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April 21, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Scott Dwyer, Research Director – Energy Futures, University of Technology Sydney Australia has long had a love affair with the internal combustion engine. Its first petrol-powered car was developed in 1901. (Admittedly, the engine was imported from Germany.) Roll forward 122 years and there’s now a registered ... <a title="Australia’s adoption of electric vehicles has been maddeningly slow, but we’re well placed to catch up fast" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/21/australias-adoption-of-electric-vehicles-has-been-maddeningly-slow-but-were-well-placed-to-catch-up-fast-203923/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s adoption of electric vehicles has been maddeningly slow, but we’re well placed to catch up fast">Read more</a>
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April 21, 2023
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. Today’s content PARLIAMENT PROTEST Claire Trevett (Herald): IPCA report on Parliament protests should leave Police top brass with red faces (paywalled) Charlie Mitchell (Stuff): A chaotic day in Wellington, a ‘distraction ... <a title="Newsletter: April 21 2023 – Items of interest and importance today" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/21/newsletter-april-21-2023-items-of-interest-and-importance-today/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: April 21 2023 – Items of interest and importance today">Read more</a>
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April 21, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Simone Celine Marshall, Professor of Medieval Literature, University of Otago Getty Images The COVID “lab leak” story clearly isn’t going away soon. The theory that the pandemic began with an accidental release of the virus from a lab in Wuhan recurs like clockwork – most recently in ... <a title="Plagues, poisons and magical thinking – how COVID lab leak hysteria could be straight from the Middle Ages" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/21/plagues-poisons-and-magical-thinking-how-covid-lab-leak-hysteria-could-be-straight-from-the-middle-ages-204025/" aria-label="Read more about Plagues, poisons and magical thinking – how COVID lab leak hysteria could be straight from the Middle Ages">Read more</a>
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April 21, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Charlotte Ganderton, Senior lecturer (Physiotherapy), Swinburne University of Technology Shutterstock You might have seen media articles or fitness influencers online urging people to do “dead hangs”, where one hangs loosely from a bar – usually with feet off the floor. The goal is usually to improve upper-body ... <a title="What are dead hangs? What are the shoulder pain risks and how do I do them safely?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/21/what-are-dead-hangs-what-are-the-shoulder-pain-risks-and-how-do-i-do-them-safely-202346/" aria-label="Read more about What are dead hangs? What are the shoulder pain risks and how do I do them safely?">Read more</a>
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April 21, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rossana Ruggeri, Research Fellow in Cosmology, The University of Queensland ESA / Hubble & NASA Physicists believe most of the matter in the universe is made up of an invisible substance that we only know about by its indirect effects on the stars and galaxies we can ... <a title="New look at ‘Einstein rings’ around distant galaxies just got us closer to solving the dark matter debate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/21/new-look-at-einstein-rings-around-distant-galaxies-just-got-us-closer-to-solving-the-dark-matter-debate-204109/" aria-label="Read more about New look at ‘Einstein rings’ around distant galaxies just got us closer to solving the dark matter debate">Read more</a>
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April 21, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jeffrey McNeill, Senior Lecturer in Resource & Environmental Planning, Massey University Captured German trenches near Messines, June 1917. Daily Herald Archive / Getty Images It was observed […] that the English had slain wounded and captured German prisoners. So reads a disturbing war diary entry of the ... <a title="Less than illustrious: remembering the Anzacs means also not forgetting some committed war crimes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/21/less-than-illustrious-remembering-the-anzacs-means-also-not-forgetting-some-committed-war-crimes-203043/" aria-label="Read more about Less than illustrious: remembering the Anzacs means also not forgetting some committed war crimes">Read more</a>
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April 21, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Francisco Perales, Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Social Science, The University of Queensland Shutterstock Today’s men express their maleness in different ways. Some adhere to more traditional models of masculinity, characterised by beliefs in male superiority and endorsement of risky or violent behaviours. Others embrace more progressive ... <a title="Like father, like son: new research shows how young men ‘copy’ their fathers’ masculinity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/21/like-father-like-son-new-research-shows-how-young-men-copy-their-fathers-masculinity-203834/" aria-label="Read more about Like father, like son: new research shows how young men ‘copy’ their fathers’ masculinity">Read more</a>
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April 21, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Breadon, Program Director, Health and Aged Care, Grattan Institute Shutterstock GP fees are hitting more Australians than they did a few years ago. There’s a lot of talk about a crisis in bulk billing, with many people reporting they’re unable to see a doctor without paying ... <a title="If you live in a bulk-billing ‘desert’ it’s hard to see a doctor for free. Here’s how to fix this" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/21/if-you-live-in-a-bulk-billing-desert-its-hard-to-see-a-doctor-for-free-heres-how-to-fix-this-204029/" aria-label="Read more about If you live in a bulk-billing ‘desert’ it’s hard to see a doctor for free. Here’s how to fix this">Read more</a>
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April 21, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Sprogis, Adjunct Research Fellow, UWA Oceans Institute, The University of Western Australia Humpback whale breach at Ningaloo. Image: Kate Sprogis, Author provided Imagine … eco-tourists enjoying views of undisturbed whales and dolphins, watching them doing what comes naturally. This is ultimately what we all wish to ... <a title="Whale-watching guidelines don’t include boat noise. It’s time they did" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/21/whale-watching-guidelines-dont-include-boat-noise-its-time-they-did-199977/" aria-label="Read more about Whale-watching guidelines don’t include boat noise. It’s time they did">Read more</a>
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April 21, 2023
By Stephen Forbes, Local Democracy Reporter South Auckland’s poor turnout for the 2018 Aotearoa New Zealand national census could have cost the region $130 million in health funding. And, according to an expert, that cash could have helped tackle the area’s battles with diabetes and obesity. Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand said the defunct ... <a title="South Auckland’s poor census turnout could cost it $130m in NZ health funding" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/21/south-aucklands-poor-census-turnout-could-cost-it-130m-in-nz-health-funding/" aria-label="Read more about South Auckland’s poor census turnout could cost it $130m in NZ health funding">Read more</a>
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April 20, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Budgets are for stakeholders and interest groups like Christmas is for kids. They’re preceded by a multitude of letters to “Santa”, aka the treasurer, in the run-up. For the May 9 budget, two key correspondents were appointed by the government ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: The government invited ambit claims for the budget and now it will be judged against them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/20/grattan-on-friday-the-government-invited-ambit-claims-for-the-budget-and-now-it-will-be-judged-against-them-204193/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: The government invited ambit claims for the budget and now it will be judged against them">Read more</a>
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April 20, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By William Partlett, Associate Professor, The University of Melbourne This week, Victoria’s Independent Broad-Based Anti-corruption Commission (known as IBAC) issued a finding of “improper influence” on a public contract issued by the Victorian government in 2018. IBAC did not find any “corrupt conduct” under the IBAC Act and ... <a title="The rise of unaccountable ministerial advisors: why Victoria’s IBAC report should concern all Australians" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/20/the-rise-of-unaccountable-ministerial-advisors-why-victorias-ibac-report-should-concern-all-australians-204191/" aria-label="Read more about The rise of unaccountable ministerial advisors: why Victoria’s IBAC report should concern all Australians">Read more</a>
