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October 30, 2023
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards (https://democracyproject.nz) In recent decades the New Zealand Parliament has become more representative of some of the historically neglected demographics in our society. As I told TVNZ’s Q+A programme in the weekend, it’s become browner, younger, more female and more gay, and this is good progress – see: New MP intake heavy ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup – New Zealand needs a more working-class Parliament" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/30/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-new-zealand-needs-a-more-working-class-parliament/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup – New Zealand needs a more working-class Parliament">Read more</a>
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October 30, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hannah Fraser, Postdoctoral Researcher , The University of Melbourne How do siblings affect the size of baby blue tits? It depends whom you ask. Shutterstock Over the past 20 years or so, there has been growing concern that many results published in scientific journals can’t be reproduced. ... <a title="Two questions, hundreds of scientists, no easy answers: how small differences in data analysis make huge differences in results" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/30/two-questions-hundreds-of-scientists-no-easy-answers-how-small-differences-in-data-analysis-make-huge-differences-in-results-216177/" aria-label="Read more about Two questions, hundreds of scientists, no easy answers: how small differences in data analysis make huge differences in results">Read more</a>
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October 30, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kathy Boschen, Research Associate, Casual Academic, PhD Candidate, Flinders University Shutterstock The ABC is reporting how terminally ill patients are being left in limbo as the states and the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) argue over disability supports. The reports share the experiences of Australians with brain ... <a title="Brain tumours can bring long-term disability – but some diagnosed are being refused NDIS support" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/30/brain-tumours-can-bring-long-term-disability-but-some-diagnosed-are-being-refused-ndis-support-216534/" aria-label="Read more about Brain tumours can bring long-term disability – but some diagnosed are being refused NDIS support">Read more</a>
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October 30, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Terry Goldsworthy, Associate Professor in Criminal Justice and Criminology, Bond University In recent months, there has been increasing focus on crime committed by young people in Australia. Politicians are coming under more pressure to respond to these well-publicised criminal acts and the public perceptions that Australia is ... <a title="Is Australia in the grips of a youth crime crisis? This is what the data says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/30/is-australia-in-the-grips-of-a-youth-crime-crisis-this-is-what-the-data-says-213655/" aria-label="Read more about Is Australia in the grips of a youth crime crisis? This is what the data says">Read more</a>
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October 30, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Antonia Settle, Academic (McKenzie Postdoctoral Research Fellow), The University of Melbourne Shutterstock Most Australians think the superannuation system is unfair, with only one in three agreeing the retirement savings scheme is fair for most Australians, according to a survey conducted for the University of Melbourne. In fact, ... <a title="Women and low-income earners miss out in a superannuation system most Australians think is unfair" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/30/women-and-low-income-earners-miss-out-in-a-superannuation-system-most-australians-think-is-unfair-207633/" aria-label="Read more about Women and low-income earners miss out in a superannuation system most Australians think is unfair">Read more</a>
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October 30, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bernard Walker, Associate Professor in Organisations and Leadership, University of Canterbury Whether you are a worker or an employer, the office or factory floor is likely to move under your feet over the next three years. Every change of government sees a policy turnaround in New Zealand’s ... <a title="NZ’s workplace rules will change again with each new government – unless we do this" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/30/nzs-workplace-rules-will-change-again-with-each-new-government-unless-we-do-this-216072/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s workplace rules will change again with each new government – unless we do this">Read more</a>
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October 30, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vicki Lowik, Research Officer, Queensland Centre for Domestic and Family Violence Research, CQUniversity Australia Shutterstock Victim/survivors of sexual assault have always faced an uphill battle in their pursuit of justice. In being made to retell their assault story over and over, they can be retraumatised and made ... <a title="Does Australia need dedicated sexual assault courts?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/30/does-australia-need-dedicated-sexual-assault-courts-215708/" aria-label="Read more about Does Australia need dedicated sexual assault courts?">Read more</a>
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October 30, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jake Newman-Martin, PhD candidate, Curtin University Crest-tailed mulgara (_Dasycercus cristicauda_) from the Simpson Desert, Queensland. Bobby Tamayo / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA Australia is famous for its diverse and unique marsupials, and infamous for its world-leading rate of mammal extinctions. In our latest research, we have added ... <a title="We discovered three new species of marsupial. Unfortunately, they’re already extinct" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/30/we-discovered-three-new-species-of-marsupial-unfortunately-theyre-already-extinct-216351/" aria-label="Read more about We discovered three new species of marsupial. Unfortunately, they’re already extinct">Read more</a>
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October 30, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jessica Genauer, Senior Lecturer in International Relations, Flinders University Fears are escalating the conflict between Israel and Hamas could spill over into a broader war involving other countries in the region. Neighbouring countries such as Lebanon, Syria and Egypt, as well as regional players like Iran and ... <a title="Will the Israel-Hamas war become a regional conflict? Here are 4 countries that could be pivotal" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/30/will-the-israel-hamas-war-become-a-regional-conflict-here-are-4-countries-that-could-be-pivotal-216448/" aria-label="Read more about Will the Israel-Hamas war become a regional conflict? Here are 4 countries that could be pivotal">Read more</a>
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October 30, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Breadon, Program Director, Health and Aged Care, Grattan Institute Shutterstock Each year, more than 2,500 Australians die from diseases linked to eating too much salt. We shouldn’t be putting up with so much unnecessary illness, mainly from heart disease and strokes, and so many deaths. As ... <a title="Slashing salt can save lives – and it won’t hurt your hip pocket or tastebuds" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/30/slashing-salt-can-save-lives-and-it-wont-hurt-your-hip-pocket-or-tastebuds-213980/" aria-label="Read more about Slashing salt can save lives – and it won’t hurt your hip pocket or tastebuds">Read more</a>
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October 30, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rod Sims, Professor in the practice of public policy and antitrust, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University This article is part of a series by The Conversation, Getting to Zero, examining Australia’s energy transition. Australia has three ways it can help reduce world greenhouse emissions, ... <a title="Australia’s new dawn: becoming a green superpower with a big role in cutting global emissions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/30/australias-new-dawn-becoming-a-green-superpower-with-a-big-role-in-cutting-global-emissions-216373/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s new dawn: becoming a green superpower with a big role in cutting global emissions">Read more</a>
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October 30, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca Louise Nelson, Associate Professor in Law, The University of Melbourne Cam Laird/Shutterstock Australia’s national environment protection law ignores the big picture. Like a racehorse wearing blinkers, decision-makers focus on a single project in isolation. If they dropped the blinkers and considered the combined effects of multiple ... <a title="We must assess ‘cumulative impacts’ to protect nature from death by a thousand cuts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/30/we-must-assess-cumulative-impacts-to-protect-nature-from-death-by-a-thousand-cuts-215988/" aria-label="Read more about We must assess ‘cumulative impacts’ to protect nature from death by a thousand cuts">Read more</a>
