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June 19, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jesse Tse, PhD Candidate at Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, The University of Melbourne Olly/Pexels Mental illnesses such as depression and anxiety disorders have become more prevalent, especially among young people. Demand for treatment is surging and prescriptions of some psychiatric medications have climbed. These upswinging prevalence ... <a title="Do you have a mental illness? Why some people answer ‘yes’, even if they haven’t been diagnosed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/19/do-you-have-a-mental-illness-why-some-people-answer-yes-even-if-they-havent-been-diagnosed-231687/" aria-label="Read more about Do you have a mental illness? Why some people answer ‘yes’, even if they haven’t been diagnosed">Read more</a>
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June 19, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Zammit, Postdoctoral research fellow, terrorism and security, Victoria University In recent months, Islamic State has escalated its calls to attack sporting events in Europe. Governments are increasingly concerned about the specific threat the terrorist group poses to the upcoming Paris Olympics and Paralympic Games. But how ... <a title="Will the Paris Olympics be a terrorist target? These three factors could be key" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/19/will-the-paris-olympics-be-a-terrorist-target-these-three-factors-could-be-key-229110/" aria-label="Read more about Will the Paris Olympics be a terrorist target? These three factors could be key">Read more</a>
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June 19, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Beth Hands, Adjunct Senior Research Scholar, Institute for Health Research, University of Notre Dame Australia The inclusion of trans women athletes – women who were assigned male at birth – is one of the most controversial issues in world sports. International and national governing bodies, sports teams ... <a title="Many sports are tightening their transgender policies – can inclusion co-exist with fairness, physical safety and integrity?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/19/many-sports-are-tightening-their-transgender-policies-can-inclusion-co-exist-with-fairness-physical-safety-and-integrity-231597/" aria-label="Read more about Many sports are tightening their transgender policies – can inclusion co-exist with fairness, physical safety and integrity?">Read more</a>
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June 19, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wesley Morgan, Research Fellow, Griffith Asia Institute, Griffith University The current visit to Australia by China’s Premier Li Qiang may have taken the heat out of recent tensions between the two nations. But Australia remains embroiled with China in a tussle for influence in the Pacific – ... <a title="Peter Dutton’s plan to cut the 2030 climate target would be an own goal for Australia’s Pacific ambitions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/19/peter-duttons-plan-to-cut-the-2030-climate-target-would-be-an-own-goal-for-australias-pacific-ambitions-232699/" aria-label="Read more about Peter Dutton’s plan to cut the 2030 climate target would be an own goal for Australia’s Pacific ambitions">Read more</a>
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June 19, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Victoria Minson, Lecturer and Bachelor of Early Childhood Education (Birth to Five Years) (Accelerated) Course Coordinator, Australian Catholic University There is a new push to make early education and care more affordable for Australian families. The Productivity Commission is due to hand a major report to the ... <a title="Early childhood educators are not ‘babysitters’. What do their jobs really involve?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/19/early-childhood-educators-are-not-babysitters-what-do-their-jobs-really-involve-228107/" aria-label="Read more about Early childhood educators are not ‘babysitters’. What do their jobs really involve?">Read more</a>
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June 19, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shawna Mastro Campbell, Assistant Professor Clinical Psychology, Bond University Disney Inside Out 2 invites us back into the mind of Riley, now a 13-year-old ice-hockey enthusiast on the cusp of high school – and puberty. Literally overnight, her brain goes through a large-scale demolition and construction that ... <a title="Emotions don’t decide who you are: how to talk to your child about the new emotions in Inside Out 2" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/19/emotions-dont-decide-who-you-are-how-to-talk-to-your-child-about-the-new-emotions-in-inside-out-2-231921/" aria-label="Read more about Emotions don’t decide who you are: how to talk to your child about the new emotions in Inside Out 2">Read more</a>
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June 19, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma Hitchcock, PhD Candidate in Management, Auckland University of Technology Getty Images Announcing her government’s plan to disestablish the Equal Pay Taskforce in May, Minister for the Public Service Nicola Willis argued the “process for settling pay equity claims has now matured” enough that the taskforce was ... <a title="Pay transparency would help close NZ’s gender gap – why is progress so slow?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/19/pay-transparency-would-help-close-nzs-gender-gap-why-is-progress-so-slow-232150/" aria-label="Read more about Pay transparency would help close NZ’s gender gap – why is progress so slow?">Read more</a>
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June 19, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gabriel Filippelli, Professor of Earth Sciences and Executive Director, Environmental Resilience Institute, Indiana University A lot of lead from gasoline, house paint and industrial emissions has ended up in soil, and it poses serious health risks. Jamie Grill, Tetra Images via Getty Images As spring phases into ... <a title="EPA has lowered the screening level for lead in soil – here’s what that could mean for households across the US" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/19/epa-has-lowered-the-screening-level-for-lead-in-soil-heres-what-that-could-mean-for-households-across-the-us-224609/" aria-label="Read more about EPA has lowered the screening level for lead in soil – here’s what that could mean for households across the US">Read more</a>
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June 18, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University There’s something curious about the proposed merger between Chemist Warehouse and Sigma Healthcare. Chemist Warehouse has about 550 retail pharmacies. Sigma has another 400. Yet the law limits owners to just a handful of pharmacies ... <a title="The Chemist Warehouse deal is a sideshow: pharmacies are ripe for bigger disruption" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/18/the-chemist-warehouse-deal-is-a-sideshow-pharmacies-are-ripe-for-bigger-disruption-232586/" aria-label="Read more about The Chemist Warehouse deal is a sideshow: pharmacies are ripe for bigger disruption">Read more</a>
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June 18, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nilupama Wijewardena, Lecturer, College of Business and Law, RMIT University fizkes/Shutterstock When asked to describe an ideal organisational leader, many people might be inclined to use quite serious adjectives such as solemn, determined or results-oriented. Yet one trait is not only often overlooked, but also essential for ... <a title="Humour can make you a better workplace leader, if you use it properly – here’s how" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/18/humour-can-make-you-a-better-workplace-leader-if-you-use-it-properly-heres-how-232158/" aria-label="Read more about Humour can make you a better workplace leader, if you use it properly – here’s how">Read more</a>
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June 18, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Penny Olsen, Honorary Professor in Ecology and Evolution, Australian National University Neil Tavener Birds have been known to seek out pungent chemicals for various reasons. Some consume fermented fruits with gusto and suffer the ill effects. Others expose themselves to ants, but only the stinky kind. These ... <a title="High fliers: pleasure-seeking parrots are using aromatic plants, stinky ants and alcohol" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/18/high-fliers-pleasure-seeking-parrots-are-using-aromatic-plants-stinky-ants-and-alcohol-231068/" aria-label="Read more about High fliers: pleasure-seeking parrots are using aromatic plants, stinky ants and alcohol">Read more</a>
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June 18, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Doug Drury, Professor/Head of Aviation, CQUniversity Australia Vaalaa / Shutterstock Late last night, Virgin Australia flight VA 148 set out from Queenstown in New Zealand bound for Melbourne. Not long after takeoff, the right engine of the Boeing 737-800 jet started emitting loud bangs, followed by flames. ... <a title="Bird strike: what happens when a plane collides with a bird?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/18/bird-strike-what-happens-when-a-plane-collides-with-a-bird-232702/" aria-label="Read more about Bird strike: what happens when a plane collides with a bird?">Read more</a>
