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October 11, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Braedan Taylor, Traditional Owner; Karajarri Lands Trust Association/UWA, Indigenous Knowledge How can a desert burn? Australia’s vast deserts aren’t just sand dunes – they’re often dotted with flammable spinifex grass hummocks. When heavy rains fall, grass grows quickly before drying out. That’s how a desert can burn. When ... <a title="A patchwork of spinifex: how we returned cultural burning to the Great Sandy Desert" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/11/a-patchwork-of-spinifex-how-we-returned-cultural-burning-to-the-great-sandy-desert-240447/" aria-label="Read more about A patchwork of spinifex: how we returned cultural burning to the Great Sandy Desert">Read more</a>
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October 11, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By William Cheung, Senior Lecturer, Business School, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau New Zealand’s economy has been described as a “housing market with bits tacked on”. Buying and selling property is a national sport fuelled by the rising value of homes across the country. But the wider ... <a title="Use of AI in property valuation is on the rise – but we need greater transparency and trust" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/11/use-of-ai-in-property-valuation-is-on-the-rise-but-we-need-greater-transparency-and-trust-240880/" aria-label="Read more about Use of AI in property valuation is on the rise – but we need greater transparency and trust">Read more</a>
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October 11, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rawan Nimri, Lecturer in Tourism and Hospitality, Griffith University Sexual harassment is all too common in hospitality and tourism. One Australian survey found almost half of the respondents had been sexually harassed, compared to about one in three in workplaces more generally. Hospitality and tourism are marked ... <a title="It’s time to talk about how the media talks about sexual harassment" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/11/its-time-to-talk-about-how-the-media-talks-about-sexual-harassment-238771/" aria-label="Read more about It’s time to talk about how the media talks about sexual harassment">Read more</a>
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October 11, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicholas Godfrey, Senior Lecturer, College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Flinders University The Texas Chain Saw Massacre is a product of a unique time in American filmmaking, when independent exploitation films were nastier than ever, and equally capable of piercing the mainstream consciousness. Tobe Hooper’s 1974 ... <a title="The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and its harrowing, visceral impact has been rarely matched, 50 years on" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/11/the-texas-chain-saw-massacre-and-its-harrowing-visceral-impact-has-been-rarely-matched-50-years-on-236700/" aria-label="Read more about The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and its harrowing, visceral impact has been rarely matched, 50 years on">Read more</a>
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October 10, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Angry, accusatory partisan exchanges over the Middle East war have dominated federal politics this week. But for most ordinary voters the issue remains “over there”. Apart from the minorities for whom it has an immediate impact – Jewish people frightened ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Oil prices could be where the Middle East crisis collides with Australia’s cost-of-living crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/10/grattan-on-friday-oil-prices-could-be-where-the-middle-east-crisis-collides-with-australias-cost-of-living-crisis-241002/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Oil prices could be where the Middle East crisis collides with Australia’s cost-of-living crisis">Read more</a>
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October 10, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew P. Sinclair, Lecturer and Researcher of Education Policy, School of Education, Curtin University On Thursday, federal Education Minister Jason Clare introduced a school funding bill to parliament. The bill aims to set a new “floor” for how much the federal government contributes towards public school funding ... <a title="There’s a new school funding bill in parliament. Will this end the funding wars?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/10/theres-a-new-school-funding-bill-in-parliament-will-this-end-the-funding-wars-240994/" aria-label="Read more about There’s a new school funding bill in parliament. Will this end the funding wars?">Read more</a>
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October 10, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra China has removed the last significant trade barrier it imposed on Australia, with a timetable to resume full lobster imports by the end of the year. Anthony Albanese announced the breakthrough after a meeting with Chinese Premier Li Qiang in ... <a title="China removes block on Australian lobster, in last big bilateral trade breakthrough" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/10/china-removes-block-on-australian-lobster-in-last-big-bilateral-trade-breakthrough-241012/" aria-label="Read more about China removes block on Australian lobster, in last big bilateral trade breakthrough">Read more</a>
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October 10, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kay Cook, Professor and Research Director, School of Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities, Swinburne University of Technology KieferPix/Shutterstock Australia’s child support system can not only increase women’s poverty, but can actually facilitate financial abuse, according to our recent research. Child support is an important system that aims ... <a title="Australia’s child support system can put single mothers at risk of poverty and financial abuse" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/10/australias-child-support-system-can-put-single-mothers-at-risk-of-poverty-and-financial-abuse-240917/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s child support system can put single mothers at risk of poverty and financial abuse">Read more</a>
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October 10, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Art Cotterell, Research Associate, School of Regulation and Global Governance, Australian National University Artist’s concept of the docked Apollo and Soyuz in 1975. David Meltzer/NASA In recent years, a new “space race” has intensified between the United States and China. At a campaign rally last weekend, Republican ... <a title="Space isn’t all about the ‘race’ – rival superpowers must work together for a better future" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/10/space-isnt-all-about-the-race-rival-superpowers-must-work-together-for-a-better-future-240543/" aria-label="Read more about Space isn’t all about the ‘race’ – rival superpowers must work together for a better future">Read more</a>
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October 10, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Evangeline Mantzioris, Program Director of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Accredited Practising Dietitian, University of South Australia Evannovostro/Shutterstock Cinnamon has been long used around the world in both sweet and savoury dishes and drinks. But a new TikTok trend claims adding a teaspoon of cinnamon to your daily ... <a title="Is TikTok right? Can adding a teaspoon of cinnamon to your coffee help you burn fat?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/10/is-tiktok-right-can-adding-a-teaspoon-of-cinnamon-to-your-coffee-help-you-burn-fat-240683/" aria-label="Read more about Is TikTok right? Can adding a teaspoon of cinnamon to your coffee help you burn fat?">Read more</a>
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October 10, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Norton, Professor in the Practice of Higher Education Policy, Australian National University The federal government’s controversial plan to limit international student numbers is now almost certain to win parliamentary approval. But it looks like there will be some changes to the original bill introduced in May. ... <a title="International student caps are set to pass parliament, ushering in a new era of bureaucratic control" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/10/international-student-caps-are-set-to-pass-parliament-ushering-in-a-new-era-of-bureaucratic-control-240988/" aria-label="Read more about International student caps are set to pass parliament, ushering in a new era of bureaucratic control">Read more</a>
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October 10, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark David Ryan, Professor, Film, Screen, Animation, Queensland University of Technology IMDB It has been 50 years since the cinema release of Peter Weir’s iconic, offbeat, cult classic The Cars That Ate Paris. The film seared the image of a silver Volkswagen Beetle weaponised with deadly spikes ... <a title="Peter Weir’s The Cars That Ate Paris – a driving force in Ozploitation filmmaking" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/10/peter-weirs-the-cars-that-ate-paris-a-driving-force-in-ozploitation-filmmaking-237233/" aria-label="Read more about Peter Weir’s The Cars That Ate Paris – a driving force in Ozploitation filmmaking">Read more</a>
