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May 13, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Musgrave, Senior lecturer in Pharmacology, University of Adelaide A recent study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) has attracted widespread media attention after it found chemicals contained in sunscreen could get into people’s bloodstreams: A variety of different chemicals in sunscreen are ... <a title="Research Check: should we be worried that the chemicals from sunscreen can get into our blood?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/13/research-check-should-we-be-worried-that-the-chemicals-from-sunscreen-can-get-into-our-blood-116738/" aria-label="Read more about Research Check: should we be worried that the chemicals from sunscreen can get into our blood?">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bryan Coad, Senior Research Fellow, University of Adelaide We don’t often think of microscopic organisms such as fungi as being particularly athletic. Certainly not Olympic champions. But understanding more about fungi – which includes moulds and yeasts – could lead to new ways to prevent the devastating ... <a title="Australia’s in the Fungus Olympics, the race to find new ways to tackle disease" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/13/australias-in-the-fungus-olympics-the-race-to-find-new-ways-to-tackle-disease-115380/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s in the Fungus Olympics, the race to find new ways to tackle disease">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrea Carson, Associate Professor at La Trobe University. Department of Politics, Media and Philosophy, La Trobe University As we enter the final straight of the Australian election campaign, we ask you: how much of your information about the issues and the candidates comes from social media? Today’s ... <a title="Media Files: Facebook’s Mia Garlick on #Ausvotes2019 and how Australian MPs use social media" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/13/media-files-facebooks-mia-garlick-on-ausvotes2019-and-how-australian-mps-use-social-media-116998/" aria-label="Read more about Media Files: Facebook’s Mia Garlick on #Ausvotes2019 and how Australian MPs use social media">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nigel Stapledon, Research Fellow in Real Estate, Centre for Applied Economic Research, UNSW The Coalition has put forward a scheme to help first home buyers get into homes, under which the government will underwrite a loan of 15% of the value of the home, to be treated ... <a title="That election promise. It will help first home buyers, but they better be cautious" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/13/that-election-promise-it-will-help-first-home-buyers-but-they-better-be-cautious-116993/" aria-label="Read more about That election promise. It will help first home buyers, but they better be cautious">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bill Bateman, Associate professor, Curtin University 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, based on ... <a title="Curious Kids: can snails fart?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/13/curious-kids-can-snails-fart-114747/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: can snails fart?">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Strangio, Associate Professor of Politics, Monash University Today we run two longer reads on the men who are vying to become prime minister at the 2019 federal election. In this essay, Associate Professor Paul Strangio examines Labor leader Bill Shorten – where he’s come from and, ... <a title="After six years as opposition leader, history beckons Bill Shorten. Will the ‘drover’s dog’ have its day?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/13/after-six-years-as-opposition-leader-history-beckons-bill-shorten-will-the-drovers-dog-have-its-day-115490/" aria-label="Read more about After six years as opposition leader, history beckons Bill Shorten. Will the ‘drover’s dog’ have its day?">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Today we run two longer reads on the men who are vying to become prime minister at the 2019 federal election. In this piece, Michelle Grattan examines Scott Morrison’s political history and his prime ministership. You can read Professor Paul ... <a title="Against the odds, Scott Morrison wants to be returned as prime minister. But who the bloody hell is he?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/13/against-the-odds-scott-morrison-wants-to-be-returned-as-prime-minister-but-who-the-bloody-hell-is-he-116732/" aria-label="Read more about Against the odds, Scott Morrison wants to be returned as prime minister. But who the bloody hell is he?">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Denis Muller, Senior Research Fellow in the Centre for Advancing Journalism, University of Melbourne There is mounting evidence that Australia is sick of Rupert Murdoch and the political propaganda machine he runs in the guise of a news organisation. In January, Bill Shorten rebuffed an open-ended offer ... <a title="Mounting evidence the tide is turning on News Corp, and its owner" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/13/mounting-evidence-the-tide-is-turning-on-news-corp-and-its-owner-116892/" aria-label="Read more about Mounting evidence the tide is turning on News Corp, and its owner">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Frank Mols, Senior Lecturer in Political Science, The University of Queensland If trust in our politicians is at an all time low, maybe it’s time to reconsider how we elect them in the first place. Can artificial intelligence (AI) help with our voting decisions? Music and video ... <a title="Avoid the politics and let artificial intelligence decide your vote in the next election" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/13/avoid-the-politics-and-let-artificial-intelligence-decide-your-vote-in-the-next-election-116507/" aria-label="Read more about Avoid the politics and let artificial intelligence decide your vote in the next election">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Verdon, Research Fellow and Senior Lecturer in Speech and Language Pathology, Charles Sturt University This article is the third part in a series, Where culture meets health. Almost one quarter of the Australian population speaks a language other than English at home. But health services in ... <a title="Nearly 1 in 4 of us aren’t native English speakers. In a health-care setting, interpreters are essential" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/13/nearly-1-in-4-of-us-arent-native-english-speakers-in-a-health-care-setting-interpreters-are-essential-115125/" aria-label="Read more about Nearly 1 in 4 of us aren’t native English speakers. In a health-care setting, interpreters are essential">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Dooley, Research fellow, Climate and Energy College, University of Melbourne The majority of Australians see climate change as the number one threat to national interests. However in 2018 Australia was ranked 55th out of 60 countries in a Climate Change Performance Index. Research from the University ... <a title="Australia’s major parties’ climate policies side-by-side" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/13/australias-major-parties-climate-policies-side-by-side-116896/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s major parties’ climate policies side-by-side">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adam Webster, Departmental Lecturer in Law and Public Policy, Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford As part of its election campaign the Centre Alliance party (formerly the Nick Xenophon Team) has proposed a referendum give the Commonwealth power to regulate the waters of the Murray-Darling Basin. ... <a title="A referendum won’t save the Murray-Darling Basin" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/13/a-referendum-wont-save-the-murray-darling-basin-116750/" aria-label="Read more about A referendum won’t save the Murray-Darling Basin">Read more</a>
