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Year: 2024

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Women have been excluded from men’s spaces for centuries. And that’s why the MONA Ladies Lounge matters

March 21, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Catharine Lumby, Professor of Media, Department of Media, University of Sydney Shutterstock Gender, class, race, culture and religion are all categories used to exclude people in ways that privileged people will never experience. This exclusion can be as blatant as a gang of masked people performing the ... <a title="Women have been excluded from men’s spaces for centuries. And that’s why the MONA Ladies Lounge matters" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/21/women-have-been-excluded-from-mens-spaces-for-centuries-and-thats-why-the-mona-ladies-lounge-matters-226308/" aria-label="Read more about Women have been excluded from men’s spaces for centuries. And that’s why the MONA Ladies Lounge matters">Read more</a>

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Recovering after a false start? What’s the state of play for Brisbane’s 2032 Olympic and Paralympic planning?

March 21, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Leonie Lockstone-Binney, Professor, Griffith University When Queensland premier Steven Miles announced Brisbane’s Lang Park (sponsored name Suncorp Stadium) as the venue for the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games, he hoped, no doubt, it might finally lay to rest speculation about all ... <a title="Recovering after a false start? What’s the state of play for Brisbane’s 2032 Olympic and Paralympic planning?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/21/recovering-after-a-false-start-whats-the-state-of-play-for-brisbanes-2032-olympic-and-paralympic-planning-226121/" aria-label="Read more about Recovering after a false start? What’s the state of play for Brisbane’s 2032 Olympic and Paralympic planning?">Read more</a>

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10 million animals die on our roads each year. Here’s what works (and what doesn’t) to cut the toll

March 21, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Graeme Coulson, Honorary Principal Fellow, School of BioSciences, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock There’s almost no warning. A dark shape appears on the side of the road, then you feel a jolt as something goes under the car. Or worse, the shape rears up, hits the front ... <a title="10 million animals die on our roads each year. Here’s what works (and what doesn’t) to cut the toll" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/21/10-million-animals-die-on-our-roads-each-year-heres-what-works-and-what-doesnt-to-cut-the-toll-222367/" aria-label="Read more about 10 million animals die on our roads each year. Here’s what works (and what doesn’t) to cut the toll">Read more</a>

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The demise of TVNZ’s Sunday spells the end of long-form current affairs – just when we need it most

March 21, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Baker, Associate Professor, Communication Studies, Auckland University of Technology The imminent demise of TVNZ’s Sunday program demonstrates the TV current affairs genre in New Zealand is on its last legs. The death knell was sounded back in 2015 when TV3 axed its nightly Campbell Live program, ... <a title="The demise of TVNZ’s Sunday spells the end of long-form current affairs – just when we need it most" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/21/the-demise-of-tvnzs-sunday-spells-the-end-of-long-form-current-affairs-just-when-we-need-it-most-225461/" aria-label="Read more about The demise of TVNZ’s Sunday spells the end of long-form current affairs – just when we need it most">Read more</a>

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New Caledonia’s provincial elections delay passes final voting hurdle

March 21, 2024

ANALYSIS: By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk An “organic law” to postpone New Caledonia’s provincial elections has passed the final hurdle and been endorsed by the French National Assembly. During a session on Monday marked by poor attendance (only 104 MPs out of 577) and sometimes heated debates, 71 French MPs voted ... <a title="New Caledonia’s provincial elections delay passes final voting hurdle" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/21/new-caledonias-provincial-elections-delay-passes-final-voting-hurdle/" aria-label="Read more about New Caledonia’s provincial elections delay passes final voting hurdle">Read more</a>

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Elon Musk says ketamine can get you out of a ‘negative frame of mind’. What does the research say?

