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September 8, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Simon Holmes à Court and his Climate 200, the body that provided funding for “teal” and some other independent candidates who promoted action on climate change, integrity and women’s issues, had great success at the federal election. But will community ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Simon Holmes à Court on ‘community candidates’ and two state elections" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/08/politics-with-michelle-grattan-simon-holmes-a-court-on-community-candidates-and-two-state-elections-190248/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Simon Holmes à Court on ‘community candidates’ and two state elections">Read more</a>
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September 8, 2022
Analysis by Keith Rankin. EDITOR’S NOTE: Please refer to an updated version of this article by clicking here. I have been investigating the epidemiology of the disease that arguably created the science of epidemiology; a blend of statistics, medical science, and demography. The cholera outbreak in London in 1854 is particularly well-known, because of the ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – The Signature of a Disease that scared the world: Cholera" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/08/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-the-signature-of-a-disease-that-scared-the-world-cholera/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – The Signature of a Disease that scared the world: Cholera">Read more</a>
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September 8, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Thomas Longden, Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University The federal government’s climate change bill passed the Senate on Thursday. Among the mandates in the new Climate Change Act are assessments of the social, employment and economic benefits of climate change policies. These assessments will ... <a title="Australia finally has new climate laws. Now, let’s properly consider the astounding social cost of carbon" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/08/australia-finally-has-new-climate-laws-now-lets-properly-consider-the-astounding-social-cost-of-carbon-190050/" aria-label="Read more about Australia finally has new climate laws. Now, let’s properly consider the astounding social cost of carbon">Read more</a>
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September 8, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Danks, Associate professor in Cinema and Media Studies, RMIT University MIFF After two years online, the Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) returned to its regular, outsized form spread across a range of inner-city, suburban and regional Victorian locations. It’s been many years since the experience of ... <a title="The best films at this year’s Melbourne International Film Festival" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/08/the-best-films-at-this-years-melbourne-international-film-festival-189530/" aria-label="Read more about The best films at this year’s Melbourne International Film Festival">Read more</a>
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September 8, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael O’Keefe, Director, Master of International Relations, Department of Politics, Media and Philosophy, La Trobe University Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong, right, poses for a photo with Samoa’s Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata’afa AP Papua New Guinea (PNG) has announced it wants to establish a security agreement ... <a title="Penny Wong’s diplomacy efforts in the Pacific begin to bear fruit with PNG security pact" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/08/penny-wongs-diplomacy-efforts-in-the-pacific-begin-to-bear-fruit-with-png-security-pact-189710/" aria-label="Read more about Penny Wong’s diplomacy efforts in the Pacific begin to bear fruit with PNG security pact">Read more</a>
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September 8, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Melanie Pill, Research fellow, Australian National University A third of the country underwater. Crops washed away. Some 33 million people homeless. Billions of dollars of damage. A looming food crisis. And still the unprecedented rains come. Pakistan’s mega-monsoon dumped up to 700% of the usual August rainfall ... <a title="Pakistan floods: will rich nations ever pay for climate loss and damage?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/08/pakistan-floods-will-rich-nations-ever-pay-for-climate-loss-and-damage-190127/" aria-label="Read more about Pakistan floods: will rich nations ever pay for climate loss and damage?">Read more</a>
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September 8, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Milo Barham, Senior Lecturer, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Curtin University Lipar et al., Author provided Environments across the planet are changing dramatically in response to human population growth and climate change. Some scientists even say human activity has pushed Earth into a new geological epoch: the Anthropocene. ... <a title="A giant ‘bullseye’ on the Nullarbor Plain was created by ancient sea life" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/08/a-giant-bullseye-on-the-nullarbor-plain-was-created-by-ancient-sea-life-189125/" aria-label="Read more about A giant ‘bullseye’ on the Nullarbor Plain was created by ancient sea life">Read more</a>
