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February 17, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca Dunlop, Senior Lecturer in Physiology, The University of Queensland Cetacean Ecology Group, University of Queensland., Author provided As eastern Australian humpback whale populations have recovered over the years, males have adapted their mating strategy in a highly strategic way, new research finds. I analysed 123 days’ ... <a title="Australian humpback whales are singing less and fighting more. Should we be worried?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/17/australian-humpback-whales-are-singing-less-and-fighting-more-should-we-be-worried-200062/" aria-label="Read more about Australian humpback whales are singing less and fighting more. Should we be worried?">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jon Piccini, Senior Lecturer in History, Australian Catholic University National Gallery of Australia/AAP This article references antiquated language when referring to First Nations people. It also mentions names and has images of people who may have passed away. Before the end of this year, Australians will vote ... <a title="The 1967 referendum was the most successful in Australia’s history. But what it can tell us about 2023 is complicated" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/17/the-1967-referendum-was-the-most-successful-in-australias-history-but-what-it-can-tell-us-about-2023-is-complicated-198874/" aria-label="Read more about The 1967 referendum was the most successful in Australia’s history. But what it can tell us about 2023 is complicated">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Justin Beardsley, Associate Professor in Infectious Diseases, Sydney Institute for Infectious Diseases Westmead Clinical School, University of Sydney Liane Hentscher/HBO Fungal infections have received a frenzy of attention thanks to the popularity of HBO’s The Last of Us. The show depicts a fungal pandemic caused by the ... <a title="Before The Last of Us, I was part of an international team to chart the threat of killer fungi. This is what we found" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/17/before-the-last-of-us-i-was-part-of-an-international-team-to-chart-the-threat-of-killer-fungi-this-is-what-we-found-199593/" aria-label="Read more about Before The Last of Us, I was part of an international team to chart the threat of killer fungi. This is what we found">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Melissa Tham, Research fellow, Victoria University Paul Hanaoka/Unsplash About 100 early childhood experts are meeting in Canberra today for a national summit on children who are five and under. This is part of the Albanese government’s work to develop an early years strategy to ensure Australian kids ... <a title="Better, cheaper childcare is on the horizon in Australia, but 4 key challenges remain" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/17/better-cheaper-childcare-is-on-the-horizon-in-australia-but-4-key-challenges-remain-199864/" aria-label="Read more about Better, cheaper childcare is on the horizon in Australia, but 4 key challenges remain">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2023
By Sally Murphy, RNZ News reporter Widespread damage has hit farms across Aotearoa New Zealand’s North Island with those in parts of Gisborne and Hawke’s Bay particularly hard hit and forestry slash is once again a huge problem. Tolaga Bay farmer Bridget Parker told how forestry slash has caused a huge amount of damage to ... <a title="Cyclone Gabrielle: Tolaga Bay farmer seething over forestry slash floods" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/17/cyclone-gabrielle-tolaga-bay-farmer-seething-over-forestry-slash-floods/" aria-label="Read more about Cyclone Gabrielle: Tolaga Bay farmer seething over forestry slash floods">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Quiggin, Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland Schwartz Media Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ recent essay in The Monthly, “Capitalism after the crises”, tells us a lot about economic predicament faced by the Albanese government and governments around the world. Arguably, the reaction to the ... <a title="6,000 words but silent on falling real wages: what Chalmers got wrong on ‘values-based capitalism’ and fixing our economic woes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/17/6-000-words-but-silent-on-falling-real-wages-what-chalmers-got-wrong-on-values-based-capitalism-and-fixing-our-economic-woes-199270/" aria-label="Read more about 6,000 words but silent on falling real wages: what Chalmers got wrong on ‘values-based capitalism’ and fixing our economic woes">Read more</a>
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February 16, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra If Peter Dutton is caught in a classic rock-and-hard-place dilemma over the Voice to Parliament, the same could be said for Greens leader Adam Bandt on the safeguard legislation to underpin the government’s climate policy. The Greens are putting as ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Adam Bandt is wedged by Greens’ overreach on emissions legislation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/16/grattan-on-friday-adam-bandt-is-wedged-by-greens-overreach-on-emissions-legislation-200083/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Adam Bandt is wedged by Greens’ overreach on emissions legislation">Read more</a>
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February 16, 2023
RNZ News As a huge effort ramps up in Aotearoa New Zealand to restore essential services to thousands of people in Tairāwhiti and Hawke’s Bay, police hold “grave concerns” for some reported missing. Five people have been confirmed killed in the devastation of Cyclone Gabrielle. In Hawke’s Bay, a child was caught in rising water ... <a title="Cyclone Gabrielle: NZ death toll rises, ‘grave concerns’ for several missing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/16/cyclone-gabrielle-nz-death-toll-rises-grave-concerns-for-several-missing/" aria-label="Read more about Cyclone Gabrielle: NZ death toll rises, ‘grave concerns’ for several missing">Read more</a>
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February 16, 2023
COMMENTARY: By Gavin Ellis The brave little shrubs are doing their valiant best to stay intact as a plant pot skids across our balcony in Cyclone Gabrielle’s first caress. With much worse yet to come I need to know what, where, and when. I need information and, if I have to cut my way through ... <a title="Gavin Ellis: Thank God for news media in a storm" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/16/gavin-ellis-thank-god-for-news-media-in-a-storm/" aria-label="Read more about Gavin Ellis: Thank God for news media in a storm">Read more</a>
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February 16, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Kate Chaney was one of half a dozen new “teal” MPs elected to parliament last year, winning the previously solid Liberal seat of Curtin in Western Australia. “It’s been a fascinating and steep learning curve over the last eight months,” ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Kate Chaney on life as a teal MP" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/16/politics-with-michelle-grattan-kate-chaney-on-life-as-a-teal-mp-200084/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Kate Chaney on life as a teal MP">Read more</a>
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February 16, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Greg Barton, Chair in Global Islamic Politics, Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University Violent extremism remains a persistent and resilient threat, constantly adapting and evolving. It is an endlessly demanding problem and we can neither afford to ignore it nor allow it to disproportionately ... <a title="COVID wasn’t a ‘bumper campaign’ for right-wing extremists. But the threat from terror remains" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/16/covid-wasnt-a-bumper-campaign-for-right-wing-extremists-but-the-threat-from-terror-remains-199964/" aria-label="Read more about COVID wasn’t a ‘bumper campaign’ for right-wing extremists. But the threat from terror remains">Read more</a>
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February 16, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Odei Erdiaw-Kwasie, Lecturer in Sustainability| Lead, Circular Economy Research Group, Charles Darwin University shutterstock shutterstock.com Vaping, or using electronic cigarettes, not only pollutes the surrounding air, it also creates a new contaminated e-waste stream. Australian waste management authorities are just beginning to tackle this problem, as ... <a title="Stop tossing your spent vapes and e-cigs: you’re breeding a new waste pandemic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/16/stop-tossing-your-spent-vapes-and-e-cigs-youre-breeding-a-new-waste-pandemic-199956/" aria-label="Read more about Stop tossing your spent vapes and e-cigs: you’re breeding a new waste pandemic">Read more</a>
