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January 11, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jaelen Nicole Myers, PhD Candidate, James Cook University Shutterstock To beat the summer heat, many of us in the Southern Hemisphere are hitting the beach – and this raises our chances of encountering potentially dangerous marine life beneath the waves. So should we be worried about stingrays? ... <a title="Are stingrays actually dangerous? 3 reasons you shouldn’t fear these sea pancakes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/11/are-stingrays-actually-dangerous-3-reasons-you-shouldnt-fear-these-sea-pancakes-196390/" aria-label="Read more about Are stingrays actually dangerous? 3 reasons you shouldn’t fear these sea pancakes">Read more</a>
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January 11, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jack Heinemann, Professor of Molecular Biology and Genetics, University of Canterbury Getty Images Late last year, the Auckland University of Technology (AUT) initiated a process to eliminate 170 academic jobs to cut costs. The Employment Relations Authority (ERA) found AUT’s approach breached its collective employment agreement with ... <a title="New Zealand does not offer tenure to academics, but a recent employment dispute shows it’s more than a job perk" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/11/new-zealand-does-not-offer-tenure-to-academics-but-a-recent-employment-dispute-shows-its-more-than-a-job-perk-197016/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand does not offer tenure to academics, but a recent employment dispute shows it’s more than a job perk">Read more</a>
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January 11, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mia Cobb, Research Fellow, Animal Welfare Science Centre, The University of Melbourne Samantha Fortney/Unsplash, CC BY What do a little penguin, a baby rabbit, a black rat and a Krefft’s glider have in common? They’ve all been presented to me (when dead) by my animal companions. Chances ... <a title="Why do our dogs and cats bring us dead animals?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/11/why-do-our-dogs-and-cats-bring-us-dead-animals-189983/" aria-label="Read more about Why do our dogs and cats bring us dead animals?">Read more</a>
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January 11, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alan Morris, Professor, Institute for Public Policy and Governance, University of Technology Sydney Shutterstock Australia is welcoming back international students in much greater numbers this year. Some predict new enrolments in 2023 could even be higher than the pre-COVID record in 2019. Student visa applications in the ... <a title="As international students flock back, they face even worse housing struggles than before COVID" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/11/as-international-students-flock-back-they-face-even-worse-housing-struggles-than-before-covid-195364/" aria-label="Read more about As international students flock back, they face even worse housing struggles than before COVID">Read more</a>
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January 11, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bruce Bradbury, Associate Professor, Social Policy Research Centre, UNSW Sydney Shutterstock For many Australians, the rent crisis is just starting. Advertised rents have been soaring, but mainly for new rentals – so called “asking rents”. The broadest measure of rents actually paid – the rents on the ... <a title="The rent crisis is set to spread: here’s the case for doubling rent assistance" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/11/the-rent-crisis-is-set-to-spread-heres-the-case-for-doubling-rent-assistance-196810/" aria-label="Read more about The rent crisis is set to spread: here’s the case for doubling rent assistance">Read more</a>
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January 11, 2023
RNZ Pacific An Australian-based French law professor says it is up to the French people as a whole, and not the voters in New Caledonia, to decide the territory’s future statute. Professor Eric Descheemaeker of the University of Melbourne’s Law School said New Caledonia’s three votes against full sovereignty mean that legally, the power to ... <a title="Up to French people to decide on New Caledonia’s future, says academic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/11/up-to-french-people-to-decide-on-new-caledonias-future-says-academic/" aria-label="Read more about Up to French people to decide on New Caledonia’s future, says academic">Read more</a>
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January 11, 2023
RNZ News Television New Zealand has filed an opposition claim against Vodafone’s attempt to trademark the name “One NZ”. In September last year, the telecommunications company revealed it wanted to change its name to One New Zealand to better reflect its legacy in Aotearoa, having separated from the global Vodafone group three years ago. But ... <a title="TVNZ files opposition claim against Vodafone’s One NZ trademark" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/11/tvnz-files-opposition-claim-against-vodafones-one-nz-trademark/" aria-label="Read more about TVNZ files opposition claim against Vodafone’s One NZ trademark">Read more</a>
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January 10, 2023
By Arieta Vakasukawaqa in Suva Fiji’s much-anticipated Media Industry Development Authority (MIDA) Act review is now being drafted and expected to be tabled at the next cabinet meeting on January 17. Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka confirmed this to journalists during an interview in Suva last Friday when he was questioned about the government’s actions to ... <a title="Fiji’s revised Media Act currently being drafted, confirms Rabuka" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/10/fijis-revised-media-act-currently-being-drafted-confirms-rabuka/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji’s revised Media Act currently being drafted, confirms Rabuka">Read more</a>
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January 10, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca Pearse, Lecturer, Australian National University The federal government today proposed new rules to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from Australia’s polluting industrial sector. The rule changes apply to a measure known as the “safeguard mechanism”, and are supposed to stop Australia’s top 215 emitters, such as new ... <a title="Labor’s scheme to cut industrial emissions is worryingly flexible" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/10/labors-scheme-to-cut-industrial-emissions-is-worryingly-flexible-197525/" aria-label="Read more about Labor’s scheme to cut industrial emissions is worryingly flexible">Read more</a>
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January 10, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lisa Parker, Lecturer in Law, University of South Australia Shutterstock Amid the first year of the pandemic in 2020, crime statistics in Victoria showed an increase in the number of dogs reported stolen. Since then, media reports suggest there’s been an increase in dog theft in Australia. ... <a title="Dog theft is increasing, and so are new laws targeting this awful crime. But will they help?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/10/dog-theft-is-increasing-and-so-are-new-laws-targeting-this-awful-crime-but-will-they-help-196875/" aria-label="Read more about Dog theft is increasing, and so are new laws targeting this awful crime. But will they help?">Read more</a>
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January 10, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amy Peden, Research fellow, School of Population Health, UNSW Sydney The news headlines show summer is a deadly period for drowning in Australia. Sadly, between December 1 and January 9, 35 people died due to drowning. There are a range of reasons why the season is one ... <a title="‘Drowning for love’ – 5 ways to protect your life while you’re trying to rescue someone in trouble in the water" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/10/drowning-for-love-5-ways-to-protect-your-life-while-youre-trying-to-rescue-someone-in-trouble-in-the-water-197411/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Drowning for love’ – 5 ways to protect your life while you’re trying to rescue someone in trouble in the water">Read more</a>
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January 10, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Martin Van Kranendonk, Professor and Director of the Australian Centre for Astrobiology, UNSW Sydney Google Maps We live on an active planet, one whose surface is constantly in motion, although imperceptibly to us most of the time. Until an earthquake occurs. This morning, just such an event ... <a title="Maluku earthquake: why do some ocean earthquakes cause tsunamis while others don’t?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/10/maluku-earthquake-why-do-some-ocean-earthquakes-cause-tsunamis-while-others-dont-197529/" aria-label="Read more about Maluku earthquake: why do some ocean earthquakes cause tsunamis while others don’t?">Read more</a>