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September 8, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Helen Young, Lecturer, Deakin University Ben Rothstein/ Prime Video Since Amazon announced actors of colour among the cast of its new series The Rings of Power in February this year, criticisms of their inclusion have gained media attention. The coverage typically positions criticisms of The Rings of ... <a title="The Rings of Power is suffering a racist backlash for casting actors of colour – but Tolkien’s work has always attracted white supremacists" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/08/the-rings-of-power-is-suffering-a-racist-backlash-for-casting-actors-of-colour-but-tolkiens-work-has-always-attracted-white-supremacists-189963/" aria-label="Read more about The Rings of Power is suffering a racist backlash for casting actors of colour – but Tolkien’s work has always attracted white supremacists">Read more</a>
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September 8, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris Brennan-Jones, Head of Ear Health, Telethon Kids Institute, Curtin University pixmike/Unsplash, CC BY-SA Why do seashells make a sound like the ocean when you put them to your ear? – Remy, age 9, Wangaratta, Victoria Thanks for the great question Remy! My kids and I have ... <a title="Curious Kids: why do seashells sound like the ocean when you put them to your ear?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/08/curious-kids-why-do-seashells-sound-like-the-ocean-when-you-put-them-to-your-ear-188650/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: why do seashells sound like the ocean when you put them to your ear?">Read more</a>
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September 8, 2022
By Geraldine Panapasa in Suva The University of the South Pacific’s Journalism Programme is open to strengthening engagement and partnership with the Australia Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) following the recent visit of senior ABC executives to Fiji. Last week, ABC International Services head Claire Gorman, ABC International Development public affairs lead Jo Elsom, ABC Sport head ... <a title="ABC, USP Journalism keen to boost Pacific media partnerships" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/08/abc-usp-journalism-keen-to-boost-pacific-media-partnerships/" aria-label="Read more about ABC, USP Journalism keen to boost Pacific media partnerships">Read more</a>
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September 8, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jake M Robinson, Ecologist and Researcher, Flinders University Shutterstock It’s been more than two years since the World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 pandemic. Each of us vividly recalls the first confirmed cases being reported in our home towns. COVID-19 spread across the planet at lightning speed, ... <a title="From microbes to forest bathing, here are 4 ways healing nature is vital to our recovery from COVID-19" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/08/from-microbes-to-forest-bathing-here-are-4-ways-healing-nature-is-vital-to-our-recovery-from-covid-19-188458/" aria-label="Read more about From microbes to forest bathing, here are 4 ways healing nature is vital to our recovery from COVID-19">Read more</a>
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September 8, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim Ryan Maloney, Research fellow, Griffith University Tim Maloney, Author provided Modern medicine seems to advance with time thanks to research breakthroughs. Hence it’s often thought that further into the past, only simpler medical practices existed. The medical expertise of foraging communities such as hunter-gatherers has been ... <a title="World’s earliest evidence of a successful surgical amputation found in 31,000-year-old grave in Borneo" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/08/worlds-earliest-evidence-of-a-successful-surgical-amputation-found-in-31-000-year-old-grave-in-borneo-189683/" aria-label="Read more about World’s earliest evidence of a successful surgical amputation found in 31,000-year-old grave in Borneo">Read more</a>
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September 8, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Kenny, Professor, Australian Studies Institute, Australian National University Wes Mountain/The Conversation, CC BY-ND When the Liberal Party’s most senior right-wing figure, Peter Dutton, forced a leadership spill in 2018, ending Malcolm Turnbull’s premiership, even some moderates in the party room preferred him over the hyper-ambitious Scott ... <a title="Dutton’s high-wire act: holding the Coalition together while presenting as an alternative government" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/08/duttons-high-wire-act-holding-the-coalition-together-while-presenting-as-an-alternative-government-189964/" aria-label="Read more about Dutton’s high-wire act: holding the Coalition together while presenting as an alternative government">Read more</a>
