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February 4, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mary-Louise McLaws, Professor of Epidemiology Healthcare Infection and Infectious Diseases Control, UNSW 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 ... <a title="Curious Kids: why do we need soap?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/04/curious-kids-why-do-we-need-soap-109083/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: why do we need soap?">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2019
By Dr Evita March It seems like internet trolling happens everywhere online these days – and it’s showing no signs of slowing down. The British press and Kensington Palace officials have called for an end to the merciless online trolling of Duchesses Kate Middleton and Meghan Markle, which reportedly includes racist and sexist content, and ... <a title="Online trolling: Once funny, but now the term meaning is far more sinister" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/04/online-trolling-once-funny-but-now-the-term-meaning-is-far-more-sinister/" aria-label="Read more about Online trolling: Once funny, but now the term meaning is far more sinister">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bronwyn Smithies, PhD Candidate, The University of Queensland Sign up to Beating Around the Bush, a series that profiles native plants: part gardening column, part dispatches from country, entirely Australian. If you are observant enough in the Australian bush, you may be able to spot the spade ... <a title="The humble spade flower moonlights as the ‘love shrub’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/04/the-humble-spade-flower-moonlights-as-the-love-shrub-110973/" aria-label="Read more about The humble spade flower moonlights as the ‘love shrub’">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Evita March, Senior Lecturer in Psychology, Federation University Australia It seems like internet trolling happens everywhere online these days – and it’s showing no signs of slowing down. This week, the British press and Kensington Palace officials have called for an end to the merciless online trolling ... <a title="Online trolling used to be funny, but now the term refers to something far more sinister" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/04/online-trolling-used-to-be-funny-but-now-the-term-refers-to-something-far-more-sinister-110272/" aria-label="Read more about Online trolling used to be funny, but now the term refers to something far more sinister">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Griffiths, Senior Associate, Grattan Institute A federal integrity commission is an idea whose time has finally come. The Coalition announced its proposal for a Commonwealth Integrity Commission in mid-December, joining the Greens, Labor and independents led by Cathy McGowan in recognising the need for a body ... <a title="Why the federal government’s new integrity commission isn’t up to the job" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/04/why-the-federal-governments-new-integrity-commission-isnt-up-to-the-job-110441/" aria-label="Read more about Why the federal government’s new integrity commission isn’t up to the job">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Megan Lee, Academic Tutor and Lecturer, Southern Cross University Worldwide, more than 300 million people live with depression. Without effective treatment, the condition can make it difficult to work and maintain relationships with family and friends. Depression can cause sleep problems, difficulty concentrating, and a lack of ... <a title="Want to improve your mood? It’s time to ditch the junk food" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/04/want-to-improve-your-mood-its-time-to-ditch-the-junk-food-107358/" aria-label="Read more about Want to improve your mood? It’s time to ditch the junk food">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jennifer Kent, Research Fellow, Urban and Regional Planning, University of Sydney I live where I want to live and I work where the work is. I don’t understand people that go “this is where I’ll work [and] this is where I’ll buy a house” because it might ... <a title="Three changes in how we live could derail the dream of the 30-minute city" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/04/three-changes-in-how-we-live-could-derail-the-dream-of-the-30-minute-city-110287/" aria-label="Read more about Three changes in how we live could derail the dream of the 30-minute city">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicole Gillespie, Professor of Management; KPMG Chair in Organizational Trust, The University of Queensland After today’s Banking Royal Commission’s final report it may seem as if it is impossible for banks to regain trust. But it is possible, as I know from working with prominent British and ... <a title="Six questions our banks need to answer to regain trust" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/04/six-questions-our-banks-need-to-answer-to-regain-trust-110715/" aria-label="Read more about Six questions our banks need to answer to regain trust">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Pat McConnell, Visiting Fellow, Macquarie University Applied Finance Centre, Macquarie University If ever you find a job is too big for you, you probably get a friend or an expert to help. In business, if a department of, say, ten people is not keeping up with its ... <a title="Pro tip for Australia’s banks: imagine you are in Canada" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/04/pro-tip-for-australias-banks-imagine-you-are-in-canada-107795/" aria-label="Read more about Pro tip for Australia’s banks: imagine you are in Canada">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bruce Isaacs, Senior Lecturer in Film Studies, University of Sydney What makes a film a classic? In this video series, film scholar Bruce Isaacs looks at a classic film and analyses its brilliance. (Warning: this scene contains violence and may be upsetting for some viewers.) [embedded content] ... <a title="The great movie scenes: Rome, Open City – fascism, tragedy and the birth of Italian neo-realism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/04/the-great-movie-scenes-rome-open-city-fascism-tragedy-and-the-birth-of-italian-neo-realism-110771/" aria-label="Read more about The great movie scenes: Rome, Open City – fascism, tragedy and the birth of Italian neo-realism">Read more</a>
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February 3, 2019
Timor-Leste Press Council president Virgílio Guterres (second from right) addresses the media briefing at the council’s office in Dili. Image: TLPC. Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk Timor-Leste’s Press Council (TLPC) has strongly condemned political interference in the country’s public broadcasting service (RTTL) newsroom where political-appointed advisors for the president of RTTL have interfered in its coverage. ... <a title="Timor-Leste Press Council condemns ‘crime’ against public broadcaster" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/03/timor-leste-press-council-condemns-crime-against-public-broadcaster/" aria-label="Read more about Timor-Leste Press Council condemns ‘crime’ against public broadcaster">Read more</a>
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February 1, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Keyvan Allahyari, PhD candidate in English, University of Melbourne When the author Richard Flanagan described Behrouz Boochani, a Kurdish-Iranian asylum seeker currently held on Manus Island, as “a great Australian writer”, he turned tired cliché into a pointed question: what makes an “Australian” writer? No Friend But ... <a title="Behrouz Boochani’s literary prize cements his status as an Australian writer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/01/behrouz-boochanis-literary-prize-cements-his-status-as-an-australian-writer-110986/" aria-label="Read more about Behrouz Boochani’s literary prize cements his status as an Australian writer">Read more</a>
