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March 26, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Kim Beazley, a former Labor leader, served as Australia’s ambassador in Washington between 2010 and 2016. He is widely respected for his expertise in foreign and defence policy. In this podcast episode, Beazley discusses the brouhaha over Donald Trump’s denigrating ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Kim Beazley on Kevin Rudd, being an ambassador, and a possible second Trump presidency" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/26/politics-with-michelle-grattan-kim-beazley-on-kevin-rudd-being-an-ambassador-and-a-possible-second-trump-presidency-226504/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Kim Beazley on Kevin Rudd, being an ambassador, and a possible second Trump presidency">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonathan Crowe, Head of School and Dean, School of Law and Justice, University of Southern Queensland Shutterstock Earlier this month, Queensland became the latest state to pass affirmative consent laws. This means consent is understood as ongoing communication for the purposes of rape and sexual assault offences. ... <a title="Most states now have affirmative sexual consent laws, but not enough people know what they mean" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/26/most-states-now-have-affirmative-sexual-consent-laws-but-not-enough-people-know-what-they-mean-225655/" aria-label="Read more about Most states now have affirmative sexual consent laws, but not enough people know what they mean">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marcin Glowacki, Research Associate, Curtin University Gas detected by MeerKAT (white contours) on top of a three-colour optical image from the DECaLS DR10 survey. Glowacki et al. 2024. Stars are born from huge clouds of mostly hydrogen gas floating in space. Astronomers like me study this gas ... <a title="We went looking for glowing interstellar gas – and stumbled on 49 unknown galaxies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/26/we-went-looking-for-glowing-interstellar-gas-and-stumbled-on-49-unknown-galaxies-226397/" aria-label="Read more about We went looking for glowing interstellar gas – and stumbled on 49 unknown galaxies">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen On, Professor of Microbiology, Lincoln University, New Zealand Getty Images/Tim Clayton The far-reaching consequences of climate change inevitably include the production of foods and beverages, including wine. In New Zealand, winemaking is an important business, with exports worth more than NZ$2 billion per year. Earlier studies ... <a title="How climate change could affect the microbes that ferment grapes and give wine its specific flavours" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/26/how-climate-change-could-affect-the-microbes-that-ferment-grapes-and-give-wine-its-specific-flavours-225997/" aria-label="Read more about How climate change could affect the microbes that ferment grapes and give wine its specific flavours">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christina Chau, Lecturer at Curtin University, Curtin University Until 2026, Wanneroo Regional Art Gallery will be showing 53 original artworks by one of the most famous artists of the 20th century: Andy Warhol. Andy Warhol ICONS includes famous works such as Elvis (1963), Campbell’s Soup Cans (1968) ... <a title="It is unexpected and oddly refreshing to see Andy Warhol in a regional Australian art gallery" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/26/it-is-unexpected-and-oddly-refreshing-to-see-andy-warhol-in-a-regional-australian-art-gallery-225086/" aria-label="Read more about It is unexpected and oddly refreshing to see Andy Warhol in a regional Australian art gallery">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michele Madigan, Associate Professor, Optometry and Vision Science, UNSW Sydney and Clinical Associate Professor, Save Sight Institute, Clinical Ophthalmology, University of Sydney Pexels/Nóra Zahradník “How is eye colour made? And why are they different colours?” – Jane, age 12, from Pascoe Vale South Hi Jane, Eyes are ... <a title="Curious Kids: how is eye colour made? And why are they different colours?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/26/curious-kids-how-is-eye-colour-made-and-why-are-they-different-colours-224507/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: how is eye colour made? And why are they different colours?">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tatiana Dancy, Associate Professor, The University of Melbourne Jbruiz/Shutterstock Your money, postcode, friends and family can make all the difference to how the criminal system treats you. The New South Wales police recently scrapped a widely condemned program known as the Suspect Targeting Management Plan. It used ... <a title="Algorithms that predict crime are watching – and judging us by the cards we’ve been dealt" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/26/algorithms-that-predict-crime-are-watching-and-judging-us-by-the-cards-weve-been-dealt-225798/" aria-label="Read more about Algorithms that predict crime are watching – and judging us by the cards we’ve been dealt">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2024
Asia Pacific Report Amnesty International Indonesia is calling for an evaluation of the placement of TNI (Indonesian military) in Papua after a video of a Papuan man being tortured by several soldiers at the Gome Post in Puncak regency, Central Papua, went viral on social media. “This incident was a [case of] cruel and inhuman ... <a title="Amnesty urges review of Indonesian troops in Papua after torture video" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/26/amnesty-urges-review-of-indonesian-troops-in-papua-after-torture-video/" aria-label="Read more about Amnesty urges review of Indonesian troops in Papua after torture video">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2024
Pacific Media Watch Journalist Maiki Sherman (Ngāpuhi/Whakatōhea) has been appointed Television New Zealand’s political editor, the first wahine Māori to lead the 1News political team in the channel’s history, reports Whakaata Māori’s Te Ao Māori News. “This is a huge milestone for me and one I’ve worked hard for. I’m proud to be the first ... <a title="Maiki Sherman named as TVNZ’s first wahine Māori political editor" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/26/maiki-sherman-named-as-tvnzs-first-wahine-maori-political-editor/" aria-label="Read more about Maiki Sherman named as TVNZ’s first wahine Māori political editor">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Zoe Lee, Reader (Associate Professor) in Marketing, Cardiff University Ian Forsyth/Getty We are in an era of brand activism and conscious consumerism. More than 70% of consumers expect brands to publicly stand for sociopolitical issues. And more than half of Australians consider sustainability an important purchasing criterion. ... <a title="The Body Shop shouldn’t have failed in an age when consumers want activism from their brands. What happened?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/26/the-body-shop-shouldnt-have-failed-in-an-age-when-consumers-want-activism-from-their-brands-what-happened-226128/" aria-label="Read more about The Body Shop shouldn’t have failed in an age when consumers want activism from their brands. What happened?">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katie Lee, PhD Candidate, Dermatology Research Centre, The University of Queensland Tamara Bellis/Unsplash As we slide of out summer, you might be wondering how careful you need to be about sun exposure. Excessive exposure causes skin cancer, but sun exposure also has benefits. How do you balance ... <a title="Summer’s over, so how much sun can (and should) I get?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/26/summers-over-so-how-much-sun-can-and-should-i-get-224144/" aria-label="Read more about Summer’s over, so how much sun can (and should) I get?">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sebastian Pfautsch, Research Theme Fellow – Environment and Sustainability, Western Sydney University Sebastian Pfautsch, CC BY If you visit southern Greece or Tunisia, you might notice lots of white rooftops and white buildings to reflect the intense heat and keep residents cooler. It’s very different in Australia. ... <a title="If you’ve got a dark roof, you’re spending almost $700 extra a year to keep your house cool" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/26/if-youve-got-a-dark-roof-youre-spending-almost-700-extra-a-year-to-keep-your-house-cool-225674/" aria-label="Read more about If you’ve got a dark roof, you’re spending almost $700 extra a year to keep your house cool">Read more</a>