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September 8, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andreea S. Calude, Senior Lecturer in Linguistics, University of Waikato GettyImages Which sentence is easier to understand? “He was conveyed to his place of residence in an intoxicated condition.” Or, “He was carried home drunk.” Most people choose the latter, for obvious reasons. This century-old example is ... <a title="The end of jargon: will New Zealand’s plain language law finally make bureaucrats talk like normal people?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/08/the-end-of-jargon-will-new-zealands-plain-language-law-finally-make-bureaucrats-talk-like-normal-people-189870/" aria-label="Read more about The end of jargon: will New Zealand’s plain language law finally make bureaucrats talk like normal people?">Read more</a>
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September 8, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Louise Stone, General practitioner; Associate Professor, ANU Medical School, Australian National University Shutterstock Mental health and suicide prevention have become critical topics of public discussion in the last few decades. Awareness of mental illness has been advanced by public campaigns and personal stories. There has been tireless ... <a title="It’s RUOK Day – but ‘how can I help?’ might be a better question to ask" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/08/its-ruok-day-but-how-can-i-help-might-be-a-better-question-to-ask-190064/" aria-label="Read more about It’s RUOK Day – but ‘how can I help?’ might be a better question to ask">Read more</a>
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September 8, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alan Pears, Senior Industry Fellow, RMIT University Shutterstock Heat pumps are becoming all the rage around a world that has to slash carbon emissions rapidly while cutting energy costs. In buildings, they replace space heating and water heating – and provide cooling as a bonus. A heat ... <a title="Heat pumps can cut your energy costs by up to 90%. It’s not magic, just a smart use of the laws of physics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/08/heat-pumps-can-cut-your-energy-costs-by-up-to-90-its-not-magic-just-a-smart-use-of-the-laws-of-physics-185711/" aria-label="Read more about Heat pumps can cut your energy costs by up to 90%. It’s not magic, just a smart use of the laws of physics">Read more</a>
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September 8, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Frank Jotzo, Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy and Head of Energy, Institute for Climate Energy and Disaster Solutions, Australian National University David Crosling/AAP As of Wednesday night, Labor’s climate change bill was poised to pass the Senate after the government agreed to amendments proposed by independent ... <a title="Labor’s climate change bill is set to become law – but 3 important measures are omitted" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/08/labors-climate-change-bill-is-set-to-become-law-but-3-important-measures-are-omitted-190102/" aria-label="Read more about Labor’s climate change bill is set to become law – but 3 important measures are omitted">Read more</a>
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September 8, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shane Dawson, Executive Dean UniSA Education Futures, University of South Australia We know Australian schools are in the grip of a teacher shortage. Federal and state education ministers are currently putting together a plan to fix it, which is due in December. One of the key planks ... <a title="Yes, some students are dropping out of teaching degrees, but not at the rate you think" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/08/yes-some-students-are-dropping-out-of-teaching-degrees-but-not-at-the-rate-you-think-189467/" aria-label="Read more about Yes, some students are dropping out of teaching degrees, but not at the rate you think">Read more</a>
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September 8, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Patricia Ranald, Honorary research associate, University of Sydney British oil and gas miner Rockhopper Explorations last month won £210 million plus interest (about A$360 million) in compensation over Italy’s 2015 ban on oil and gas drilling within its territorial seas. It’s a portent of claims Australia may ... <a title="British investors could sue Australia over climate action if UK joins trans-Pacific trade pact" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/08/british-investors-could-sue-australia-over-climate-action-if-uk-joins-trans-pacific-trade-pact-190049/" aria-label="Read more about British investors could sue Australia over climate action if UK joins trans-Pacific trade pact">Read more</a>
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September 8, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Roger Benjamin, Professor in Art History, University of Sydney Paul Klee (1879–1940), Hammamet with Its Mosque, 1914. Metropolitan Museum of Art/Wikimedia Commons In this new series, our writers introduce us to a favourite painting. For almost as long as I can remember I have loved the pictures ... <a title="My pilgrimage to the site of Paul Klee’s Hammamet with Its Mosque" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/08/my-pilgrimage-to-the-site-of-paul-klees-hammamet-with-its-mosque-187359/" aria-label="Read more about My pilgrimage to the site of Paul Klee’s Hammamet with Its Mosque">Read more</a>
