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June 27, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Janet Hoek, Professor of Public Health, University of Otago Getty Images Australia will become the first country to restrict vape sales to pharmacies from next week. This new policy represents a very different approach to the path Aotearoa New Zealand is taking, and includes some important steps. ... <a title="Australians will soon only be able to buy vapes from pharmacies. Should New Zealand follow suit?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/27/australians-will-soon-only-be-able-to-buy-vapes-from-pharmacies-should-new-zealand-follow-suit-233204/" aria-label="Read more about Australians will soon only be able to buy vapes from pharmacies. Should New Zealand follow suit?">Read more</a>
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June 27, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Camille Mellin, Senior Lecturer and ARC Future Fellow, School of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide Sarah_lewis/Shutterstock Coral bleaching is becoming much more common as a result of increasingly severe and frequent marine heatwaves. Four global mass bleaching events have happened since 1998. Two of these were in ... <a title="Devastating coral bleaching will be more common, start earlier and last longer unless we cut emissions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/27/devastating-coral-bleaching-will-be-more-common-start-earlier-and-last-longer-unless-we-cut-emissions-232473/" aria-label="Read more about Devastating coral bleaching will be more common, start earlier and last longer unless we cut emissions">Read more</a>
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June 27, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anthony Waddle, Schmidt Science Fellow in Conservation Biology, Macquarie University Anthony Waddle All over the world, frogs are being wiped out by the chytrid fungus. At least 500 species have declined, including as many as 90 species now presumed extinct. This catastrophic and ongoing biodiversity loss surpasses ... <a title="Our ‘frog saunas’ could help save endangered species from the devastating chytrid fungus" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/27/our-frog-saunas-could-help-save-endangered-species-from-the-devastating-chytrid-fungus-231605/" aria-label="Read more about Our ‘frog saunas’ could help save endangered species from the devastating chytrid fungus">Read more</a>
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June 27, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cher McGillivray, Assistant Professor Psychology Department, Bond University Ketut Subiyanto/Pexels , CC BY Have you ever asked your child to do something simple but no matter how many times you ask, they keep ignoring you? For example, on a school morning you may call out, “Sarah, put ... <a title="Why won’t my kids listen to me? A psychologist explains" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/27/why-wont-my-kids-listen-to-me-a-psychologist-explains-231831/" aria-label="Read more about Why won’t my kids listen to me? A psychologist explains">Read more</a>
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June 26, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The climate wars have been reignited with the Coalition’s release of its controversial plan for nuclear power, an option totally rejected by the government. Meanwhile, a report this week from the Australian Energy Market Operator (AMEO) has indicated the government ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Chris Bowen on ‘calling out’ claims about the energy transition’s cost" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/26/politics-with-michelle-grattan-chris-bowen-on-calling-out-claims-about-the-energy-transitions-cost-233357/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Chris Bowen on ‘calling out’ claims about the energy transition’s cost">Read more</a>
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June 26, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Holly Cullen, Adjunct Professor in Law, The University of Western Australia Today Julian Assange walked out of the Federal Court Building in Saipan, North Marianas Islands, a free man. He pleaded guilty to one count of breaching the US Espionage Act. With the court accepting his 62 ... <a title="Julian Assange is free, but curly legal questions about his case remain" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/26/julian-assange-is-free-but-curly-legal-questions-about-his-case-remain-233339/" aria-label="Read more about Julian Assange is free, but curly legal questions about his case remain">Read more</a>
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June 26, 2024
By Nicholas Mwai in Port Vila French Ambassador Jean-Baptiste Jeangène Vilmer to Vanuatu has hit back at criticism about French policy over Kanaky New Caledonia with an op-ed article published in the Vanuatu Daily Post. His article addresses key concerns regarding New Caledonia’s indigenous recognition, the decolonisation process, discrimination, military operations, and calls for independence ... <a title="French envoy hits back at Vanuatu’s Kanak solidarity march petition" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/26/french-envoy-hits-back-at-vanuatus-kanak-solidarity-march-petition/" aria-label="Read more about French envoy hits back at Vanuatu’s Kanak solidarity march petition">Read more</a>
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June 26, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Natasha Szuhan, Lecturer, History and Sociology, Australian National University This year, Australian news outlets have covered several highly concerning incidents of AI-generated deepfake porn being used to target women and girls. In May, a Discord list created by Year 11 boys at Yarra Valley Grammar made headlines ... <a title="Feminists can’t agree whether porn is harmful or liberating – and in this vacuum, image-based abuse continues" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/26/feminists-cant-agree-whether-porn-is-harmful-or-liberating-and-in-this-vacuum-image-based-abuse-continues-232494/" aria-label="Read more about Feminists can’t agree whether porn is harmful or liberating – and in this vacuum, image-based abuse continues">Read more</a>
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June 26, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rosemary Hill, Adjunct Professor, James Cook University Opposition Leader Peter Dutton’s pledge to build seven nuclear energy plants, if elected, has triggered heated political debate – mostly about the costs and timetable of the plan. But the concept of nuclear energy in Australia must overcome an arguably ... <a title="Nuclear energy creates the most dangerous form of radioactive waste. Where does Peter Dutton plan to put it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/26/nuclear-energy-creates-the-most-dangerous-form-of-radioactive-waste-where-does-peter-dutton-plan-to-put-it-233213/" aria-label="Read more about Nuclear energy creates the most dangerous form of radioactive waste. Where does Peter Dutton plan to put it?">Read more</a>
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June 26, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amin Naeni, PhD candidate in digital technologies in Iran, Deakin University After Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi was killed in a helicopter crash on May 20, the Iranian government had to schedule an early election to choose a new president. The regime has approved six presidential candidates to ... <a title="Social media platforms are blocked in Iran. Candidates in this week’s presidential election are embracing them anyway" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/26/social-media-platforms-are-blocked-in-iran-candidates-in-this-weeks-presidential-election-are-embracing-them-anyway-232717/" aria-label="Read more about Social media platforms are blocked in Iran. Candidates in this week’s presidential election are embracing them anyway">Read more</a>
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June 26, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Carol Maher, Professor, Medical Research Future Fund Emerging Leader, University of South Australia Anyone who lived through the COVID pandemic would likely understand that even a small period of isolation can cause physical and mental stress. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange – who will return to Australia after ... <a title="Julian Assange was isolated for more than a decade. Here’s what that does to the body and mind" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/26/julian-assange-was-isolated-for-more-than-a-decade-heres-what-that-does-to-the-body-and-mind-233214/" aria-label="Read more about Julian Assange was isolated for more than a decade. Here’s what that does to the body and mind">Read more</a>
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June 26, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Isaac Gross, Lecturer in Economics, Monash University A key measure of inflation has jumped, climbing to 4% in May after edging up from a recent low of 3.4% in February. The Bureau of Statistics monthly consumer price indicator produced an annual inflation rate of 3.6% in April. ... <a title="Australia’s inflation rate jumps to 4%, putting an RBA rate rise back on the agenda" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/26/australias-inflation-rate-jumps-to-4-putting-an-rba-rate-rise-back-on-the-agenda-233331/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s inflation rate jumps to 4%, putting an RBA rate rise back on the agenda">Read more</a>
