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April 12, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brett Montgomery, Senior Lecturer in General Practice, The University of Western Australia Shutterstock Last week, without warning, the federal government significantly restricted the subsidy for an important and safe asthma medicine for children. A short document explained to prescribers what had changed, but gave no reasons. The ... <a title="New asthma medicine restrictions will hurt the poorest children the most" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/12/new-asthma-medicine-restrictions-will-hurt-the-poorest-children-the-most-203424/" aria-label="Read more about New asthma medicine restrictions will hurt the poorest children the most">Read more</a>
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April 12, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Meg Elkins, Senior Lecturer with School of Economics, Finance and Marketing and Behavioural Business Lab Member, RMIT University Shutterstock TikTok allows video up to 10 minutes, but says surveys show almost half its users are stressed by anything longer than a minute. An Instagram video can be ... <a title="Why reading books is good for society, wellbeing and your career" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/12/why-reading-books-is-good-for-society-wellbeing-and-your-career-200447/" aria-label="Read more about Why reading books is good for society, wellbeing and your career">Read more</a>
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April 12, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Poropat, Research associate, Curtin University In May and June of 2018, Australia’s first near-complete skull of a sauropod – a group of long-tailed, long-necked, small-headed dinosaurs – was found on a sheep station northwest of Winton in Queensland. I was part of the dig team from ... <a title="First near-complete sauropod dinosaur skull found in Australia hints at ancient links between continents" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/12/first-near-complete-sauropod-dinosaur-skull-found-in-australia-hints-at-ancient-links-between-continents-203405/" aria-label="Read more about First near-complete sauropod dinosaur skull found in Australia hints at ancient links between continents">Read more</a>
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April 12, 2023
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards. Political deception is as old as politics itself. There have always been political actors who have attempted to twist and manipulate information. Sometimes this includes politicians, political activists, journalists, and even governments. When the inaccuracy of information is accidental and innocent it is referred to as “misinformation”, but when it ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Need to take disinformation seriously" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/12/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-the-need-to-take-disinformation-seriously/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Need to take disinformation seriously">Read more</a>
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April 12, 2023
New Zealand Politics Daily is a collation of the most prominent issues being discussed in New Zealand. It is edited by Dr Bryce Edwards of The Democracy Project. Today’s content PARLIAMENT, ELECTION Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Greens hold door open to staff submitting on Elizabeth Kerekere conduct Jo Moir (Newsroom): Political relationships have become ‘polarised’, says PM Richard Harman ... <a title="Newsletter: April 12 2023 – Items of interest and importance today" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/12/newsletter-april-12-2023-items-of-interest-and-importance-today/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: April 12 2023 – Items of interest and importance today">Read more</a>
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April 12, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andreas Zametzer, PhD Candidate at Timescales of Mineral Systems Group, Curtin University Shutterstock Meteorite impacts can be cataclysmic events in the history of a planet, melting rock, changing atmospheric chemistry, and wreaking general havoc. However, impacts may also have created Earth’s continents, supported ecological niches that kick-started ... <a title="How the world’s oldest known meteorite impact structure changed the chemistry of Earth’s crust" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/12/how-the-worlds-oldest-known-meteorite-impact-structure-changed-the-chemistry-of-earths-crust-201228/" aria-label="Read more about How the world’s oldest known meteorite impact structure changed the chemistry of Earth’s crust">Read more</a>
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April 12, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amin Naeni, PhD candidate at Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University Atomic Energy Organization of Iran/AP The on-again, off-again talks between Iran and western powers over Tehran’s nuclear program have stalled yet again due to disagreements between the two sides. US Secretary of State ... <a title="With Iran purportedly capable of making a nuclear bomb in a matter of months, what will its leaders do next?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/12/with-iran-purportedly-capable-of-making-a-nuclear-bomb-in-a-matter-of-months-what-will-its-leaders-do-next-202234/" aria-label="Read more about With Iran purportedly capable of making a nuclear bomb in a matter of months, what will its leaders do next?">Read more</a>
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April 12, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Catherine Bennett, Chair in Epidemiology, Deakin University Australia is currently experiencing the longest break between infection peaks since Omicron arrived in late 2021 and community-wide transmission took off. With winter looming, it’s worth taking stock of where we are with COVID and what we might expect over ... <a title="Another COVID winter is coming. Is this the calm before another peak?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/12/another-covid-winter-is-coming-is-this-the-calm-before-another-peak-203149/" aria-label="Read more about Another COVID winter is coming. Is this the calm before another peak?">Read more</a>
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April 12, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Bennett, Adjunct Professor in Ecology, La Trobe University Shutterstock When faced with uncertainty, we often look for predictions by experts: from election result forecasts, to the likely outcomes of medical treatment. In nature conservation, we turn to expert opinion to assess extinction risk, or predict the ... <a title="We rely on expert predictions to guide conservation. But even experts have biases and blind spots" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/12/we-rely-on-expert-predictions-to-guide-conservation-but-even-experts-have-biases-and-blind-spots-202733/" aria-label="Read more about We rely on expert predictions to guide conservation. But even experts have biases and blind spots">Read more</a>
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April 12, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anita Wreford, Professor Applied Economics, Lincoln University, New Zealand Fiona Goodall/Getty Images The recent report issued by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) underscores the urgency of emissions reductions. For Aotearoa New Zealand, where 50% of emissions come from agriculture in the form of methane and ... <a title="NZ farmers worry about ‘carbon leakage’ if they have to pay for emissions, but they could benefit from playing the long game" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/12/nz-farmers-worry-about-carbon-leakage-if-they-have-to-pay-for-emissions-but-they-could-benefit-from-playing-the-long-game-202839/" aria-label="Read more about NZ farmers worry about ‘carbon leakage’ if they have to pay for emissions, but they could benefit from playing the long game">Read more</a>
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April 12, 2023
By Walter Zweifel, RNZ Pacific reporter The leader of New Caledonia’s Pacific Awakening party has presented his vision on the territory’s development to the French government. Milakulo Tukumuli met the French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin ahead of talks between French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne and New Caledonia’s pro- and anti-independence politicians. The two rival sides ... <a title="New Caledonia, France need a new plan to break sovereignty stalemate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/12/new-caledonia-france-need-a-new-plan-to-break-sovereignty-stalemate/" aria-label="Read more about New Caledonia, France need a new plan to break sovereignty stalemate">Read more</a>
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April 12, 2023
By Timoci Vula in Suva Fiji’s Department of Information spent $889,234.84 in taxpayer funds to the Fiji-owned company Vatis Communications until its contract was terminated earlier this year. Prime Minister and Minister for Information and Public Enterprises Sitiveni Rabuka revealed this in Parliament last week in response to questions raised surrounding the engagement of Vatis ... <a title="$889k-plus in Fiji taxpayer funds paid out to Vatis Communications" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/12/889k-plus-in-fiji-taxpayer-funds-paid-out-to-vatis-communications/" aria-label="Read more about $889k-plus in Fiji taxpayer funds paid out to Vatis Communications">Read more</a>
