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June 24, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rob Manwaring, Senior Lecturer, Politics and Public Policy, Flinders University The ALP’s defeat at the 2019 federal election was a surprise. Shorten’s Labor fell short, against both wider commentariat predictions and unrepresentative polls. Yet, if we take a step back, the result is less surprising if we ... <a title="Australian Centre-left politics: dead, in crisis, or in transition?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/24/centre-left-politics-dead-in-crisis-or-in-transition-119159/" aria-label="Read more about Australian Centre-left politics: dead, in crisis, or in transition?">Read more</a>
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June 24, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrienne O’Neil, Principal Research Fellow & Heart Foundation Future Leader Fellow, Deakin University The latest government statistics, released last week, show that from 2001-2016, the rate of cardiac events (heart attacks or unstable angina) fell by more than half among Australian women. That’s largely because of greater ... <a title="For women’s sake, let’s screen for depression as part of the new heart health checks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/24/for-womens-sake-lets-screen-for-depression-as-part-of-the-new-heart-health-checks-118910/" aria-label="Read more about For women’s sake, let’s screen for depression as part of the new heart health checks">Read more</a>
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June 24, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Leigh Ackland, Professor in Molecular Biosciences, Deakin University For many of us, eating a meal containing meat is a normal part of daily life. But if we dig deeper, some sobering issues emerge. Every year, 66 billion terrestrial animals are slaughtered for food. Predictions are that meat ... <a title="Would you eat meat grown from cells in a laboratory? Here’s how it works" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/24/would-you-eat-meat-grown-from-cells-in-a-laboratory-heres-how-it-works-117420/" aria-label="Read more about Would you eat meat grown from cells in a laboratory? Here’s how it works">Read more</a>
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June 24, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katharine Gelber, Professor of Politics and Public Policy, The University of Queensland The federal education minister, Dan Tehan, has called on universities to implement a model code to protect freedom of speech and academic freedom on campus. He’s referring to the code drafted by a former High ... <a title="Dan Tehan wants a ‘model code’ on free speech at universities – what is it and do unis need it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/24/dan-tehan-wants-a-model-code-on-free-speech-at-universities-what-is-it-and-do-unis-need-it-119163/" aria-label="Read more about Dan Tehan wants a ‘model code’ on free speech at universities – what is it and do unis need it?">Read more</a>
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June 24, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Trivess Moore, Lecturer, RMIT University New housing in Australia must meet minimum energy performance requirements. We wondered how many buildings exceeded the minimum standard. What our analysis found is that four in five new houses are being built to the minimum standard and a negligible proportion to ... <a title="Australia’s still building 4 in every 5 new houses to no more than the minimum energy standard" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/24/australias-still-building-4-in-every-5-new-houses-to-no-more-than-the-minimum-energy-standard-118820/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s still building 4 in every 5 new houses to no more than the minimum energy standard">Read more</a>
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June 24, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Scott Morrison will commit to getting consumers, business and investors “off the economic sidelines and on the field again” in his first major domestic speech of the new term. Addressing a business audience in Perth on Monday, Morrison will set ... <a title="Morrison wants to unleash economy’s ‘animal spirits’ and foreshadows new look at industrial relations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/24/morrison-wants-to-unleash-economys-animal-spirits-and-foreshadows-new-look-at-industrial-relations-119289/" aria-label="Read more about Morrison wants to unleash economy’s ‘animal spirits’ and foreshadows new look at industrial relations">Read more</a>
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June 24, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ted Snell, Professor, Chief Cultural Officer, Cultural Precinct, University of Western Australia Depicting the moment of creative inspiration has been a challenge for filmmakers since the first ribbon of film rattled its way past a camera lens. In numerous films, the artist’s studio has been mythologised as ... <a title="In Never Look Away we finally have a painter biopic offering insight into the creative process" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/24/in-never-look-away-we-finally-have-a-painter-biopic-offering-insight-into-the-creative-process-118599/" aria-label="Read more about In Never Look Away we finally have a painter biopic offering insight into the creative process">Read more</a>
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June 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lionel Page, Professor in Economics, University of Technology Sydney Where to eat? It’s a question you’ve probably pondered when visiting somewhere unfamiliar. Though it’s fun to explore a strange suburb, town or city, when you’re hungry you’d rather minimise the chance of paying exorbitant prices for an ... <a title="How to find a good restaurant? Economists can help" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/22/how-to-find-a-good-restaurant-economists-can-help-117670/" aria-label="Read more about How to find a good restaurant? Economists can help">Read more</a>
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June 21, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra [embedded content] Michelle Grattan talks with University of Canberra Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Research and Innovation, Professor Leigh Sullivan, about the week in politics. The discussion includes Cory Bernardi announcing that he will be winding up his party, the Australian Conservatives; ... <a title="VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the winding up of Australian Conservatives – and the government’s income tax cuts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/21/video-michelle-grattan-on-the-winding-up-of-australian-conservatives-and-the-governments-income-tax-cuts-119244/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the winding up of Australian Conservatives – and the government’s income tax cuts">Read more</a>
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June 21, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Scanlan, Sessional Academic, Edith Cowan University Sport science can offer some valuable insights to the teams contesting the 2019 Women’s World Cup currently underway in France. Our new analysis of every goal scored at the last Women’s World Cup in Canada in 2015 revealed the most ... <a title="Psst, Matildas: here’s the best way to score at the Women’s World Cup" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/21/psst-matildas-heres-the-best-way-to-score-at-the-womens-world-cup-118117/" aria-label="Read more about Psst, Matildas: here’s the best way to score at the Women’s World Cup">Read more</a>
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June 21, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gregory Moore, Doctor of Botany, University of Melbourne Sign up to the Beating Around the Bush newsletter here, and suggest a plant we should cover at batb@theconversation.edu.au. Among the nearly 1,000 species of Australian acacias, there are few with a reputation for hardiness, resilience and endurance to ... <a title="The mighty mulga grows deep and lives long" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/21/the-mighty-mulga-grows-deep-and-lives-long-118838/" aria-label="Read more about The mighty mulga grows deep and lives long">Read more</a>
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June 21, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lionel Page, Professor in Economics, University of Technology Sydney Where to eat? It’s a question you’ve probably pondered when visiting somewhere unfamiliar. Though it’s fun to explore a strange suburb, town or city, when you’re hungry you’d rather minimise the chance of paying exorbitant prices for an ... <a title="Need to find a good restaurant? Economics serves up some golden rules" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/21/need-to-find-a-good-restaurant-economics-serves-up-some-golden-rules-117670/" aria-label="Read more about Need to find a good restaurant? Economics serves up some golden rules">Read more</a>
