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July 3, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rob Manwaring, Associate Professor, Politics and Public Policy, Flinders University I T S/Shutterstock The United Kingdom heads to the polls on July 4, and the widely expected outcome is a defeat for the British Conservative Party after 14 years in power. In the 650-seat House of Commons, ... <a title="Conservatives face a bloodbath at July’s UK election. What are the key issues for voters – and what’s Labour promised?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/03/conservatives-face-a-bloodbath-at-julys-uk-election-what-are-the-key-issues-for-voters-and-whats-labour-promised-232173/" aria-label="Read more about Conservatives face a bloodbath at July’s UK election. What are the key issues for voters – and what’s Labour promised?">Read more</a>
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July 3, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Isabella Bower, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of South Australia Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, 1984. Museums Victoria, CC BY Can you remember your last in-person exam? You’re waiting outside the venue with your identification, pens and back-up pens. Everyone is nervously looking at their notes or avoiding eye ... <a title="Should we ditch big exam halls? Our research shows how high ceilings are associated with a lower score" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/03/should-we-ditch-big-exam-halls-our-research-shows-how-high-ceilings-are-associated-with-a-lower-score-233478/" aria-label="Read more about Should we ditch big exam halls? Our research shows how high ceilings are associated with a lower score">Read more</a>
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July 3, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Angela Smith, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Western Sydney University Rawpixel.com/Shutterstock Momentum is growing for the Australian government to provide universal early childhood education and care – free or very-low-cost childcare for all families. Access to quality, affordable childcare can help parents join or remain in the workforce – ... <a title="Western Sydney’s childcare ‘desert’ locks women out of the workforce. Universal childcare could be a game-changer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/03/western-sydneys-childcare-desert-locks-women-out-of-the-workforce-universal-childcare-could-be-a-game-changer-233446/" aria-label="Read more about Western Sydney’s childcare ‘desert’ locks women out of the workforce. Universal childcare could be a game-changer">Read more</a>
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July 3, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Henry Cutler, Professor and Director, Macquarie University Centre for the Health Economy, Macquarie University vectorfusionart/Shutterstock Australia’s mental health-care system is struggling to cope with the demand. But more money won’t necessarily mean everyone gets the care they need. As we outline in research out this week, we ... <a title="Mental health services are overloaded. We should pay them a bonus to improve your care" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/03/mental-health-services-are-overloaded-we-should-pay-them-a-bonus-to-improve-your-care-232898/" aria-label="Read more about Mental health services are overloaded. We should pay them a bonus to improve your care">Read more</a>
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July 3, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Phoebe Macrossan, Lecturer in Screen Media, University of the Sunshine Coast Ground Picture/Shutterstock Australian teenagers have grown up with abundant choices in digital screen entertainment including social media, gaming and streaming video. However, the viewing habits of Australian teens are often overlooked in research. The most recent ... <a title="‘I pretty much already know what Australia’s like’: what Aussie teenagers told us about not watching local TV" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/03/i-pretty-much-already-know-what-australias-like-what-aussie-teenagers-told-us-about-not-watching-local-tv-231915/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I pretty much already know what Australia’s like’: what Aussie teenagers told us about not watching local TV">Read more</a>
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July 3, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Roslyn Prinsley, Head, Disaster Solutions, Australian National University Cloudcatcher Media, Shutterstock Many Australians live in areas increasingly exposed to climate change and associated extreme weather such as floods, fires, coastal erosion, cyclones and extreme heat. If we wait for disasters to happen, hundreds of thousands of people ... <a title="Rising risks of climate disasters mean some communities will need to move – we need a national conversation about relocation now" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/03/rising-risks-of-climate-disasters-mean-some-communities-will-need-to-move-we-need-a-national-conversation-about-relocation-now-232703/" aria-label="Read more about Rising risks of climate disasters mean some communities will need to move – we need a national conversation about relocation now">Read more</a>
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July 3, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Melissa L. Gould, Senior Lecturer in Critical Media Studies, Auckland University of Technology Getty Images The astounding rise in social media use in the past few years is seeing policy responses come to a head, both internationally and in Aotearoa New Zealand. Some estimates put the number ... <a title="Banning social media for under-16s won’t help – teaching digital media literacy will" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/03/banning-social-media-for-under-16s-wont-help-teaching-digital-media-literacy-will-233224/" aria-label="Read more about Banning social media for under-16s won’t help – teaching digital media literacy will">Read more</a>
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July 3, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Nationals have had a major win in having the opposition commit to divestiture legislation as a weapon of last resort against supermarkets guilty of uncompetitive behaviour. Opposition leader Peter Dutton announced the policy at a joint press conference with ... <a title="Coalition government would bring in divestiture power to deal with recalcitrant supermarkets" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/03/coalition-government-would-bring-in-divestiture-power-to-deal-with-recalcitrant-supermarkets-233788/" aria-label="Read more about Coalition government would bring in divestiture power to deal with recalcitrant supermarkets">Read more</a>
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July 3, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University bombermoon/Shuttterstock Opposition leader Peter Dutton might have been hoping for an endorsement from economists for his plan to take Australian nuclear. He shouldn’t expect one from The Economist. The Economist is a British weekly news ... <a title="When it comes to power, solar is about to leave nuclear and everything else in the shade" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/03/when-it-comes-to-power-solar-is-about-to-leave-nuclear-and-everything-else-in-the-shade-233644/" aria-label="Read more about When it comes to power, solar is about to leave nuclear and everything else in the shade">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alan Cooper, Distinguished Professor, Charles Sturt University Aurora over green hills near Thun, Switzerland. Julien Anet The remarkable aurora in early May this year demonstrated the power that solar storms can emit as radiation, but occasionally the Sun does something far more destructive. Known as “solar particle ... <a title="New study shows mysterious solar particle blasts can devastate the ozone layer, bathing Earth in radiation for years" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/02/new-study-shows-mysterious-solar-particle-blasts-can-devastate-the-ozone-layer-bathing-earth-in-radiation-for-years-233464/" aria-label="Read more about New study shows mysterious solar particle blasts can devastate the ozone layer, bathing Earth in radiation for years">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Hawkins, Senior Lecturer, Canberra School of Politics, Economics and Society, University of Canberra TierneyMJ/Shutterstock More than 90% of the world’s central banks are looking at introducing a central bank digital currency (CBDC), to complement existing banknotes. What is a central bank digital currency? A CBDC is ... <a title="Will digital currencies become the norm as the world moves towards a cashless society?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/02/will-digital-currencies-become-the-norm-as-the-world-moves-towards-a-cashless-society-233069/" aria-label="Read more about Will digital currencies become the norm as the world moves towards a cashless society?">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Axel Bruns, Professor, Digital Media Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology Thx4Stock team/Shutterstock At a parliamentary hearing late last week, Meta once again suggested it could ban links to news on Facebook and Instagram in Australia. This would repeat the ban it enacted for more than a ... <a title="If Meta bans news in Australia, what will happen? Canada’s experience is telling" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/02/if-meta-bans-news-in-australia-what-will-happen-canadas-experience-is-telling-233662/" aria-label="Read more about If Meta bans news in Australia, what will happen? Canada’s experience is telling">Read more</a>
