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April 18, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Layton, Visiting Fellow, Strategic Studies, Griffith University There have been a lot of defence announcements recently about buying new equipment, building up Australia’s manufacturing capabilities, creating local jobs, new legislation to support AUKUS and even a new defence chief. In many respects, these simply reflect that ... <a title="Australia’s new defence strategy is big on ideas, but lacks one key ingredient: well-trained soldiers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/18/australias-new-defence-strategy-is-big-on-ideas-but-lacks-one-key-ingredient-well-trained-soldiers-228185/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s new defence strategy is big on ideas, but lacks one key ingredient: well-trained soldiers">Read more</a>
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April 18, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim Harcourt, Industry Professor and Chief Economist, University of Technology Sydney Steve Smith, one of this generation’s finest batters, has conquered much of the cricketing world during his career, and he now has set his sights on a new frontier: the United States. Yes, Smith has signed ... <a title="What does Steve Smith’s Stateside signing mean for cricket in the US – and Australia?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/18/what-does-steve-smiths-stateside-signing-mean-for-cricket-in-the-us-and-australia-227895/" aria-label="Read more about What does Steve Smith’s Stateside signing mean for cricket in the US – and Australia?">Read more</a>
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April 18, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Heidi Norman, Professor, Faculty of Arts, Design and Architecture, Convenor: Indigenous Land & Justice Research Group, UNSW Sydney Shutterstock The Uluru Statement from the Heart set out the aspirations of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples for “Voice, Treaty, Truth”, in that order, to reconfigure the relationship ... <a title="How can we have truth-telling without the Voice? Our research shows a way forward" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/18/how-can-we-have-truth-telling-without-the-voice-our-research-shows-a-way-forward-226511/" aria-label="Read more about How can we have truth-telling without the Voice? Our research shows a way forward">Read more</a>
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April 18, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bronwyn E Wood, Associate Professor in Education, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Getty Images You don’t need to look hard right now to see concerns about Aotearoa New Zealand’s education system. Declining performance in international testing has been noted in mathematics, reading and science. ... <a title="NZ education scores must improve – but another polarising ideological pivot isn’t the answer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/18/nz-education-scores-must-improve-but-another-polarising-ideological-pivot-isnt-the-answer-227661/" aria-label="Read more about NZ education scores must improve – but another polarising ideological pivot isn’t the answer">Read more</a>
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April 18, 2024
By Koroi Hawkins, RNZ Pacific editor in Honiara After a relatively well organised and peaceful day of voting in Solomon Islands yesterday, the electoral commission is working with donor partners to safely transport ballot boxes from polling stations all over the country to centrally located counting venues. It is a massive exercise with more than ... <a title="‘The right person’: What did Solomon Islanders vote for?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/18/the-right-person-what-did-solomon-islanders-vote-for/" aria-label="Read more about ‘The right person’: What did Solomon Islanders vote for?">Read more</a>
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April 18, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Karin Hammarberg, Senior Research Fellow, Global and Women’s Health, School of Public Health & Preventive Medicine, Monash University Joshua Rodriguez/Unsplash Hundreds of thousands of people worldwide are taking drugs like Ozempic to lose weight. But what do we actually know about them? This month, The Conversation’s experts ... <a title="What are ‘Ozempic babies’? Can the drug really increase your chance of pregnancy?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/18/what-are-ozempic-babies-can-the-drug-really-increase-your-chance-of-pregnancy-227561/" aria-label="Read more about What are ‘Ozempic babies’? Can the drug really increase your chance of pregnancy?">Read more</a>
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April 18, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Diana Kuchinke, Lecturer in Ecology, Federation University Australia Linda Robertus/Shutterstock Once, while teaching a class of environmental science students in China’s Hebei University of Science and Technology, I asked who knew what a laughing kookaburra was. There were many blank faces. Then I tilted my head, much ... <a title="Why the kookaburra’s iconic laugh is at risk of being silenced" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/18/why-the-kookaburras-iconic-laugh-is-at-risk-of-being-silenced-208181/" aria-label="Read more about Why the kookaburra’s iconic laugh is at risk of being silenced">Read more</a>
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April 18, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Claire Breen, Professor of Law, University of Waikato smolaw11/Getty Images School truancy has been a concern across the political spectrum for years. But proposed solutions have largely failed to address the core reasons for unexplained school absences. Despite the apparent difficulty in solving the truancy problem, education ... <a title="The government is basing its school truancy response on data – but by-the-numbers solutions aren’t enough" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/18/the-government-is-basing-its-school-truancy-response-on-data-but-by-the-numbers-solutions-arent-enough-227886/" aria-label="Read more about The government is basing its school truancy response on data – but by-the-numbers solutions aren’t enough">Read more</a>
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April 18, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Melissa Cain, Senior Lecturer in Inclusive Education and Arts Education, Australian Catholic University Agence Olloweb/Unsplash, CC BY About 90% of Australian students with disability attend mainstream schools. Equitable access and participation in education is a fundamental human right. But as last year’s disability royal commission found, this ... <a title="‘Listening is the most important part’: 10 things students with disability and their families want teachers to know" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/18/listening-is-the-most-important-part-10-things-students-with-disability-and-their-families-want-teachers-to-know-215702/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Listening is the most important part’: 10 things students with disability and their families want teachers to know">Read more</a>
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April 18, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Flavio Macau, Associate Dean – School of Business and Law, Edith Cowan University Tensions in the Middle East have escalated following Iran’s weekend missile and drone attacks on Israel, heightening concerns of a wider conflict. As with the Russian invasion of Ukraine, further conflict has the potential ... <a title="Will global oil supply be at risk if Iran and Israel pull the Middle East into war?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/18/will-global-oil-supply-be-at-risk-if-iran-and-israel-pull-the-middle-east-into-war-228009/" aria-label="Read more about Will global oil supply be at risk if Iran and Israel pull the Middle East into war?">Read more</a>
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April 18, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Edith Jennifer Hill, Associate Lecturer, Learning & Teaching Innovation, Flinders University Shutterstock Have you ever wondered if your partner really loves you? Well apparently so have thousands of TikTok users, who are testing their theories for the world to see. In the past year we’ve seen a ... <a title="No, getting your boyfriend to peel an orange won’t prove his loyalty. Why TikTok relationship ‘tests’ are useless" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/18/no-getting-your-boyfriend-to-peel-an-orange-wont-prove-his-loyalty-why-tiktok-relationship-tests-are-useless-227229/" aria-label="Read more about No, getting your boyfriend to peel an orange won’t prove his loyalty. Why TikTok relationship ‘tests’ are useless">Read more</a>
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April 18, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mathew Stewart, Research Fellow, Australian Research Centre for Human Evolution, Griffith University The western passage of the Umm Jirsan lava tube. Green Arabia Project If you look from above, you can see thousands of stone structures dotting the landscape of the Arabian peninsula. On the ground, you ... <a title="First evidence of ancient human occupation found in giant lava tube cave in Saudi Arabia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/18/first-evidence-of-ancient-human-occupation-found-in-giant-lava-tube-cave-in-saudi-arabia-227769/" aria-label="Read more about First evidence of ancient human occupation found in giant lava tube cave in Saudi Arabia">Read more</a>
