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July 16, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Harry Hobbs, Lecturer, University of Technology Sydney Queensland Deputy Premier Jackie Trad has announced that the state will begin a conversation about a pathway to treaty with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. In doing so, Queensland joined Victoria and the Northern Territory in formally commencing treaty ... <a title="As the federal government debates an Indigenous Voice, state and territories are pressing ahead" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/16/as-the-federal-government-debates-an-indigenous-voice-state-and-territories-are-pressing-ahead-120411/" aria-label="Read more about As the federal government debates an Indigenous Voice, state and territories are pressing ahead">Read more</a>
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July 16, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mair Underwood, Lecturer in Anthropology and Sociology, The University of Queensland Months after a public breakup with her husband, the politician Barnaby Joyce, Natalie Joyce made news when she displayed her “new” body in a bodybuilding competition. Joyce’s muscular appearance was described by some news organisations as ... <a title="Your body as a weapon: the rise of the ‘revenge body’ online" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/16/your-body-as-a-weapon-the-rise-of-the-revenge-body-online-118332/" aria-label="Read more about Your body as a weapon: the rise of the ‘revenge body’ online">Read more</a>
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July 16, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brittany Huber, Postdoctoral researcher, Swinburne University of Technology Most (80%) Australian parents worry children spend too much time with screens. But what children are doing on and off screen matters more than how much time they’re exposed to screen media. Too much time? There was a time ... <a title="Stop worrying about screen ‘time’. It’s your child’s screen experience that matters" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/16/stop-worrying-about-screen-time-its-your-childs-screen-experience-that-matters-118610/" aria-label="Read more about Stop worrying about screen ‘time’. It’s your child’s screen experience that matters">Read more</a>
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July 16, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Yau, Adjunct professor, College of Healthcare Sciences, James Cook University The Administrative Appeals Tribunal recently granted a woman with multiple sclerosis the right to have a sex therapist paid for under the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). After her initial application for sex therapy to be ... <a title="Finally, the NDIS will fund sex therapy. But it should cover sex workers too" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/16/finally-the-ndis-will-fund-sex-therapy-but-it-should-cover-sex-workers-too-120284/" aria-label="Read more about Finally, the NDIS will fund sex therapy. But it should cover sex workers too">Read more</a>
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July 16, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Last week on this podcast we talked to Ken Wyatt about the government’s plan for a referendum – hopefully this parliamentary term – to recognise Indigenous Australians in the Constitution. This week, we continue the conversation on Indigenous recognition with ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Megan Davis on a First Nations Voice in the Constitution" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/16/politics-with-michelle-grattan-megan-davis-on-a-first-nations-voice-in-the-constitution-120349/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Megan Davis on a First Nations Voice in the Constitution">Read more</a>
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July 16, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Renaud Joannes-Boyau, Senior research fellow, Southern Cross University Humans’ distant ancestor Australopithecus africanus had a unique approach to raising their young, as shown in our new research published today in Nature. Geochemical analysis of four teeth shows they exclusively breastfed infants for about 6-9 months, before supplementing ... <a title="Teeth ‘time capsule’ reveals that 2 million years ago, early humans breastfed for up to 6 years" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/16/teeth-time-capsule-reveals-that-2-million-years-ago-early-humans-breastfed-for-up-to-6-years-117894/" aria-label="Read more about Teeth ‘time capsule’ reveals that 2 million years ago, early humans breastfed for up to 6 years">Read more</a>
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July 16, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonti Horner, Professor (Astrophysics), University of Southern 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 The Conversation, ... <a title="Curious Kids: can people live in space?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/16/curious-kids-can-people-live-in-space-120334/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: can people live in space?">Read more</a>
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July 16, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joyce Y.M. Nip, Senior lecturer, Department of Media and Communications; Department of Chinese Studies, University of Sydney As China grows more powerful and influential, our New Superpower series looks at what this means for the world – how China maintains its power, how it wields its power ... <a title="Extremist mobs? How China’s propaganda machine tried to control the message in the Hong Kong protests" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/16/extremist-mobs-how-chinas-propaganda-machine-tried-to-control-the-message-in-the-hong-kong-protests-119646/" aria-label="Read more about Extremist mobs? How China’s propaganda machine tried to control the message in the Hong Kong protests">Read more</a>
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July 16, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Trent Yarwood, Infectious Diseases Physician, Senior Lecturer, James Cook University and, The University of Queensland This year’s flu season is off to an early start, with 144,000 confirmed cases so far in 2019. That’s more than twice as many confirmed cases of the flu than for all ... <a title="Hand sanitisers in public won’t wipe out the flu but they might help reduce its spread" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/16/hand-sanitisers-in-public-wont-wipe-out-the-flu-but-they-might-help-reduce-its-spread-120228/" aria-label="Read more about Hand sanitisers in public won’t wipe out the flu but they might help reduce its spread">Read more</a>
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July 16, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Todd Denham, PhD Candidate, School of Global, Urban & Social Studies, RMIT University Governments are looking to fast rail services to regional cities to relieve population pressures in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. The federal government is funding nine business cases for such schemes. But what economic effect ... <a title="Regional cities beware – fast rail might lead to disadvantaged dormitories, not booming economies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/16/regional-cities-beware-fast-rail-might-lead-to-disadvantaged-dormitories-not-booming-economies-119090/" aria-label="Read more about Regional cities beware – fast rail might lead to disadvantaged dormitories, not booming economies">Read more</a>
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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>
