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June 30, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vivienne Lewis, Assistant professor – Psychology, University of Canberra Shutterstock “Food noise” or thinking about food constantly is not helpful to anyone’s mental health and wellbeing. When we become obsessed with any one line of thought (in this case, food), we can become consumed by it and ... <a title="Some Ozempic users say it silences ‘food noise’. But there are drug-free ways to stop thinking about food so much" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/30/some-ozempic-users-say-it-silences-food-noise-but-there-are-drug-free-ways-to-stop-thinking-about-food-so-much-208467/" aria-label="Read more about Some Ozempic users say it silences ‘food noise’. But there are drug-free ways to stop thinking about food so much">Read more</a>
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June 30, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Euan Ritchie, Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University Jill Marie Smith, Shutterstock The Northern Territory government’s plan to turn 100,000 hectares over to large-scale crops such as cotton and its support for onshore gas extraction is threatening the world’s ... <a title="Land clearing and fracking in Australia’s Northern Territory threatens the world’s largest intact tropical savanna" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/30/land-clearing-and-fracking-in-australias-northern-territory-threatens-the-worlds-largest-intact-tropical-savanna-208028/" aria-label="Read more about Land clearing and fracking in Australia’s Northern Territory threatens the world’s largest intact tropical savanna">Read more</a>
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June 30, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sally Larsen, Lecturer, University of New England Mary Taylor/Pexels If students have poor academic results early in school, do they continue to fall further and further behind as they move through their education? The intuitive answer to this question is yes. This perception is fuelled by relentless ... <a title="Our research shows Australian students who are behind in primary school can catch up by high school" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/30/our-research-shows-australian-students-who-are-behind-in-primary-school-can-catch-up-by-high-school-208364/" aria-label="Read more about Our research shows Australian students who are behind in primary school can catch up by high school">Read more</a>
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June 30, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sue Turnbull, Senior Professor of Communication and Media Studies, University of Wollongong Prime Video You know how it starts: a drone shot across an expanse of grey water under a leaden sky accompanied by eerie music and a sense of foreboding. Clearly someone is going to die, ... <a title="How Deadloch flips the Nordic Noir crime genre on its arse and makes it funny" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/30/how-deadloch-flips-the-nordic-noir-crime-genre-on-its-arse-and-makes-it-funny-208478/" aria-label="Read more about How Deadloch flips the Nordic Noir crime genre on its arse and makes it funny">Read more</a>
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June 29, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra If then-Prime Minister Scott Morrison had had his way, Gladys Berejiklian would have run for the Sydney seat of Warringah, held by independent Zali Steggall, at last year’s election. Imagine the situation Opposition leader Peter Dutton would be in now ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: ICAC shows it has the power to break public figures, but doesn’t escape criticism itself" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/29/grattan-on-friday-icac-shows-it-has-the-power-to-break-public-figures-but-doesnt-escape-criticism-itself-208756/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: ICAC shows it has the power to break public figures, but doesn’t escape criticism itself">Read more</a>
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June 29, 2023
By Peter Boyle in Sydney As Pacific communities protest the Japanese government’s plan to dump more than a million tonnes of radioactive waste water from the Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean, Australian anti-nuclear activists are highlighting the complicity of Australian uranium exporting companies. While the Fukushima Daiichi power station operator, Tokyo Electric Power ... <a title="Japan’s Fukushima nuclear waste plan stirs ‘Pacific Chernobyl’ risk protests" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/29/japans-fukushima-nuclear-waste-plan-stirs-pacific-chernobyl-risk-protests/" aria-label="Read more about Japan’s Fukushima nuclear waste plan stirs ‘Pacific Chernobyl’ risk protests">Read more</a>
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June 29, 2023
By Don Wiseman, RNZ Pacific senior journalist, and Scott Waide, RNZ Pacific PNG correspondent A woman who was part of a group kidnapped in Papua New Guinea in February has spoken out after the kidnapping and reported rape of 17 schoolgirls in the same area of Southern Highlands earlier this month. Cathy Alex, the New ... <a title="‘We chose death over being raped’ – PNG kidnap survivor speaks out" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/29/we-chose-death-over-being-raped-png-kidnap-survivor-speaks-out/" aria-label="Read more about ‘We chose death over being raped’ – PNG kidnap survivor speaks out">Read more</a>
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June 29, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nigel Strauss, Psychiatrist and Clinical Associate at The Centre of Mental Health, Swinburne University of Technology Shutterstock Many people in Australia, including psychiatrists, were surprised when earlier this year the medicines regulator down-scheduled MDMA, known colloquially as ecstasy, and psilocybin, from magic mushrooms. This means that under ... <a title="Psychedelic medicine is on its way. But it’s not ‘doing shrooms with your shrink’. Here’s what you need to know" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/29/psychedelic-medicine-is-on-its-way-but-its-not-doing-shrooms-with-your-shrink-heres-what-you-need-to-know-208568/" aria-label="Read more about Psychedelic medicine is on its way. But it’s not ‘doing shrooms with your shrink’. Here’s what you need to know">Read more</a>
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June 29, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adam Graycar, Professor of Public Policy, University of Adelaide When an anti-corruption agency issues a 688-page report with findings a former premier engaged in “serious corrupt conduct” and breached the public’s trust, it puts all public officials on notice. In an extraordinary report released today, the Independent ... <a title="‘Grave misconduct’: Gladys Berejiklian corruption report should put all public officials on notice" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/29/grave-misconduct-gladys-berejiklian-corruption-report-should-put-all-public-officials-on-notice-208668/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Grave misconduct’: Gladys Berejiklian corruption report should put all public officials on notice">Read more</a>
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June 29, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Donne Potter, Professor, Research Centre for Hauora and Health, Massey University Shutterstock A recent survey suggests that 58% of workers in New Zealand are exposed to at least one cancer-causing agent at work. Almost one in three are exposed at a high level, at or above ... <a title="NZ workers have unacceptably high exposures to carcinogens – they need better protection and long-term health monitoring" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/29/nz-workers-have-unacceptably-high-exposures-to-carcinogens-they-need-better-protection-and-long-term-health-monitoring-208573/" aria-label="Read more about NZ workers have unacceptably high exposures to carcinogens – they need better protection and long-term health monitoring">Read more</a>
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June 29, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brian Heterick, Adjunct Research Associate, School of Molecular and Life Sciences, Curtin University Two of the worst ant pests on the planet are invading Australia. Red imported fire ants have been detected for the first time on the western side of the Great Dividing Range in Toowoomba, ... <a title="Why red fire ants and yellow crazy ants have given themselves a green light to invade Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/29/why-red-fire-ants-and-yellow-crazy-ants-have-given-themselves-a-green-light-to-invade-australia-208479/" aria-label="Read more about Why red fire ants and yellow crazy ants have given themselves a green light to invade Australia">Read more</a>
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June 29, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Schwartz, Lecturer, The University of Melbourne This week, a new report revealed First Nations people, as well as people of African or Middle Eastern appearance, were disproportionately targeted by police in issuing COVID-19 fines. Despite the Police Chief Commissioner Shane Patton acknowledging structural racism when appearing ... <a title="Police shouldn’t be able to investigate themselves. Victoria needs an independent police accountability body" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/29/police-shouldnt-be-able-to-investigate-themselves-victoria-needs-an-independent-police-accountability-body-207608/" aria-label="Read more about Police shouldn’t be able to investigate themselves. Victoria needs an independent police accountability body">Read more</a>
