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October 3, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Prime Minister Scott Morrison has foreshadowed his government will have Australia play a more active role in seeking to set global standards. Delivering the Lowy Lecture on Thursday night, Morrison said Australia “cannot afford to leave it to others to ... <a title="Scott Morrison warns against “negative globalism”" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/03/scott-morrison-warns-against-negative-globalism-124651/" aria-label="Read more about Scott Morrison warns against “negative globalism”">Read more</a>
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October 3, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra In this age of celebrity, Jacqui Lambie fits the narrative to a tee in the political sphere. She’s a rough-talking woman with a struggle-town back story who has landed centre stage because she has a lot of power – and ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Jackie Lambie should not horse trade on medevac repeal bill" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/03/grattan-on-friday-jackie-lambie-should-not-horse-trade-on-medevac-repeal-bill-124639/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Jackie Lambie should not horse trade on medevac repeal bill">Read more</a>
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October 3, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Clare Collins, Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Newcastle Research Checks interrogate newly published studies and how they’re reported in the media. The analysis is undertaken by one or more academics not involved with the study, and reviewed by another, to make sure it’s accurate. Judging ... <a title="Yes, we still need to cut down on red and processed meat" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/03/yes-we-still-need-to-cut-down-on-red-and-processed-meat-124486/" aria-label="Read more about Yes, we still need to cut down on red and processed meat">Read more</a>
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October 3, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jane Kotzmann, Lecturer in Law, Deakin University After a chimpanzee named Flint recently lost his mother, renowned primatologist Dr Jane Goodall wrote: the last short journey he made, pausing to rest every few feet, was to the very place where Flo’s body had lain. There he stayed ... <a title="ACT’s new animal sentience law recognises an animal’s psychological pain and pleasure, and may lead to better protections" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/03/acts-new-animal-sentience-law-recognises-an-animals-psychological-pain-and-pleasure-and-may-lead-to-better-protections-124577/" aria-label="Read more about ACT’s new animal sentience law recognises an animal’s psychological pain and pleasure, and may lead to better protections">Read more</a>
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October 3, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amandine Denis, Head of Research, ClimateWorks Australia, Monash University Corporate Australia is taking action on climate change. Most recently, at the UN Climate Summit, Atlassian cofounder Michael Cannon-Brookes announced the A$26 billion Australian software company’s commitment to net zero emissions by 2050. Net zero pledges like this ... <a title="Australia’s biggest property companies are making net-zero emissions pledges – now we can track them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/03/australias-biggest-property-companies-are-making-net-zero-emissions-pledges-now-we-can-track-them-124264/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s biggest property companies are making net-zero emissions pledges – now we can track them">Read more</a>
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October 3, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Ruby, Lecturer in Psychology, La Trobe University Between the rise of plant-based sausages and veggie burgers that “bleed”, vegan protesters at supermarkets, and Disney adding hundreds of vegan items to its theme park menus, veganism is in the news. Not to mention the woman trying to ... <a title="The vegans are coming! What’s fuelling the interest in plant-based eating?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/03/the-vegans-are-coming-whats-fuelling-the-interest-in-plant-based-eating-123869/" aria-label="Read more about The vegans are coming! What’s fuelling the interest in plant-based eating?">Read more</a>
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October 3, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Matthews, Research Associate | Councillor, University of Adelaide Australia’s space industry is set to grow into a multibillion-dollar sector that could provide tens of thousands of jobs and help replenish the dwindling stocks of precious resources on Earth. But to make sure they don’t flame out ... <a title="Space can solve our looming resource crisis – but the space industry itself must be sustainable" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/03/space-can-solve-our-looming-resource-crisis-but-the-space-industry-itself-must-be-sustainable-124576/" aria-label="Read more about Space can solve our looming resource crisis – but the space industry itself must be sustainable">Read more</a>
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October 3, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kathryn Ringland, Postdoctoral Fellow, Northwestern University For autistic children, online social interactions can be just as fraught as those in the offline world. The community at Autcraft, which is built around a customised version of the popular game Minecraft, has set out to create a safe virtual ... <a title="How a Minecraft world has built a safe online playground for autistic kids" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/03/how-a-minecraft-world-has-built-a-safe-online-playground-for-autistic-kids-124492/" aria-label="Read more about How a Minecraft world has built a safe online playground for autistic kids">Read more</a>
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October 3, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Greg Barton, Chair in Global Islamic Politics, Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University This is part of a new series looking at the national security challenges facing Australia, how our leaders are responding to them through legislation and how these measures are impacting society. ... <a title="Australia isn’t taking the national security threat from far-right extremism seriously enough" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/03/australia-isnt-taking-the-national-security-threat-from-far-right-extremism-seriously-enough-122717/" aria-label="Read more about Australia isn’t taking the national security threat from far-right extremism seriously enough">Read more</a>
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October 3, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rose Cairns, Lecturer in Pharmacy, University of Sydney Fears switching the painkiller codeine to a prescription only medicine would lead to more people misusing stronger painkillers are unfounded, according to research published today. Our research, in the journal Addiction, found the 2018 switch resulted in a 50% ... <a title="Here’s what happened when codeine was made prescription only. No, the sky didn’t fall in" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/03/heres-what-happened-when-codeine-was-made-prescription-only-no-the-sky-didnt-fall-in-124169/" aria-label="Read more about Here’s what happened when codeine was made prescription only. No, the sky didn’t fall in">Read more</a>
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October 3, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Georgia Rose Grant, Postdoctoral Research Assistant, Paleontology Team, GNS Science We know that our planet has experienced warmer periods in the past, during the Pliocene geological epoch around three million years ago. Our research, published today, shows that up to one third of Antarctica’s ice sheet melted ... <a title="If warming exceeds 2°C, Antarctica’s melting ice sheets could raise seas 20 metres in coming centuries" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/03/if-warming-exceeds-2-c-antarcticas-melting-ice-sheets-could-raise-seas-20-metres-in-coming-centuries-124484/" aria-label="Read more about If warming exceeds 2°C, Antarctica’s melting ice sheets could raise seas 20 metres in coming centuries">Read more</a>
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October 3, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Ann Wheeler, Professor in Water Economics, University of Adelaide Australia has one of the most sophisticated water markets in the world, particularly notable for the ways in which government can return water to the environment. Water markets allow the return of this water through two main ... <a title="Scarcity drives water prices, not government water recovery: new research" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/03/scarcity-drives-water-prices-not-government-water-recovery-new-research-124491/" aria-label="Read more about Scarcity drives water prices, not government water recovery: new research">Read more</a>
