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June 13, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Carl Rhodes, Professor of Organization Studies, University of Technology Sydney It was a scandal that rocked the shaky foundations of Australia’s trust in big business early last year. Management consulting giant PwC had worked with the federal government to develop plans to curb corporate tax avoidance. Then ... <a title="A year after the PwC scandal, the furore is gone – as well as any real appetite for structural change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/13/a-year-after-the-pwc-scandal-the-furore-is-gone-as-well-as-any-real-appetite-for-structural-change-232258/" aria-label="Read more about A year after the PwC scandal, the furore is gone – as well as any real appetite for structural change">Read more</a>
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June 13, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lata Vadlamudi, Prinicipal Research Fellow & Neurology and Mental Health Theme Leader UQCCR, The University of Queensland Bertl123/Shutterstock About 50 million people globally have epilepsy. Half of these are women. Until now, treatments for men and women have been identical. But men and women experience epilepsy differently. ... <a title="Women with epilepsy face a rollercoaster of hormones and seizures. But we’re treating them like men" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/13/women-with-epilepsy-face-a-rollercoaster-of-hormones-and-seizures-but-were-treating-them-like-men-215887/" aria-label="Read more about Women with epilepsy face a rollercoaster of hormones and seizures. But we’re treating them like men">Read more</a>
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June 13, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tracy Harkison, Associate Professor, School of Hospitality and Tourism, Auckland University of Technology Getty Images What should visiting Aotearoa New Zealand cost your average tourist? The government has suggested raising the price of admission – otherwise known as the international visitor conservation and tourism levy (IVL) – ... <a title="Welcome to NZ – now pay up: the risks and rewards of raising the foreign tourist tax" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/13/welcome-to-nz-now-pay-up-the-risks-and-rewards-of-raising-the-foreign-tourist-tax-232138/" aria-label="Read more about Welcome to NZ – now pay up: the risks and rewards of raising the foreign tourist tax">Read more</a>
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June 13, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Parisa Ziaesaeidi, Associate Lecturer in Architecture, Western Sydney University A prefabricated housing estate Robert Kneschke/Shutterstock The National Cabinet set an ambitious target of building 1.2 million well-located homes over the next five years to tackle Australia’s housing crisis. The focus of the National Housing Accord is on ... <a title="Prefabs and the ‘missing middle’: how to get Australia back on track to build 1.2 million homes in the next 5 years" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/13/prefabs-and-the-missing-middle-how-to-get-australia-back-on-track-to-build-1-2-million-homes-in-the-next-5-years-231373/" aria-label="Read more about Prefabs and the ‘missing middle’: how to get Australia back on track to build 1.2 million homes in the next 5 years">Read more</a>
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June 13, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stijn Glorie, Associate Professor of Geology, University of Adelaide University of Adelaide In parts of South Australia, long stretches of beach are often blanketed in large patches of pink sand. Strong swells can dump drifts of reddish grains of garnet along the shore – but the origin ... <a title="South Australia’s enigmatic pink sand was born in ice-covered Antarctic mountains, new research shows" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/13/south-australias-enigmatic-pink-sand-was-born-in-ice-covered-antarctic-mountains-new-research-shows-230781/" aria-label="Read more about South Australia’s enigmatic pink sand was born in ice-covered Antarctic mountains, new research shows">Read more</a>
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June 13, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Daniel Eldridge, Senior Lecturer in Chemistry, Swinburne University of Technology Hello Dinny/Shutterstock Spicy foods taste spicy because they contain a family of compounds called capsaicinoids. Capsaicin is the major culprit. It’s found in chillies, jalapeños, cayenne pepper, and is even the active ingredient in pepper spray. Capsaicin ... <a title="Why doesn’t water help with spicy food? What about milk or beer?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/13/why-doesnt-water-help-with-spicy-food-what-about-milk-or-beer-226624/" aria-label="Read more about Why doesn’t water help with spicy food? What about milk or beer?">Read more</a>
