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September 6, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Harry Hendon, Senior Principal Research Scientist, Australian Bureau of Meteorology Record warm temperatures above Antarctica over the coming weeks are likely to bring above-average spring temperatures and below-average rainfall across large parts of New South Wales and southern Queensland. The warming began in the last week of ... <a title="The air above Antarctica is suddenly getting warmer – here’s what it means for Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/06/the-air-above-antarctica-is-suddenly-getting-warmer-heres-what-it-means-for-australia-123080/" aria-label="Read more about The air above Antarctica is suddenly getting warmer – here’s what it means for Australia">Read more</a>
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September 6, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra [embedded content] University of Canberra Vice-Chancellor Professor Deep Saini and Michelle Grattan discuss the slowing economy, and how the government plans to prevent a possible recession. They also talk about Channel 9, which has come under fire from its newspaper ... <a title="VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the economy – and Channel 9’s fundraiser for the Liberal party" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/06/video-michelle-grattan-on-the-economy-and-channel-9s-fundraiser-for-the-liberal-party-123092/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the economy – and Channel 9’s fundraiser for the Liberal party">Read more</a>
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September 6, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lindy Orthia, Senior Lecturer in Science Communication, Australian National University Scientists and science fans love to discuss the science in Doctor Who. We’re interested in how its theories and gadgets stack up against real science and technology (really, really interested). We care about gender equity among Doctor ... <a title="Timely intervention: how Doctor Who shapes public attitudes to science" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/06/timely-intervention-how-doctor-who-shapes-public-attitudes-to-science-123085/" aria-label="Read more about Timely intervention: how Doctor Who shapes public attitudes to science">Read more</a>
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September 6, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Troy Baisden, Professor and Chair in Lake and Freshwater Sciences, University of Waikato New Zealand’s government released a plan to reverse the decline of iconic lakes and rivers this week. It proposes higher standards for water quality, interim controls on land intensification and a higher bar on ... <a title="New Zealand launches plan to revive the health of lakes and rivers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/06/new-zealand-launches-plan-to-revive-the-health-of-lakes-and-rivers-123079/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand launches plan to revive the health of lakes and rivers">Read more</a>
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September 6, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jo Caust, Associate Professor and Principal Fellow (Hon), University of Melbourne A new five-year South Australian Arts Plan was launched this week. But there was a strange disconnect between an acknowledgement by the consultants of a problem in the state – given a significant reduction in arts ... <a title="Cut throat competition, ‘corporate-speak’ and dark ironies: two new five-year arts plans" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/06/cut-throat-competition-corporate-speak-and-dark-ironies-two-new-five-year-arts-plans-122943/" aria-label="Read more about Cut throat competition, ‘corporate-speak’ and dark ironies: two new five-year arts plans">Read more</a>
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September 6, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marilyn McMahon, Deputy Dean, School of Law, Deakin University Victoria is facing an incarceration crisis. Despite a new prison (Ravenhall) opening in 2017, the state’s prison system is under enormous strain, with the premier recently announcing prefabricated prison cells would be introduced in existing prisons to cope ... <a title="Locking up legally innocent people before their trial is straining Victoria’s prisons" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/06/locking-up-legally-innocent-people-before-their-trial-is-straining-victorias-prisons-122392/" aria-label="Read more about Locking up legally innocent people before their trial is straining Victoria’s prisons">Read more</a>
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September 6, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Arosha Weerakoon, Lecturer, General Dentist & PhD Candidate, The University of Queensland Tooth enamel is one of the hardest tissues in the human body. It acts as a protective layer for our teeth, and gives our smile that pearly white shimmer. But when enamel erodes, it can’t ... <a title="Can we heal teeth? The quest to repair tooth enamel, nature’s crystal coat" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/06/can-we-heal-teeth-the-quest-to-repair-tooth-enamel-natures-crystal-coat-122544/" aria-label="Read more about Can we heal teeth? The quest to repair tooth enamel, nature’s crystal coat">Read more</a>
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September 6, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joanna Mendelssohn, Honorary Principal Fellow, University of Melbourne. Editor in Chief, Design and Art of Australia Online, University of Melbourne In October 1969, Sydney became the focus for dedicated followers of international avant garde art. It is hard to imagine how unusual it was at that time ... <a title="The heady sense of being at the heart of public art: 50 years of the Kaldor Foundation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/06/the-heady-sense-of-being-at-the-heart-of-public-art-50-years-of-the-kaldor-foundation-122557/" aria-label="Read more about The heady sense of being at the heart of public art: 50 years of the Kaldor Foundation">Read more</a>
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September 6, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mirjam Kaestli, Research Fellow, Charles Darwin University A study of three remote community water supplies in northern Australia, published today in the journal PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, revealed that bores with high levels of iron were more likely to harbour Burkholderia pseudomallei, the bacterium that causes the ... <a title="Bugs and bores: a source of dangerous bacteria in remote communities’ water supply" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/06/bugs-and-bores-a-source-of-dangerous-bacteria-in-remote-communities-water-supply-122941/" aria-label="Read more about Bugs and bores: a source of dangerous bacteria in remote communities’ water supply">Read more</a>
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September 6, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle O’Shea, Lecturer Sport Management, Western Sydney University This month, the biopic of jockey Michelle Payne’s life, Ride Like A Girl, will be released. In 2015, Payne made Australian sport history by riding Prince Of Penzance to victory in the Melbourne Cup at 100-1 odds. She was ... <a title="Riding (and winning) like a girl: female jockeys are more prevalent, but still treated as outsiders" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/06/riding-and-winning-like-a-girl-female-jockeys-are-more-prevalent-but-still-treated-as-outsiders-122846/" aria-label="Read more about Riding (and winning) like a girl: female jockeys are more prevalent, but still treated as outsiders">Read more</a>
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September 6, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mary Crock, Professor of Public Law, University of Sydney A three-year-old boy with haemophilia and an acquired brain injury is facing removal from the country because the home affairs department has ruled his medical costs would unduly burden Australian taxpayers. Kayban Jamshaad’s case is before Perth’s Administrative ... <a title="Many sick and disabled people are refused permanent visas. We need compassion not discrimination" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/06/many-sick-and-disabled-people-are-refused-permanent-visas-we-need-compassion-not-discrimination-122311/" aria-label="Read more about Many sick and disabled people are refused permanent visas. We need compassion not discrimination">Read more</a>
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September 6, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Brown, Lecturer, Curtin University The latest preliminary NAPLAN results came out recently, but new research has found the test might have little to do with what the kids are actually learning in class. Our research, presented at the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA) conference ... <a title="NAPLAN tests are not tough enough for the level of maths students are studying" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/06/naplan-tests-are-not-tough-enough-for-the-level-of-maths-students-are-studying-121934/" aria-label="Read more about NAPLAN tests are not tough enough for the level of maths students are studying">Read more</a>