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September 7, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Maurice Huguenin, PhD Candidate, UNSW Sydney Shutterstock Over the last 50 years, the oceans have been working in overdrive to slow global warming, absorbing about 40% of our carbon dioxide emissions, and over 90% of the excess heat trapped in the atmosphere. But as our research published ... <a title="The Southern Ocean absorbs more heat than any other ocean on Earth, and the impacts will be felt for generations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/07/the-southern-ocean-absorbs-more-heat-than-any-other-ocean-on-earth-and-the-impacts-will-be-felt-for-generations-189561/" aria-label="Read more about The Southern Ocean absorbs more heat than any other ocean on Earth, and the impacts will be felt for generations">Read more</a>
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September 7, 2022
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk The Civicus Monitor has documented an uptick in restrictions on civic space by the Solomon Islands government, which led to the downgrading of the coiuntry’s rating to “narrowed” in December 2021. As previously documented, there have been threats to ban Facebook in the country and attempts to vilify civil society. The ... <a title="Civicus raps Solomon Islands over rights curbs, tighter media controls" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/07/civicus-raps-solomon-islands-over-rights-curbs-tighter-media-controls/" aria-label="Read more about Civicus raps Solomon Islands over rights curbs, tighter media controls">Read more</a>
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September 7, 2022
RNZ Pacific Tongan police have confirmed the death of a seven-year-old boy after he was shot. Police report the shooting occurred at the boy’s residence at the village of Ha’ateiho, on the main island of Tongatapu, last Friday evening local time. The boy’s father has been arrested, but police said the victim died after his ... <a title="Seven-year-old boy shot dead by younger brother, say Tonga police" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/07/seven-year-old-boy-shot-dead-by-younger-brother-say-tonga-police/" aria-label="Read more about Seven-year-old boy shot dead by younger brother, say Tonga police">Read more</a>
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September 7, 2022
ANALYSIS: By David Engel, Albert Zhang and Jake Wallis The Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) has analysed thousands of suspicious tweets posted in 2021 relating to the Indonesian region of West Papua and assessed that they are inauthentic and were crafted to promote the policies and activities of the Indonesian government while condemning opponents such ... <a title="Suspicious ‘Papuan’ tweets promoted Indonesian government’s agenda" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/07/suspicious-papuan-tweets-promoted-indonesian-governments-agenda/" aria-label="Read more about Suspicious ‘Papuan’ tweets promoted Indonesian government’s agenda">Read more</a>
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September 7, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Hawkins, Senior Lecturer, Canberra School of Politics, Economics and Society, University of Canberra Wes Mountain/The Conversation, CC BY-ND Tuesday’s national accounts show Australia ending 2021-22 on a strong note. Gross domestic product grew by a historically robust 0.9% in the three months to June, and by ... <a title="Australia’s June quarter national accounts show GDP doing well – for now" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/07/australias-june-quarter-national-accounts-show-gdp-doing-well-for-now-189951/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s June quarter national accounts show GDP doing well – for now">Read more</a>
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September 7, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Qamar Schuyler, Research Scientist, Oceans and Atmospheres, CSIRO Shutterstock, CC BY-SA If you flip over a plastic food container, you’ll see tiny writing on it – something like “AS 2070”. This means the product meets the Australian standard for plastics safe to use for food. These often unrecognised ... <a title="With better standards, we could make plastics endlessly useful – and slash waste. Here’s how" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/07/with-better-standards-we-could-make-plastics-endlessly-useful-and-slash-waste-heres-how-189985/" aria-label="Read more about With better standards, we could make plastics endlessly useful – and slash waste. Here’s how">Read more</a>
