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January 24, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Denis Muller, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne Kim Williams takes over as chair of the ABC at a moment when its preparedness to protect its journalists and the organisation’s editorial independence from external attack is under serious question. It was the ... <a title="As new ABC chair, one of Kim Williams’ challenges will be to stiffen the organisation’s spine" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/24/as-new-abc-chair-one-of-kim-williams-challenges-will-be-to-stiffen-the-organisations-spine-221847/" aria-label="Read more about As new ABC chair, one of Kim Williams’ challenges will be to stiffen the organisation’s spine">Read more</a>
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January 24, 2024
Pacific Media Watch Palestinian photojournalist Motaz Azaiza, who has been documenting the impact of the war in the Gaza Strip, has left the enclave for Qatar and gave his first interview there with the Doha-based Al Jazeera global news channel. Azaiza announced on Instagram yesterday that he was leaving the besieged enclave before boarding a ... <a title="Photojournalist Motaz Azaiza evacuates from Gaza – ‘thank you . . . you’ll return to a free Palestine’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/24/photojournalist-motaz-azaiza-evacuates-from-gaza-thank-you-youll-return-to-a-free-palestine/" aria-label="Read more about Photojournalist Motaz Azaiza evacuates from Gaza – ‘thank you . . . you’ll return to a free Palestine’">Read more</a>
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January 24, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonathan Nott, Professor of Physical Geography, James Cook University Shutterstock We’ve long known cyclones are heat engines, fuelled by hot water. They also pump heat from the hot tropics into cooler areas. But they’re starting to behave differently. As the world heats up, the atmosphere can hold ... <a title="As another cyclone heads for Queensland, we must be ready for the new threat: torrential rain and floods" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/24/as-another-cyclone-heads-for-queensland-we-must-be-ready-for-the-new-threat-torrential-rain-and-floods-221737/" aria-label="Read more about As another cyclone heads for Queensland, we must be ready for the new threat: torrential rain and floods">Read more</a>
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January 24, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachel Loney-Howes, Senior Lecturer in Criminology, University of Wollongong This week, the government announced the start of its promised inquiry into justice responses to sexual violence. The terms of reference were developed from national discussions last year. Federal, state and territory ministers took part, as well as ... <a title="The government has announced the scope of its sexual violence inquiry. Here’s what it gets right (and what it doesn’t)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/24/the-government-has-announced-the-scope-of-its-sexual-violence-inquiry-heres-what-it-gets-right-and-what-it-doesnt-221733/" aria-label="Read more about The government has announced the scope of its sexual violence inquiry. Here’s what it gets right (and what it doesn’t)">Read more</a>
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January 24, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicholas Saner, Post-doctoral researcher in sleep science, Victoria University For many Australians, January is synonymous with late nights spent watching the Australian Open tennis tournament. These night matches are a great spectacle, and many players consider the prime time slot on centre court as a privilege and ... <a title="Some Australian Open matches run extremely late. How would that impact player sleep and recovery?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/24/some-australian-open-matches-run-extremely-late-how-would-that-impact-player-sleep-and-recovery-221591/" aria-label="Read more about Some Australian Open matches run extremely late. How would that impact player sleep and recovery?">Read more</a>
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January 24, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cameron Webb, Clinical Associate Professor and Principal Hospital Scientist, University of Sydney A/Prof Cameron Webb (NSW Health Pathology) Each year, more and more Victorians become sick with a flesh-eating bacteria known as Buruli ulcer. Last year, 363 people presented with the infection, the highest number since 2004. ... <a title="Mosquitoes can spread the flesh-eating Buruli ulcer. Here’s how you can protect yourself" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/24/mosquitoes-can-spread-the-flesh-eating-buruli-ulcer-heres-how-you-can-protect-yourself-221738/" aria-label="Read more about Mosquitoes can spread the flesh-eating Buruli ulcer. Here’s how you can protect yourself">Read more</a>
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January 24, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Zena Assaad, Senior Lecturer, School of Engineering, Australian National University Following a lengthy investigation, the United States Justice Department is set to file a lawsuit against Apple for potentially breaching antitrust laws. The department alleges Apple is using hardware and software limitations that make it harder for ... <a title="Why are Apple, Amazon, Google and Meta facing antitrust lawsuits and huge fines? And will it protect consumers?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/24/why-are-apple-amazon-google-and-meta-facing-antitrust-lawsuits-and-huge-fines-and-will-it-protect-consumers-221501/" aria-label="Read more about Why are Apple, Amazon, Google and Meta facing antitrust lawsuits and huge fines? And will it protect consumers?">Read more</a>
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January 24, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Benjamin T. Jones, Senior Lecturer in History, CQUniversity Australia Every year, there are debates over the appropriateness of January 26 for a national holiday. Australia Day has been celebrated on different dates since its inception as a fundraiser for the war effort in 1915. The choice of ... <a title="Why we should celebrate Australia Day on March 3 – the day we became a fully independent country" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/24/why-we-should-celebrate-australia-day-on-march-3-the-day-we-became-a-fully-independent-country-221015/" aria-label="Read more about Why we should celebrate Australia Day on March 3 – the day we became a fully independent country">Read more</a>
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January 24, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dominic O’Sullivan, Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences, Auckland University of Technology, and Professor of Political Science, Charles Sturt University The ACT Party’s election promise of a referendum to redefine and enshrine the “principles” of the Treaty of Waitangi is likely to dominate debate at ... <a title="Waitangi 2024: how the Treaty strengthens democracy and provides a check on unbridled power" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/24/waitangi-2024-how-the-treaty-strengthens-democracy-and-provides-a-check-on-unbridled-power-221723/" aria-label="Read more about Waitangi 2024: how the Treaty strengthens democracy and provides a check on unbridled power">Read more</a>
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January 24, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wayne Hall, Emeritus Professor, The National Centre for Youth Substance Use Research, The University of Queensland Ernst Gunther Krause/Unsplash This year, the Australian government will progressively ban the retail sale of all e-cigarettes, known as vapes. Vapers will only be allowed to use nicotine vapes that comply ... <a title="For the new vape laws to succeed, these 3 things need to happen – or users may look to the illicit market" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/24/for-the-new-vape-laws-to-succeed-these-3-things-need-to-happen-or-users-may-look-to-the-illicit-market-221412/" aria-label="Read more about For the new vape laws to succeed, these 3 things need to happen – or users may look to the illicit market">Read more</a>
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January 24, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christian Jakob, Director, ARC Centre of Excellence for the Weather of the 21st Century, Monash University Shutterstock What happened to the scorching El Niño summer we were bracing for? Why has the east coast of Australia been drenched while the north and west gets the heat? For ... <a title="Did the BOM get it wrong on the hot, dry summer? No – predicting chaotic systems is probability, not certainty" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/24/did-the-bom-get-it-wrong-on-the-hot-dry-summer-no-predicting-chaotic-systems-is-probability-not-certainty-221496/" aria-label="Read more about Did the BOM get it wrong on the hot, dry summer? No – predicting chaotic systems is probability, not certainty">Read more</a>
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January 24, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yvette Grant, PhD (Dance) Candidate and Dance History Tutor, The University of Melbourne Watching dance is watching an extraordinary and fleeting artistic creation that uses an instrument we all have: the human body. The dancing body communicates a unique sense of being human as it speaks to ... <a title="How to watch dance" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/24/how-to-watch-dance-212877/" aria-label="Read more about How to watch dance">Read more</a>
