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Month: June 2024

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Our smartphone screening tool could help detect strokes faster – and lead to quicker treatment

June 19, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dinesh Kumar, Professor, Electrical and Biomedical Engineering, RMIT University Benjamin Crone/Shutterstock In Australia, stroke is among the leading causes of death and permanent disability. Some 5% of deaths are due to stroke, while strokes cost the Australian health-care system A$6.2 billion annually. Strokes occur when there’s a ... <a title="Our smartphone screening tool could help detect strokes faster – and lead to quicker treatment" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/19/our-smartphone-screening-tool-could-help-detect-strokes-faster-and-lead-to-quicker-treatment-232710/" aria-label="Read more about Our smartphone screening tool could help detect strokes faster – and lead to quicker treatment">Read more</a>

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I watched some 40 films at this year’s Sydney Film Festival. Here are my top five picks – and one hilarious flop

June 19, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ari Mattes, Lecturer in Communications and Media, University of Notre Dame Australia A still from Megalopolis. IMDB/Megalopolis This year’s Sydney Film Festival’s rich offerings of films more than compensated for the minor technical issues that led to some screenings being interrupted. Out of the 40-odd films I ... <a title="I watched some 40 films at this year’s Sydney Film Festival. Here are my top five picks – and one hilarious flop" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/19/i-watched-some-40-films-at-this-years-sydney-film-festival-here-are-my-top-five-picks-and-one-hilarious-flop-232706/" aria-label="Read more about I watched some 40 films at this year’s Sydney Film Festival. Here are my top five picks – and one hilarious flop">Read more</a>

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Peter Dutton has promised to solve our energy problems – but his nuclear policy still leaves Australians in the dark

June 19, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Quiggin, Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland In 1971 on a family holiday, my father drove us to look at a huge concrete slab at Jervis Bay, on the South Coast of New South Wales. Still visible today, it was the foundation for what ... <a title="Peter Dutton has promised to solve our energy problems – but his nuclear policy still leaves Australians in the dark" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/19/peter-dutton-has-promised-to-solve-our-energy-problems-but-his-nuclear-policy-still-leaves-australians-in-the-dark-232816/" aria-label="Read more about Peter Dutton has promised to solve our energy problems – but his nuclear policy still leaves Australians in the dark">Read more</a>

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Dutton goes nuclear, proposing seven government-owned generators with the first starting in 2030s

June 19, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Opposition leader Peter Dutton has announced seven sites for reactors, unveiling his long-awaited and highly-controversial policy for nuclear power with the claim it could start operating from the 2030s. . The locations are the sites of former or current coal ... <a title="Dutton goes nuclear, proposing seven government-owned generators with the first starting in 2030s" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/19/dutton-goes-nuclear-proposing-seven-government-owned-generators-with-the-first-starting-in-2030s-232815/" aria-label="Read more about Dutton goes nuclear, proposing seven government-owned generators with the first starting in 2030s">Read more</a>

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The AEC has redrawn the boundaries for federal seats. How will this affect the next election?

June 19, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne Redistributions are held to keep the number of enrolled voters in each seat roughly equal. In Australia, this equal population per seat is possible for a particular ... <a title="The AEC has redrawn the boundaries for federal seats. How will this affect the next election?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/19/the-aec-has-redrawn-the-boundaries-for-federal-seats-how-will-this-affect-the-next-election-232602/" aria-label="Read more about The AEC has redrawn the boundaries for federal seats. How will this affect the next election?">Read more</a>

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I’ve been given opioids after surgery to take at home. What do I need to know?

June 19, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katelyn Jauregui, PhD Candidate and Clinical Pharmacist, School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney Flystock/Shutterstock Opioids are commonly prescribed when you’re discharged from hospital after surgery to help manage pain at home. These strong painkillers may have unwanted side effects or harms, such ... <a title="I’ve been given opioids after surgery to take at home. What do I need to know?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/19/ive-been-given-opioids-after-surgery-to-take-at-home-what-do-i-need-to-know-228615/" aria-label="Read more about I’ve been given opioids after surgery to take at home. What do I need to know?">Read more</a>

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Shelley Lasica’s When I Am Not There asks: how do you create a gallery exhibition on 40 years of dance?

