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July 23, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Melissa Kang, Associate professor, University of Technology Sydney Around one-quarter of the world’s population menstruate. That’s more than 1.9 billion people in the world who will bleed, on average, for 65 days a year. The reusable menstrual cup and disposable tampon were both developed in the 1930s. ... <a title="Menstrual cups vs tampons – here’s how they compare" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/23/menstrual-cups-vs-tampons-heres-how-they-compare-120499/" aria-label="Read more about Menstrual cups vs tampons – here’s how they compare">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Therese Keane, Associate Professor, Deputy Chair Department of Education, Swinburne University of Technology A cute human-like robot taught students in a small, rural school how to code while also helping them learn their local Aboriginal language. The Maitland Lutheran School is an independent, co-educational primary and middle ... <a title="How a robot called Pink helped school children bring an Aboriginal language back to life" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/23/how-a-robot-called-pink-helped-school-children-bring-an-aboriginal-language-back-to-life-119810/" aria-label="Read more about How a robot called Pink helped school children bring an Aboriginal language back to life">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Will Rifkin, Chair in Applied Regional Economics and Director, Hunter Research Foundation Centre, University of Newcastle News of evacuations from cracked apartment buildings in Sydney and the need to replace combustible cladding across Australia illustrate how uncertainty compounds problems for those affected. Who is responsible for the ... <a title="It’s not just the building cracks or cladding – sometimes uncertainty does even more harm" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/23/its-not-just-the-building-cracks-or-cladding-sometimes-uncertainty-does-even-more-harm-120662/" aria-label="Read more about It’s not just the building cracks or cladding – sometimes uncertainty does even more harm">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Podger, Honorary Professor of Public Policy, Australian National University There is a case for not proceeding with, or at least further deferring, the legislated increase in employers’ compulsory superannuation contributions from 9.5% to 12%. But the Grattan Institute’s latest analysis, published in The Conversation and elsewhere, ... <a title="There is a problem with retirement incomes, but it isn’t the super guarantee" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/23/there-is-a-problem-with-retirement-incomes-but-it-isnt-the-super-guarantee-120591/" aria-label="Read more about There is a problem with retirement incomes, but it isn’t the super guarantee">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Susan Ostling, Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Queensland College of Art, Griffith University Review: Margaret Olley: A Generous Life, and Quilty, QAGOMA Margaret Olley’s exhibition at QAGOMA is titled A Generous Life, referring to her capacity to maintain enduring friendships, her support for her artist peers (it is said ... <a title="‘Are you one of us or one of them?’ Margaret Olley, Ben Quilty and a portrait of a generous friendship" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/23/are-you-one-of-us-or-one-of-them-margaret-olley-ben-quilty-and-a-portrait-of-a-generous-friendship-119528/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Are you one of us or one of them?’ Margaret Olley, Ben Quilty and a portrait of a generous friendship">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Martin Parkinson, secretary of the Prime Minister’s department, has cleared Christopher Pyne and Julie Bishop of breaching the government’s code of ministerial standards with their post-politics jobs. But it’s doubtful the average voter would take such a literal or generous ... <a title="View from The Hill: Senate decides Pyne and Bishop have a few more parliamentary questions to answer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/23/view-from-the-hill-senate-decides-pyne-and-bishop-have-a-few-more-parliamentary-questions-to-answer-120761/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Senate decides Pyne and Bishop have a few more parliamentary questions to answer">Read more</a>
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July 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anastasia Powell, Associate Professor, Criminology and Justice Studies, RMIT University A Perth man who pleaded guilty to distributing an intimate image of his ex-girlfriend without her consent has been sentenced to a 12-month intensive supervision order, sparing him jail time. According to media reports, Mitchell Brindley repeatedly ... <a title="1 in 5 Australians is a victim of ‘revenge porn’, despite new laws to prevent it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/22/1-in-5-australians-is-a-victim-of-revenge-porn-despite-new-laws-to-prevent-it-117838/" aria-label="Read more about 1 in 5 Australians is a victim of ‘revenge porn’, despite new laws to prevent it">Read more</a>
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July 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Piero Moraro, Lecturer in Criminal Justice, Charles Sturt University The Morrison government has introduced new legislation responding to recent protests by animal rights activists in Australia. The bill –named The Criminal Code Amendment (Agricultural Protection) Bill 2019 – will tighten up existing laws, creating harsher penalties for ... <a title="It isn’t clear how the new bill against animal rights activists will protect farmers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/22/it-isnt-clear-how-the-new-bill-against-animal-rights-activists-will-protect-farmers-120588/" aria-label="Read more about It isn’t clear how the new bill against animal rights activists will protect farmers">Read more</a>
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July 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David King, Senior Lecturer, The University of Queensland Dry, moist, productive, hacking, chesty, whooping, barking, throaty. These are just some of the terms people use to describe their cough. While we’re deep into cold and flu season, it’s one of the most common reasons people see their ... <a title="Health Check: why do I have a cough and what can I do about it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/22/health-check-why-do-i-have-a-cough-and-what-can-i-do-about-it-119172/" aria-label="Read more about Health Check: why do I have a cough and what can I do about it?">Read more</a>
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July 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ashlee Curtis, Research Fellow, School of Psychology, Deakin University The Victorian government introduced 24-hour public transport on Friday and Saturday nights in Melbourne from January 1 2016. Services mostly run every hour from 1am to 5am on all metropolitan lines with some additional tram and bus services. ... <a title="All-night public transport hasn’t reduced alcohol-related harm in Melbourne" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/22/all-night-public-transport-hasnt-reduced-alcohol-related-harm-in-melbourne-118999/" aria-label="Read more about All-night public transport hasn’t reduced alcohol-related harm in Melbourne">Read more</a>
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July 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Kenny, Senior Fellow, Australian Studies Institute, Australian National University If the first week of the 46th Parliament was heavily ceremonial – dominated by the new governor-general, a raft of first-time MPs and Bob Hawke condolence speeches – the next two weeks will mark a return to ... <a title="Bills, banks and promises: here’s what you can expect as ‘government business’ starts again" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/22/bills-banks-and-promises-heres-what-you-can-expect-as-government-business-starts-again-120589/" aria-label="Read more about Bills, banks and promises: here’s what you can expect as ‘government business’ starts again">Read more</a>
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July 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tony Walker, Adjunct Professor, School of Communications, La Trobe University In a world run ragged by multiple crises and an unravelling of American global leadership, military confrontation in the Gulf poses risks that extend well beyond the region itself. One of the greater risks is to a ... <a title="Iran and US refusing to budge as tit-for-tat ship seizures in Middle East raise the temperature" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/22/iran-and-us-refusing-to-budge-as-tit-for-tat-ship-seizures-in-middle-east-raise-the-temperature-120732/" aria-label="Read more about Iran and US refusing to budge as tit-for-tat ship seizures in Middle East raise the temperature">Read more</a>