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June 13, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Benjamin Isakhan, Professor of International Politics, Deakin University War brings not just unimaginable human suffering, but also the destruction of significant heritage sites. Israel’s bombardment of Gaza reportedly wrecked the once-majestic Great Omari Mosque late last year. A Russian attack reportedly did significant damage to the Church ... <a title="Reconstructing heritage after war: what we learned from asking 1,600 Syrians about rebuilding Aleppo" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/13/reconstructing-heritage-after-war-what-we-learned-from-asking-1-600-syrians-about-rebuilding-aleppo-229627/" aria-label="Read more about Reconstructing heritage after war: what we learned from asking 1,600 Syrians about rebuilding Aleppo">Read more</a>
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June 13, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bruce Mountain, Director, Victoria Energy Policy Centre, Victoria University PanicAttack/Shutterstock CSIRO’s latest annual GenCost update, released last month, was billed as Australia’s “most comprehensive electricity generation cost report”. GenCost has proven to be highly controversial. Opposition Leader Peter Dutton previously levelled robust criticism at the report, specifically ... <a title="Known unknowns: controversy over CSIRO’s electricity report reveals an uncomfortable truth" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/13/known-unknowns-controversy-over-csiros-electricity-report-reveals-an-uncomfortable-truth-231691/" aria-label="Read more about Known unknowns: controversy over CSIRO’s electricity report reveals an uncomfortable truth">Read more</a>
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June 13, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jen Purdie, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Sustainability, University of Otago Getty Images This week’s announcement of the government’s plans to reopen New Zealand’s territorial waters to oil drilling comes as no surprise. All three coalition parties campaigned on reversing the 2018 ban on offshore oil exploration. ... <a title="Global demand for oil could peak soon – NZ’s plan to revive offshore exploration doesn’t add up" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/13/global-demand-for-oil-could-peak-soon-nzs-plan-to-revive-offshore-exploration-doesnt-add-up-232154/" aria-label="Read more about Global demand for oil could peak soon – NZ’s plan to revive offshore exploration doesn’t add up">Read more</a>
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June 13, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adam "Ben" Rohrlach, Mathematician and Ancient DNA Researcher, University of Adelaide El Castillo at Chichén Itzá. Rodrigo Barquera After analysing the remains of 64 ancient sacrificed individuals, most of whom were children, researchers have revealed new details about human sacrifice at the ancient Maya site of Chichén ... <a title="The secrets of Maya child sacrifice at Chichén Itzá uncovered using ancient DNA" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/13/the-secrets-of-maya-child-sacrifice-at-chichen-itza-uncovered-using-ancient-dna-221610/" aria-label="Read more about The secrets of Maya child sacrifice at Chichén Itzá uncovered using ancient DNA">Read more</a>
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June 13, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jon Richardson, Visiting Fellow, Centre for European Studies, Australian National University The “Summit on Peace in Ukraine”, hosted by Switzerland this weekend, is not a peace conference in the usual sense. Russia, which has dismissed it as irrelevant, won’t participate. And any summit aimed at ending the ... <a title="With Russia not attending, what can this weekend’s Ukraine peace summit achieve?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/13/with-russia-not-attending-what-can-this-weekends-ukraine-peace-summit-achieve-232165/" aria-label="Read more about With Russia not attending, what can this weekend’s Ukraine peace summit achieve?">Read more</a>
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June 13, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Max M Gillings, PhD Candidate, School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University Simon C Griffith Recent public health threats such as COVID, and the current bird flu outbreak in Victoria, show we can’t separate human health from the natural environment. Our research examining the link between lead exposure ... <a title="How a little brown bird could sound the alarm on lead poisoning in Australian children" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/13/how-a-little-brown-bird-could-sound-the-alarm-on-lead-poisoning-in-australian-children-232000/" aria-label="Read more about How a little brown bird could sound the alarm on lead poisoning in Australian children">Read more</a>
