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February 6, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jess Melbourne-Thomas, Transdisciplinary Researcher & Knowledge Broker, CSIRO Cezary Wojtkowski, Shutterstock From Kakadu to Uluru and the Great Barrier Reef, to Sydney Opera House and the convict sites, Australia’s list of World Heritage places is incredibly diverse. Each site represents the culture, nature and history of this ... <a title="Climate change will strike Australia’s precious World Heritage sites – and Indigenous knowledge is a key defence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/06/climate-change-will-strike-australias-precious-world-heritage-sites-and-indigenous-knowledge-is-a-key-defence-222393/" aria-label="Read more about Climate change will strike Australia’s precious World Heritage sites – and Indigenous knowledge is a key defence">Read more</a>
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February 6, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anne Twomey, Professor emerita, University of Sydney King Charles III’s cancer diagnosis will turn minds to the question of what happens if he becomes unable to fulfil his constitutional duties. Buckingham Palace has announced he will continue performing his official paperwork and his weekly meetings with the ... <a title="What happens if King Charles can no longer perform his duties?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/06/what-happens-if-king-charles-can-no-longer-perform-his-duties-222870/" aria-label="Read more about What happens if King Charles can no longer perform his duties?">Read more</a>
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February 6, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kit Messham-Muir, Professor in Art, Curtin University Cloud Chamber (2020). Blown glass, dimensions variable. On loan from the TarraWarra Museum of Art, Healesville, Victoria. © Yhonnie Scarce Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article contains themes and references to historical events which may be ... <a title="Yhonnie Scarce’s glass works are a glistening, poignant exploration of how nuclear testing affected First Nations people" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/06/yhonnie-scarces-glass-works-are-a-glistening-poignant-exploration-of-how-nuclear-testing-affected-first-nations-people-221868/" aria-label="Read more about Yhonnie Scarce’s glass works are a glistening, poignant exploration of how nuclear testing affected First Nations people">Read more</a>
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February 6, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Woods, Professor of Health Economics, University of Technology Sydney Centre for Ageing Better/Unsplash Australia’s subsidised aged care services now help around 1.5 million older people to receive care and support. Taxpayers contributed A$28 billion to the various programs in 2022-23. And yet the system is governed ... <a title="Changes are coming for Australia’s aged care system. Here’s what we know so far" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/06/changes-are-coming-for-australias-aged-care-system-heres-what-we-know-so-far-222757/" aria-label="Read more about Changes are coming for Australia’s aged care system. Here’s what we know so far">Read more</a>
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February 6, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tamika Worrell, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Critical Indigenous Studies, Macquarie University, Macquarie University Midjourney/Author provided It is well documented that Australian teachers face challenges incorporating Indigenous perspectives and content in their classrooms. The approach can sometimes be somewhat tokenistic, as if the teacher is “ticking ... <a title="Generative AI in the classroom risks further threatening Indigenous inclusion in schools" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/06/generative-ai-in-the-classroom-risks-further-threatening-indigenous-inclusion-in-schools-222254/" aria-label="Read more about Generative AI in the classroom risks further threatening Indigenous inclusion in schools">Read more</a>
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February 6, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Liz Ritchie-Tyo, Professor of Atmospheric Sciences, Monash University When a tropical cyclone forms, people who live in its path anxiously monitor news of its direction – and strength. If a Category 5 storm with wind speeds of 250 kilometres per hour is heading for you, you prepare differently ... <a title="Is it time for a Category 6 for super cyclones? No – warnings of floods or storm surges are more useful" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/06/is-it-time-for-a-category-6-for-super-cyclones-no-warnings-of-floods-or-storm-surges-are-more-useful-222736/" aria-label="Read more about Is it time for a Category 6 for super cyclones? No – warnings of floods or storm surges are more useful">Read more</a>
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February 6, 2024
Thousands of people gathered before dawn in the Bay of Islands today to commemorate Aotearoa New Zealand’s Treaty of Waitangi amid heightened tensions between the coalition government and Māori. Waitangi Trust chair Pita Tipene welcomed everyone and said the massive crowds were vastly different from when the country was stuck in the grip of the ... <a title="Waitangi Day 2024: Dawn service turns to unity, love and togetherness" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/06/waitangi-day-2024-dawn-service-turns-to-unity-love-and-togetherness/" aria-label="Read more about Waitangi Day 2024: Dawn service turns to unity, love and togetherness">Read more</a>
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February 6, 2024
By Kalino Latu, editor of Kaniva News Just days after the appointment of Dr Siale ‘Akau’ola as Tonga’s new Minister of Health, King Tupou VI has withdrawn his consent for two other Cabinet appointments. An undated memo from the Lord Privy Seal, Viliami Malolo, to Chief Secretary of the Cabinet Paula Ma’u seen by Kaniva ... <a title="Tongan govt tight-lipped about King’s withdrawal of consent for ministers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/06/tongan-govt-tight-lipped-about-kings-withdrawal-of-consent-for-ministers/" aria-label="Read more about Tongan govt tight-lipped about King’s withdrawal of consent for ministers">Read more</a>
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February 6, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vivienne Lewis, Assistant professor – Psychology, University of Canberra PeopleImages.com – Yuri A/Shutterstock How many of us recall having to calculate our body-mass index (BMI) as children at school, prompting comparisons of our weight with that of our peers? Or perhaps we remember references to calories and ... <a title="No more BMI, diets or ‘bad’ foods: why changing how we teach kids about weight and nutrition is long overdue" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/06/no-more-bmi-diets-or-bad-foods-why-changing-how-we-teach-kids-about-weight-and-nutrition-is-long-overdue-222605/" aria-label="Read more about No more BMI, diets or ‘bad’ foods: why changing how we teach kids about weight and nutrition is long overdue">Read more</a>
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February 6, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Malcolm McCulloch, Professor, The University of Western Australia Global temperatures have already exceeded 1.5°C warming and may pass 2°C later this decade, according to a world-first study I led. The worrying findings, based on temperature records contained in sea sponge skeletons, suggest global climate change has progressed ... <a title="‘A deeply troubling discovery’: Earth may have already passed the crucial 1.5°C warming limit" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/06/a-deeply-troubling-discovery-earth-may-have-already-passed-the-crucial-1-5-c-warming-limit-222601/" aria-label="Read more about ‘A deeply troubling discovery’: Earth may have already passed the crucial 1.5°C warming limit">Read more</a>
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February 6, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jessica Kean, Lecturer in Gender and Cultural Studies, University of Sydney When students walked through the sandstone gates of Sydney’s Newington College for the first day of school last week, they were met by protesters. A group of parents and former students had gathered outside this prestigious ... <a title="Why do we have single sex schools? What’s the history behind one of the biggest debates in education?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/06/why-do-we-have-single-sex-schools-whats-the-history-behind-one-of-the-biggest-debates-in-education-222603/" aria-label="Read more about Why do we have single sex schools? What’s the history behind one of the biggest debates in education?">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alison Holland, Associate Professor, Macquarie University Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article contains the name and images of a deceased person. In the many tributes that have flowed since the announcement of Lowitja O’Donoghue’s death on February 4 at age 91, many commentators ... <a title="How Lowitja O’Donoghue’s activism and leadership changed advocacy on Indigenous affairs in Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/05/how-lowitja-odonoghues-activism-and-leadership-changed-advocacy-on-indigenous-affairs-in-australia-222727/" aria-label="Read more about How Lowitja O’Donoghue’s activism and leadership changed advocacy on Indigenous affairs in Australia">Read more</a>
