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May 31, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Danielle Mazza, Director, SPHERE NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Health in Primary Care and Professor and Head of the Department of General Practice, Monash University Lili Kovac/Unsplash When the American legal precedent protecting women’s right to an abortion in the United States, ... <a title="Australian women’s access to abortion is a postcode lottery. Here’s what needs to change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/31/australian-womens-access-to-abortion-is-a-postcode-lottery-heres-what-needs-to-change-206504/" aria-label="Read more about Australian women’s access to abortion is a postcode lottery. Here’s what needs to change">Read more</a>
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May 31, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Margaret Young, Professor, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock A free trade agreement between Australia and the United Kingdom begins on Wednesday. When it was announced in 2021, then-prime ministers Boris Johnson and Scott Morrison cheerily exchanged packets of chocolate biscuits. Meanwhile, one British newspaper celebrated the prospect ... <a title="A new trade deal delivers cheaper Australian beef and British sweets – but does little to avert dangerous global warming" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/31/a-new-trade-deal-delivers-cheaper-australian-beef-and-british-sweets-but-does-little-to-avert-dangerous-global-warming-206394/" aria-label="Read more about A new trade deal delivers cheaper Australian beef and British sweets – but does little to avert dangerous global warming">Read more</a>
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May 31, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Johan Barthélemy, Developer Relations Manager, NVIDIA and Honorary Senior Research Fellow, University of Wollongong, University of Wollongong Krystal Randall, Author provided The Antarctic continent conjures visions of white ice and blue sky. But not far from Australia’s Casey Station, 3,880km due south of Perth, moss beds emerge ... <a title="Photos from the field: spying on Antarctic moss using drones, MossCam, smart sensors and AI" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/31/photos-from-the-field-spying-on-antarctic-moss-using-drones-mosscam-smart-sensors-and-ai-204114/" aria-label="Read more about Photos from the field: spying on Antarctic moss using drones, MossCam, smart sensors and AI">Read more</a>
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May 31, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tracey Muir, Professor in Education (STEM), Australian Catholic University Shutterstock Australian students’ performance and engagement in mathematics is an ongoing issue. International studies show Australian students’ mean performance in maths has steadily declined since 2003. The latest Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) in 2018 showed only ... <a title="From whiteboard work to random groups, these simple fixes could get students thinking more in maths lessons" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/31/from-whiteboard-work-to-random-groups-these-simple-fixes-could-get-students-thinking-more-in-maths-lessons-203059/" aria-label="Read more about From whiteboard work to random groups, these simple fixes could get students thinking more in maths lessons">Read more</a>
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May 31, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Timothy McKenry, Professor of Music, Australian Catholic University The excitement generated by the 2023 Eurovision contest was palpable. Members of my family, like thousands of Australians, were awake at 5am on a Sunday to cheer on Australia’s Eurovision contenders, Perth band Voyager. Their song Promise was the ... <a title="Why isn’t Australian music charting on the ARIA charts?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/31/why-isnt-australian-music-charting-on-the-aria-charts-206088/" aria-label="Read more about Why isn’t Australian music charting on the ARIA charts?">Read more</a>
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May 31, 2023
By Kelvin Anthony, RNZ Pacific lead digital and social media journalist A leaked document authored by a recently recruited senior University of the South Pacific academic has again put a spotlight on the affairs of the regional institution. The “strictly confidential” document, viewed by RNZ Pacific, is written by Professor Janusz Jankowski, the deputy vice-chancellor ... <a title="‘Nepotism, lack of transparency and accountability’ claims emerge at USP" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/31/nepotism-lack-of-transparency-and-accountability-claims-emerge-at-usp/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Nepotism, lack of transparency and accountability’ claims emerge at USP">Read more</a>
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May 31, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adele Pentland, PhD candidate, Curtin University New research on old bones has shed light on pterosaur fossils from the early Cretaceous period of Australia, which took place roughly 107 million years ago. The bones were discovered in Victoria in the late 1980s at a fossil site called ... <a title="These magnificent 107-million-year-old pterosaur bones are the oldest ever found in Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/31/these-magnificent-107-million-year-old-pterosaur-bones-are-the-oldest-ever-found-in-australia-206501/" aria-label="Read more about These magnificent 107-million-year-old pterosaur bones are the oldest ever found in Australia">Read more</a>
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May 30, 2023
By Walter Zweifel, RNZ Pacific reporter New Caledonia’s pro-independence FLNKS (Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front) says the advice of the International Court of Justice is being sought over the contested 2021 referendum on independence from France. The movement — represented by Roch Wamytan, who is President of New Caledonia’s Congress — told a UN ... <a title="Kanaky New Caledonia’s FLNKS wants ICJ advice on contested vote" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/30/kanaky-new-caledonias-flnks-wants-icj-advice-on-contested-vote/" aria-label="Read more about Kanaky New Caledonia’s FLNKS wants ICJ advice on contested vote">Read more</a>
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May 30, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University MickTsikas/AAP Like Kevin Rudd before him, Anthony Albanese is taking an odd approach to evidence. Before becoming prime minister in 2007, Rudd promised to deliver “good evidence-based policy in terms of producing the best outcomes”. ... <a title="Will Albanese live up to his own promises to end pork-barrelling? There is a sliver of hope" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/30/will-albanese-live-up-to-his-own-promises-to-end-pork-barrelling-there-is-a-sliver-of-hope-206615/" aria-label="Read more about Will Albanese live up to his own promises to end pork-barrelling? There is a sliver of hope">Read more</a>
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May 30, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Xanthe Mallett, Forensic Criminologist, University of Newcastle The huge blaze that struck Randle Street in central Sydney last week is now the subject of an arson investigation, authorities have confirmed. Many details remain unclear, including the safety and whereabouts of some of the people who were reportedly ... <a title="Revenge, excitement, or profit: why do people commit arson?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/30/revenge-excitement-or-profit-why-do-people-commit-arson-206502/" aria-label="Read more about Revenge, excitement, or profit: why do people commit arson?">Read more</a>
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May 30, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jack Pascoe, Research fellow, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock The end of native forest logging in Victoria announced last week was met with joy from conservationists and shock from timber industry workers. To date, this has been how the story has been told: a win for the ... <a title="What should happen to native forests when logging ends? Ask Victoria’s First Peoples" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/30/what-should-happen-to-native-forests-when-logging-ends-ask-victorias-first-peoples-206412/" aria-label="Read more about What should happen to native forests when logging ends? Ask Victoria’s First Peoples">Read more</a>
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May 30, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elizabeth Fenton, Lecturer in Bioethics, University of Otago Getty Images Ethicists argue that healthcare is special. Unlike other consumer goods, its availability and accessibility should be based on need rather than ability to pay. In New Zealand, however, our tolerance of a two-tier health system – in ... <a title="The real cost of New Zealand’s two-tier health system: why going private doesn’t relieve pressure on public hospitals" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/30/the-real-cost-of-new-zealands-two-tier-health-system-why-going-private-doesnt-relieve-pressure-on-public-hospitals-206491/" aria-label="Read more about The real cost of New Zealand’s two-tier health system: why going private doesn’t relieve pressure on public hospitals">Read more</a>