June 19, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonathan W. Marshall, Associate Professor & Postgraduate Research Coordinator, Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, Edith Cowan University Dan McCabe/PICA Wall text outside the main gallery of the Perth Institute of Contemporary Art (PICA) identifies Shelley Lasica’s When I’m Not There as a “survey” exhibition, but this ... <a title="Shelley Lasica’s When I Am Not There asks: how do you create a gallery exhibition on 40 years of dance?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/19/shelley-lasicas-when-i-am-not-there-asks-how-do-you-create-a-gallery-exhibition-on-40-years-of-dance-228785/" aria-label="Read more about Shelley Lasica’s When I Am Not There asks: how do you create a gallery exhibition on 40 years of dance?">Read more</a>

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Please stop obsessing over words. It’s quite simple: the RBA thinks inflation is too high

June 19, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Bartos, Professor of Economics, University of Canberra These days every word of every statement from the Reserve Bank Governor Michele Bullock is pored over in minute detail – as is every word uttered at her press conference after each Reserve Bank board meeting. Desperate for signals ... <a title="Please stop obsessing over words. It’s quite simple: the RBA thinks inflation is too high" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/19/please-stop-obsessing-over-words-its-quite-simple-the-rba-thinks-inflation-is-too-high-232590/" aria-label="Read more about Please stop obsessing over words. It’s quite simple: the RBA thinks inflation is too high">Read more</a>

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Improving gender equality will help end violence against women, but it’s only part of the puzzle

June 19, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephanie Lusby, Research Fellow, La Trobe University The spike in reports of women murdered by men this year has prompted widespread conversations across Australia about how we end gender-based violence. Much of this discussion has been about the importance of creating a more gender-equal society. This then ... <a title="Improving gender equality will help end violence against women, but it’s only part of the puzzle" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/19/improving-gender-equality-will-help-end-violence-against-women-but-its-only-part-of-the-puzzle-230680/" aria-label="Read more about Improving gender equality will help end violence against women, but it’s only part of the puzzle">Read more</a>

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History ‘replaying itself’ in Kanaky but Pacific solidarity growing, says Tau

June 19, 2024

French President Emmanuel Macron, who visited Kanaky New Caledonia last month in a largely failed bid to solve the French Pacific territory’s political deadlock, has called a snap election following the decisive victory of the rightwing bloc among French members of the European Parliament. Don Wiseman reports. By Don Wiseman, RNZ Pacific senior journalist A ... <a title="History ‘replaying itself’ in Kanaky but Pacific solidarity growing, says Tau" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/19/history-replaying-itself-in-kanaky-but-pacific-solidarity-growing-says-tau/" aria-label="Read more about History ‘replaying itself’ in Kanaky but Pacific solidarity growing, says Tau">Read more</a>

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Queen Mary Uni to host tribunal on ‘environmental violence, profiteering’ in West Papua

June 19, 2024

Asia Pacific Report The Centre for Climate Crime and Justice at Queen Mary University of London will host a Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal on State and Environmental Violence in West Papua later this month. A panel of eight tribunal judges will hear evidence on June 27-29 from many international NGOs and local civil society organisations, as ... <a title="Queen Mary Uni to host tribunal on ‘environmental violence, profiteering’ in West Papua" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/19/queen-mary-uni-to-host-tribunal-on-environmental-violence-profiteering-in-west-papua/" aria-label="Read more about Queen Mary Uni to host tribunal on ‘environmental violence, profiteering’ in West Papua">Read more</a>

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PNG Post-Courier: Census fiasco – why the poor planning, poor vision?

June 19, 2024

EDITORIAL: PNG Post-Courier We support Count Me In 2024. It is an important national census event for Papua New Guinea. It is supported by the government. And the people support it too. The National Census will provide us with up-to-date live data on our population which is needed for planning now and into the next ... <a title="PNG Post-Courier: Census fiasco – why the poor planning, poor vision?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/19/png-post-courier-census-fiasco-why-the-poor-planning-poor-vision/" aria-label="Read more about PNG Post-Courier: Census fiasco – why the poor planning, poor vision?">Read more</a>