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February 15, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Scott Morrison will say his farewell to parliament the week after next. This timing happens to follow neatly Monday’s final episode in the ABC’s Nemesis series, in which some Coalition figures excoriated their former leader and Morrison defended his record. ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Morrison’s departure will help Liberals ‘move on’ but Nationals can’t ‘move on’ until Barnaby does" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/15/grattan-on-friday-morrisons-departure-will-help-liberals-move-on-but-nationals-cant-move-on-until-barnaby-does-223639/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Morrison’s departure will help Liberals ‘move on’ but Nationals can’t ‘move on’ until Barnaby does">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The federal government has released its latest implementation plan for Closing the Gap on Indigenous disadvantage. What are multiple gaps are still vast, with many areas not on track to meet their targets. After the failed Voice referendum, the government ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Assistant minister Malarndirri McCarthy says there’s ‘no rush’ on treaty and truth-telling" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/15/politics-with-michelle-grattan-assistant-minister-malarndirri-mccarthy-says-theres-no-rush-on-treaty-and-truth-telling-223642/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Assistant minister Malarndirri McCarthy says there’s ‘no rush’ on treaty and truth-telling">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sam Whiting, Lecturer – Creative Industries, University of South Australia Jade Masri/Unsplash Regional touring festival Groovin’ The Moo has announced its cancellation only eight days after placing tickets on sale, citing low demand. A mainstay of the summer festival calendar, this follows a series of similar cancellations, ... <a title="Why are so many Australian music festivals being cancelled?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/15/why-are-so-many-australian-music-festivals-being-cancelled-223559/" aria-label="Read more about Why are so many Australian music festivals being cancelled?">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vincent Ho, Associate Professor and clinical academic gastroenterologist, Western Sydney University LBeddoe/Shutterstock You might have heard of something called “cryptosporidiosis” recently, closely followed by warnings to stay away from your local swimming pool if you’ve had diarrhoea. More than 700 cases of this gastrointestinal disease were reported ... <a title="How worried should I be about cryptosporidiosis? Am I safe at the pool?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/15/how-worried-should-i-be-about-cryptosporidiosis-am-i-safe-at-the-pool-223541/" aria-label="Read more about How worried should I be about cryptosporidiosis? Am I safe at the pool?">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Noetel, Senior Lecturer in Psychology, The University of Queensland SKT Studio/Shutterstock At least one in ten people have depression at some point in their lives, with some estimates closer to one in four. It’s one of the worst things for someone’s wellbeing – worse than debt, ... <a title="Running or yoga can help beat depression, research shows – even if exercise is the last thing you feel like" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/15/running-or-yoga-can-help-beat-depression-research-shows-even-if-exercise-is-the-last-thing-you-feel-like-223441/" aria-label="Read more about Running or yoga can help beat depression, research shows – even if exercise is the last thing you feel like">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Simon Copland, Honorary Fellow in Sociology, Australian National University Miquel Parera/Unsplash Debate around doxing is raging in Australia after the leak of a WhatsApp chat group called “Jewish Australian creatives and academics”. While the group was formed as a supportive space, some of its conversations focused on ... <a title="The Jewish creatives’ WhatsApp leak was more whistleblowing than doxing. Here’s why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/15/the-jewish-creatives-whatsapp-leak-was-more-whistleblowing-than-doxing-heres-why-223552/" aria-label="Read more about The Jewish creatives’ WhatsApp leak was more whistleblowing than doxing. Here’s why">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christian Turney, Pro Vice-Chancellor of Research, University of Technology Sydney Adrien Demers/Shutterstock Last year, the world experienced the hottest day ever recorded, as we endured the first year where temperatures were 1.5°C warmer than the pre-industrial era. The link between extreme events and climate change is clearer ... <a title="Can we be inoculated against climate misinformation? Yes – if we prebunk rather than debunk" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/15/can-we-be-inoculated-against-climate-misinformation-yes-if-we-prebunk-rather-than-debunk-215815/" aria-label="Read more about Can we be inoculated against climate misinformation? Yes – if we prebunk rather than debunk">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jennifer Beckett, Lecturer in Media and Communications, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock This week, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced the government was seeking to strengthen laws to combat doxing. Its ongoing review into Australian privacy law will now be expanded to include doxing, as will other laws ... <a title="The government wants to criminalise doxing. It may not work to stamp out bad behaviour online" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/15/the-government-wants-to-criminalise-doxing-it-may-not-work-to-stamp-out-bad-behaviour-online-223546/" aria-label="Read more about The government wants to criminalise doxing. It may not work to stamp out bad behaviour online">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim Lindsey, Malcolm Smith Professor of Asian Law and Director of the Centre for Indonesian Law, Islam and Society, The University of Melbourne Controversial former general Prabowo Subianto, the former son-in-law of long-time authoritarian leader Soeharto, looks set to be Indonesia’s next leader after securing what appears ... <a title="Prabowo Subianto is likely to succeed in lifelong quest to become Indonesia’s president. What kind of leader will he be?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/15/prabowo-subianto-is-likely-to-succeed-in-lifelong-quest-to-become-indonesias-president-what-kind-of-leader-will-he-be-223637/" aria-label="Read more about Prabowo Subianto is likely to succeed in lifelong quest to become Indonesia’s president. What kind of leader will he be?">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Theo Evans, Associate Professor, The University of Western Australia jgeyser, Shutterstock A new pest attacking Perth’s trees threatens to spread across Australia, damaging crops and native forests as well as our urban forest. To control its spread, the Western Australian government is chopping down hundreds of established ... <a title="Australia’s shot-hole borer beetle invasion has begun, but we don’t need to chop down every tree under attack" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/15/australias-shot-hole-borer-beetle-invasion-has-begun-but-we-dont-need-to-chop-down-every-tree-under-attack-222610/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s shot-hole borer beetle invasion has begun, but we don’t need to chop down every tree under attack">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kris Gledhill, Professor of Law, Auckland University of Technology The government’s move to remove legal aid funding for what are commonly known as cultural reports at sentencing has been wrapped up in rhetoric about restoring “personal responsibility”, reducing “discounts” or “reductions” on sentences, and saving money. This ... <a title="Ending legal aid for cultural reports at sentencing may only make court hearings longer and costlier" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/15/ending-legal-aid-for-cultural-reports-at-sentencing-may-only-make-court-hearings-longer-and-costlier-223627/" aria-label="Read more about Ending legal aid for cultural reports at sentencing may only make court hearings longer and costlier">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brooke Nickel, NHMRC Emerging Leader Research Fellow, University of Sydney Thought Catalog/Unsplash Corporations have used feminist language to promote their products for decades. In the 1980s, companies co-opted messaging about female autonomy to encourage women’s consumption of unhealthy commodities, such as tobacco and alcohol. Today, feminist narratives ... <a title="Feminist narratives are being hijacked to market medical tests not backed by evidence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/15/feminist-narratives-are-being-hijacked-to-market-medical-tests-not-backed-by-evidence-220282/" aria-label="Read more about Feminist narratives are being hijacked to market medical tests not backed by evidence">Read more</a>
