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October 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Patrick Taylor, Honorary Professor, School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University Flooding stirs up river sediments, which can spread contaminants in our waterways and floodplains. Flood water can carry sediments bearing contaminants from a range of sources, both historical and new, such as sewage, petrol stations, industrial ... <a title="What’s in the mud? Flood victims’ fears eased by early test results" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/28/whats-in-the-mud-flood-victims-fears-eased-by-early-test-results-193111/" aria-label="Read more about What’s in the mud? Flood victims’ fears eased by early test results">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Gillespie, Professor of Law, University of Waikato Jacinda Ardern addressing the UN General Assembly in September 2022. Getty Images Since Jacinda Ardern described the state of world affairs as “bloody messy” earlier this year there have been few, if any, signs of improvement. Ukraine, China, nuclear ... <a title="Dealing with a ‘bloody messy’ world – the urgent foreign policy challenges facing NZ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/28/dealing-with-a-bloody-messy-world-the-urgent-foreign-policy-challenges-facing-nz-192935/" aria-label="Read more about Dealing with a ‘bloody messy’ world – the urgent foreign policy challenges facing NZ">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Belinda Lunnay, Post-doctoral researcher in Public Health , Torrens University Australia Shutterstock Up to one in ten cases of breast cancer in Australia is linked to drinking alcohol. Midlife women are already at increased risk for breast cancer because of their age, and tend to drink more ... <a title="‘I take it with a pinch of salt’: why women question health warnings linking alcohol with breast cancer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/28/i-take-it-with-a-pinch-of-salt-why-women-question-health-warnings-linking-alcohol-with-breast-cancer-192179/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I take it with a pinch of salt’: why women question health warnings linking alcohol with breast cancer">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca Ananian-Welsh, Associate Professor, TC Beirne School of Law, The University of Queensland Australia is now 39th in Reporters Sans Frontiers’ World Press Freedom Index, a staggering decline of 20 places since 2018. This reflects a fact acknowledged by both the Morrison and Albanese governments: Australia has ... <a title="Journalists must be protected in police investigations. Here’s our five point plan for reform" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/28/journalists-must-be-protected-in-police-investigations-heres-our-five-point-plan-for-reform-193102/" aria-label="Read more about Journalists must be protected in police investigations. Here’s our five point plan for reform">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2022
New Zealand Politics Daily is a collation of the most prominent issues being discussed in New Zealand. It is edited by Dr Bryce Edwards of The Democracy Project. Items of interest and importance today ECONOMY, BUSINESS Peter Dunne (Newsroom): Election 2023 – it’ll be the economy again, stupid! Matthew Hooton (Herald): Why aren’t politicians taking frightening challenges seriously? (paywalled) ... <a title="Newsletter – New Zealand Politics Daily – October 28, 2022" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/28/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-october-28-2022/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter – New Zealand Politics Daily – October 28, 2022">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Edward Jegasothy, Lecturer, School of Public Health, University of Sydney Shutterstock Australia is facing a cost-of-living crisis. Rising costs of rent, fuel, food and power have increased financial stress for many households. While financial pressures are now being felt by a broader section of society, for many ... <a title="Disempowered, shut off and less able to afford healthy choices – how financial hardship is bad for our health" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/28/disempowered-shut-off-and-less-able-to-afford-healthy-choices-how-financial-hardship-is-bad-for-our-health-192241/" aria-label="Read more about Disempowered, shut off and less able to afford healthy choices – how financial hardship is bad for our health">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jamie Pittock, Professor, Fenner School of Environment & Society, Australian National University Wyangala Dam AAP Image/Lukas Coch A story from the early days of the Abbott government still circulates in the halls of Parliament House. The government’s Expenditure Review Committee apparently supported then Minister for Agriculture Barnaby ... <a title="Money for dams dries up as good water management finally makes it into a federal budget" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/28/money-for-dams-dries-up-as-good-water-management-finally-makes-it-into-a-federal-budget-193380/" aria-label="Read more about Money for dams dries up as good water management finally makes it into a federal budget">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cormac Purcell, Adjunct Senior Lecturer, UNSW Sydney A close encounter between a white shark and a surfer. Author provided, Author provided Australian surf lifesavers are increasingly using drones to spot sharks at the beach before they get too close to swimmers. But just how reliable are they? ... <a title="How shoring up drones with artificial intelligence helps surf lifesavers spot sharks at the beach" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/28/how-shoring-up-drones-with-artificial-intelligence-helps-surf-lifesavers-spot-sharks-at-the-beach-192498/" aria-label="Read more about How shoring up drones with artificial intelligence helps surf lifesavers spot sharks at the beach">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Zack Dorner, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Economics, University of Waikato Getty Images The most important part of the government’s proposed agricultural emissions pricing scheme is the price. This may seem obvious – but the government has failed to provide a clear indication of what the price will ... <a title="Farmers need certainty over emissions pricing – removing government from the equation might help" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/28/farmers-need-certainty-over-emissions-pricing-removing-government-from-the-equation-might-help-192932/" aria-label="Read more about Farmers need certainty over emissions pricing – removing government from the equation might help">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Benjamin T. Jones, Senior Lecturer in History, CQUniversity Australia Eliott Reyna/Unsplash As university students around the country finish their final exams and assessments for the year, the idea of removing due dates might seem incredibly appealing. Being more open-ended about when assignments are submitted may also seem ... <a title="We took away due dates for university assignments … here’s what we found" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/28/we-took-away-due-dates-for-university-assignments-heres-what-we-found-193024/" aria-label="Read more about We took away due dates for university assignments … here’s what we found">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra An opposition leader has a tricky task when delivering a first budget reply after an election rout. But circumstances played into the hands of Peter Dutton for his big parliamentary occasion on Thursday night. Jim Chalmers’ budget was, as the ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Cost of living goes from a winner for Albanese in May to a weapon for Dutton in October" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/28/grattan-on-friday-cost-of-living-goes-from-a-winner-for-albanese-in-may-to-a-weapon-for-dutton-in-october-193393/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Cost of living goes from a winner for Albanese in May to a weapon for Dutton in October">Read more</a>
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October 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rod Sims, Professor in the practice of public policy and antitrust, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Shutterstock Virtually every country in the world is facing a crisis in energy costs, yet while other countries can’t do much about it, Australia can. Australia could get ... <a title="Cheaper gas and electricity prices are within Australia’s grasp – here’s what to do" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/27/cheaper-gas-and-electricity-prices-are-within-australias-grasp-heres-what-to-do-193388/" aria-label="Read more about Cheaper gas and electricity prices are within Australia’s grasp – here’s what to do">Read more</a>
