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July 16, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yvette Selim, Interim Deputy Director, Anti-Slavery Australia, University of Technology Sydney With China’s western-most province of Xinjiang being turned into a mass internment camp, last night’s ABC Four Corners program reported on the Chinese Communist Party’s alleged plans to put up to a million detained Uyghurs to ... <a title="Four Corners’ forced labour exposé shows why you might be wearing slave-made clothes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/16/four-corners-forced-labour-expose-shows-why-you-might-be-wearing-slave-made-clothes-115462/" aria-label="Read more about Four Corners’ forced labour exposé shows why you might be wearing slave-made clothes">Read more</a>
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July 16, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Zsuzsanna Csereklyei, Lecturer in Economics, RMIT University Wholesale prices in the National Electricity Market have climbed significantly in recent years. The increase has coincided with a rapid increase in the proportion of electricity supplied by wind and solar generators. But that needn’t mean the increase in wind ... <a title="Wind and solar cut rather than boost Australia’s wholesale electricity prices" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/16/wind-and-solar-cut-rather-than-boost-australias-wholesale-electricity-prices-119979/" aria-label="Read more about Wind and solar cut rather than boost Australia’s wholesale electricity prices">Read more</a>
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July 16, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nary Hong, PhD candidate in Economics, UNSW The 2019 Australian Conference of Economists is taking place in Melbourne from July 14 to 16. During the conference The Conversation is publishing a selection of articles by the authors of papers being delivered at the conference. The Disability Support ... <a title="Reading and writing assistance increases the chance of getting a Disability Support Pension" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/16/reading-and-writing-assistance-increases-the-chance-of-getting-a-disability-support-pension-119980/" aria-label="Read more about Reading and writing assistance increases the chance of getting a Disability Support Pension">Read more</a>
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July 16, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Koa Whittingham, Psychologist and Research Fellow, The University of Queensland Bluey is a ground-breaking Australian children’s television series and the most downloaded show in ABC iView history. Since premiering in October 2018, Bluey has been played on iView over 100 million times, and it is set to ... <a title="‘Making up games is more important than you think’: why Bluey is a font of parenting wisdom" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/16/making-up-games-is-more-important-than-you-think-why-bluey-is-a-font-of-parenting-wisdom-118583/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Making up games is more important than you think’: why Bluey is a font of parenting wisdom">Read more</a>
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July 15, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ahmar Mahboob, Associate Professor of Linguistics, University of Sydney A few months ago, I received a call from a barrister who asked me if I could evaluate whether voice identification testimony submitted in a criminal case against an Indigenous man was based on appropriate analysis. He told ... <a title="Can criminal suspects be identified just by the sound of their voices?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/15/can-criminal-suspects-be-identified-just-by-the-sound-of-their-voices-114815/" aria-label="Read more about Can criminal suspects be identified just by the sound of their voices?">Read more</a>
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July 15, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By João Teixeira, Research associate, University of Adelaide Around 55,000-50,000 years ago, a population of modern humans left Africa and started on the long trek that would lead them around the world. After rapidly crossing Eurasia and Southeast Asia, they travelled through the islands of Indonesia, and eventually ... <a title="Southeast Asia was crowded with archaic human groups long before we turned up" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/15/southeast-asia-was-crowded-with-archaic-human-groups-long-before-we-turned-up-119818/" aria-label="Read more about Southeast Asia was crowded with archaic human groups long before we turned up">Read more</a>
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July 15, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Caitlin Syme, PhD in Vertebrate Palaeontology, The University of Queensland Curious Kids is a series for children. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskids@theconversation.edu.au You might also like the podcast Imagine This, a co-production between ABC KIDS listen and ... <a title="Curious Kids: did the velociraptors have feathers?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/15/curious-kids-did-the-velociraptors-have-feathers-119535/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: did the velociraptors have feathers?">Read more</a>
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July 15, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ahmar Mahboob, Associate Professor of Linguistics, University of Sydney A few months ago, I received a call from a barrister who asked me if I could evaluate whether voice identification testimony submitted in a criminal case against an Indigenous man was based on appropriate analysis. He told ... <a title="Voice evidence in trials: can a criminal suspect be identified just by the sound of his voice?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/15/voice-evidence-in-trials-can-a-criminal-suspect-be-identified-just-by-the-sound-of-his-voice-114815/" aria-label="Read more about Voice evidence in trials: can a criminal suspect be identified just by the sound of his voice?">Read more</a>
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July 15, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Philip Russo, Associate Professor, Director Cabrini Monash University Department of Nursing Research, Monash University Most people expect hospital treatment to make them better. But for some, a stay in hospital can actually make them sicker. Their wound might get infected after an operation or they might get ... <a title="1 in 10 patients are infected in hospital, and it’s not always with what you think" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/15/1-in-10-patients-are-infected-in-hospital-and-its-not-always-with-what-you-think-120095/" aria-label="Read more about 1 in 10 patients are infected in hospital, and it’s not always with what you think">Read more</a>
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July 15, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alana Piper, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Technology Sydney In 2015, the Australian federal government proclaimed that violence against women had become a national crisis. Despite widespread social and economic advances in the status of women since the 1970s, including growing awareness and action around gender violence, ... <a title="The long history of gender violence in Australia, and why it matters today" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/15/the-long-history-of-gender-violence-in-australia-and-why-it-matters-today-119927/" aria-label="Read more about The long history of gender violence in Australia, and why it matters today">Read more</a>
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July 15, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Barr, Deputy Director, WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza From early this year it’s been apparent the 2019 Australian influenza “season” was going to be different. Normally, the flu season coincides with the winter months of July and August, sometimes stretching to September ... <a title="It’s a bad year for flu, but it’s too early to call it the worst ever – 5 charts on the 2019 season so far" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/15/its-a-bad-year-for-flu-but-its-too-early-to-call-it-the-worst-ever-5-charts-on-the-2019-season-so-far-120093/" aria-label="Read more about It’s a bad year for flu, but it’s too early to call it the worst ever – 5 charts on the 2019 season so far">Read more</a>
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July 15, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Thomas Newsome, Lecturer, University of Sydney The New South Wales government last week revealed plans to ease shooting restrictions on feral deer. If the plans go ahead, deer will be stripped of their status as a game animal and will no longer be afforded protection under the ... <a title="Making deer fair game for unlicensed hunting is the right step for New South Wales" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/15/making-deer-fair-game-for-unlicensed-hunting-is-the-right-step-for-new-south-wales-120211/" aria-label="Read more about Making deer fair game for unlicensed hunting is the right step for New South Wales">Read more</a>
