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September 4, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University When the Greens proposed an extra super-profits tax on the excessive part of really excessive profits last week, business and the government acted as if the sky was about to fall in. It would make ... <a title="The Greens want a super-profits tax. Labor and business used to like the idea too" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/04/the-greens-want-a-super-profits-tax-labor-and-business-used-to-like-the-idea-too-237984/" aria-label="Read more about The Greens want a super-profits tax. Labor and business used to like the idea too">Read more</a>
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September 4, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Steve Worthington, Adjunct Professor, Swinburne University of Technology Dmytro Zinkevych/Shutterstock You head to the register at the cafe to pay for your lunch, swipe your card and suddenly realise you’ve been hit with an extra small but unexpected charge. It might be listed on your receipt as ... <a title="Surcharges are added to most purchases, but what are the rules behind these extra fees?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/04/surcharges-are-added-to-most-purchases-but-what-are-the-rules-behind-these-extra-fees-237964/" aria-label="Read more about Surcharges are added to most purchases, but what are the rules behind these extra fees?">Read more</a>
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September 4, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mara Antic, Teaching Associate, School of Media, Film and Journalism, Monash University IMDB Ever since I came to Melbourne as an international PhD student in film studies, the Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) has provided me with a sense of home among a community of like-minded cinephiles. ... <a title="Japan’s #MeToo, ominous guinea fowls and a grandma out for revenge: top 5 picks from the Melbourne International Film Festival" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/04/japans-metoo-ominous-guinea-fowls-and-a-grandma-out-for-revenge-top-5-picks-from-the-melbourne-international-film-festival-238067/" aria-label="Read more about Japan’s #MeToo, ominous guinea fowls and a grandma out for revenge: top 5 picks from the Melbourne International Film Festival">Read more</a>
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September 4, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Jefferson, Senior Lecturer in Education, Edith Cowan University Koto Images/ Shutterstock, CC BY It’s become a ritual in our family – after a long day at his rowing regatta, my 17-year-old son and I get fast food on the way home. I am sure there are ... <a title="Should you reward kids for success? Or is there a better way to talk about achievement?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/04/should-you-reward-kids-for-success-or-is-there-a-better-way-to-talk-about-achievement-237972/" aria-label="Read more about Should you reward kids for success? Or is there a better way to talk about achievement?">Read more</a>
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September 4, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Melissa Eaton, Accredited Practising Dietitian; PhD Candidate, University of Wollongong PeopleImages.com – Yuri A/Shutterstock We live in a society that glorifies dieting, with around 42% of adults globally having tried to lose weight. Messages about dieting and weight loss are amplified on social media, with a never-ending ... <a title="Thinking of trying a new diet? 4 questions to ask yourself before you do" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/04/thinking-of-trying-a-new-diet-4-questions-to-ask-yourself-before-you-do-237766/" aria-label="Read more about Thinking of trying a new diet? 4 questions to ask yourself before you do">Read more</a>
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September 4, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachael Taylor, Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Otago Parents of children and teenagers have long been warned about the dangers of screen time and digital devices before bed – the worry being that screens could harm the sleep patterns of young people. But do screens really ... <a title="It’s almost impossible to keep teens off their phones in bed – but new research shows it really does affect their sleep" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/04/its-almost-impossible-to-keep-teens-off-their-phones-in-bed-but-new-research-shows-it-really-does-affect-their-sleep-237955/" aria-label="Read more about It’s almost impossible to keep teens off their phones in bed – but new research shows it really does affect their sleep">Read more</a>
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September 4, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Loughran, Director Radiation Research and Advice (ARPANSA), and Adjunct Associate Professor (UOW), University of Wollongong Keira Burton/Pexels A systematic review into the potential health effects from radio wave exposure has shown mobile phones are not linked to brain cancer. The review was commissioned by the World ... <a title="Mobile phones are not linked to brain cancer, according to a major review of 28 years of research" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/04/mobile-phones-are-not-linked-to-brain-cancer-according-to-a-major-review-of-28-years-of-research-237882/" aria-label="Read more about Mobile phones are not linked to brain cancer, according to a major review of 28 years of research">Read more</a>
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September 3, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Mike Burgess is highly respected by both Labor and Liberal politicians. When they talk about him, they nearly always throw in praise, sometimes fulsome. That’s to the good for the ASIO chief, because if he were less well regarded he’d ... <a title="View from The Hill: ASIO chief seeks to dig out of the hole he’d made for himself" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/03/view-from-the-hill-asio-chief-seeks-to-dig-out-of-the-hole-hed-made-for-himself-238081/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: ASIO chief seeks to dig out of the hole he’d made for himself">Read more</a>
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September 3, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sathana Dushyanthen, Academic Specialist & Lecturer in Cancer Sciences & Digital Health| Superstar of STEM| Science Communicator, The University of Melbourne Pexels/Ketut Subiyanto It has been a long winter, filled with many viruses and cost-of-living pressures, on top of the usual mix of work, study, life admin ... <a title="I’m feeling run down. Why am I more likely to get sick? And how can I boost my immune system?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/03/im-feeling-run-down-why-am-i-more-likely-to-get-sick-and-how-can-i-boost-my-immune-system-237456/" aria-label="Read more about I’m feeling run down. Why am I more likely to get sick? And how can I boost my immune system?">Read more</a>
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September 3, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kaveh Khalilpour, Associate Professor in Engineering and IT, University of Technology Sydney myphotobank.com.au/Shutterstock What made you decide to go solar? Was it a sober assessment of the return on investment? Did you want to cut your power bills? Did you want to do your bit on climate ... <a title="Seeing is believing: your neighbour’s choice to go solar might have influenced you more than you think" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/03/seeing-is-believing-your-neighbours-choice-to-go-solar-might-have-influenced-you-more-than-you-think-236586/" aria-label="Read more about Seeing is believing: your neighbour’s choice to go solar might have influenced you more than you think">Read more</a>
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September 3, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Timothy Welch, Senior Lecturer in Urban Planning, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Getty Images The government’s new National Land Transport Programme (NLTP) could easily have been renamed the “highway funding project”, given its intense focus on road building. Released yesterday, the plan outlines funding priorities for ... <a title="Spinning its wheels: the new national transport plan steers NZ back to a car-dependent past" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/03/spinning-its-wheels-the-new-national-transport-plan-steers-nz-back-to-a-car-dependent-past-238066/" aria-label="Read more about Spinning its wheels: the new national transport plan steers NZ back to a car-dependent past">Read more</a>
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September 3, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Russell Fewster, Lecturer in Performing Arts, University of South Australia For Jack Hibberd, writing plays came from an “geographical accident”. As a young medical intern in the 1960s, he “fell in with the bohemian” Carlton Melbourne milieu that saw something in his poetry that suggested “monologues of ... <a title="Remembering Jack Hibberd: the revolutionary playwright who heard Australia, and reflected us back to ourselves" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/03/remembering-jack-hibberd-the-revolutionary-playwright-who-heard-australia-and-reflected-us-back-to-ourselves-237967/" aria-label="Read more about Remembering Jack Hibberd: the revolutionary playwright who heard Australia, and reflected us back to ourselves">Read more</a>
