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February 23, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Steven Kenway, Research Group Leader, Water-Energy-Carbon, The University of Queensland hedgehog94/Shutterstock Why is there such a big gap between people, industries and government agreeing we need urgent action on climate change, and actually starting? Scope 3 emissions are a great example. These are greenhouse gas emissions that ... <a title="Emissions from households’ water use are on a par with aviation. The big cuts and savings they can make are being neglected" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/23/emissions-from-households-water-use-are-on-a-par-with-aviation-the-big-cuts-and-savings-they-can-make-are-being-neglected-221853/" aria-label="Read more about Emissions from households’ water use are on a par with aviation. The big cuts and savings they can make are being neglected">Read more</a>
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February 23, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bruce Mountain, Director, Victoria Energy Policy Centre, Victoria University Last week’s destructive storm took Victoria by surprise. As winds of up to 150 kilometres an hour raced through the state, transmission towers near Geelong toppled and the grid went into chaos. At its worst, almost one in ... <a title="Victoria’s power outage could have been far worse. Can we harden the grid against extreme weather?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/23/victorias-power-outage-could-have-been-far-worse-can-we-harden-the-grid-against-extreme-weather-224142/" aria-label="Read more about Victoria’s power outage could have been far worse. Can we harden the grid against extreme weather?">Read more</a>
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February 23, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nathanael Melia, Adjunct Senior Research Fellow – Climate Science, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Last week, wildfire burnt through 650 hectares of forest and scrub in Christchurch’s Port Hills. This is not the first time the area has faced a terrifying wildfire event. The ... <a title="Climate change is fanning the flames of NZ’s wildfire future. Port Hills is only the beginning" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/23/climate-change-is-fanning-the-flames-of-nzs-wildfire-future-port-hills-is-only-the-beginning-224133/" aria-label="Read more about Climate change is fanning the flames of NZ’s wildfire future. Port Hills is only the beginning">Read more</a>
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February 22, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The arrival of a boat on the coast of north-western Australia last week predictably set off an opposition political feeding frenzy. Peter Dutton was quick to claim the Albanese government had “lost control” of the border. But a boat (or ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Unshackle immigration from Home Affairs and give it its own department" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/22/grattan-on-friday-unshackle-immigration-from-home-affairs-and-give-it-its-own-department-224155/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Unshackle immigration from Home Affairs and give it its own department">Read more</a>
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February 22, 2024
Pro-independence militants and protesters clashed with police in downtown Nouméa this week as New Caledonia hosts three French government ministers. The crowd — an estimated 2000 according to organisers, 500 according to police — had been called on Wednesday to voice their opposition to a French-planned constitutional amendment process which would include modification of New ... <a title="Pro-independence protesters, French police clash in New Caledonia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/22/pro-independence-protesters-french-police-clash-in-new-caledonia/" aria-label="Read more about Pro-independence protesters, French police clash in New Caledonia">Read more</a>
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February 22, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The National Anti-Corruption Commission will provide guidance on “corruption vulnerabilities” ahead of next year’s federal election, NACC Commissioner Paul Brereton said on Thursday. “The commission will produce guidance concerning corruption risks and vulnerabilities associated with issues such as grants, political ... <a title="National Anti-Corruption Commission to warn of ‘corruption vulnerabilities’ ahead of federal election" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/22/national-anti-corruption-commission-to-warn-of-corruption-vulnerabilities-ahead-of-federal-election-224158/" aria-label="Read more about National Anti-Corruption Commission to warn of ‘corruption vulnerabilities’ ahead of federal election">Read more</a>
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February 22, 2024
Papua New Guinea’s former opposition leader Belden Namah says Prime Minister James Marape never answered in detail the questions he asked in Parliament this week about the Enga massacre Namah, the Vanimo Green MP, said he was dissatisfied with the response Marape presented in Parliament yesterday as the death toll from the Wapenamanda killings rose ... <a title="Namah not happy with Marape’s reply over PNG ‘warlords’ question" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/22/namah-not-happy-with-marapes-reply-over-png-warlords-question/" aria-label="Read more about Namah not happy with Marape’s reply over PNG ‘warlords’ question">Read more</a>
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February 22, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Marie Quigley, DECRA Research Fellow (James Cook University), Principal Research Scientist (Minderoo Foundation), James Cook University Giacomo d Orlando Seas surrounding Australia this month hit an alarming level of warming. It comes on the back of serious marine heatwaves in the Northern Hemisphere summer. Such warming ... <a title="Sentinels of the sea: ancient boulder corals are key to reef survival in a warmer world" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/22/sentinels-of-the-sea-ancient-boulder-corals-are-key-to-reef-survival-in-a-warmer-world-223207/" aria-label="Read more about Sentinels of the sea: ancient boulder corals are key to reef survival in a warmer world">Read more</a>
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February 22, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dr Anastasia Hronis, Clinical Psychologist; Research Fellow, University of Technology Sydney 13_Phunkod/Shutterstock A class-action lawsuit filed in the United States against Match Group – the parent company of dating apps Tinder, Hinge and The League – is making headlines around the world. The claimants accuse Match of ... <a title="Dating apps are accused of being ‘addictive’. What makes us keep swiping?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/22/dating-apps-are-accused-of-being-addictive-what-makes-us-keep-swiping-224068/" aria-label="Read more about Dating apps are accused of being ‘addictive’. What makes us keep swiping?">Read more</a>
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February 22, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shane Rogers, Lecturer in Psychology, Edith Cowan University “Outrage culture” is pervasive in the digital age. It refers to our collective tendency to react, often with intense negativity, to developments around us. Usually this ire is directed at perceived transgressions. The internet wasted no time in raging ... <a title="Outrage culture is a big, toxic problem. Why do we take part? And how can we stop?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/22/outrage-culture-is-a-big-toxic-problem-why-do-we-take-part-and-how-can-we-stop-223645/" aria-label="Read more about Outrage culture is a big, toxic problem. Why do we take part? And how can we stop?">Read more</a>
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February 22, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michaela Estelle Okninski, Lecturer of Law, University of Adelaide Daxiao Productions/Shutterstock Voluntary assisted dying is now lawful in every Australian state and will soon begin in the Australian Capital Territory. However, it’s illegal to discuss it via telehealth. That means people who live in rural and remote ... <a title="Voluntary assisted dying is different to suicide. But federal laws conflate them and restrict access to telehealth" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/22/voluntary-assisted-dying-is-different-to-suicide-but-federal-laws-conflate-them-and-restrict-access-to-telehealth-223863/" aria-label="Read more about Voluntary assisted dying is different to suicide. But federal laws conflate them and restrict access to telehealth">Read more</a>
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February 22, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tobias Loetscher, Associate Professor, University of South Australia Unai Huizi Photography/Shutterstock People in palliative care are dealing with serious, non-curable illness. Every day can be filled with severe physical, psychological and emotional pain. Palliative care staff work hard to help make patients as comfortable as possible and ... <a title="We gave palliative care patients VR therapy. More than 50% said it helped reduce pain and depression symptoms" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/22/we-gave-palliative-care-patients-vr-therapy-more-than-50-said-it-helped-reduce-pain-and-depression-symptoms-223186/" aria-label="Read more about We gave palliative care patients VR therapy. More than 50% said it helped reduce pain and depression symptoms">Read more</a>
