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May 24, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Roy Hay, Honorary Fellow, Deakin University Over the next two weekends, the Australian Football League celebrates the contribution of Indigenous peoples to the history of the game. At the same time, a new documentary will show how one of the modern Indigenous superstars of the sport, Adam ... <a title="The long and complicated history of Aboriginal involvement in football" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/24/the-long-and-complicated-history-of-aboriginal-involvement-in-football-117669/" aria-label="Read more about The long and complicated history of Aboriginal involvement in football">Read more</a>
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May 24, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Hemer, Senior Research Scientist, Oceans and Atmosphere, CSIRO 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 ... <a title="Curious Kids: why are there waves?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/24/curious-kids-why-are-there-waves-112015/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: why are there waves?">Read more</a>
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May 24, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Lacaze, Head, Public Health Genomics Program, Monash University DNA testing to predict disease risk has the potential to prevent disease and save lives. Yet few Australians can currently access predictive DNA testing via the health-care system. That may soon change. As technology improves, the cost of ... <a title="Population DNA testing for disease risk is coming. Here are five things to know" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/24/population-dna-testing-for-disease-risk-is-coming-here-are-five-things-to-know-112522/" aria-label="Read more about Population DNA testing for disease risk is coming. Here are five things to know">Read more</a>
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May 24, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Wright, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Science, Western Sydney University This week Melbourne’s water storage dropped below 50%, a sign of the prolonged and deepening drought gripping eastern Australia. Sydney is only marginally better off, at 53.8% of full storage. Along with many regional towns across southeastern ... <a title="Why Sydney residents use 30% more water per day than Melburnians" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/24/why-sydney-residents-use-30-more-water-per-day-than-melburnians-117656/" aria-label="Read more about Why Sydney residents use 30% more water per day than Melburnians">Read more</a>
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May 24, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brendon Hyndman, Senior Lecturer and Course Director (Postgraduate Education courses), Charles Sturt University You may have heard of play. It’s that thing children do – the diverse range of unstructured, spontaneous activities and behaviours. Children play in many ways, including by exploring movements, constructing with equipment, creating ... <a title="Let them play! Kids need freedom from play restrictions to develop" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/24/let-them-play-kids-need-freedom-from-play-restrictions-to-develop-117586/" aria-label="Read more about Let them play! Kids need freedom from play restrictions to develop">Read more</a>
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May 24, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Douglas, Professor, Flinders University A little over a year ago, former Australian cricket captain Steve Smith made a tearful confession and apology to the public, having been banned from cricket for 12 months for ball tampering. Smith’s confession was expected. As Australian captain, he would take ... <a title="Friday essay: YouTube apologies and reality TV revelations – the rise of the public confession" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/24/friday-essay-youtube-apologies-and-reality-tv-revelations-the-rise-of-the-public-confession-114970/" aria-label="Read more about Friday essay: YouTube apologies and reality TV revelations – the rise of the public confession">Read more</a>
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May 24, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben Egliston, PhD candidate in Media and Communications, University of Sydney Some of the world’s most popular video games track your activity as you play – but they’re not just gathering data for business or marketing purposes. They’re accumulating information about the way you and others play ... <a title="Gamers use machine learning to navigate complex video games – but it’s not free" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/24/gamers-use-machine-learning-to-navigate-complex-video-games-but-its-not-free-114906/" aria-label="Read more about Gamers use machine learning to navigate complex video games – but it’s not free">Read more</a>
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May 24, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joannah Luetjens, PhD Candidate, Utrecht University In the lead up to the recent federal election, there was plenty of negative rhetoric about current policy settings. Piecing together the various messages, it seems we have entered an armageddon of poor fiscal management, intolerable social inequality, and environmental degradation. ... <a title="From gun control to HIV: six ingredients of successful public policy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/24/from-gun-control-to-hiv-six-ingredients-of-successful-public-policy-117600/" aria-label="Read more about From gun control to HIV: six ingredients of successful public policy">Read more</a>
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May 24, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert G. Patman, Professor of International Relations, University of Otago In February, a terrorist attack by Jaysh e-Mohammad (JeM) killed more than 40 Indian military personnel in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. It triggered the worst escalation of India–Pakistan tensions for nearly two decades. The ... <a title="How the dangerous evolution of Pakistan’s national security state threatens domestic stability" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/24/how-the-dangerous-evolution-of-pakistans-national-security-state-threatens-domestic-stability-116886/" aria-label="Read more about How the dangerous evolution of Pakistan’s national security state threatens domestic stability">Read more</a>
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May 24, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Timothy Moore, PhD Candidate, Melbourne School of Design, Monash University Private enterprise has shaped the skylines of Australia’s cities, and the names of their highest towers reflect this. The towers of Sydney shout finance: Deutsche Bank, MLC, Ernst & Young, ANZ, Suncorp. The tall buildings of Perth ... <a title="Taming wild cities: the tall buildings of Australia show why we need strong design guidelines" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/24/taming-wild-cities-the-tall-buildings-of-australia-show-why-we-need-strong-design-guidelines-116735/" aria-label="Read more about Taming wild cities: the tall buildings of Australia show why we need strong design guidelines">Read more</a>
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May 24, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cameron Allen, Researcher, UNSW Are we letting too many or too few migrants into Australia? For 2019-20 the Australian government has cut the annual net migrant intake from 190,000 to 160,000. It’s a political decision, balancing the concerns of those who want much lower or higher immigration ... <a title="If you think less immigration will solve Australia’s problems, you’re wrong; but neither will more" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/24/if-you-think-less-immigration-will-solve-australias-problems-youre-wrong-but-neither-will-more-115136/" aria-label="Read more about If you think less immigration will solve Australia’s problems, you’re wrong; but neither will more">Read more</a>
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May 23, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Bill Shorten has said he likes doing the family shopping, nevertheless Tuesday’s front page picture in The Australian did capture the savagery of changing political fortunes. There was Shorten, clutching a packet of Rice Bubbles, going through his gate. While ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Shocked Labor moves on – but to what policy destination?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/23/grattan-on-friday-shocked-labor-moves-on-but-to-what-policy-destination-117698/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Shocked Labor moves on – but to what policy destination?">Read more</a>
