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February 15, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dara Conduit, ARC DECRA Fellow, The University of Melbourne Ghaith Alsayed/AP While international teams poured into Turkey to mount a furious search and rescue effort following the massive earthquake on February 6, the response on the other side of the border in Syria was catastrophically slow. For ... <a title="As Syrians were trapped beneath the rubble, a broken UN system was held hostage by the Assad regime" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/15/as-syrians-were-trapped-beneath-the-rubble-a-broken-un-system-was-held-hostage-by-the-assad-regime-199778/" aria-label="Read more about As Syrians were trapped beneath the rubble, a broken UN system was held hostage by the Assad regime">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Aaron Opdyke, Senior Lecturer in Humanitarian Engineering, University of Sydney The death toll from the Turkey and Syria earthquakes has continued to climb, with more than 37,000 lives lost. This staggering number is likely to grow even higher over coming days as the rubble is cleared. The ... <a title="Secondary crises after the Turkey-Syria earthquakes are now the greatest threat to life" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/15/secondary-crises-after-the-turkey-syria-earthquakes-are-now-the-greatest-threat-to-life-199682/" aria-label="Read more about Secondary crises after the Turkey-Syria earthquakes are now the greatest threat to life">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elizabeth Westrupp, Associate Professor in Psychology, Deakin University Annie Spratt/Unsplash Emotions are core to our human experience, but seeing “negative” emotions in our children – anger, fear, jealousy, envy, sadness, resentment – can make us uncomfortable. Strong emotions in our kids may trigger our own emotional reactions, ... <a title="How to get your kids to talk about their feelings" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/15/how-to-get-your-kids-to-talk-about-their-feelings-194336/" aria-label="Read more about How to get your kids to talk about their feelings">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ravi Naidu, Laureate Professor, University of Newcastle Shutterstock They stop your food from sticking to the pan. They prevent stains in clothes and carpets. They help firefighting foam to extinguish fires. But the very thing that makes “forever chemicals” so useful also makes them dangerous. Forever chemicals ... <a title="‘Forever chemicals’ have made their way to farms. For now, levels in your food are low – but there’s no time to waste" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/15/forever-chemicals-have-made-their-way-to-farms-for-now-levels-in-your-food-are-low-but-theres-no-time-to-waste-192402/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Forever chemicals’ have made their way to farms. For now, levels in your food are low – but there’s no time to waste">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kari Dahlgren, Research Fellow Emerging Technologies Research Lab, Monash University Shutterstock Soaring energy costs are a major factor in Australia’s cost-of-living crisis. The conventional wisdom is people will reduce their energy use in response to rising prices – and this may be the case for the most ... <a title="Future home havens: Australians likely to use more energy to stay in and save money" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/15/future-home-havens-australians-likely-to-use-more-energy-to-stay-in-and-save-money-199672/" aria-label="Read more about Future home havens: Australians likely to use more energy to stay in and save money">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Leslie Loble, Industry Professor & Paul Ramsay Foundation Fellow, University of Technology Sydney Jonathan Kemper/Unsplash ChatGPT and its powerful capacity to generate original text has taken the education sector by surprise. Not only are universities hurrying to adapt to it, schools are also grappling with this new ... <a title="The rise of ChatGPT shows why we need a clearer approach to technology in schools" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/15/the-rise-of-chatgpt-shows-why-we-need-a-clearer-approach-to-technology-in-schools-199596/" aria-label="Read more about The rise of ChatGPT shows why we need a clearer approach to technology in schools">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert Phiddian, Professor of English, Flinders University A man hangs, precariously, high above the street, holding onto the girder of an unfinished skyscraper. Around his ankles, a second man holds on for dear life. This is no scene of drama, but hilarity. The second man has pulled ... <a title="Cartoon detectives: how Australia’s most famous cartoon was lost and found – twice" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/15/cartoon-detectives-how-australias-most-famous-cartoon-was-lost-and-found-twice-194450/" aria-label="Read more about Cartoon detectives: how Australia’s most famous cartoon was lost and found – twice">Read more</a>
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February 14, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra As well as her interviews with politicians and experts, Politics with Michelle Grattan includes “Word from The Hill”, where she discusses the news with members of The Conversation’s politics team. In this podcast Michelle and politics + society editor Amanda ... <a title="Word from The Hill: Defence review goes to government; Dutton’s apology for boycotting Sorry; Phil Lowe under fire" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/14/word-from-the-hill-defence-review-goes-to-government-duttons-apology-for-boycotting-sorry-phil-lowe-under-fire-199891/" aria-label="Read more about Word from The Hill: Defence review goes to government; Dutton’s apology for boycotting Sorry; Phil Lowe under fire">Read more</a>
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February 14, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Caitie Kuempel, Lecturer, Griffith University shutterstock.com Switching from meat to plant-based protein is one way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and consume less of the planet’s natural resources. But while chicken and salmon are often considered better choices than red meat, how do we calculate their true ... <a title="Farmed salmon or chicken? Environmental footprint research can guide eco-conscious consumers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/14/farmed-salmon-or-chicken-environmental-footprint-research-can-guide-eco-conscious-consumers-199773/" aria-label="Read more about Farmed salmon or chicken? Environmental footprint research can guide eco-conscious consumers">Read more</a>
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February 14, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Shutterstock Hundreds of thousands of us who took out fixed-rate mortgages in 2020 and 2021 are about to be hit with massive increases in payments. After nine successive interest rate increases and at least two ... <a title="Australians need good financial advice more than ever to pay for soaring interest rates. Here’s how to get it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/14/australians-need-good-financial-advice-more-than-ever-to-pay-for-soaring-interest-rates-heres-how-to-get-it-199739/" aria-label="Read more about Australians need good financial advice more than ever to pay for soaring interest rates. Here’s how to get it">Read more</a>
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February 14, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Holly Doel-Mackaway, Senior lecturer, Macquarie University The media frenzy about the “crime wave” in Mparntwe (Alice Springs), and the way the Northern Territory and federal governments are responding, are cause for serious concern. Everyone has the right to be safe, and crime in Alice Springs must be ... <a title="‘Just ask us, come and see us’. Aboriginal young people in the Northern Territory must be listened to, not punished" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/14/just-ask-us-come-and-see-us-aboriginal-young-people-in-the-northern-territory-must-be-listened-to-not-punished-199297/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Just ask us, come and see us’. Aboriginal young people in the Northern Territory must be listened to, not punished">Read more</a>
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February 14, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter McNeil, Distinguished Professor of Design History, UTS, University of Technology Sydney Wikimedia Commons Before the creation of international systems of cultivation and the ability to move goods by air freight, flowers matched the pattern of the seasons. Roses on Saint Valentine’s Day were something unexpected, and ... <a title="A rose by any other name – how roses and cut flowers became a symbol of love and luxury" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/14/a-rose-by-any-other-name-how-roses-and-cut-flowers-became-a-symbol-of-love-and-luxury-199776/" aria-label="Read more about A rose by any other name – how roses and cut flowers became a symbol of love and luxury">Read more</a>
