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June 21, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matt Fernandez, Senior lecturer and researcher in chiropractic, CQUniversity Australia Dmitry Naumov/Shutterstock Chiropractors in Australia will not be able to perform spinal manipulation on children under the age of two once more, following health concerns from doctors and politicians. But what is the spinal treatment at the ... <a title="Chiropractors have been banned again from manipulating babies’ spines. Here’s what the evidence actually says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/21/chiropractors-have-been-banned-again-from-manipulating-babies-spines-heres-what-the-evidence-actually-says-232721/" aria-label="Read more about Chiropractors have been banned again from manipulating babies’ spines. Here’s what the evidence actually says">Read more</a>
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June 21, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ty Christopher, Director Energy Futures Network, University of Wollongong ShutterDesigner, Shutterstock On the weekend, an area 20km off the Illawarra coast south of Sydney became Australia’s fourth offshore wind energy zone. It’s the most controversial zone to date, with consultation attracting a record 14,211 submissions – of ... <a title="Australia needs large-scale energy production – here are 3 reasons why offshore wind is a good fit" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/21/australia-needs-large-scale-energy-production-here-are-3-reasons-why-offshore-wind-is-a-good-fit-232899/" aria-label="Read more about Australia needs large-scale energy production – here are 3 reasons why offshore wind is a good fit">Read more</a>
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June 21, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adam Triggs, Visiting research fellow, Australian National University MarekVelechovsky/Shutterstock Workers who were made redundant in coal-fired power plants between 2010 and 2020 saw their incomes plummet by 69% in the year after they lost their jobs. This was the staggering finding of research by Dan Andrews, Elyse ... <a title="Australian coal mine and power station workers’ prospects look bleak – unless we start offering more targeted support" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/21/australian-coal-mine-and-power-station-workers-prospects-look-bleak-unless-we-start-offering-more-targeted-support-232908/" aria-label="Read more about Australian coal mine and power station workers’ prospects look bleak – unless we start offering more targeted support">Read more</a>
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June 21, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jeffrey McNeill, Honorary Research Associate, School of People, Environment and Planning, Massey University Getty Images The government’s Fast-track Approvals Bill has been widely criticised for potentially handing too much power to three cabinet ministers, and raising the risk of conflicts of interest and political interference in environmental ... <a title="Resource management is always political – the Fast-track Approvals Bill is just honest about it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/21/resource-management-is-always-political-the-fast-track-approvals-bill-is-just-honest-about-it-232256/" aria-label="Read more about Resource management is always political – the Fast-track Approvals Bill is just honest about it">Read more</a>
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June 21, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brianna Le Busque, Lecturer in Environmental Science, University of South Australia Netflix Another year, another movie with a shark in the leading role. The new French thriller film Under Paris is currently ranked second in Australia’s Top 10 list and has broken records as one of Netflix’s ... <a title="A huge shark terrorises people in new French hit Under Paris. When will we stop villainising these animals?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/21/a-huge-shark-terrorises-people-in-new-french-hit-under-paris-when-will-we-stop-villainising-these-animals-232156/" aria-label="Read more about A huge shark terrorises people in new French hit Under Paris. When will we stop villainising these animals?">Read more</a>
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June 20, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris Kirkland, Professor of Geochronology, Curtin University Lukas Gojda / Shutterstock Our planet was born around 4.5 billion years ago. To understand this mind-bendingly long history, we need to study rocks and the minerals they are made of. The oldest rocks in Australia, which are some of ... <a title="A groundbreaking discovery: how we found remnants of Earth’s primordial crust near Perth" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/20/a-groundbreaking-discovery-how-we-found-remnants-of-earths-primordial-crust-near-perth-231828/" aria-label="Read more about A groundbreaking discovery: how we found remnants of Earth’s primordial crust near Perth">Read more</a>
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June 20, 2024
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist As New Caledonia passes the one-month mark since violent and deadly clashes erupted on last month, there has been no clear path put forward by Paris as far as the Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front (FLNKS) is concerned. Yesterday, eight people — including the leader of the Field ... <a title="‘We cannot have peace without independence,’ says Kanak govt official" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/20/we-cannot-have-peace-without-independence-says-kanak-govt-official/" aria-label="Read more about ‘We cannot have peace without independence,’ says Kanak govt official">Read more</a>
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June 20, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra No one doubts Peter Dutton has a huge task to sell his radical nuclear plan, with many experts throwing buckets of cold water over it. But on Thursday the opposition leader received some welcome backing. Ziggy Switkowski, who headed John ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Peter Dutton is seated aloft the nuclear tiger, hoping not to get eaten" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/20/grattan-on-friday-peter-dutton-is-seated-aloft-the-nuclear-tiger-hoping-not-to-get-eaten-232910/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Peter Dutton is seated aloft the nuclear tiger, hoping not to get eaten">Read more</a>
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June 20, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jordana Hunter, School Education Program Director, Grattan Institute The Victorian Auditor-General has just released an audit of Victoria’s A$1.2 billion tutoring program designed to help struggling students post-COVID. The report found the program “did not significantly improve students’ learning compared to similar non-tutored students” in 2023. Late ... <a title="Victoria’s $1.2 billion school tutoring program has not ‘significantly improved’ learning. How could it work better?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/20/victorias-1-2-billion-school-tutoring-program-has-not-significantly-improved-learning-how-could-it-work-better-232832/" aria-label="Read more about Victoria’s $1.2 billion school tutoring program has not ‘significantly improved’ learning. How could it work better?">Read more</a>
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June 20, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marta Khomyn, Lecturer, University of Adelaide Jonathan Borba/Pexels The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) has just seen the listing of its first bitcoin spot exchange-traded fund – “ETF” for short. Issued by investment management firm VanEck, the new investment product is trading under the ticker symbol “VBTC”. It’s ... <a title="It’s now possible to invest in bitcoin on Australia’s largest stock exchange. Is the currency going mainstream?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/20/its-now-possible-to-invest-in-bitcoin-on-australias-largest-stock-exchange-is-the-currency-going-mainstream-232718/" aria-label="Read more about It’s now possible to invest in bitcoin on Australia’s largest stock exchange. Is the currency going mainstream?">Read more</a>
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June 20, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alana Lentin, Professor in Cultural and Social Analysis, Western Sydney University Prudence Upton/Sydney Theatre Company Anchuli Felicia King’s new one-performer piece, American Signs, written for the talented Catherine Văn-Davies, thrusts us into the world of a campus hire at “The Firm”, one of the “Big Three” consultancies ... <a title="New play American Signs looks at the nefarious world of consultancies – but leaves Australia off the hook" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/20/new-play-american-signs-looks-at-the-nefarious-world-of-consultancies-but-leaves-australia-off-the-hook-229500/" aria-label="Read more about New play American Signs looks at the nefarious world of consultancies – but leaves Australia off the hook">Read more</a>
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June 20, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Parmeter, Research Scholar, Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies, Australian National University Among the many sayings attributed to Winston Churchill is, “Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” This sentiment seems appropriate as Israel potentially appears ready to embark on a ... <a title="Does Israel really want to open a two-front war by attacking Hezbollah in Lebanon?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/20/does-israel-really-want-to-open-a-two-front-war-by-attacking-hezbollah-in-lebanon-232900/" aria-label="Read more about Does Israel really want to open a two-front war by attacking Hezbollah in Lebanon?">Read more</a>
