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December 6, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tom Carruthers, Co-president, Australian Science Communicators, and Adjunct Lecturer, Science Communication, The University of Western Australia Pixabay / Pexels, CC BY A stir went through the Australian science communication community last week, caused by an article with the headline Science communicators need to stop telling everybody the ... <a title="Fact-bombing by experts doesn’t change hearts and minds. But good science communication can" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/06/fact-bombing-by-experts-doesnt-change-hearts-and-minds-but-good-science-communication-can-218030/" aria-label="Read more about Fact-bombing by experts doesn’t change hearts and minds. But good science communication can">Read more</a>
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December 6, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Olivera Simic, Associate Professor, Griffith University School cantina damages in Ivanivka village, Chernihiv region, Ukraine.” Anastasiia Chupis, Author provided In a village in the Chernihiv region of northern Ukraine, activists documenting evidence of potential war crimes in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last year interviewed a witness whose ... <a title="An inside look at the dangerous, painstaking work of collecting evidence of suspected war crimes in Ukraine" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/06/an-inside-look-at-the-dangerous-painstaking-work-of-collecting-evidence-of-suspected-war-crimes-in-ukraine-214725/" aria-label="Read more about An inside look at the dangerous, painstaking work of collecting evidence of suspected war crimes in Ukraine">Read more</a>
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December 6, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Duckett, Honorary Enterprise Professor, School of Population and Global Health, and Department of General Practice, The University of Melbourne National Cabinet meets today to discuss three big issues in Commonwealth-state financial relations: GST allocation, National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) funding, and a Commonwealth government proposal to ... <a title="What is the hospital funding agreement politicians are talking about today?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/06/what-is-the-hospital-funding-agreement-politicians-are-talking-about-today-219203/" aria-label="Read more about What is the hospital funding agreement politicians are talking about today?">Read more</a>
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December 6, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gill Armstrong, Researcher in architecture and urban planning, Climateworks Centre ronstik, Shutterstock Millions of homes were built before Australia introduced housing energy efficiency standards in 2003. They’re leaky. Gaps around windows, doors and between building materials allow air to move in and out. So people tend to ... <a title="Australian homes can be made climate-ready, reducing bills and emissions – a new report shows how" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/06/australian-homes-can-be-made-climate-ready-reducing-bills-and-emissions-a-new-report-shows-how-219113/" aria-label="Read more about Australian homes can be made climate-ready, reducing bills and emissions – a new report shows how">Read more</a>
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December 6, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Helen Georgiou, Senior Lecturer in Science Education, University of Wollongong Ask anyone about how Australian students are doing in school and they will likely tell you our results are abysmal and, more importantly, getting progressively worse. This narrative has been reinforced by sustained reporting within academia and ... <a title="Are Australian students really falling behind? It depends which test you look at" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/06/are-australian-students-really-falling-behind-it-depends-which-test-you-look-at-218709/" aria-label="Read more about Are Australian students really falling behind? It depends which test you look at">Read more</a>
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December 6, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter McPhee, Emeritus professor, The University of Melbourne The release of Napoleon unleashed a torrent of objections to historical errors in the movie. Social media platforms were inundated with outrage – particularly from military historians – objecting from everything from details on uniforms to military formations. These ... <a title="Napoleon director Ridley Scott is calling on us historians to ‘get a life’ – and he has a point. Art is about more than historical facts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/06/napoleon-director-ridley-scott-is-calling-on-us-historians-to-get-a-life-and-he-has-a-point-art-is-about-more-than-historical-facts-218717/" aria-label="Read more about Napoleon director Ridley Scott is calling on us historians to ‘get a life’ – and he has a point. Art is about more than historical facts">Read more</a>
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December 6, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Claire Breen, Professor of Law, University of Waikato When the new government lodged an urgent “reservation” against adopting amendments to World Health Organization regulations, it baffled some expert observers but signalled an early win for the NZ First party. Under the heading “Strengthening Democracy and Freedoms” in ... <a title="NZ First fears over WHO regulations are misplaced – robust checks and balances already exist" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/06/nz-first-fears-over-who-regulations-are-misplaced-robust-checks-and-balances-already-exist-219092/" aria-label="Read more about NZ First fears over WHO regulations are misplaced – robust checks and balances already exist">Read more</a>
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December 5, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lisa De Bortoli, Senior Research Fellow, Australian Council for Educational Research Australian high school students have achieved steady results in a new round of international tests. The latest Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) results, released on Tuesday night, show 15-year-olds have recorded similar results to 2015 ... <a title="Australian teenagers record steady results in international tests, but about half are not meeting proficiency standards" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/05/australian-teenagers-record-steady-results-in-international-tests-but-about-half-are-not-meeting-proficiency-standards-218814/" aria-label="Read more about Australian teenagers record steady results in international tests, but about half are not meeting proficiency standards">Read more</a>
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December 5, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra It’s always a rush at the end of the year to push out announcements, but the Albanese government, with an overloaded work program, is finding itself jammed as Christmas bears down. Several major items are still to come: the revamp ... <a title="View from The Hill: government’s announcement tsunami overshadowed by crisis over ex-detainees" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/05/view-from-the-hill-governments-announcement-tsunami-overshadowed-by-crisis-over-ex-detainees-219215/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: government’s announcement tsunami overshadowed by crisis over ex-detainees">Read more</a>
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December 5, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Shutterstock If you’re looking for clues about whether the Reserve Bank has any interest rate rises left, Governor Michele Bullock offered several in her statement after Tuesday’s board meeting, saying: the latest monthly figures showed ... <a title="Will the RBA raise rates again? Unless prices surge over summer, it’s looking less likely" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/05/will-the-rba-raise-rates-again-unless-prices-surge-over-summer-its-looking-less-likely-219197/" aria-label="Read more about Will the RBA raise rates again? Unless prices surge over summer, it’s looking less likely">Read more</a>
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December 5, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Suman Majumdar, Associate Professor and Chief Health Officer – COVID and Health Emergencies, Burnet Institute Bricolage/Shutterstock Evidence is continuing to accumulate on the burden and frequency of chronic effects after a COVID infection, which fall under the umbrella term “long COVID”. At least 5%–10% of people who ... <a title="Could antivirals reduce your risk of long COVID? Where the research is up to on prevention and treatment" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/05/could-antivirals-reduce-your-risk-of-long-covid-where-the-research-is-up-to-on-prevention-and-treatment-216529/" aria-label="Read more about Could antivirals reduce your risk of long COVID? Where the research is up to on prevention and treatment">Read more</a>
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December 5, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Daniela Kaleva, Program Manager, Researcher Development, Deakin University Cassandra Hannagan/Pinchgut Opera Sydney-based Pinchgut Opera is internationally praised for research-driven revivals of baroque opera gems with an acute attention to historically-informed interpretation of the music. In this production of Rinaldo, composed by Handel in 1711, they deliver a ... <a title="Pinchgut’s premiere of Handel’s Rinaldo sets a new benchmark for contemporary baroque opera" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/05/pinchguts-premiere-of-handels-rinaldo-sets-a-new-benchmark-for-contemporary-baroque-opera-218524/" aria-label="Read more about Pinchgut’s premiere of Handel’s Rinaldo sets a new benchmark for contemporary baroque opera">Read more</a>
