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October 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Diarmuid Cooney-O’Donoghue, PhD student, Monash University Chinese students with nationalist sentiments can be seen as agents of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Such concerns were particularly evident during reports of clashes at Australian and New Zealand universities between pro-CCP and pro-Hong Kong students. In similar recent clashes ... <a title="Students from China may defend their country but that doesn’t make them Communist Party agents" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/08/students-from-china-may-defend-their-country-but-that-doesnt-make-them-communist-party-agents-124497/" aria-label="Read more about Students from China may defend their country but that doesn’t make them Communist Party agents">Read more</a>
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October 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Cull, Senior Lecturer in Accounting and Financial Planning, Western Sydney University Few Australian charities have been as high-profile as the White Ribbon organisation. In its stated mission to prevent men’s violence against women, it garnered the support of politicians, sporting champions, celebrities and the general public. ... <a title="All the signs were there: lessons from the collapse of White Ribbon Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/08/all-the-signs-were-there-lessons-from-the-collapse-of-white-ribbon-australia-124771/" aria-label="Read more about All the signs were there: lessons from the collapse of White Ribbon Australia">Read more</a>
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October 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Silke Meyer, Associate Professor in Crimninology; Monash Gender and Family Violence Prevention Centre, Monash University Last month, eight women died as the result of male violence in Australia. Five were within one week. In six of the cases, the alleged perpetrator was a current or former partner. ... <a title="When mothers are killed by their partners, children often become ‘forgotten’ victims. It’s time they were given a voice" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/07/when-mothers-are-killed-by-their-partners-children-often-become-forgotten-victims-its-time-they-were-given-a-voice-124580/" aria-label="Read more about When mothers are killed by their partners, children often become ‘forgotten’ victims. It’s time they were given a voice">Read more</a>
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October 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Helen Rawson, Senior Research Fellow, Deakin University This week, the aged care royal commission looks at diversity in aged care, an issue becoming increasingly relevant to both residents and the staff who care for them. Diversity includes gender, sexual orientation, religion and social background. The issue is ... <a title="Nursing homes for all: why aged care needs to reflect multicultural Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/07/nursing-homes-for-all-why-aged-care-needs-to-reflect-multicultural-australia-123373/" aria-label="Read more about Nursing homes for all: why aged care needs to reflect multicultural Australia">Read more</a>
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October 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sunanda Creagh, Head of Digital Storytelling A few episodes ago, we heard from forensic scientists at the Australian Facility for Taphonomic Experimental Research (AFTER) – that’s the official name for what, in books and movies, they would call a body farm. It’s there, at a secret bushland ... <a title="Trust Me, I’m An Expert: forensic entomology, or what bugs can tell police about when someone died" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/07/trust-me-im-an-expert-forensic-entomology-or-what-bugs-can-tell-police-about-when-someone-died-124416/" aria-label="Read more about Trust Me, I’m An Expert: forensic entomology, or what bugs can tell police about when someone died">Read more</a>
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October 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Charles Livingstone, Associate Professor, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University Gambling operators often seek to persuade governments and the public of their virtue by funding “good causes”. Lotteries, for example, have been used to fund such things as the Sydney Opera House, hospitals in ... <a title="New research shows pokie operators are not nearly as charitable as they claim" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/07/new-research-shows-pokie-operators-are-not-nearly-as-charitable-as-they-claim-124085/" aria-label="Read more about New research shows pokie operators are not nearly as charitable as they claim">Read more</a>
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October 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Catherine Tran, Senior Research Officer and Pharmacist, National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance, University of Sydney Vaccines have long been available from GPs and nurses. But in recent years, laws have changed to add pharmacists to the list of health professionals who can give select vaccines ... <a title="Pharmacists can vaccinate adults against whooping cough, measles and the flu, but it might cost you more" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/07/pharmacists-can-vaccinate-adults-against-whooping-cough-measles-and-the-flu-but-it-might-cost-you-more-122191/" aria-label="Read more about Pharmacists can vaccinate adults against whooping cough, measles and the flu, but it might cost you more">Read more</a>
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October 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brad Ridoutt, Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO Agriculture, CSIRO Our diets can have a big environmental impact. The greenhouse gas emissions involved in producing and transporting various foods has been well researched, but have you ever thought about the water-scarcity impacts of producing your favourite foods? The answers ... <a title="It takes 21 litres of water to produce a small chocolate bar. How water-wise is your diet?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/07/it-takes-21-litres-of-water-to-produce-a-small-chocolate-bar-how-water-wise-is-your-diet-123180/" aria-label="Read more about It takes 21 litres of water to produce a small chocolate bar. How water-wise is your diet?">Read more</a>
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October 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amina Youssef-Shalala, Lecturer, Australian Catholic University Have you ever thought about how your brain works when you study? Knowing this may improve your ability to retain and recall information. There are three main memory structures: sensory, working and long-term memory. Using these tips, you can activate all ... <a title="Studying for exams? Here’s how to make your memory work for you" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/07/studying-for-exams-heres-how-to-make-your-memory-work-for-you-124586/" aria-label="Read more about Studying for exams? Here’s how to make your memory work for you">Read more</a>
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October 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Henry Gao, Associate Professor of Law, Singapore Management University Whether China is a “developing” or a “developed” country for the purposes of the World Trade Organisation matters a lot to the US president. President Donald Trump ignited a new front in the US-China trade war in July ... <a title="Myth busted: China’s status as a developing country gives it few benefits in the World Trade Organisation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/07/myth-busted-chinas-status-as-a-developing-country-gives-it-few-benefits-in-the-world-trade-organisation-124602/" aria-label="Read more about Myth busted: China’s status as a developing country gives it few benefits in the World Trade Organisation">Read more</a>
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October 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julie Shiels, Lecturer – School of Art, RMIT University Visual arts and performance have always been central to protest and resistance movements in Australia. Posters, street theatre, music and symbolic actions are part of the vocabulary of calls for social and political change. The cardboard placards, banners ... <a title="Extinction Rebellion: how to craft a protest brand" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/07/extinction-rebellion-how-to-craft-a-protest-brand-123084/" aria-label="Read more about Extinction Rebellion: how to craft a protest brand">Read more</a>
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October 4, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca Allen, Swinburne Space Office Project Coordinator | Manager Swinburne Astronomy Productions, Swinburne University of Technology Thanks to the audio recordings of distant rumblings on Mars released this week by NASA, we finally know what the red planet sounds like. NASA’s InSight lander captured a range of ... <a title="Red planet rumbles: NASA’s recordings of ‘marsquakes’ let us listen to the martian heartbeat" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/04/red-planet-rumbles-nasas-recordings-of-marsquakes-let-us-listen-to-the-martian-heartbeat-124589/" aria-label="Read more about Red planet rumbles: NASA’s recordings of ‘marsquakes’ let us listen to the martian heartbeat">Read more</a>