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December 8, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Darren Roberts, Conjoint Associate Professor in clinical pharmacology and toxicology, St Vincent’s Healthcare Clinical Campus, UNSW Sydney Veronika Kunitsyna/Shutterstock Red imported fire ants are a particularly nasty type of ant because they are aggressive, and inflict painful stings that may be life threatening. That’s in addition to ... <a title="Fire ants are on the march. Here’s what happens when they sting" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/08/fire-ants-are-on-the-march-heres-what-happens-when-they-sting-218908/" aria-label="Read more about Fire ants are on the march. Here’s what happens when they sting">Read more</a>
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December 8, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alison Pavlovich, Senior lecturer in the School of Accounting and Commercial Law, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington The new coalition government has announced a suite of tax reforms, including reintroducing the ability for property investors to deduct the interest costs on their mortgages against ... <a title="Yes, landlords gain from the repeal of interest deductibility rules – but it was a flawed law from the outset" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/08/yes-landlords-gain-from-the-repeal-of-interest-deductibility-rules-but-it-was-a-flawed-law-from-the-outset-218818/" aria-label="Read more about Yes, landlords gain from the repeal of interest deductibility rules – but it was a flawed law from the outset">Read more</a>
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December 8, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kimberley Reid, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Atmospheric Sciences, Monash University titoOnz, Shutterstock You’ve probably heard El Niño brings hot and dry weather to the eastern states, but what about the rest of Australia? Are we all in for a scorcher this summer? El Niño is what scientists ... <a title="What does El Niño do to the weather in your state?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/08/what-does-el-nino-do-to-the-weather-in-your-state-218257/" aria-label="Read more about What does El Niño do to the weather in your state?">Read more</a>
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December 8, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jane Currie, Professor of Nursing, Queensland University of Technology Shutterstock Heatwaves are a major public health hazard. Socially disadvantaged people are especially exposed to extreme heat and other impacts of climate change. Many people experiencing homelessness – more than 120,000 on any given day in Australia – ... <a title="Australia’s first mobile cooling hub is ready for searing heat this summer – and people who are homeless helped design it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/08/australias-first-mobile-cooling-hub-is-ready-for-searing-heat-this-summer-and-people-who-are-homeless-helped-design-it-218829/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s first mobile cooling hub is ready for searing heat this summer – and people who are homeless helped design it">Read more</a>
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December 8, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hunter Fujak, Lecturer in Sport Management, Deakin University While 2023 was a watershed year for Australian women’s sport due to the Matildas’ stirring run at the Women’s World Cup, netball is going through its worst period ever. Netball Australia and the sport’s players have reportedly agreed to ... <a title="Netballers may have a new pay deal, but the sport remains in a precarious position" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/08/netballers-may-have-a-new-pay-deal-but-the-sport-remains-in-a-precarious-position-219230/" aria-label="Read more about Netballers may have a new pay deal, but the sport remains in a precarious position">Read more</a>
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December 8, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew H. Holden, Lecturer, School of Mathematics and Physics, The University of Queensland Dot-underwing moth (_Eudocima materna_) found in the researchers’ yard. Matthew Holden, CC BY-NC We are biodiversity researchers – an ecologist, a mathematician and a taxonomist – who were locked down together during the COVID ... <a title="We thought we’d find 200 species living in our house and yard. We were very wrong" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/08/we-thought-wed-find-200-species-living-in-our-house-and-yard-we-were-very-wrong-217082/" aria-label="Read more about We thought we’d find 200 species living in our house and yard. We were very wrong">Read more</a>
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December 8, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sam Bennett, Disability Program Director, Grattan Institute The long-awaited NDIS review has looked far beyond the National Disability Insurance Scheme, taking a bird’s eye view of disability services in Australia. Critical to the future of the NDIS are services for people with disability outside of the scheme. ... <a title="What’s the difference between ‘reasonable and necessary’ and ‘foundational’ supports? Here’s what the NDIS review says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/08/whats-the-difference-between-reasonable-and-necessary-and-foundational-supports-heres-what-the-ndis-review-says-216074/" aria-label="Read more about What’s the difference between ‘reasonable and necessary’ and ‘foundational’ supports? Here’s what the NDIS review says">Read more</a>
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December 8, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca J McLeod, Senior Research Fellow in Marine Ecology, University of Otago Climate change might not be high on its immediate agenda, but New Zealand’s new government does have one potentially significant and innovative policy. Recognising the marine environment’s ability to remove atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO₂), it ... <a title="Harnessing the oceans to ‘bury’ carbon has huge potential – and risk – so NZ needs to move with caution" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/08/harnessing-the-oceans-to-bury-carbon-has-huge-potential-and-risk-so-nz-needs-to-move-with-caution-217553/" aria-label="Read more about Harnessing the oceans to ‘bury’ carbon has huge potential – and risk – so NZ needs to move with caution">Read more</a>
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December 8, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hing-Wah Chau, Course Chair in Building Design & Senior Lecturer in Built Environment, Victoria University Soaring rents and home prices, increasing mortgage stress, record immigration and a growing population are fuelling a housing crisis and increasing homelessness. In the face of this pressing need, tiny houses offer ... <a title="Councils are opening the door to tiny houses as a quick, affordable and green solution" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/08/councils-are-opening-the-door-to-tiny-houses-as-a-quick-affordable-and-green-solution-217267/" aria-label="Read more about Councils are opening the door to tiny houses as a quick, affordable and green solution">Read more</a>
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December 8, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Samantha Happé, Graduate researcher in art history and material culture studies, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock As we get closer to Christmas, your family will probably have some kind of gathering. You will reunite with people who you might not see any other time. There will be ... <a title="I’m an expert in diplomatic gift giving. Here are my 5 top tips for the best Christmas present exchange" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/08/im-an-expert-in-diplomatic-gift-giving-here-are-my-5-top-tips-for-the-best-christmas-present-exchange-218819/" aria-label="Read more about I’m an expert in diplomatic gift giving. Here are my 5 top tips for the best Christmas present exchange">Read more</a>
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December 8, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wesley Morgan, Research Fellow, Griffith Asia Institute, Griffith University Fiji was flooded by a severe cyclone in 2016. ChameleonsEye/Shutterstock The federal government has announced an extra A$150 million for climate finance – including $100 million for the Pacific to help protect its people, housing and infrastructure from ... <a title="Helping the Pacific financially is a great start – but Australia must act on the root cause of the climate crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/08/helping-the-pacific-financially-is-a-great-start-but-australia-must-act-on-the-root-cause-of-the-climate-crisis-219399/" aria-label="Read more about Helping the Pacific financially is a great start – but Australia must act on the root cause of the climate crisis">Read more</a>
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December 7, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Bill Shorten, Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme and Government Services, has released the review of the NDIS, which recommends sweeping changes to the scheme. The reforms to come will see the states take up much of the responsibility ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Bill Shorten on making the NDIS fit for purpose" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/07/politics-with-michelle-grattan-bill-shorten-on-making-the-ndis-fit-for-purpose-219401/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Bill Shorten on making the NDIS fit for purpose">Read more</a>
