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August 20, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jane Howard, Deputy Section Editor: Arts + Culture You might picture a book club around your neighbour’s coffee table, or over beers at the local pub – but what if it took place in Parliament House? This is the question being asked by Books Create Australia as ... <a title="What should politicians be reading at parliamentary book club? Our experts make their picks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/20/what-should-politicians-be-reading-at-parliamentary-book-club-our-experts-make-their-picks-122049/" aria-label="Read more about What should politicians be reading at parliamentary book club? Our experts make their picks">Read more</a>
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August 20, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Duckett, Director, Health Program, Grattan Institute It was a key plank of what was dubbed the most significant package of private health insurance reforms in more than a decade. From April 1 this year, private health insurers have been permitted to offer a youth discount – ... <a title="Youth discounts fail to keep young people in private health insurance" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/20/youth-discounts-fail-to-keep-young-people-in-private-health-insurance-121803/" aria-label="Read more about Youth discounts fail to keep young people in private health insurance">Read more</a>
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August 20, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Carly Osborn, Visiting Research Fellow, University of Adelaide If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskids@theconversation.edu.au. What makes us cry? – Claudia, age 7.5, Victoria. Hi Claudia. Thank you for this very sensible question. As you know, crying is something ... <a title="Curious Kids: why do we cry?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/20/curious-kids-why-do-we-cry-119814/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: why do we cry?">Read more</a>
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August 20, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anna Hopkins, Lecturer in conservation biology and microbial ecology, Edith Cowan University As most of the science community knows, the climate emergency is here now. Weather extremes such as droughts and heatwaves are increasing in frequency and intensity and are measurably exacerbated by climate change. The significant ... <a title="We built a network of greenhouses and rain shelters to simulate what climate change will do to soils" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/20/we-built-a-network-of-greenhouses-and-rain-shelters-to-simulate-what-climate-change-will-do-to-soils-108065/" aria-label="Read more about We built a network of greenhouses and rain shelters to simulate what climate change will do to soils">Read more</a>
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August 20, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Krystian Seibert, Industry Fellow, Centre for Social Impact, Swinburne University of Technology Over the weekend, Prime Minister Scott Morrison launched a new assault on the campaigning group GetUp. At the Liberal Party’s state conference in Adelaide, he said GetUp needed to be “accountable for what they say ... <a title="Yes, GetUp fights for progressive causes, but it is not a political party – and is not beholden to one" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/20/yes-getup-fights-for-progressive-causes-but-it-is-not-a-political-party-and-is-not-beholden-to-one-122033/" aria-label="Read more about Yes, GetUp fights for progressive causes, but it is not a political party – and is not beholden to one">Read more</a>
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August 20, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Archana Koirala, Paediatrician and Infectious Diseases Specialist, University of Sydney If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskids@theconversation.edu.au. How does our blood fight viruses like chicken pox, sickness and colds? – Teddy, 5, Oxfordshire, England. Our bodies are made up ... <a title="Curious Kids: how does our blood fight viruses like chicken pox and colds?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/20/curious-kids-how-does-our-blood-fight-viruses-like-chicken-pox-and-colds-119394/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: how does our blood fight viruses like chicken pox and colds?">Read more</a>
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August 20, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Hemer, Principal Research Scientist, Oceans and Atmosphere, CSIRO The rise in sea levels is not the only way climate change will affect the coasts. Our research, published today in Nature Climate Change, found a warming planet will also alter ocean waves along more than 50% of ... <a title="Climate change may change the way ocean waves impact 50% of the world’s coastlines" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/20/climate-change-may-change-the-way-ocean-waves-impact-50-of-the-worlds-coastlines-121239/" aria-label="Read more about Climate change may change the way ocean waves impact 50% of the world’s coastlines">Read more</a>
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August 20, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Owain Emslie, Associate, Grattan Institute Inheritances can have an enormous impact on finances and lives. Yet in Australia we know surprisingly little about who gets them and how big they are. New Grattan Institute research provides some answers. Inheritances are big and growing A sample of estates ... <a title="Rethink inheritances. These days they no longer help the young, they go to the already middle-aged" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/20/rethink-inheritances-these-days-they-no-longer-help-the-young-they-go-to-the-already-middle-aged-122029/" aria-label="Read more about Rethink inheritances. These days they no longer help the young, they go to the already middle-aged">Read more</a>
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August 20, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nick Pitt, PhD candidate, UNSW In April 2020, Australia will mark 250 years since James Cook sailed into Kamay (later known as Botany Bay) on the Endeavour, kicking off a series of events that resulted in the British arriving and staying uninvited first at Warrane (Sydney Cove) ... <a title="How clay helped shape colonial Sydney" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/20/how-clay-helped-shape-colonial-sydney-120580/" aria-label="Read more about How clay helped shape colonial Sydney">Read more</a>
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August 19, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jamie Walvisch, Lecturer, Monash University This morning an Extinction Rebellion protester was arrested after hanging from a rope over the William Jolly Bridge in Brisbane, blocking all lanes to peak hour traffic. And earlier this month in Brisbane, more than 70 climate change protesters were charged with ... <a title="Altruistic or self-serving? Four things judges consider when sentencing politically-motivated crimes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/19/altruistic-or-self-serving-four-things-judges-consider-when-sentencing-politically-motivated-crimes-121691/" aria-label="Read more about Altruistic or self-serving? Four things judges consider when sentencing politically-motivated crimes">Read more</a>
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August 19, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Laura Jobson, Senior Lecturer in Clinical Psychology, Monash University Many of us enjoy writing in a diary, reading autobiographies or nostalgically reflecting with others about past times. Why is remembering our past so important? Are there downsides? And what can we do if dwelling on the past ... <a title="Why do I dwell on the past?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/19/why-do-i-dwell-on-the-past-121630/" aria-label="Read more about Why do I dwell on the past?">Read more</a>
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August 19, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Mills, Hon Senior Lecturer, School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Sydney On the morning of the last Monday in April, 2019, federal election officials opened the doors of more than 500 pre-poll voting centres around Australia, and waited for the voters to turn up. ... <a title="Surge in pre-poll numbers at 2019 federal election changes the relationship between voters and parties" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/19/surge-in-pre-poll-numbers-at-2019-federal-election-changes-the-relationship-between-voters-and-parties-121929/" aria-label="Read more about Surge in pre-poll numbers at 2019 federal election changes the relationship between voters and parties">Read more</a>
