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November 19, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Denis Muller, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne For decades it seemed Alan Jones was unassailable. A finding against him of professional misconduct by the Australian Broadcasting Authority (2000); a finding that he incited hatred, serious contempt and severe ridicule of Lebanese ... <a title="Alan Jones once seemed unassailable. What ended it was a peculiarly Sydney story of media, politics and power" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/19/alan-jones-once-seemed-unassailable-what-ended-it-was-a-peculiarly-sydney-story-of-media-politics-and-power-243942/" aria-label="Read more about Alan Jones once seemed unassailable. What ended it was a peculiarly Sydney story of media, politics and power">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Carolyn Heward, Lecturer, Clinical Psychology, James Cook University Monkey Business Images/Shutterstock Imagine being questioned about complex technical knowledge in front of your peers, supervisors, and members of the public – knowing that a wrong answer could lead to public ridicule. This is the reality for many medical ... <a title="Public humiliation is still a common teaching tool in medical education. Here’s how it leaves patients worse off" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/19/public-humiliation-is-still-a-common-teaching-tool-in-medical-education-heres-how-it-leaves-patients-worse-off-242692/" aria-label="Read more about Public humiliation is still a common teaching tool in medical education. Here’s how it leaves patients worse off">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chelsey Taylor, PhD Candidate, Swinburne University of Technology From revolutionary Geelong ruckman Graham “Polly” Farmer, to the electrifying Krakouer brothers (Phil and Jim) at North Melbourne, through to modern stars such as Charlie Cameron, Adam Goodes, Lance Franklin and Eddie Betts, Indigenous athletes have long shone brightly ... <a title="It’s clear footy has an Indigenous participation problem, and the AFL draft is only part of the solution" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/19/its-clear-footy-has-an-indigenous-participation-problem-and-the-afl-draft-is-only-part-of-the-solution-228779/" aria-label="Read more about It’s clear footy has an Indigenous participation problem, and the AFL draft is only part of the solution">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ladan Hashemi, Senior Research Fellow in Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Childhood obesity is a growing concern worldwide. But in New Zealand it’s a particularly pressing issue. With one of the highest rates in the OECD, about one in three New Zealand children are ... <a title="Basic rules for screen time at a young age can help reduce childhood obesity – new research" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/19/basic-rules-for-screen-time-at-a-young-age-can-help-reduce-childhood-obesity-new-research-243674/" aria-label="Read more about Basic rules for screen time at a young age can help reduce childhood obesity – new research">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Narelle Miragliotta, Associate Professor in Politics, Murdoch University State and territory elections held in 2024 have not delivered the electoral and legislative gains the Greens would have hoped for or expected. Of the elections conducted this year, the Greens’ performance was, at best, a mixed bag. At ... <a title="To build support, it might be time for the Greens to hang up their movement-style approach to politics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/19/to-build-support-it-might-be-time-for-the-greens-to-hang-up-their-movement-style-approach-to-politics-243693/" aria-label="Read more about To build support, it might be time for the Greens to hang up their movement-style approach to politics">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonine Jancey, Academic and Director Collaboration for Evidence, Research and Impact in Public Health, Curtin University Drazen Zigic/Shutterstock Last week, the federal government announced a plan to roll out an anti-vaping program in schools across the country. The education program, called OurFutures, aims to prevent young people ... <a title="Australia’s new anti-vaping program in schools is a good step – but education is only part of the puzzle" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/19/australias-new-anti-vaping-program-in-schools-is-a-good-step-but-education-is-only-part-of-the-puzzle-243717/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s new anti-vaping program in schools is a good step – but education is only part of the puzzle">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Song Shi, Associate Professor, Property Economics, University of Technology Sydney If you’re buying a house near a river or on a floodplain, you will likely come up against the question of flood risk. We usually talk about this in terms of chance. Houses close to the river ... <a title="We pay less for houses in one-in-100 year flood zones – but overlook risks of more devastating floods" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/19/we-pay-less-for-houses-in-one-in-100-year-flood-zones-but-overlook-risks-of-more-devastating-floods-243485/" aria-label="Read more about We pay less for houses in one-in-100 year flood zones – but overlook risks of more devastating floods">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Charlotte Dunn, Lecturer in Classics, University of Tasmania Carl Gottlieb Venig/Wikimedia The Egyptian queen Cleopatra is often associated with glamorous beauty routines, deadly snake bites, lavish banquets and torrid affairs with some of the most notorious men in Roman history. One such (very public) affair was with ... <a title="What was the deal with Julius Caesar and Cleopatra’s ‘situationship’?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/19/what-was-the-deal-with-julius-caesar-and-cleopatras-situationship-237868/" aria-label="Read more about What was the deal with Julius Caesar and Cleopatra’s ‘situationship’?">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hallam Stevens, Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies, James Cook University On November 12, United States president-elect Donald Trump announced he would appoint Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, to lead a newly constituted Department of Government Efficiency alongside fellow tech billionaire and former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy. The ... <a title="Elon Musk’s new job will bring tech ‘disruption’ to the US government – and history says it won’t be pretty" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/19/elon-musks-new-job-will-bring-tech-disruption-to-the-us-government-and-history-says-it-wont-be-pretty-243907/" aria-label="Read more about Elon Musk’s new job will bring tech ‘disruption’ to the US government – and history says it won’t be pretty">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jessica Russ-Smith, Associate Professor, Social Work and Assistant Deputy Head of School, School of Allied Health, Australian Catholic University Philip Schubert/Shutterstock From climate change to geopolitical instability to health emergencies, we are entering a period of momentous change. The technology industry likes to tell us that the ... <a title="AI for life: how sovereign Wiradyuri ways of knowing can transform technology for good" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/19/ai-for-life-how-sovereign-wiradyuri-ways-of-knowing-can-transform-technology-for-good-243270/" aria-label="Read more about AI for life: how sovereign Wiradyuri ways of knowing can transform technology for good">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Greg Treadwell, Senior Lecturer in Journalism, Auckland University of Technology Getty Images When media company NZME proposed the closure of 14 community newspapers last week, the so-called “news desert” encroached a little further into the local information landscape. The term refers to those many regions in both ... <a title="With 14 community newspapers due to close, too many parts of NZ are becoming ‘news deserts’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/19/with-14-community-newspapers-due-to-close-too-many-parts-of-nz-are-becoming-news-deserts-243792/" aria-label="Read more about With 14 community newspapers due to close, too many parts of NZ are becoming ‘news deserts’">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Laurie Menviel, Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Climate Change Research Centre, UNSW Sydney Mozgova, Shutterstock A vast network of ocean currents nicknamed the “great global ocean conveyor belt” is slowing down. That’s a problem because this vital system redistributes heat around the world, influencing both temperatures and rainfall. The ... <a title="Meltwater from Greenland and the Arctic is weakening ocean circulation, speeding up warming down south" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/19/meltwater-from-greenland-and-the-arctic-is-weakening-ocean-circulation-speeding-up-warming-down-south-238302/" aria-label="Read more about Meltwater from Greenland and the Arctic is weakening ocean circulation, speeding up warming down south">Read more</a>
