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July 30, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Glass, Professor of Pharmacology, University of Otago Cannabis-based products will be allowed to bypass usual processes required for medicines in New Zealand and go directly onto the market without any proof of safety or effectiveness. This unprecedented proposal is contained in the government’s consultation document on ... <a title="Potential cost to patient safety as NZ debates access to medicinal cannabis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/30/potential-cost-to-patient-safety-as-nz-debates-access-to-medicinal-cannabis-120750/" aria-label="Read more about Potential cost to patient safety as NZ debates access to medicinal cannabis">Read more</a>
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July 30, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University During the election campaign then-opposition leader Bill Shorten repeatedly claimed that everything was going up. “Childcare is up 28%, out of pockets to see the doctor up 20%, specialists … up nearly 40%,” he said. ... <a title="There’s a reason you’re feeling no better off than 10 years ago. Here’s what HILDA says about well-being" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/30/theres-a-reason-youre-feeling-no-better-off-than-10-years-ago-heres-what-hilda-says-about-well-being-121098/" aria-label="Read more about There’s a reason you’re feeling no better off than 10 years ago. Here’s what HILDA says about well-being">Read more</a>
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July 30, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anthony Elliott, Dean of External Engagment and Executive Director of the Hawke EU Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence, University of South Australia The idea of robots taking our jobs is not radically new. But artificial intelligence (AI) is now completely reorganising the global economy. Some estimates of ... <a title="How Australia can make AI work for our economy, and for our people" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/30/how-australia-can-make-ai-work-for-our-economy-and-for-our-people-113744/" aria-label="Read more about How Australia can make AI work for our economy, and for our people">Read more</a>
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July 30, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Leah Ruppanner, Associate Professor in Sociology, University of Melbourne Australian parents are disadvantaged by a lack of affordable childcare, with childcare costs rising by about 145% in real terms since 2002, the latest HILDA study reveals. The annual survey found the majority of Australian parents have experienced ... <a title="HILDA findings on Australian families’ experience of childcare should be a call-to-arms for government" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/30/hilda-findings-on-australian-families-experience-of-childcare-should-be-a-call-to-arms-for-government-120417/" aria-label="Read more about HILDA findings on Australian families’ experience of childcare should be a call-to-arms for government">Read more</a>
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July 30, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Inga Lass, Academic, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, University of Melbourne Australians have become much more diverse over the last few decades. In 2018, 29% of Australians were born overseas, the most it has ever been since the late 19th century. This diversity has ... <a title="Language of love: a quarter of Australians are in inter-ethnic relationships" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/30/language-of-love-a-quarter-of-australians-are-in-inter-ethnic-relationships-120416/" aria-label="Read more about Language of love: a quarter of Australians are in inter-ethnic relationships">Read more</a>
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July 30, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anthony Jorm, Professor emeritus, University of Melbourne Diagnoses of depression and anxiety disorders have risen dramatically over the past eight years. That’s according to new data out today from the Housing Income and Labour Dynamics (HILDA) Survey, which tracks the lives of 17,500 Australians. The increase spans ... <a title="More Australians are diagnosed with depression and anxiety but it doesn’t mean mental illness is rising" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/30/more-australians-are-diagnosed-with-depression-and-anxiety-but-it-doesnt-mean-mental-illness-is-rising-120824/" aria-label="Read more about More Australians are diagnosed with depression and anxiety but it doesn’t mean mental illness is rising">Read more</a>
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July 30, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Harriet Koorts, Research Fellow Implementation Science, Deakin University Teenagers who play organised sport only get seven minutes more physical activity per day, on average, than teenagers who don’t play any sport. Our research, published in the Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, found organised sport contributes ... <a title="Teenagers who play sport after school are only 7 minutes more active per day than those who don’t" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/30/teenagers-who-play-sport-after-school-are-only-7-minutes-more-active-per-day-than-those-who-dont-120756/" aria-label="Read more about Teenagers who play sport after school are only 7 minutes more active per day than those who don’t">Read more</a>
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July 30, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Runing Ye, Research Fellow, Melbourne School of Design, University of Melbourne The average weekly commuting time in Australia has increased considerably since 2002. According to the latest Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey released today, workers averaged 3.7 hours’ commuting time per week in ... <a title="Australian city workers’ average commute has blown out to 66 minutes a day. How does yours compare?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/30/australian-city-workers-average-commute-has-blown-out-to-66-minutes-a-day-how-does-yours-compare-120598/" aria-label="Read more about Australian city workers’ average commute has blown out to 66 minutes a day. How does yours compare?">Read more</a>
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July 30, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University During the election campaign then-opposition leader Bill Shorten repeatedly claimed that everything was going up. “Childcare is up 28%, out of pockets to see the doctor up 20%, specialists … up nearly 40%,” he said. ... <a title="There’s a reason you’re feeling no better off than 10 years ago. Here’s what HILDA says about wellbeing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/30/theres-a-reason-youre-feeling-no-better-off-than-10-years-ago-heres-what-hilda-says-about-wellbeing-121098/" aria-label="Read more about There’s a reason you’re feeling no better off than 10 years ago. Here’s what HILDA says about wellbeing">Read more</a>
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July 30, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Roger Wilkins, Professorial Fellow and Deputy Director (Research), HILDA Survey, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, University of Melbourne The latest Housing Income and Labour Dynamics (HILDA) Survey data confirm a sustained trend towards young adults staying in the family home longer. The HILDA Survey ... <a title="Over 50% of young Australians still live with their parents – and the numbers are climbing faster for women" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/30/over-50-of-young-australians-still-live-with-their-parents-and-the-numbers-are-climbing-faster-for-women-120587/" aria-label="Read more about Over 50% of young Australians still live with their parents – and the numbers are climbing faster for women">Read more</a>
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July 30, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jen Webb, Director of the Centre for Creative and Cultural Research, University of Canberra I think it’s fair to say that each year the selected novels on the Miles Franklin shortlist manifest the zeitgeist, reflecting on some of the issues that are troubling society. This year they ... <a title="Grief, racism and uncertain futures: your guide to the 2019 Miles Franklin shortlist" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/30/grief-racism-and-uncertain-futures-your-guide-to-the-2019-miles-franklin-shortlist-120978/" aria-label="Read more about Grief, racism and uncertain futures: your guide to the 2019 Miles Franklin shortlist">Read more</a>
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July 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Pauline Hanson has saved Energy Minister Angus Taylor from an inquiry into his intervention over endangered grasslands, with a Labor motion defeated 33-32 in the Senate. Earlier Taylor defended his intervention in a statement to the House of Representatives, insisting ... <a title="Pauline Hanson stymies inquiry into Angus Taylor’s intervention on endangered grasslands" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/29/pauline-hanson-stymies-inquiry-into-angus-taylors-intervention-on-endangered-grasslands-121110/" aria-label="Read more about Pauline Hanson stymies inquiry into Angus Taylor’s intervention on endangered grasslands">Read more</a>