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September 7, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Karen Murphy, Associate Professor of Nutrition & Dietetics and Accredited Practicing Dietitian, University of South Australia Image by Peter Chou from Pixabay., CC BY Soy is common in many Asian cuisines, and is growing more popular in Western countries as many people aim for predominantly plant-based diets. ... <a title="Have you heard soy is linked to cancer risk or can ‘feminise’ men? Here’s what the science really says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/07/have-you-heard-soy-is-linked-to-cancer-risk-or-can-feminise-men-heres-what-the-science-really-says-186813/" aria-label="Read more about Have you heard soy is linked to cancer risk or can ‘feminise’ men? Here’s what the science really says">Read more</a>
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September 7, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sharon Bessell, Professor of Public Policy, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Francis Malasig/EPA/AAP What does a “fair go” look like for Australian children? We asked 130 children aged between seven and 13 years what makes communities strong, supportive, and fair. Many felt communities are ... <a title="We asked Australian children what they needed from their communities. Here’s what they said" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/07/we-asked-australian-children-what-they-needed-from-their-communities-heres-what-they-said-189772/" aria-label="Read more about We asked Australian children what they needed from their communities. Here’s what they said">Read more</a>
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September 7, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Geoff Hanmer, Adjunct professor of architecture, University of Adelaide Shutterstock If COVID-19 had taught us anything it surely must be that poorly ventilated buildings can be a health hazard. Yet due to a weakness in current rules they continue to be built. Under Australia’s National Construction Code ... <a title="Poorly ventilated buildings are allowed under Australia rules – it’s time to fix it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/07/poorly-ventilated-buildings-are-allowed-under-australia-rules-its-time-to-fix-it-189229/" aria-label="Read more about Poorly ventilated buildings are allowed under Australia rules – it’s time to fix it">Read more</a>
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September 7, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gail Iles, Senior Lecturer in Physics, RMIT University NASA Earlier this week, the Artemis I Moon mission was scrubbed again; now we have to wait for a new launch window. Just 40 minutes before the Space Launch System rocket was set to take off from Kennedy Space ... <a title="Why do we always need to wait for ‘launch windows’ to get a rocket to space?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/07/why-do-we-always-need-to-wait-for-launch-windows-to-get-a-rocket-to-space-189971/" aria-label="Read more about Why do we always need to wait for ‘launch windows’ to get a rocket to space?">Read more</a>
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September 7, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mirella Atherton, Lecturer in Law, University of Newcastle AB F B B B D ED C The Albanese government will keep its election commitment to abolish the cashless debit card. Cashless cards limited the financial autonomy of over 17,000 participants, a disproportionate number of whom are First ... <a title="Eliminating cashless debit cards is great, but the government must be careful about what it does next" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/07/eliminating-cashless-debit-cards-is-great-but-the-government-must-be-careful-about-what-it-does-next-189304/" aria-label="Read more about Eliminating cashless debit cards is great, but the government must be careful about what it does next">Read more</a>
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September 7, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christine McCarthy, Senior lecturer in Interior Architecture, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Getty Images Almost everyone who’s moved house has a story to tell – the truck was too small, the power got cut off too soon, the cat got lost on the day. ... <a title="Prison turns life upside down – giving low-risk prisoners longer to prepare for their sentences would benefit everyone" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/07/prison-turns-life-upside-down-giving-low-risk-prisoners-longer-to-prepare-for-their-sentences-would-benefit-everyone-189382/" aria-label="Read more about Prison turns life upside down – giving low-risk prisoners longer to prepare for their sentences would benefit everyone">Read more</a>
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September 7, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicholas Carah, Associate Professor in Digital Media, The University of Queensland Ashkar Dave / Unsplash Once upon a time, most advertisements were public. If we wanted to see what advertisers were doing, we could easily find it – on TV, in newspapers and magazines, and on billboards ... <a title="How dark is ‘dark advertising’? We audited Facebook, Google and other platforms to find out" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/07/how-dark-is-dark-advertising-we-audited-facebook-google-and-other-platforms-to-find-out-189310/" aria-label="Read more about How dark is ‘dark advertising’? We audited Facebook, Google and other platforms to find out">Read more</a>
