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December 16, 2022
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards. Political Roundup: National is failing to inspire voters Labour’s Hamilton West by-election loss at the weekend has been widely described as a disaster for the party, illustrating just how much the tide has turned on the Government. But what did the by-election result say about the state of the National Party? ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: National is failing to inspire voters" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/16/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-national-is-failing-to-inspire-voters/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: National is failing to inspire voters">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Georgie Russell, Senior Lecturer, Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition (IPAN), Deakin University Shutterstock Holidays are a time when lots of us tend to overindulge in food and drink, and many people gain weight. Once gained, weight is difficult to lose, and it is likely that much ... <a title="Your tendency to overindulge these holidays could relate to your ‘eating personality’. Which type are you?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/16/your-tendency-to-overindulge-these-holidays-could-relate-to-your-eating-personality-which-type-are-you-196295/" aria-label="Read more about Your tendency to overindulge these holidays could relate to your ‘eating personality’. Which type are you?">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Samantha Hepburn, Professor, Deakin Law School, Deakin University Shutterstock To tackle the energy crisis about to send our bills skywards, the Albanese government last week capped gas prices temporarily in the east coast market, proposing a figure of A$12 per gigajoule. A gigajoule of gas has the ... <a title="Yes, the government’s price cap is overly generous to gas producers. But it was necessary" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/16/yes-the-governments-price-cap-is-overly-generous-to-gas-producers-but-it-was-necessary-196597/" aria-label="Read more about Yes, the government’s price cap is overly generous to gas producers. But it was necessary">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Westaway, Australian Research Council Future Fellow, Archaeology, School of Social Science, The University of Queensland Deal Lewis/AAP Apart from managing the land, Indigenous people have also managed waterways, including the Murray River and the Darling/Baaka River, for thousands of years. Like many Indigenous peoples of Australia, ... <a title="Aboriginal people have spent centuries building in the Darling River. Now there are plans to demolish these important structures" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/16/aboriginal-people-have-spent-centuries-building-in-the-darling-river-now-there-are-plans-to-demolish-these-important-structures-195966/" aria-label="Read more about Aboriginal people have spent centuries building in the Darling River. Now there are plans to demolish these important structures">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By William Clarke, Professor of Waste Management, The University of Queensland Shutterstock Only 24% of local councils in Australia separately collect household food organics and garden organics (FOGO) waste. Another 16% provide garden waste collection only. This limited progress has prompted the federal government to push back the ... <a title="Despite government delays, food waste recycling bins are coming to your kitchen sooner than you think" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/16/despite-government-delays-food-waste-recycling-bins-are-coming-to-your-kitchen-sooner-than-you-think-195734/" aria-label="Read more about Despite government delays, food waste recycling bins are coming to your kitchen sooner than you think">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sally Patfield, Senior Research Fellow, Teachers and Teaching Research Centre, University of Newcastle Marina Stoichkova/Pexels This week, year 12 results have been released in Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland and Tasmania. Other states will follow next week. The Higher School Certificate and its equivalents are seen as ... <a title="‘They don’t expect a lot of me, they just want me to go to uni’: first-in-family students show how we need a broader definition of ‘success’ in year 12" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/16/they-dont-expect-a-lot-of-me-they-just-want-me-to-go-to-uni-first-in-family-students-show-how-we-need-a-broader-definition-of-success-in-year-12-196284/" aria-label="Read more about ‘They don’t expect a lot of me, they just want me to go to uni’: first-in-family students show how we need a broader definition of ‘success’ in year 12">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wendy Hargreaves, Senior Learning Advisor, University of Southern Queensland Shutterstock On a December night 50 years ago, Eastern Airlines Flight 401 crashed in the Everglades, Florida. Miraculously, 77 people survived the initial impact but then endured a traumatic wait for rescue in the alligator infested swamp, surrounded ... <a title="‘Tis the season to be jolly: singing Christmas carols together isn’t just a tradition, it’s also good for you" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/16/tis-the-season-to-be-jolly-singing-christmas-carols-together-isnt-just-a-tradition-its-also-good-for-you-193855/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Tis the season to be jolly: singing Christmas carols together isn’t just a tradition, it’s also good for you">Read more</a>
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December 15, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Scott Morrison will forever be known as “the bulldozer”, and he lived up to his self-description at the Robodebt royal commission this week. It was vintage Morrison, verbally lumbering about, up and down side streets of varying relevance, as he ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Morrison endures the witness box, while Albanese enjoys being in the box seat with the Senate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/15/grattan-on-friday-morrison-endures-the-witness-box-while-albanese-enjoys-being-in-the-box-seat-with-the-senate-196662/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Morrison endures the witness box, while Albanese enjoys being in the box seat with the Senate">Read more</a>
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December 15, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Edward Narayan, Senior Lecturer in Animal Science, The University of Queensland Craig Garrett/Unsplash Koalas have adapted to Australia’s rugged terrains. But bushfires, land clearing and other extreme threats can mean they suffer prolonged stress – and this has a significant effect on their wellbeing. Stress can make ... <a title="Testing the stress levels of rescued koalas allows us to tweak their care so more survive in the wild" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/15/testing-the-stress-levels-of-rescued-koalas-allows-us-to-tweak-their-care-so-more-survive-in-the-wild-196224/" aria-label="Read more about Testing the stress levels of rescued koalas allows us to tweak their care so more survive in the wild">Read more</a>
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December 15, 2022
ANALYSIS: By Yamin Kogoya “We are part of them and they are part of us,” declared politician Augustine Rapa, founder and president of the PNG Liberal Democratic Party, on the 61st anniversary of the struggle for West Papuan independence earlier this month. Rapa’s statement of West Papua at Gerehu, Port Moresby, on December 1 was ... <a title="Yamin Kogoya: While West Papuans face an ‘existential threat’ under Indonesia, PNG plans defence pact with Jakarta" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/15/yamin-kogoya-while-west-papuans-face-an-existential-threat-under-indonesia-png-plans-defence-pact-with-jakarta/" aria-label="Read more about Yamin Kogoya: While West Papuans face an ‘existential threat’ under Indonesia, PNG plans defence pact with Jakarta">Read more</a>
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December 15, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vitomir Kovanovic, Senior Lecturer in Learning Analytics, University of South Australia Ground Picture/Shutterstock The release of OpenAI’s ChatGPT chatbot has given us a glimpse into the future of teaching and learning alongside artificial intelligence. Educators immediately pointed out the chatbot’s ability to generate meaningful responses to questions ... <a title="The dawn of AI has come, and its implications for education couldn’t be more significant" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/15/the-dawn-of-ai-has-come-and-its-implications-for-education-couldnt-be-more-significant-196383/" aria-label="Read more about The dawn of AI has come, and its implications for education couldn’t be more significant">Read more</a>
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December 15, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonathan Crowe, Professor of Law, Bond University Shutterstock Federal Labor Senator Nita Green has recently moved to establish a Senate inquiry into sexual consent laws. These are the laws that describe how sexual consent is defined for rape and sexual assault offences. In Australia, these definitions differ ... <a title="It’s time we aligned sexual consent laws across Australia – but this faces formidable challenges" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/15/its-time-we-aligned-sexual-consent-laws-across-australia-but-this-faces-formidable-challenges-196115/" aria-label="Read more about It’s time we aligned sexual consent laws across Australia – but this faces formidable challenges">Read more</a>
