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October 23, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lauren Ball, Professor of Community Health and Wellbeing, The University of Queensland Matilda Wormwood/Pexels Scurvy is is often considered a historical ailment, conjuring images of sailors on long sea voyages suffering from a lack of fresh fruit and vegetables. Yet doctors in developed countries have recently reported ... <a title="Scurvy is largely a historical disease but there are signs it’s making a comeback" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/23/scurvy-is-largely-a-historical-disease-but-there-are-signs-its-making-a-comeback-241894/" aria-label="Read more about Scurvy is largely a historical disease but there are signs it’s making a comeback">Read more</a>
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October 23, 2024
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby A deadly ambush unfolded in Enga province between 6 p.m. and 7 p.m. last night, leaving multiple people dead after a bus was attacked by armed men. Police confirmed to the Post-Courier that bodies were found both inside the bus and scattered in nearby bushland. Men and women attempting ... <a title="Deadly bus ambush in PNG’s Enga province kills, wounds many" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/23/deadly-bus-ambush-in-pngs-enga-province-kills-wounds-many/" aria-label="Read more about Deadly bus ambush in PNG’s Enga province kills, wounds many">Read more</a>
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October 23, 2024
INTERVIEW: By Don Wiseman, RNZ Pacific senior journalist Last week, New Caledonia was visited by France’s new Overseas Minister, François Buffet, offering a more conciliatory position by Paris. This week, the territory, torn apart by violent riots, is to receive a Pacific Islands Forum fact-finding mission comprised of four prime ministers. New Caledonia has been ... <a title="New Caledonia crisis: Pacific leaders’ mission must ‘look beyond surface’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/23/new-caledonia-crisis-pacific-leaders-mission-must-look-beyond-surface/" aria-label="Read more about New Caledonia crisis: Pacific leaders’ mission must ‘look beyond surface’">Read more</a>
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October 23, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Hole, Professor, Mathematical Sciences Institute and School of Computing, Australian National University Quality Stock Arts/Shutterstock Globally, nuclear power accounts for roughly 10% of electricity generation. In some countries, such as France, this figure is nearly 70%. Big tech companies such as Google are also turning to ... <a title="What’s the difference between fusion and fission? A nuclear physicist explains" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/23/whats-the-difference-between-fusion-and-fission-a-nuclear-physicist-explains-240438/" aria-label="Read more about What’s the difference between fusion and fission? A nuclear physicist explains">Read more</a>
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October 23, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Pandanus Petter, Research Fellow School of Politics and International Relations, Australian National University On Saturday October 26, Queensland Premier Steven Miles’ Labor is vying for a fourth consecutive term in government, up against David Crisafulli’s Liberal National Party (LNP). Although Labor won the previous election in 2020 ... <a title="Labor looks set for a resounding defeat in Queensland. But the state’s elections have long thrown up surprises" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/23/labor-looks-set-for-a-resounding-defeat-in-queensland-but-the-states-elections-have-long-thrown-up-surprises-241774/" aria-label="Read more about Labor looks set for a resounding defeat in Queensland. But the state’s elections have long thrown up surprises">Read more</a>
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October 23, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Susan Hazel, Associate Professor, School of Animal and Veterinary Science, University of Adelaide Yerlin Matu/Unsplash Cats have lived with humans for thousands of years. And long before cat memes and viral TikToks took over the internet, they’ve been comforting us with their purrs and making us laugh ... <a title="Are cats good for our health?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/23/are-cats-good-for-our-health-238993/" aria-label="Read more about Are cats good for our health?">Read more</a>
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October 23, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gill Armstrong, Researcher in architecture and urban planning, Climateworks Centre EndeavourEnergy In Australia and overseas, it’s clear that homes without gas – running on clean energy – are healthier, have cheaper power bills, and produce lower greenhouse emissions. The emissions part is crucial. Collectively, homes are responsible ... <a title="No home left behind: a postcode approach to electrification" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/23/no-home-left-behind-a-postcode-approach-to-electrification-241471/" aria-label="Read more about No home left behind: a postcode approach to electrification">Read more</a>
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October 23, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Antonia Settle, Lecturer, Monash University For many Australians, 2022 was a dark and devastating year. Major floods wreaked havoc on hundreds of communities in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania. But for some, the floods themselves were only half the disaster. As a recent report by ... <a title="Rebuilding homes after a disaster is an opportunity to build back better – why isn’t the insurance industry on board?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/23/rebuilding-homes-after-a-disaster-is-an-opportunity-to-build-back-better-why-isnt-the-insurance-industry-on-board-241576/" aria-label="Read more about Rebuilding homes after a disaster is an opportunity to build back better – why isn’t the insurance industry on board?">Read more</a>
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October 23, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ebony Birchall, Lecturer, Law School, Macquarie University Australian mining giant BHP is at the centre of one of the world’s largest class actions, the trial for which started this week in London. The Fundão Dam in Mariana, Brazil, co-owned by BHP, collapsed in 2015 spilling a gigantic ... <a title="‘They do not respect our land. They do not respect our people’. Brazil’s traditional people take on BHP in one of the world’s biggest class actions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/23/they-do-not-respect-our-land-they-do-not-respect-our-people-brazils-traditional-people-take-on-bhp-in-one-of-the-worlds-biggest-class-actions-241777/" aria-label="Read more about ‘They do not respect our land. They do not respect our people’. Brazil’s traditional people take on BHP in one of the world’s biggest class actions">Read more</a>
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October 23, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mona Krewel, Senior Lecturer in Comparative Politics, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Getty Images Companies and shareholders associated with the government’s fast-track projects gave more than $500,000 in donations to National, ACT and New Zealand First, according to a recent analysis by RNZ. While ... <a title="The best government money can buy? How New Zealanders feel about political party funding" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/23/the-best-government-money-can-buy-how-new-zealanders-feel-about-political-party-funding-241881/" aria-label="Read more about The best government money can buy? How New Zealanders feel about political party funding">Read more</a>
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October 22, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra King Charles – as the old-fashioned saying goes – didn’t come down in the last shower. He’s unlikely to have been fazed by the outburst from independent senator Lidia Thorpe, who disrupted Monday’s Parliament House reception for the royals. And ... <a title="View from The Hill: We have bigger issues around freedom of speech than Lidia Thorpe’s noisy protest" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/22/view-from-the-hill-we-have-bigger-issues-around-freedom-of-speech-than-lidia-thorpes-noisy-protest-241906/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: We have bigger issues around freedom of speech than Lidia Thorpe’s noisy protest">Read more</a>
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October 22, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jack Hetherington, Phd Candidate in circular business models, University of Adelaide Cheesemaking leaves large volumes of whey Lysenko Andrii/Shutterstock Every year, 7.6 million tonnes of food is lost or wasted in Australia. When we think about this, we might picture mouldy fruit, stale bread and overly full ... <a title="Huge volumes of whey go to waste. We could do much more with this nutrient rich liquid" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/22/huge-volumes-of-whey-go-to-waste-we-could-do-much-more-with-this-nutrient-rich-liquid-241588/" aria-label="Read more about Huge volumes of whey go to waste. We could do much more with this nutrient rich liquid">Read more</a>
