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August 9, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hamsa Puthalakath, Associate Professor, Biochemistry, La Trobe University Sepsis, colloquially known as blood poisoning, occurs as a result of an infection, usually from bacteria. Bacteria can enter the blood stream via an open wound, from another part of the body after a surgical procedure, or even from ... <a title="What is sepsis and how can it be treated?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/09/what-is-sepsis-and-how-can-it-be-treated-121508/" aria-label="Read more about What is sepsis and how can it be treated?">Read more</a>
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August 9, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mehmet Ozalp, Associate Professor in Islamic Studies, Director of The Centre for Islamic Studies and Civilisation and Executive Member of Public and Contextual Theology, Charles Sturt University On Sunday, 2.4 million Muslims will gather in Mecca to perform the Islamic practice of hajj (pilgrimage). This year’s pilgrimage ... <a title="Millions of Muslims prepare to perform the hajj amid calls for a boycott" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/09/millions-of-muslims-prepare-to-perform-the-hajj-amid-calls-for-a-boycott-121618/" aria-label="Read more about Millions of Muslims prepare to perform the hajj amid calls for a boycott">Read more</a>
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August 9, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brenda Midson, Editor, New Zealand Law Journal; Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Waikato In March this year, a Whanganui grandmother, Lorraine Smith, killed her teenage granddaughter, Kalis. Smith pleaded guilty to murder and was sentenced this week to 12 years in prison. Her case is one ... <a title="Grandmother’s case raises question whether NZ should adopt defence of ‘diminished responsibility’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/09/grandmothers-case-raises-question-whether-nz-should-adopt-defence-of-diminished-responsibility-121623/" aria-label="Read more about Grandmother’s case raises question whether NZ should adopt defence of ‘diminished responsibility’">Read more</a>
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August 9, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Louise Grimmer, Lecturer in Retail Marketing, Tasmanian School of Business and Economics, University of Tasmania Ooshies, the plastic collectible toys Australian supermarket chain Woolworths is using to lure shoppers to its aisles, aren’t just a bit of fun. They’ve been connected to a black market among Woolworths ... <a title="Ooshies – a cautionary toy story about cashing in on childhood innocence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/09/ooshies-a-cautionary-toy-story-about-cashing-in-on-childhood-innocence-121564/" aria-label="Read more about Ooshies – a cautionary toy story about cashing in on childhood innocence">Read more</a>
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August 9, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Wilson, Professor of Developmental Psychology, Australian Catholic University If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskids@theconversation.edu.au. Why do I sometimes forget to say something mere moments before I say it? – Labib, aged 12, Irvine, CA. That’s an interesting ... <a title="Curious Kids: why do I sometimes forget what I was just going to say?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/09/curious-kids-why-do-i-sometimes-forget-what-i-was-just-going-to-say-116663/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: why do I sometimes forget what I was just going to say?">Read more</a>
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August 9, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben White, Professor of Law, Australian Centre for Health Law Research, Queensland University of Technology Western Australia may soon become the second Australian state to permit voluntary assisted dying, with the release on Tuesday of its Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2019. As in Victoria, whose law is ... <a title="WA’s take on assisted dying has many similarities with the Victorian law – and some important differences" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/09/was-take-on-assisted-dying-has-many-similarities-with-the-victorian-law-and-some-important-differences-121554/" aria-label="Read more about WA’s take on assisted dying has many similarities with the Victorian law – and some important differences">Read more</a>
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August 9, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Maartje Sevenster, Research Scientist Climate Smart Agriculture, CSIRO The IPCC special report, Climate Change and Land, released last night, has found a third of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions come from the “land”: largely farming, food production, land clearing and deforestation. Sustainable farming is a major focus ... <a title="Vegan food’s sustainability claims need to give the full picture" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/09/vegan-foods-sustainability-claims-need-to-give-the-full-picture-121051/" aria-label="Read more about Vegan food’s sustainability claims need to give the full picture">Read more</a>
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August 9, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Myra Hamilton, Senior Research Fellow in Social Policy, UNSW Children who care for a family member with a disability, mental illness or dependence on alcohol or other drugs are less likely to complete, or do well in, secondary school compared with young people without caring responsibilities. Our ... <a title="One in 10 Aussie kids care for someone with a disability or drug dependence – they need help at school" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/09/one-in-10-aussie-kids-care-for-someone-with-a-disability-or-drug-dependence-they-need-help-at-school-117900/" aria-label="Read more about One in 10 Aussie kids care for someone with a disability or drug dependence – they need help at school">Read more</a>
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August 9, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tayanah O’Donnell, Honorary Senior Lecturer, Australian National University Not everyone wants to live in the inner city and it’s insulting to describe the outer suburbs as the fringe. This was just one view from a recent workshop where a vision for Australia’s future cities was mapped out. ... <a title="If we want liveable cities in 2060 we’ll have to work together to transform urban systems" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/09/if-we-want-liveable-cities-in-2060-well-have-to-work-together-to-transform-urban-systems-119235/" aria-label="Read more about If we want liveable cities in 2060 we’ll have to work together to transform urban systems">Read more</a>
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August 9, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shiro Armstrong, Director, East Asian Bureau of Economic Research, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University President Trump’s “America First” agenda is rapidly trashing the global economic system and the rules and norms the US has championed throughout in the post war era. Mr Trump has ... <a title="Are Trump’s tariffs legal under the WTO? It seems not, and they are overturning 70 years of global leadership" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/09/are-trumps-tariffs-legal-under-the-wto-it-seems-not-and-they-are-overturning-70-years-of-global-leadership-121425/" aria-label="Read more about Are Trump’s tariffs legal under the WTO? It seems not, and they are overturning 70 years of global leadership">Read more</a>
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August 9, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW Donald Trump is at it again. He triggered trade tensions with China in January 2018 by imposing tariffs on Chinese solar panels and washing machines and quickly moved on to steel and aluminium – before brokering a tentative peace with President ... <a title="Vital Signs. Blame Trump, not China for the looming trade and currency war" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/09/vital-signs-blame-trump-not-china-for-the-looming-trade-and-currency-war-121619/" aria-label="Read more about Vital Signs. Blame Trump, not China for the looming trade and currency war">Read more</a>
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August 9, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Condon, Associate Professor, Griffith University This is an edited extracted of an essay in Griffith Review 65: Crimes and Punishments, edited by Ashley Hay. One recent Saturday morning, I once again drove my children to the street in Brisbane’s west where I grew up as a ... <a title="Friday essay: revisiting the Dark Man – a journey into Queensland’s shadow country" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/09/friday-essay-revisiting-the-dark-man-a-journey-into-queenslands-shadow-country-121121/" aria-label="Read more about Friday essay: revisiting the Dark Man – a journey into Queensland’s shadow country">Read more</a>
