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Year: 2024

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Remembering Jack Hibberd: the revolutionary playwright who heard Australia, and reflected us back to ourselves

September 3, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Russell Fewster, Lecturer in Performing Arts, University of South Australia For Jack Hibberd, writing plays came from an “geographical accident”. As a young medical intern in the 1960s, he “fell in with the bohemian” Carlton Melbourne milieu that saw something in his poetry that suggested “monologues of ... <a title="Remembering Jack Hibberd: the revolutionary playwright who heard Australia, and reflected us back to ourselves" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/03/remembering-jack-hibberd-the-revolutionary-playwright-who-heard-australia-and-reflected-us-back-to-ourselves-237967/" aria-label="Read more about Remembering Jack Hibberd: the revolutionary playwright who heard Australia, and reflected us back to ourselves">Read more</a>

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Heartbreak has turned to rage in Israel. Can Benjamin Netanyahu survive the biggest challenge to his rule?

September 3, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ran Porat, Affiliate Researcher, The Australian Centre for Jewish Civilisation, Monash University Israelis are once again venting their anger over the failure of the government to reach a deal to release the hostages still being held by Hamas in Gaza. Hundreds of thousands of protesters have taken ... <a title="Heartbreak has turned to rage in Israel. Can Benjamin Netanyahu survive the biggest challenge to his rule?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/03/heartbreak-has-turned-to-rage-in-israel-can-benjamin-netanyahu-survive-the-biggest-challenge-to-his-rule-237965/" aria-label="Read more about Heartbreak has turned to rage in Israel. Can Benjamin Netanyahu survive the biggest challenge to his rule?">Read more</a>

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Explainer: the governor-general is also commander-in-chief of the defence forces. What does this mean in practice?

September 3, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anne Twomey, Professor Emerita in Constitutional Law, University of Sydney Australia’s new Governor-General, Sam Mostyn, recently said that she does not fit the usual idea of a governor-general – especially the type of person we expect to see as the commander-in-chief of the Australian Defence Force (ADF). ... <a title="Explainer: the governor-general is also commander-in-chief of the defence forces. What does this mean in practice?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/03/explainer-the-governor-general-is-also-commander-in-chief-of-the-defence-forces-what-does-this-mean-in-practice-237959/" aria-label="Read more about Explainer: the governor-general is also commander-in-chief of the defence forces. What does this mean in practice?">Read more</a>

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‘Be your own hero’: why video games are a battleground in the US–China tech war

September 3, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Haiqing Yu, Professor, School of Media and Communication, RMIT University Blockbuster Chinese video game Black Myth: Wukong sold more than 10 million copies within days of its release last month, and its success has been hailed as a soft-power win for the Asian superpower. However, as a ... <a title="‘Be your own hero’: why video games are a battleground in the US–China tech war" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/03/be-your-own-hero-why-video-games-are-a-battleground-in-the-us-china-tech-war-237966/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Be your own hero’: why video games are a battleground in the US–China tech war">Read more</a>

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After being wowed by Olympic athletes in Paris, it’s time to take notice of exceptional Paralympic exploits

September 3, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dan van den Hoek, Senior Lecturer, Clinical Exercise Physiology, University of the Sunshine Coast The Paris Olympics have been and gone but memories of the athletes’ achievements will live on, from Mondo Duplantis breaking his own pole vault world record for the ninth time, to Sifan Hassan ... <a title="After being wowed by Olympic athletes in Paris, it’s time to take notice of exceptional Paralympic exploits" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/03/after-being-wowed-by-olympic-athletes-in-paris-its-time-to-take-notice-of-exceptional-paralympic-exploits-237968/" aria-label="Read more about After being wowed by Olympic athletes in Paris, it’s time to take notice of exceptional Paralympic exploits">Read more</a>

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How do you make a giant gold nugget? Take a vein of quartz, add a few thousand earthquakes

September 3, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christopher Voisey, Research Fellow in the School of Earth, Atmosphere, & Environment, Monash University Bjorn Wylezich / Shutterstock Humanity’s fascination with gold stretches back thousands of years. Gold mining is described in ancient Greek and Roman sources, and gold rushes – especially in the 19th century – ... <a title="How do you make a giant gold nugget? Take a vein of quartz, add a few thousand earthquakes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/03/how-do-you-make-a-giant-gold-nugget-take-a-vein-of-quartz-add-a-few-thousand-earthquakes-236694/" aria-label="Read more about How do you make a giant gold nugget? Take a vein of quartz, add a few thousand earthquakes">Read more</a>

