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December 7, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra It’s not just kids who get report cards (PDFs these days) as school breaks up. So do government ministers, when parliament rises at year’s end. Judgments about how members of the team have performed, often public but also private, are ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: winners and losers in end-of-year report card on Albanese ministers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/07/grattan-on-friday-winners-and-losers-in-end-of-year-report-card-on-albanese-ministers-219393/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: winners and losers in end-of-year report card on Albanese ministers">Read more</a>
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December 7, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bradley Smith, Senior Lecturer in Psychology, CQUniversity Australia Shutterstock For many of us, dogs are our best friends. But have you wondered what would happen to your dog if we suddenly disappeared? Can domestic dogs make do without people? At least 80% of the world’s one billion ... <a title="If humans disappeared, what would happen to our dogs?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/07/if-humans-disappeared-what-would-happen-to-our-dogs-218703/" aria-label="Read more about If humans disappeared, what would happen to our dogs?">Read more</a>
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December 7, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christian Downie, Associate Professor, Australian National University Shutterstock Until recently, financing fossil fuel projects has been relatively easy. But that is slowly changing. At the COP28 climate negotiations yesterday, Australia announced it will sign the Glasgow Statement and will no longer finance international oil, gas and coal ... <a title="COP28: Turning the tap off slowly – why Australia’s decision to end overseas fossil fuel finance matters" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/07/cop28-turning-the-tap-off-slowly-why-australias-decision-to-end-overseas-fossil-fuel-finance-matters-219318/" aria-label="Read more about COP28: Turning the tap off slowly – why Australia’s decision to end overseas fossil fuel finance matters">Read more</a>
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December 7, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Brown, Senior Research Fellow, La Trobe University Shutterstock Findings from an extensive review of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) have been released with ideas on how to transform it. Led by co-chairs Bruce Bonyhady and Lisa Paul, the review heard from around 10,000 people before ... <a title="Recommendations to reboot the NDIS have finally been released. 5 experts react" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/07/recommendations-to-reboot-the-ndis-have-finally-been-released-5-experts-react-215805/" aria-label="Read more about Recommendations to reboot the NDIS have finally been released. 5 experts react">Read more</a>
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December 7, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Plum, Senior Research Fellow in Applied Labour Economics, Auckland University of Technology New Zealand has made substantial progress on promoting LGBTQ+ rights over the past 20 years, including legalising same-sex civil unions in 2004, legalising same-sex marriage in 2013, and banning conversion practices in 2022. One ... <a title="Sexual orientation and earnings appear to be linked – but patterns differ for NZ men and women" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/07/sexual-orientation-and-earnings-appear-to-be-linked-but-patterns-differ-for-nz-men-and-women-218507/" aria-label="Read more about Sexual orientation and earnings appear to be linked – but patterns differ for NZ men and women">Read more</a>
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December 7, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James D Metzger, Senior Lecturer in Law & Justice, UNSW Sydney How many times have you booked travel – like a cruise or a tour – and simply clicked that you’ve read and agreed to the terms and conditions for your trip without actually reading them? What ... <a title="Nobody reads T&C’s – but the High Court’s Ruby Princess decision shows consumer law may protect us anyway" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/07/nobody-reads-tandcs-but-the-high-courts-ruby-princess-decision-shows-consumer-law-may-protect-us-anyway-219229/" aria-label="Read more about Nobody reads T&C’s – but the High Court’s Ruby Princess decision shows consumer law may protect us anyway">Read more</a>
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December 7, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Pauline McGuirk, Senior Professor of Urban Geography, University of Wollongong metamorworks/Shutterstock Heavyweight international players from the OECD to Bloomberg Philanthropies and the United Nations have in recent years prescribed “innovation” as a solution for the many challenges city governments face. Innovation is a notoriously slippery term. For ... <a title="Creative bureacracy is possible. Here are 3 things cities do to foster innovative local government" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/07/creative-bureacracy-is-possible-here-are-3-things-cities-do-to-foster-innovative-local-government-218997/" aria-label="Read more about Creative bureacracy is possible. Here are 3 things cities do to foster innovative local government">Read more</a>
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December 7, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Karleen Gribble, Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Western Sydney University b-finity/Shutterstock Extreme heat events are becoming more frequent and intense in Australia. This can cause illness or worsen existing conditions. During hot weather, hospital admissions and deaths increase. Babies are among those particularly vulnerable. ... <a title="5 expert tips on how to look after your baby in a heatwave" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/07/5-expert-tips-on-how-to-look-after-your-baby-in-a-heatwave-216906/" aria-label="Read more about 5 expert tips on how to look after your baby in a heatwave">Read more</a>
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December 7, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cameron Shackell, Sessional Academic and Visitor, School of Information Systems, Queensland University of Technology Noam Chomsky, the revered and reviled genius once famously described as “the most important intellectual alive”, turns 95 today. He is a monumental figure in modern linguistics, and only a slightly lesser deity ... <a title="Noam Chomsky turns 95: the social justice advocate paved the way for AI. Does it keep him up at night?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/07/noam-chomsky-turns-95-the-social-justice-advocate-paved-the-way-for-ai-does-it-keep-him-up-at-night-218034/" aria-label="Read more about Noam Chomsky turns 95: the social justice advocate paved the way for AI. Does it keep him up at night?">Read more</a>
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December 7, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicole Lee, Professor at the National Drug Research Institute (Melbourne), Curtin University Mircea Moira/Shutterstock Last week two young Australian women spoke candidly to the ABC about being sexually assaulted while on holidays. The alleged incidents occurred in Greece in 2022 and in Hawaii in 2019. Both women ... <a title="What is needle spiking, and how can I protect myself?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/07/what-is-needle-spiking-and-how-can-i-protect-myself-219003/" aria-label="Read more about What is needle spiking, and how can I protect myself?">Read more</a>
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December 7, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nigel Andrew, Professor of Entomology, Southern Cross University Christian Mueller/Shutterstock Cabbage white butterflies – Pieris rapae – are one of the most common garden visitors across southern and eastern Australia. The butterfly looks elegant in white with black dots on its wings: females have a pair of ... <a title="A great year to be a cabbage white butterfly: why are there so many and how can you protect your crops?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/07/a-great-year-to-be-a-cabbage-white-butterfly-why-are-there-so-many-and-how-can-you-protect-your-crops-217794/" aria-label="Read more about A great year to be a cabbage white butterfly: why are there so many and how can you protect your crops?">Read more</a>
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December 7, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tets Kimura, Adjunct Lecturer, Creative Arts, Flinders University © 2023 Studio Ghibli Much about Hayao Miyazaki’s latest film, The Boy and the Heron, remained a mystery until its premiere in Japanese theatres on July 14. The title Kimi tachi wa do ikiruka, or How do you live?, ... <a title="The Boy and the Heron is an autobiographical reflection by Hayao Miyazaki in the twilight of his life" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/07/the-boy-and-the-heron-is-an-autobiographical-reflection-by-hayao-miyazaki-in-the-twilight-of-his-life-219117/" aria-label="Read more about The Boy and the Heron is an autobiographical reflection by Hayao Miyazaki in the twilight of his life">Read more</a>
