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September 11, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sandra Jones, Pro Vice-Chancellor, Engagement, Australian Catholic University Around 1% of the population has an autism spectrum disorder, with estimates ranging from one in 150 to one in 70. While people differ in the range and severity of their symptoms, common features include difficulties with communication and ... <a title="We need to stop perpetuating the myth that children grow out of autism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/11/we-need-to-stop-perpetuating-the-myth-that-children-grow-out-of-autism-119540/" aria-label="Read more about We need to stop perpetuating the myth that children grow out of autism">Read more</a>
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September 11, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian McGregor, Lecturer in Management, UTS Business School, University of Technology Sydney Multinational ice cream company Ben & Jerry’s will close its Australian stores for this month’s global climate strike and pay staff to attend the protest, amid a growing realisation in the business community that planetary ... <a title="Everyone’s business: why companies should let their workers join the climate strike" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/11/everyones-business-why-companies-should-let-their-workers-join-the-climate-strike-122976/" aria-label="Read more about Everyone’s business: why companies should let their workers join the climate strike">Read more</a>
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September 11, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Troy Baisden, Professor and Chair in Lake and Freshwater Sciences, University of Waikato CC BY-ND Climate Explained is a collaboration between The Conversation, Stuff and the New Zealand Science Media Centre to answer your questions about climate change. If you have a question you’d like an expert ... <a title="Climate explained: regenerative farming can help grow food with less impact" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/11/climate-explained-regenerative-farming-can-help-grow-food-with-less-impact-123090/" aria-label="Read more about Climate explained: regenerative farming can help grow food with less impact">Read more</a>
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September 11, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sara Wilkinson, Associate Professor, School of the Built Environment, University of Technology Sydney Sydney’s Inner West Council has a new policy that it is reported means “residents will no longer need to seek council approval to prune or remove trees within three metres of an existing home ... <a title="Trees can add $50,000 value to a Sydney house, so you might want to put down that chainsaw" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/11/trees-can-add-50-000-value-to-a-sydney-house-so-you-might-want-to-put-down-that-chainsaw-122710/" aria-label="Read more about Trees can add $50,000 value to a Sydney house, so you might want to put down that chainsaw">Read more</a>
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September 11, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Saunders, Research Professor in Social Policy, UNSW First it was the Bureau of Statistics. It produced an notoriously bland press release headed “Inequality stable since 2013-14” when its own analysts had told it there had been a “significant increase” in wealth inequality since 2011–12, that wealth ... <a title="Another official Australian report has been doctored to gloss over rising inequality" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/11/another-official-australian-report-has-been-doctored-to-gloss-over-rising-inequality-123091/" aria-label="Read more about Another official Australian report has been doctored to gloss over rising inequality">Read more</a>
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September 10, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra A senior Liberal backbencher, Russell Broadbent, has strongly attacked the government’s legislation for mandatory sentencing for serious child sex offences under federal law and indicated he won’t vote for it in parliament. Attorney-General Christian Porter specifically acknowledged the Victorian MP’s ... <a title="Liberal moderate Russell Broadbent will not vote for government’s mandatory sentencing legislation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/10/liberal-moderate-russell-broadbent-will-not-vote-for-governments-mandatory-sentencing-legislation-123273/" aria-label="Read more about Liberal moderate Russell Broadbent will not vote for government’s mandatory sentencing legislation">Read more</a>
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September 10, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sunanda Creagh, Head of Digital Storytelling Everywhere you turn these days, there’s a diet ad, or family member or friend raving about some new diet that apparently works wonders. But what does the research actually say about how to lose weight – and if you even need ... <a title="Trust Me, I’m An Expert: what science says about how to lose weight and whether you really need to" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/10/trust-me-im-an-expert-what-science-says-about-how-to-lose-weight-and-whether-you-really-need-to-122635/" aria-label="Read more about Trust Me, I’m An Expert: what science says about how to lose weight and whether you really need to">Read more</a>
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September 10, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dale Dominey-Howes, Professor of Hazards and Disaster Risk Sciences, University of Sydney Spring has barely arrived, and bushfires are burning across Australia’s eastern seaboard. More than 50 fires are currently burning in New South Wales, and some 15,000 hectares have burned in Queensland since late last week. ... <a title="Climate change is bringing a new world of bushfires" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/10/climate-change-is-bringing-a-new-world-of-bushfires-123261/" aria-label="Read more about Climate change is bringing a new world of bushfires">Read more</a>
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September 10, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Renae Barker, Lecturer in Law, University of Western Australia Sometimes legal disputes are about more than money. Sometimes what is really wanted is an apology – an acknowledgement of wrongful treatment. As former President of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission, Sir Ronald Wilson, said in ... <a title="How might an apology feature in the new religious freedom bill?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/10/how-might-an-apology-feature-in-the-new-religious-freedom-bill-122873/" aria-label="Read more about How might an apology feature in the new religious freedom bill?">Read more</a>
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September 10, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca Allen, PhD candidate researching galaxy formation and evolution, Swinburne University of Technology Over the weekend, India attempted to make history by becoming just the fourth nation to successfully land a probe on the Moon. It came agonisingly close, but after journeying millions of kilometres, the Vikram ... <a title="India’s moon mission should be considered a success, and a lesson in spacefaring" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/10/indias-moon-mission-should-be-considered-a-success-and-a-lesson-in-spacefaring-123171/" aria-label="Read more about India’s moon mission should be considered a success, and a lesson in spacefaring">Read more</a>
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September 10, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Suzanne Mahady, Gastroenterologist & Clinical Epidemiologist, Senior Lecturer, Monash University Australia has one of the highest rates of bowel cancer in the world. In 2017, bowel cancer was the second most common cancer in Australia and rates are increasing in people under 50. Up to 35% of ... <a title="Here’s what you can eat and avoid to reduce your risk of bowel cancer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/10/heres-what-you-can-eat-and-avoid-to-reduce-your-risk-of-bowel-cancer-120084/" aria-label="Read more about Here’s what you can eat and avoid to reduce your risk of bowel cancer">Read more</a>
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September 10, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sandra Gattenhof, Associate professor, Queensland University of Technology There has been renewed scrutiny in recent weeks about spending on private school capital works. Alongside science labs, sporting fields, and “wellbeing spaces”, many of Australia’s richest schools feature elaborate performing arts centres. Melbourne’s Wesley College’s redevelopment, for example, ... <a title="Arts education helps school students learn and socialise. We must invest in it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/10/arts-education-helps-school-students-learn-and-socialise-we-must-invest-in-it-122199/" aria-label="Read more about Arts education helps school students learn and socialise. We must invest in it">Read more</a>