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September 7, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Fitz-Gibbon, Director, Monash Gender and Family Violence Prevention Centre; Associate Professor of Criminology, Faculty of Arts, Monash University Shutterstock How prevalent is young people’s use of family violence in Australia, what form does it take and how does it intersect with experiences of child abuse? These ... <a title="Almost 9 in 10 young Australians who use family violence experienced child abuse: new research" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/07/almost-9-in-10-young-australians-who-use-family-violence-experienced-child-abuse-new-research-190058/" aria-label="Read more about Almost 9 in 10 young Australians who use family violence experienced child abuse: new research">Read more</a>
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September 7, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Dunn, Lecturer in Anatomy and Cell Biology, Western Sydney University Shutterstock As a new parent, I’ve become acutely aware of every person in the vicinity of my daughter who has the slightest sniffle or looks vaguely unwell. After multiple trips to emergency in her six months ... <a title="What is hand, foot and mouth disease?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/07/what-is-hand-foot-and-mouth-disease-189535/" aria-label="Read more about What is hand, foot and mouth disease?">Read more</a>
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September 7, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Denniss, Adjunct Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Shutterstock Fossil fuel subsidies from major economies including Australia reached close to US$700 billion in 2021, almost doubling from 2020, according to new analysis by the International Energy Agency and OECD. These subsidies are expected ... <a title="We pay billions to subsidise Australia’s fossil fuel industry. This makes absolutely no economic sense" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/07/we-pay-billions-to-subsidise-australias-fossil-fuel-industry-this-makes-absolutely-no-economic-sense-189866/" aria-label="Read more about We pay billions to subsidise Australia’s fossil fuel industry. This makes absolutely no economic sense">Read more</a>
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September 7, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Di Johnson, Lecturer in Finance, Griffith University Image by Michal Jarmoluk from Pixabay, CC BY Australia’s appetite for home renovations remains strong, with around A$1 billion worth of alterations and additions to homes approved in July. But rising interest rates and shortages in labour and material may ... <a title="Building costs have soared. Is it time to abandon my home renovation plans?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/07/building-costs-have-soared-is-it-time-to-abandon-my-home-renovation-plans-188298/" aria-label="Read more about Building costs have soared. Is it time to abandon my home renovation plans?">Read more</a>
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September 6, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Julian Smith/AAP Australians on our humiliatingly-low unemployment benefit are about to get their biggest payday ever. On September 20, the single rate of JobSeeker will climb A$25.70 per fortnight from $642.70 to $668.40. That’s the ... <a title="Australians on unemployment benefits are set for two record paydays – but it’s a sign of a broken system, long overdue for a fix" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/06/australians-on-unemployment-benefits-are-set-for-two-record-paydays-but-its-a-sign-of-a-broken-system-long-overdue-for-a-fix-189954/" aria-label="Read more about Australians on unemployment benefits are set for two record paydays – but it’s a sign of a broken system, long overdue for a fix">Read more</a>
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September 6, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra As well as her interviews with politicians and experts, Politics with Michelle Grattan includes “Word from The Hill”, where she discusses the news with members of The Conversation’s politics team. In this podcast, Politics and Society editor Amanda Dunn and ... <a title="Word from The Hill: More mortgage pain, Labor’s climate legislation nearly done, and Scott Morrison staying put" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/06/word-from-the-hill-more-mortgage-pain-labors-climate-legislation-nearly-done-and-scott-morrison-staying-put-190078/" aria-label="Read more about Word from The Hill: More mortgage pain, Labor’s climate legislation nearly done, and Scott Morrison staying put">Read more</a>
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September 6, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra As well as her interviews with politicians and experts, Politics with Michelle Grattan includes “Word from The Hill”, where she discusses the news with members of The Conversation’s politics team. In this podcast, Politics and Society editor Amanda Dunn and ... <a title="More mortgage pain, Labor’s climate legislation nearly done, and Scott Morrison staying put" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/06/more-mortgage-pain-labors-climate-legislation-nearly-done-and-scott-morrison-staying-put-190078/" aria-label="Read more about More mortgage pain, Labor’s climate legislation nearly done, and Scott Morrison staying put">Read more</a>
