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August 3, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Kingsford, Professor, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, UNSW Sydney Dean Lewins/AAP A long-awaited report released on Tuesday found the amount of water promised to river environments under the Murray-Darling Basin Plan “cannot be achieved” under current settings. In short, the plan is failing on ... <a title="It’s official: the Murray-Darling Basin Plan has delivered little to our precious rivers. So where to now?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/03/its-official-the-murray-darling-basin-plan-has-delivered-little-to-our-precious-rivers-so-where-to-now-188074/" aria-label="Read more about It’s official: the Murray-Darling Basin Plan has delivered little to our precious rivers. So where to now?">Read more</a>
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August 3, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alicia Dennis, Professor MBBS, PhD, MPH, PGDipEcho, FANZCA, GAICD, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock More than 40% of people who give birth in Australia use epidurals for pain relief during labour. That amounts to around 92,000 epidurals a year. They’re also used for pain relief outside obstetrics. ... <a title="How do epidurals work? And why is there a global shortage of them?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/03/how-do-epidurals-work-and-why-is-there-a-global-shortage-of-them-187640/" aria-label="Read more about How do epidurals work? And why is there a global shortage of them?">Read more</a>
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August 3, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Fabian Zander, Senior Research Fellow in Aerospace Engineering, University of Southern Queensland Brad Tucker, Author provided In the past week alone, we’ve seen two separate incidents of space debris hurtling back to Earth in unexpected places. On Saturday there was the uncontrolled re-entry of a Chinese Long ... <a title="Space debris is coming down more frequently. What are the chances it could hit someone or damage property?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/03/space-debris-is-coming-down-more-frequently-what-are-the-chances-it-could-hit-someone-or-damage-property-188062/" aria-label="Read more about Space debris is coming down more frequently. What are the chances it could hit someone or damage property?">Read more</a>
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August 3, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nick Bainton, Associate Professor, The University of Queensland Getty Plundering the Pacific for its rich natural resources has a long pedigree. Think of the European companies strip-mining Nauru for its phosphate and leaving behind a moonscape. There are worrying signs history may be about to repeat, as ... <a title="Pacific nations are extraordinarily rich in critical minerals. But mining them may take a terrible toll" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/03/pacific-nations-are-extraordinarily-rich-in-critical-minerals-but-mining-them-may-take-a-terrible-toll-187172/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific nations are extraordinarily rich in critical minerals. But mining them may take a terrible toll">Read more</a>
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August 3, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The government is now assured it will secure its legislation to enshrine its 43% 2030 emissions reduction target, after Greens leader Adam Bandt pledged his party would support it in both houses. The government has the numbers on its own ... <a title="Government set to legislate its 43% emissions reduction target after Greens announce support" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/03/government-set-to-legislate-its-43-emissions-reduction-target-after-greens-announce-support-188153/" aria-label="Read more about Government set to legislate its 43% emissions reduction target after Greens announce support">Read more</a>
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August 3, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elise Klein, Associate professor, Australian National University Legislation passed through the House of Representatives last night to wind down the cashless debit card (CDC), which was introduced into the East Kimberley and Ceduna in 2016 and since applied at other trial sites around Australia. The card compulsorily ... <a title="Has Labor learnt from the failure of the cashless debit card?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/03/has-labor-learnt-from-the-failure-of-the-cashless-debit-card-188065/" aria-label="Read more about Has Labor learnt from the failure of the cashless debit card?">Read more</a>
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August 3, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tony Blakely, Professor of Epidemiology, Population Interventions Unit, Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock Most health research in Australia is funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), which distributes around $800 million each ... <a title="More money and smarter choices: how to fix Australia’s broken NHMRC medical research funding system" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/03/more-money-and-smarter-choices-how-to-fix-australias-broken-nhmrc-medical-research-funding-system-188003/" aria-label="Read more about More money and smarter choices: how to fix Australia’s broken NHMRC medical research funding system">Read more</a>
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August 3, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Scott McAlister, Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock While we think of carbon emissions coming from manufacturing and agriculture, we don’t often think of those arising from health care. In Australia, health care is responsible for 7% of national carbon emissions, while globally, health care is ... <a title="Health care is responsible for 7% of our carbon emissions, and there are safe and easy ways this can be reduced" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/03/health-care-is-responsible-for-7-of-our-carbon-emissions-and-there-are-safe-and-easy-ways-this-can-be-reduced-184170/" aria-label="Read more about Health care is responsible for 7% of our carbon emissions, and there are safe and easy ways this can be reduced">Read more</a>
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August 3, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Neil Brewer, Matthew Flinders Distinguished Emeritus Professor of Psychology, Flinders University Shutterstock Difficulties with social communication and interaction are considered core features of autism. There is a common perception autistic individuals are poor at recognising others’ emotions and have little insight into how effectively they do so. ... <a title="Most adults with autism can recognise facial emotions, almost as well as those without the condition" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/03/most-adults-with-autism-can-recognise-facial-emotions-almost-as-well-as-those-without-the-condition-187995/" aria-label="Read more about Most adults with autism can recognise facial emotions, almost as well as those without the condition">Read more</a>
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August 3, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Justine Nolan, Professor of Law and Justice and Director of the Australian Human Rights Institute, UNSW Sydney The question of how to restore integrity to public institutions is on the minds of many government officials right now, both on the local and international stage. Handpicked political appointments ... <a title="The fix is in: how to restore public faith in government appointments" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/03/the-fix-is-in-how-to-restore-public-faith-in-government-appointments-187991/" aria-label="Read more about The fix is in: how to restore public faith in government appointments">Read more</a>
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August 3, 2022
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards. Political Roundup: Time to take political donations law seriously There is no corruption in New Zealand. At least that’s what authorities want the public to believe. For decades now our system of political finance regulation has been portrayed as highly rigorous, ensuring our politicians cannot be bought. Unfortunately, that’s just not ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Time to take political donations law seriously" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/03/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-time-to-take-political-donations-law-seriously/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Time to take political donations law seriously">Read more</a>
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August 3, 2022
RNZ Pacific The Cook Islands Parliament looks set for a shake up after today’s general elections. In preliminary results, the ruling Cook Islands Party has performed solidly — but the new party, United, appears to have secured as many as five seats, while the Pa Enua has returned three independents. Prime Minister Mark Brown looks ... <a title="Cooks’ newcomers United look set to take five seats in election" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/03/cooks-newcomers-united-look-set-to-take-five-seats-in-election/" aria-label="Read more about Cooks’ newcomers United look set to take five seats in election">Read more</a>
