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May 2, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hannah Feldman, PhD Researcher in Science Communication, Australian National University Today young Australians will hit the streets for the second Climate Strike of 2019. Youths are often brushed off as being politically disengaged, but the Australian Electoral Commission has reported record high numbers of youth enrolment, and ... <a title="Young people won’t accept inaction on climate change, and they’ll be voting in droves" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/02/young-people-wont-accept-inaction-on-climate-change-and-theyll-be-voting-in-droves-116361/" aria-label="Read more about Young people won’t accept inaction on climate change, and they’ll be voting in droves">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Wanna, Sir John Bunting Chair of Public Administration, Australian National University As head of the United Australia Party, Clive Palmer is no classic right-winger nor crotchety conservative. He is no angel either. He is often wrongly lumped in with Pauline Hanson and One Nation, and maybe ... <a title="Now for the $55 million question: what does Clive Palmer actually want?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/02/now-for-the-55-million-question-what-does-clive-palmer-actually-want-116350/" aria-label="Read more about Now for the $55 million question: what does Clive Palmer actually want?">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Deb Lee-Talbot, PhD candidate, History, Deakin University When visitors first enter the exhibition Tudors to Windsors: British Royal Portraits at Bendigo Art Gallery, they are greeted with soaring sounds of coronation anthems. These genteel songs entice patrons into an exhibition that is ultimately conservative in both content ... <a title="The exhibition Tudors to Windsors is an uncritical glorification of empire" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/02/the-exhibition-tudors-to-windsors-is-an-uncritical-glorification-of-empire-115908/" aria-label="Read more about The exhibition Tudors to Windsors is an uncritical glorification of empire">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Woodley, PhD candidate, School of History, Australian National University With taxes, health care and climate change emerging as key issues in the upcoming federal election, we’re running a series this week looking at the main issues that swung elections in the past, from agricultural workers’ wages ... <a title="Issues that swung elections: rural voters get a voice and topple a government in 1913" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/02/issues-that-swung-elections-rural-voters-get-a-voice-and-topple-a-government-in-1913-115154/" aria-label="Read more about Issues that swung elections: rural voters get a voice and topple a government in 1913">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Morey, Senior Lecturer, Department of Languages and Linguistics, La Trobe University At the May 18 federal election, voters in every electorate of Australia’s House of Representatives will have a choice of multiple candidates. Preferential voting means that we rank candidates in the order that we prefer ... <a title="Explainer: how does preferential voting work in the House of Representatives?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/02/explainer-how-does-preferential-voting-work-in-the-house-of-representatives-116348/" aria-label="Read more about Explainer: how does preferential voting work in the House of Representatives?">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Morey, Senior Lecturer, Department of Languages and Linguistics, La Trobe University Editor’s note: This is an updated version on an article that was published in 2016 when the new Senate voting rules were first introduced. The voting system for the Australian Senate combines both preferential voting ... <a title="Explainer: how does preferential voting work in the Senate?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/02/explainer-how-does-preferential-voting-work-in-the-senate-116347/" aria-label="Read more about Explainer: how does preferential voting work in the Senate?">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cameron Webb, Clinical Lecturer and Principal Hospital Scientist, University of Sydney 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 ... <a title="Curious Kids: what’s the point of nits?!" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/02/curious-kids-whats-the-point-of-nits-116158/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: what’s the point of nits?!">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Langley, ARC DECRA Research Fellow, Griffith University Making fake jewels isn’t a modern phenomenon – it’s a human behaviour that dates back thousands of years. New research published today suggests that traders 2,000 years ago were producing imitation amber beads, coating them with pine tree resin ... <a title="Psst… wanna buy a necklace? Humans have been faking jewellery for thousands of years" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/02/psst-wanna-buy-a-necklace-humans-have-been-faking-jewellery-for-thousands-of-years-116268/" aria-label="Read more about Psst… wanna buy a necklace? Humans have been faking jewellery for thousands of years">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Hughes, Lecturer, Research School of Management, Australian National University This year’s election will be the first in Australia where the parties will be advertising more on social and digital platforms than traditional media (TV, radio, newspapers and magazines). There are a few key reasons for this. ... <a title="Facebook videos, targeted texts and Clive Palmer memes: how digital advertising is shaping this election campaign" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/02/facebook-videos-targeted-texts-and-clive-palmer-memes-how-digital-advertising-is-shaping-this-election-campaign-115629/" aria-label="Read more about Facebook videos, targeted texts and Clive Palmer memes: how digital advertising is shaping this election campaign">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Clare Collins, Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Newcastle As more Australians opt for meat-free diets, some are cutting out animal products altogether and going vegan. But is this safe for pregnant women and babies? It is possible to meet the specific nutrient requirements of pregnancy, ... <a title="Pregnant women and babies can be vegans but careful nutrition planning is essential" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/02/pregnant-women-and-babies-can-be-vegans-but-careful-nutrition-planning-is-essential-107709/" aria-label="Read more about Pregnant women and babies can be vegans but careful nutrition planning is essential">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul McGreevy, Professor of Animal Behaviour and Animal Welfare Science, University of Sydney Labor has released a six-point plan intended to re-establish national leadership on animal welfare. This plan would reverse the direction set by the Abbot government, which withdrew funding from the Australian Animal Welfare Strategy ... <a title="Can Labor’s animal welfare plan improve Australia’s lacklustre record?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/02/can-labors-animal-welfare-plan-improve-australias-lacklustre-record-116261/" aria-label="Read more about Can Labor’s animal welfare plan improve Australia’s lacklustre record?">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Norton, Higher Education Program Director, Grattan Institute Labor says it will bring back demand-driven funding for universities if it wins this month’s election. Put simply, this means instead of the government providing each university with a fixed sum of money for teaching (which is what happens ... <a title="Labor wants to restore ‘demand driven’ funding to universities: what does this mean?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/02/labor-wants-to-restore-demand-driven-funding-to-universities-what-does-this-mean-116060/" aria-label="Read more about Labor wants to restore ‘demand driven’ funding to universities: what does this mean?">Read more</a>
