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March 13, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dejan Stojanovic, Postdoctoral Fellow, Australian National University Captive breeding of threatened species for release into the wild is an important conservation tool. But where threats to wild populations remain unresolved, this tool may not guarantee population recovery in the long term. Our new research on one of ... <a title="Orange-bellied parrot shows there’s more to saving endangered species than captive breeding" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/13/orange-bellied-parrot-shows-theres-more-to-saving-endangered-species-than-captive-breeding-201226/" aria-label="Read more about Orange-bellied parrot shows there’s more to saving endangered species than captive breeding">Read more</a>
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March 13, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Len Gillman, Professor of Biogeography, Auckland University of Technology Getty Images By the end of this month, speed limits on more than 2,000 roads across Tāmaki Makaurau/Auckland will have been reduced by between 10 and 60 kilometres per hour (km/h). Part of the Auckland Transport (AT) safe ... <a title="Why NZ should lower motorway speed limits for SUVs and other high-emission vehicles" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/13/why-nz-should-lower-motorway-speed-limits-for-suvs-and-other-high-emission-vehicles-201466/" aria-label="Read more about Why NZ should lower motorway speed limits for SUVs and other high-emission vehicles">Read more</a>
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March 13, 2023
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards. Political Roundup: The Big “consultocrats” debate needs to carry on A parasitic blight on our democracy? Or a useful and necessary aid to our government departments? Those are two perspectives on the usefulness of the Wellington consultant class that contract to government agencies. The role of business management consultants took centre ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Big “consultocrats” debate needs to carry on" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/13/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-the-big-consultocrats-debate-needs-to-carry-on/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Big “consultocrats” debate needs to carry on">Read more</a>
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March 12, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra As Anthony Albanese readies for the imminent unveiling of details of the nuclear-powered submarine acquisition program under AUKUS, one important question looms. Can the prime minister juggle this closer Australian-American military embrace with a continuation of the improving Australian-Chinese relationship? ... <a title="View from The Hill: Anthony Albanese finds Scott Morrison’s AUKUS clothes a good fit" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/12/view-from-the-hill-anthony-albanese-finds-scott-morrisons-aukus-clothes-a-good-fit-201640/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Anthony Albanese finds Scott Morrison’s AUKUS clothes a good fit">Read more</a>
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March 12, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christopher Patterson, Senior Lecturer, School of Nursing, University of Wollongong Shutterstock The idea of the 15-minute city, according to its originator Carlos Moreno, is that people are no more than a 15-minute walk or bike ride away from all the services they need to live, learn and ... <a title="Forget the conspiracies, 15-minute cities will free us to improve our mental health and wellbeing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/12/forget-the-conspiracies-15-minute-cities-will-free-us-to-improve-our-mental-health-and-wellbeing-200823/" aria-label="Read more about Forget the conspiracies, 15-minute cities will free us to improve our mental health and wellbeing">Read more</a>
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March 12, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben Zunica, Lecturer in Secondary Maths Education, University of Sydney Shutterstock From March 15, more than one million young Australians will sit the NAPLAN numeracy test. For most students, this will just be a routine part of the school day (albeit less fun than running around at ... <a title="‘Maths anxiety’ is a real thing. Here are 3 ways to help your child cope" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/12/maths-anxiety-is-a-real-thing-here-are-3-ways-to-help-your-child-cope-200822/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Maths anxiety’ is a real thing. Here are 3 ways to help your child cope">Read more</a>
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March 12, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonti Horner, Professor (Astrophysics), University of Southern Queensland Comets are rarely as bright as this illustration. IgorZh/Shutterstock Hot on the heels of the disappointing Green Comet, astronomers have just discovered a new comet with the potential to be next year’s big story – C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS). Although ... <a title="Astronomers just discovered a comet that could be brighter than most stars when we see it next year. Or will it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/12/astronomers-just-discovered-a-comet-that-could-be-brighter-than-most-stars-when-we-see-it-next-year-or-will-it-201377/" aria-label="Read more about Astronomers just discovered a comet that could be brighter than most stars when we see it next year. Or will it?">Read more</a>
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March 12, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nick Fuller, Charles Perkins Centre Research Program Leader, University of Sydney Shutterstock It’s a question people ask often: does menopause cause weight gain? Women commonly put on weight as they enter menopause. Research shows women aged 46-57 gain an average of 2.1kg over five years. But like ... <a title="Is menopause making me put on weight? No, but it’s complicated" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/12/is-menopause-making-me-put-on-weight-no-but-its-complicated-198308/" aria-label="Read more about Is menopause making me put on weight? No, but it’s complicated">Read more</a>
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March 12, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Erin Bradshaw, Research Assistant, Monash University Queensland State Archives In 1974, Woroni, the student magazine of the Australian National University, published an article looking at the lives of lesbians at the university. One contributor, “Jody”, told of her experience with a doctor who pressured her for details ... <a title="‘Are you telling me it’s all in my head?’ Endometriosis in the Australian press in the 1970s" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/12/are-you-telling-me-its-all-in-my-head-endometriosis-in-the-australian-press-in-the-1970s-198514/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Are you telling me it’s all in my head?’ Endometriosis in the Australian press in the 1970s">Read more</a>
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March 12, 2023
Analysis by Keith Rankin. The chart above is quite alarming, and not only because of Germany’s high death toll. It’s the difference between reported Covid19 deaths and excess deaths, in the context where four waves of excess deaths in Germany in 2022 are clearly ‘epidemic’ in nature. And we see the same death waves in ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Death Spikes and Covid Dissonance? Examples of Germany and Denmark" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/12/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-death-spikes-and-covid-dissonance-examples-of-germany-and-denmark/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Death Spikes and Covid Dissonance? Examples of Germany and Denmark">Read more</a>
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March 12, 2023
ANALYSIS: By Greg Fry and Terence Wesley-Smith In his recently published article “Sea of many flags”, the head of the ANU National Security College Rory Medcalf makes the case for why Pacific Island states should regard the deep regional involvement of a Western coalition of powers, “quietly” led by Australia, as an effective and attractive ... <a title="Sea of Western flags in Oceania? It’s really about a continuing hegemony" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/12/sea-of-western-flags-in-oceania-its-really-about-a-continuing-hegemony/" aria-label="Read more about Sea of Western flags in Oceania? It’s really about a continuing hegemony">Read more</a>
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March 12, 2023
Asia Pacific Media Network’s chair Dr Heather Devere, deputy chair Dr David Robie and Pacific Journalism Review editor Dr Philip Cass last month made a submission on Papua New Guinea’s draft national media development policy in response to PNG journalists’ requests for comment. Here is part of their February 19 submission before the stakeholders consultation ... <a title="PNG draft media development policy ‘contemptuous’ of public interest" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/12/png-draft-media-development-policy-contemptuous-of-public-interest/" aria-label="Read more about PNG draft media development policy ‘contemptuous’ of public interest">Read more</a>