March 21, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julaine Allan, Associate Professor, Mental Health and Addiction, Rural Health Research Institute, Charles Sturt University X owner Elon Musk recently described using small amounts of ketamine “once every other week” to manage the “chemical tides” that cause his depression. He says it’s helpful to get out of ... <a title="Elon Musk says ketamine can get you out of a ‘negative frame of mind’. What does the research say?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/21/elon-musk-says-ketamine-can-get-you-out-of-a-negative-frame-of-mind-what-does-the-research-say-226223/" aria-label="Read more about Elon Musk says ketamine can get you out of a ‘negative frame of mind’. What does the research say?">Read more</a>

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Pivotal role of PNG’s village courts in curbing sorcery violence

March 21, 2024

In Papua New Guinea, sorcery accusation-related violence (SARV) remains a significant form of violence across many parts of the country. Many of the hundreds of cases that are reported end up before the village court system, which has been the focus of a study by the PNG Institute of National Research in partnership with the ... <a title="Pivotal role of PNG’s village courts in curbing sorcery violence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/21/pivotal-role-of-pngs-village-courts-in-curbing-sorcery-violence/" aria-label="Read more about Pivotal role of PNG’s village courts in curbing sorcery violence">Read more</a>

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From power prices to chocolate fountains, the Tasmanian election campaign has been a promise avalanche

March 21, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert Hortle, Research Fellow, Tasmanian Policy Exchange, University of Tasmania The billboards are fading in the harsh sun. Antony Green is doing his vocal warm-up exercises. The 2024 Tasmanian election campaign is almost done and it’s now over to the voters. The five-week campaign has been largely ... <a title="From power prices to chocolate fountains, the Tasmanian election campaign has been a promise avalanche" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/21/from-power-prices-to-chocolate-fountains-the-tasmanian-election-campaign-has-been-a-promise-avalanche-225783/" aria-label="Read more about From power prices to chocolate fountains, the Tasmanian election campaign has been a promise avalanche">Read more</a>

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‘How long before climate change will destroy the Earth?’: research reveals what Australian kids want to know about our warming world

March 21, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chloe Lucas, Lecturer and Research Fellow, School of Geography, Planning, and Spatial Sciences. Coordinator, Education for Sustainability Tasmania, University of Tasmania Shutterstock Every day, more children discover they are living in a climate crisis. This makes many children feel sad, anxious, angry, powerless, confused and frightened about ... <a title="‘How long before climate change will destroy the Earth?’: research reveals what Australian kids want to know about our warming world" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/21/how-long-before-climate-change-will-destroy-the-earth-research-reveals-what-australian-kids-want-to-know-about-our-warming-world-226122/" aria-label="Read more about ‘How long before climate change will destroy the Earth?’: research reveals what Australian kids want to know about our warming world">Read more</a>

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Tasmania’s tall eucalypt forests will be wiped out by heatwaves unless we step in to help them

March 21, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim Wardlaw, Research Associate, University of Tasmania Nicolas Rakotopare Tasmania’s tall eucalypt forests are globally significant. They accumulate carbon faster than any other natural forest ecosystem in the world. But climate change is making it harder for these forests to remove carbon from the atmosphere and store ... <a title="Tasmania’s tall eucalypt forests will be wiped out by heatwaves unless we step in to help them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/21/tasmanias-tall-eucalypt-forests-will-be-wiped-out-by-heatwaves-unless-we-step-in-to-help-them-224335/" aria-label="Read more about Tasmania’s tall eucalypt forests will be wiped out by heatwaves unless we step in to help them">Read more</a>

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We need faster, better ways to monitor NZ’s declining river health – using environmental DNA can help

March 21, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Bunce, Honarary Professor in Environmental Genomics, University of Otago Getty Images/Julia Crim New Zealand’s rivers are not in a good shape. The Ministry for the Environment’s latest freshwater report shows an estimated 45% of total river length is no longer suitable for swimming and 48% is ... <a title="We need faster, better ways to monitor NZ’s declining river health – using environmental DNA can help" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/21/we-need-faster-better-ways-to-monitor-nzs-declining-river-health-using-environmental-dna-can-help-225564/" aria-label="Read more about We need faster, better ways to monitor NZ’s declining river health – using environmental DNA can help">Read more</a>

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Planet cannibalism is common, says cosmic ‘twin study’

March 21, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yuan-Sen Ting, Associate Professor, Astrophysics, Australian National University Intouchable / Openverse How stable are planetary systems? Will Earth and its seven siblings always continue in their steady celestial paths, or might we one day be randomly ejected from our cosmic home? Physicists understand the rules that govern ... <a title="Planet cannibalism is common, says cosmic ‘twin study’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/21/planet-cannibalism-is-common-says-cosmic-twin-study-225990/" aria-label="Read more about Planet cannibalism is common, says cosmic ‘twin study’">Read more</a>