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University “Remaining and expanding”. The propaganda tagline of Islamic State (IS) has rung hollow since the collapse of the physical caliphate. But recent developments in north-eastern Syria threaten to give it fresh ... <a title="US retreat from Syria could see Islamic State roar back to life" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/24/us-retreat-from-syria-could-see-islamic-state-roar-back-to-life-125311/" aria-label="Read more about US retreat from Syria could see Islamic State roar back to life">Read more</a>
