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September 4, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Diane Gibson, Distinguished Professor (health and ageing), University of Canberra When the media discusses ageing, it commonly focuses on people older than 65. But generally, a 65-year-old and a 95-year-old have about as much in common as a 65-year-old and a 35-year-old. Our population has been ageing ... <a title="Meet the nonagenarians: people in their 90s are Australia’s fastest growing senior age group" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/04/meet-the-nonagenarians-people-in-their-90s-are-australias-fastest-growing-senior-age-group-120898/" aria-label="Read more about Meet the nonagenarians: people in their 90s are Australia’s fastest growing senior age group">Read more</a>
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September 4, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Musgrave, Senior lecturer in Pharmacology, University of Adelaide Per- and poly-fluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) are persistent organic pollutants found most commonly in firefighting foam. Every now and again, concerns around the possible health effects of exposure to PFAS pop up in the news. These chemicals don’t ... <a title="We should be cautious, but not concerned: there’s little evidence PFAS exposure harms our health" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/04/we-should-be-cautious-but-not-concerned-theres-little-evidence-pfas-exposure-harms-our-health-122044/" aria-label="Read more about We should be cautious, but not concerned: there’s little evidence PFAS exposure harms our health">Read more</a>
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September 4, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sebastian Leuzinger, Associate Professor, Auckland University of Technology 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 to answer, please send it ... <a title="Climate explained: why your backyard lawn doesn’t help reduce carbon dioxide in the atmosphere" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/04/climate-explained-why-your-backyard-lawn-doesnt-help-reduce-carbon-dioxide-in-the-atmosphere-122312/" aria-label="Read more about Climate explained: why your backyard lawn doesn’t help reduce carbon dioxide in the atmosphere">Read more</a>
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September 4, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim Baxter, Fellow – Melbourne Law School; Senior Researcher – Climate Council; Associate – Australian-German Climate and Energy College, University of Melbourne The latest report card on Australia’s greenhouse gas production is the same old news: emissions are up again. We’ve heard it before, but the news ... <a title="Nice try Mr Taylor, but Australia’s gas exports don’t help solve climate change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/04/nice-try-mr-taylor-but-australias-gas-exports-dont-help-solve-climate-change-122715/" aria-label="Read more about Nice try Mr Taylor, but Australia’s gas exports don’t help solve climate change">Read more</a>
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September 4, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cris Brack, Associate professor, Australian National University Nature. Some see it as beautiful and some as red “in tooth and claw”. Of course nature is dynamic, it changes between both the beautiful and the dangerous as in Blake’s famous words: Tyger Tyger, burning bright,In the forests of ... <a title="Framing the fearful symmetry of nature: the year’s best photos of landscapes and living things" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/04/framing-the-fearful-symmetry-of-nature-the-years-best-photos-of-landscapes-and-living-things-122468/" aria-label="Read more about Framing the fearful symmetry of nature: the year’s best photos of landscapes and living things">Read more</a>
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September 3, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin., Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Australia has been in a current account deficit – paying more money out to the rest of the world than it took in – for 44 straight years, since September 1975. Until today. The update ... <a title="After 44 years of deficits, we’ve a current account surplus. What went so right?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/03/after-44-years-of-deficits-weve-a-current-account-surplus-what-went-so-right-122858/" aria-label="Read more about After 44 years of deficits, we’ve a current account surplus. What went so right?">Read more</a>
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September 3, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra As the federal court prepares to deal with the last ditch effort in the Sri Lankan Tamil family’s fight against deportation, Scott Morrison and Peter Dutton are finding “border control” politics a lot more difficult than usual. They may well ... <a title="View from The Hill: Morrison and Dutton block their ears and grit their teeth over Tamil family" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/03/view-from-the-hill-morrison-and-dutton-block-their-ears-and-grit-their-teeth-over-tamil-family-122866/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Morrison and Dutton block their ears and grit their teeth over Tamil family">Read more</a>
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September 3, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Martha Hickey, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Melbourne Menopause is a normal life stage for women at around 51 years. Most women don’t need treatment for their symptoms, but around 13% of Australian women aged 50-69 take menopausal hormone therapy (sometimes called “hormone replacement therapy”). ... <a title="We don’t know menopausal hormone therapy causes breast cancer, but the evidence continues to suggest a link" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/03/we-dont-know-menopausal-hormone-therapy-causes-breast-cancer-but-the-evidence-continues-to-suggest-a-link-122721/" aria-label="Read more about We don’t know menopausal hormone therapy causes breast cancer, but the evidence continues to suggest a link">Read more</a>
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September 3, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Belgrave, Professor History, Massey University When TJ Perenara took the field for the All Blacks against Australia, in the critical final match of the Bledisloe Cup series last month, he wore a band around his wrist with the word Ihumātao. Perenara is one of a growing ... <a title="Land occupation at Ihumātao: why the New Zealand government needs to act cautiously but quickly" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/03/land-occupation-at-ihumatao-why-the-new-zealand-government-needs-to-act-cautiously-but-quickly-122548/" aria-label="Read more about Land occupation at Ihumātao: why the New Zealand government needs to act cautiously but quickly">Read more</a>
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September 3, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Camilla Nelson, Associate Professor in Media, University of Notre Dame Australia Review: Avalanche: A Love Story, directed by Anne-Louise Sarks, Sydney Theatre Company Maxine Peake’s character needs to find “another way to be happy”, but she can’t. In Julia Leigh’s play Avalanche: A Love Story, based on ... <a title="Maxine Peake brings warmth and likeability to raw, bitter pain in a candid tale of IVF failure" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/03/maxine-peake-brings-warmth-and-likeability-to-raw-bitter-pain-in-a-candid-tale-of-ivf-failure-122849/" aria-label="Read more about Maxine Peake brings warmth and likeability to raw, bitter pain in a candid tale of IVF failure">Read more</a>
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September 3, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jamie Walvisch, Lecturer, Monash University Few categories of offender invoke as strong a response as sex offenders. There is a public desire to “do something” about sex offenders, which is taken seriously by politicians of all persuasions. One way governments have responded is by increasing the length ... <a title="3 ways to help sex offenders safely reintegrate back into the community" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/03/3-ways-to-help-sex-offenders-safely-reintegrate-back-into-the-community-121977/" aria-label="Read more about 3 ways to help sex offenders safely reintegrate back into the community">Read more</a>
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September 3, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Fabian, Lecturer, Australian National University We are forever being told that we work long hours, many of them not formally paid. And we do. Nearly a quarter of working Australians say they work more than 50 hours per week. Around half of them say they would ... <a title="Most of us who work long hours like the jobs we are in. Those who don’t, change jobs quickly" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/03/most-of-us-who-work-long-hours-like-the-jobs-we-are-in-those-who-dont-change-jobs-quickly-122633/" aria-label="Read more about Most of us who work long hours like the jobs we are in. Those who don’t, change jobs quickly">Read more</a>
