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October 31, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben Phillips, Associate Professor, Centre for Social Research and Methods, Director, Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), Australian National University Childcare in Australia is generally regarded as expensive. And it’s true that prices charged by some centres, particularly long daycare centres, can be pretty steep, climbing to ... <a title="Yes, childcare is costly, but nowhere near as costly as recent reports suggest – here’s why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/31/yes-childcare-is-costly-but-nowhere-near-as-costly-as-recent-reports-suggest-heres-why-215259/" aria-label="Read more about Yes, childcare is costly, but nowhere near as costly as recent reports suggest – here’s why">Read more</a>
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October 30, 2023
Analysis. by Keith Rankin. On 26 October I wrote about New Zealand’s exceptional financial model, showing it to take a similar (though non-fraudulent) form to a Ponzi Scheme (The Ponzi financial model and New Zealand’s monetary policy). And I showed how this kind of financial behaviour by a nation-state could help to stabilise a world ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Interesting Financial Fingerprints: Malaysia, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Israel" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/30/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-interesting-financial-fingerprints-malaysia-switzerland-united-kingdom-israel/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Interesting Financial Fingerprints: Malaysia, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Israel">Read more</a>
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October 30, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Janet Davies, Professor and Head, Allergy Research Group, Queensland University of Technology Ruben Fino/Shutterstock Victorians have been warned to prepare for the possibility of thunderstorm asthma again this season. In temperate regions of Australia, thunderstorm asthma occurs when levels of grass pollen in the air are high, ... <a title="We could see thunderstorm asthma in south-eastern Australia this season – here’s how to prepare" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/30/we-could-see-thunderstorm-asthma-in-south-eastern-australia-this-season-heres-how-to-prepare-215793/" aria-label="Read more about We could see thunderstorm asthma in south-eastern Australia this season – here’s how to prepare">Read more</a>
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October 30, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra This is the text of the House of Representatives Speaker’s Lecture, delivered at Parliament House on Monday, October 30 We have a distrustful and disillusioned electorate, a professionalised political system that, however, frequently alienates the sort of people we should ... <a title="View from The Hill: is the political system letting down the Australian public?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/30/view-from-the-hill-is-the-political-system-letting-down-the-australian-public-215790/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: is the political system letting down the Australian public?">Read more</a>
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October 30, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Enzo Palombo, Professor of Microbiology, Swinburne University of Technology Elena Eryomenko/Shutterstock A condition dubbed “fried rice syndrome” has caused some panic online in recent days, after the case of a 20-year-old who died in 2008 was resurfaced on TikTok. “Fried rice syndrome” refers to food poisoning from ... <a title="What is ‘fried rice syndrome’? A microbiologist explains this type of food poisoning – and how to avoid it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/30/what-is-fried-rice-syndrome-a-microbiologist-explains-this-type-of-food-poisoning-and-how-to-avoid-it-216536/" aria-label="Read more about What is ‘fried rice syndrome’? A microbiologist explains this type of food poisoning – and how to avoid it">Read more</a>
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October 30, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kim Johnson, Senior lecturer, La Trobe University Growing Beyond Earth A pink glow is shining on the faces of enthusiastic students as they tend to plants in purpose-built grow boxes for space stations. These students are the first in Australia to experience Growing Beyond Earth – a ... <a title="Australian school students are experimenting with ‘space veggies’ in a NASA initiative" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/30/australian-school-students-are-experimenting-with-space-veggies-in-a-nasa-initiative-205569/" aria-label="Read more about Australian school students are experimenting with ‘space veggies’ in a NASA initiative">Read more</a>
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October 30, 2023
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards (https://democracyproject.nz) In recent decades the New Zealand Parliament has become more representative of some of the historically neglected demographics in our society. As I told TVNZ’s Q+A programme in the weekend, it’s become browner, younger, more female and more gay, and this is good progress – see: New MP intake heavy ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup – New Zealand needs a more working-class Parliament" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/30/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-new-zealand-needs-a-more-working-class-parliament/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup – New Zealand needs a more working-class Parliament">Read more</a>
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October 30, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hannah Fraser, Postdoctoral Researcher , The University of Melbourne How do siblings affect the size of baby blue tits? It depends whom you ask. Shutterstock Over the past 20 years or so, there has been growing concern that many results published in scientific journals can’t be reproduced. ... <a title="Two questions, hundreds of scientists, no easy answers: how small differences in data analysis make huge differences in results" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/30/two-questions-hundreds-of-scientists-no-easy-answers-how-small-differences-in-data-analysis-make-huge-differences-in-results-216177/" aria-label="Read more about Two questions, hundreds of scientists, no easy answers: how small differences in data analysis make huge differences in results">Read more</a>
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October 30, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kathy Boschen, Research Associate, Casual Academic, PhD Candidate, Flinders University Shutterstock The ABC is reporting how terminally ill patients are being left in limbo as the states and the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) argue over disability supports. The reports share the experiences of Australians with brain ... <a title="Brain tumours can bring long-term disability – but some diagnosed are being refused NDIS support" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/30/brain-tumours-can-bring-long-term-disability-but-some-diagnosed-are-being-refused-ndis-support-216534/" aria-label="Read more about Brain tumours can bring long-term disability – but some diagnosed are being refused NDIS support">Read more</a>
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October 30, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Terry Goldsworthy, Associate Professor in Criminal Justice and Criminology, Bond University In recent months, there has been increasing focus on crime committed by young people in Australia. Politicians are coming under more pressure to respond to these well-publicised criminal acts and the public perceptions that Australia is ... <a title="Is Australia in the grips of a youth crime crisis? This is what the data says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/30/is-australia-in-the-grips-of-a-youth-crime-crisis-this-is-what-the-data-says-213655/" aria-label="Read more about Is Australia in the grips of a youth crime crisis? This is what the data says">Read more</a>
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October 30, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Antonia Settle, Academic (McKenzie Postdoctoral Research Fellow), The University of Melbourne Shutterstock Most Australians think the superannuation system is unfair, with only one in three agreeing the retirement savings scheme is fair for most Australians, according to a survey conducted for the University of Melbourne. In fact, ... <a title="Women and low-income earners miss out in a superannuation system most Australians think is unfair" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/30/women-and-low-income-earners-miss-out-in-a-superannuation-system-most-australians-think-is-unfair-207633/" aria-label="Read more about Women and low-income earners miss out in a superannuation system most Australians think is unfair">Read more</a>
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October 30, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bernard Walker, Associate Professor in Organisations and Leadership, University of Canterbury Whether you are a worker or an employer, the office or factory floor is likely to move under your feet over the next three years. Every change of government sees a policy turnaround in New Zealand’s ... <a title="NZ’s workplace rules will change again with each new government – unless we do this" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/30/nzs-workplace-rules-will-change-again-with-each-new-government-unless-we-do-this-216072/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s workplace rules will change again with each new government – unless we do this">Read more</a>
