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October 4, 2023
By Aubrey Belford, Kevin G. Hall and Martin Young A pair of Chinese scam artists wanted to turn a radiation-soaked Pacific atoll into a future metropolis. They ended up in an American jail instead. How they got there is an untold tale of international bribery and grifting that stretched to the very heart of the ... <a title="Chinese ‘miracle water’ grifters infiltrated UN, bribed politicians to build Pacific dream city" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/04/chinese-miracle-water-grifters-infiltrated-un-bribed-politicians-to-build-pacific-dream-city/" aria-label="Read more about Chinese ‘miracle water’ grifters infiltrated UN, bribed politicians to build Pacific dream city">Read more</a>
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October 4, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kaighin McColl, Assistant Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science and Engineering, Harvard University Shutterstock For generations, Australians have been fascinated with the idea of turning our inland deserts green with lush vegetation. Both sides of politics have supported proposals to irrigate the country’s centre ... <a title="Bradfield’s pipedream: irrigating Australia’s deserts won’t increase rainfall, new modelling shows" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/04/bradfields-pipedream-irrigating-australias-deserts-wont-increase-rainfall-new-modelling-shows-211768/" aria-label="Read more about Bradfield’s pipedream: irrigating Australia’s deserts won’t increase rainfall, new modelling shows">Read more</a>
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October 4, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lester Munson, Non-resident fellow, United States Studies Centre, University of Sydney US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has been ousted – by his own Republican Party – from the second-most important post in the American government. It was the first time in US history a speaker had been ... <a title="Why was the US House speaker just ousted from his job? And what does it mean for the Republican Party?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/04/why-was-the-us-house-speaker-just-ousted-from-his-job-and-what-does-it-mean-for-the-republican-party-214941/" aria-label="Read more about Why was the US House speaker just ousted from his job? And what does it mean for the Republican Party?">Read more</a>
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October 4, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Roy, Lecturer in Education, University of Newcastle The Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability has shared its final report. In this series, we unpack what the commission’s 222 recommendations could mean for a more inclusive Australia. There were more than ... <a title="Here’s why we need a disability rights act – not just a disability discrimination one" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/04/heres-why-we-need-a-disability-rights-act-not-just-a-disability-discrimination-one-214715/" aria-label="Read more about Here’s why we need a disability rights act – not just a disability discrimination one">Read more</a>
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October 4, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kenny Travouillon, Curator of Mammals, Western Australian Museum Recently, several mammals have been reported to “glow” under ultraviolet (UV) light, including our beloved platypus. But no one knew how common it was among mammals until now. Our research, published in Royal Society Open Science today, found this ... <a title="From glowing cats to wombats, fluorescent mammals are much more common than you’d think" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/04/from-glowing-cats-to-wombats-fluorescent-mammals-are-much-more-common-than-youd-think-214584/" aria-label="Read more about From glowing cats to wombats, fluorescent mammals are much more common than you’d think">Read more</a>
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October 4, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca Strating, Director, La Trobe Asia and Associate Professor, La Trobe University, La Trobe University In late September, American rap legend MC Hammer made a spectacular intervention into Australia’s upcoming referendum to establish a Voice to Parliament for First Nations people. In a tweet, he urged Australians ... <a title="How might the First Nations Voice to Parliament referendum affect Australia’s international reputation?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/04/how-might-the-first-nations-voice-to-parliament-referendum-affect-australias-international-reputation-213764/" aria-label="Read more about How might the First Nations Voice to Parliament referendum affect Australia’s international reputation?">Read more</a>
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October 4, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gemma Hamilton, Senior Lecturer, RMIT University Last month, That 70s Show actor Danny Masterson was found guilty of raping two women in the early 2000s. However, the jury could not reach a verdict on a third allegation of rape involving Masterson’s former girlfriend. The case, along with ... <a title="‘Emotionally, he’s destroyed me’: why intimate partner sexual violence needs to be taken as seriously as stranger rape" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/04/emotionally-hes-destroyed-me-why-intimate-partner-sexual-violence-needs-to-be-taken-as-seriously-as-stranger-rape-214581/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Emotionally, he’s destroyed me’: why intimate partner sexual violence needs to be taken as seriously as stranger rape">Read more</a>
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October 4, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Karleen Gribble, Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Western Sydney University Nastyaofly/Shutterstock Bushfires currently burning in Victoria, New South Wales and Tasmania bring into sharp focus the fire risks Australian families face over the coming summer months. Although babies don’t understand the nature of emergencies ... <a title="No, stress won’t dry up your milk. How to keep breastfeeding your baby in an emergency" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/04/no-stress-wont-dry-up-your-milk-how-to-keep-breastfeeding-your-baby-in-an-emergency-205031/" aria-label="Read more about No, stress won’t dry up your milk. How to keep breastfeeding your baby in an emergency">Read more</a>
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October 4, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Timothy Neal, Senior lecturer in Economics / Institute for Climate Risk and Response, UNSW Sydney Shutterstock Scientists say severe climate change is now the greatest threat to humanity. Extreme weather is expected to upend lives and livelihoods, intensifying wildfires and pushing ecosystems towards collapse as ocean heatwaves ... <a title="Have some economists severely underestimated the financial hit from climate change? Recent evidence suggests yes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/04/have-some-economists-severely-underestimated-the-financial-hit-from-climate-change-recent-evidence-suggests-yes-214579/" aria-label="Read more about Have some economists severely underestimated the financial hit from climate change? Recent evidence suggests yes">Read more</a>
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October 4, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hannah Foley, PhD Candidate, University of Tasmania Hrafntinna (Obsidian), 2021, Jónsi. Courtesy of the artist and Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York/Los Angeles. Photo Credit: Mona/Jesse Hunniford Image Courtesy Museum of Old and New Art, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. In the darkness, a rumble. A sonorous boom. Deep within ... <a title="In the depths of Hobart’s MONA, a volcano is stirring" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/04/in-the-depths-of-hobarts-mona-a-volcano-is-stirring-214550/" aria-label="Read more about In the depths of Hobart’s MONA, a volcano is stirring">Read more</a>
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October 4, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hugh Campbell, Professor of Sociology, Gender Studies and Criminology, University of Otago Andrew Hoggard’s resignation in May as president of Federated Farmers, followed swiftly by his appearance high on the ACT Party’s candidate list, might have seemed seem like just another of the election’s minor subplots. But ... <a title="The battle for NZ’s farming heartland: Groundswell, ACT and the changing face of rural politics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/04/the-battle-for-nzs-farming-heartland-groundswell-act-and-the-changing-face-of-rural-politics-213979/" aria-label="Read more about The battle for NZ’s farming heartland: Groundswell, ACT and the changing face of rural politics">Read more</a>
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October 4, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emily McColl-Gausden, Research fellow, The University of Melbourne When the Black Summer bushfires swept across eastern Australia in 2019–20, thousands of animal species lived in the path of these megafires. You’d be forgiven for thinking water-dwelling animals like platypuses were spared. Surely animals living in rivers and ... <a title="Even platypuses aren’t safe from bushfires – a new DNA study tracks their disappearance" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/04/even-platypuses-arent-safe-from-bushfires-a-new-dna-study-tracks-their-disappearance-212651/" aria-label="Read more about Even platypuses aren’t safe from bushfires – a new DNA study tracks their disappearance">Read more</a>