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Locking up young people might make you feel safer but it doesn’t work, now or in the long term

September 3, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris Cunneen, Professor of Criminology, University of Technology Sydney Shutterstock This article contains information on deaths in custody and the violence experienced by First Nations people in encounters with the Australian carceral system. It also contains references to and the names of people who are now deceased. ... <a title="Locking up young people might make you feel safer but it doesn’t work, now or in the long term" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/03/locking-up-young-people-might-make-you-feel-safer-but-it-doesnt-work-now-or-in-the-long-term-237742/" aria-label="Read more about Locking up young people might make you feel safer but it doesn’t work, now or in the long term">Read more</a>

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Flu shots play an important role in protecting against bird flu. But not for the reason you might think

September 3, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Allen Cheng, Professor of Infectious Diseases, Monash University PeopleImages.com – Yuri A/Shutterstock A current strain of highly pathogenic avian influenza, commonly known as bird flu, has become a global problem. The virus has affected many millions of birds, some other animal species, and a small number of ... <a title="Flu shots play an important role in protecting against bird flu. But not for the reason you might think" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/03/flu-shots-play-an-important-role-in-protecting-against-bird-flu-but-not-for-the-reason-you-might-think-237859/" aria-label="Read more about Flu shots play an important role in protecting against bird flu. But not for the reason you might think">Read more</a>

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First Nations people are 3 times more likely to die on the road. Here’s how to fix Australia’s transport injustice

September 3, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gina Masterton, Indigenous Australian Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Justice, Queensland University of Technology totajla/Shutterstock Last year, more than 1,200 people died in road crashes across Australia. But not all Australians face the same level of risk on our roads. Government data across five states and territories ... <a title="First Nations people are 3 times more likely to die on the road. Here’s how to fix Australia’s transport injustice" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/03/first-nations-people-are-3-times-more-likely-to-die-on-the-road-heres-how-to-fix-australias-transport-injustice-236395/" aria-label="Read more about First Nations people are 3 times more likely to die on the road. Here’s how to fix Australia’s transport injustice">Read more</a>

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‘The pāua that clings to the sea’: a new species of abalone found only in waters off a remote NZ island chain

September 3, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kerry Walton, Curator Invertebrates, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, CC BY-SA It has long been suspected that a small pāua (known as abalone, ormers or ear-shells overseas) found around a remote island chain north of Aotearoa New Zealand ... <a title="‘The pāua that clings to the sea’: a new species of abalone found only in waters off a remote NZ island chain" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/03/the-paua-that-clings-to-the-sea-a-new-species-of-abalone-found-only-in-waters-off-a-remote-nz-island-chain-236568/" aria-label="Read more about ‘The pāua that clings to the sea’: a new species of abalone found only in waters off a remote NZ island chain">Read more</a>

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Australia needs tradies and materials to build the power grid of the future. So where are they?

September 3, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris Briggs, Research Director, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney Shutterstock As Australia’s electricity supply shifts to clean energy, a big challenge is looming. How do we “keep the lights on” as big coal plants close, and a far-flung network of wind and solar generators ... <a title="Australia needs tradies and materials to build the power grid of the future. So where are they?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/03/australia-needs-tradies-and-materials-to-build-the-power-grid-of-the-future-so-where-are-they-237858/" aria-label="Read more about Australia needs tradies and materials to build the power grid of the future. So where are they?">Read more</a>

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When is a good time for a child to start music lessons?

September 3, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Timothy McKenry, Professor of Music, Australian Catholic University Rawpixel.com/Shutterstock, CC BY There are many reasons a child should learn a musical instrument. Not only does it give them the opportunity to make music, a significant body of research points to benefits for cognitive and academic achievement. This ... <a title="When is a good time for a child to start music lessons?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/03/when-is-a-good-time-for-a-child-to-start-music-lessons-237225/" aria-label="Read more about When is a good time for a child to start music lessons?">Read more</a>