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August 12, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marnee Shay, Associate Professor, Principal Research Fellow School of Education, The University of Queensland The recent Closing the Gap report had some promising news for education, with a 25% increase in Aboriginal children enrolled in childcare over the past seven years. But other report figures show there ... <a title="Aboriginal children as young as 5 are getting suspended from school. We can’t ‘close the gap’ if this is happening" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/12/aboriginal-children-as-young-as-5-are-getting-suspended-from-school-we-cant-close-the-gap-if-this-is-happening-235889/" aria-label="Read more about Aboriginal children as young as 5 are getting suspended from school. We can’t ‘close the gap’ if this is happening">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hilary A Smith, Honorary Research Fellow (Linguistics), Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University From the beginning of the 2025 school year, all schools will be required to use structured literacy – also known as “phonics” or the “science of reading” – to teach children how to ... <a title="Bilingualism under threat: structured literacy will make it harder for children to hold on to their mother tongue" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/12/bilingualism-under-threat-structured-literacy-will-make-it-harder-for-children-to-hold-on-to-their-mother-tongue-236140/" aria-label="Read more about Bilingualism under threat: structured literacy will make it harder for children to hold on to their mother tongue">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Gaunson, Associate Professor in Cinema Studies, RMIT University Stan/Matchbox Pictures The new Stan Original Australian crime series, Critical Incident, joins a long and impressive list of local crime dramas from streaming platforms, including Scrublands (2023) and Binge’s recent release High Country. This time, the camera zooms ... <a title="Critical Incident: new series set in Western Sydney examines the role of policing in diverse communities – with mixed results" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/12/critical-incident-new-series-set-in-western-sydney-examines-the-role-of-policing-in-diverse-communities-with-mixed-results-234686/" aria-label="Read more about Critical Incident: new series set in Western Sydney examines the role of policing in diverse communities – with mixed results">Read more</a>
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August 11, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Astrid R.N. Haas, Adjunct professor, University of Toronto Land prices across many African cities are soaring. This is because land is a city’s key asset. As urbanisation progresses, demand for land will rise, and therefore so will land prices, because the supply of land in cities is ... <a title="Raising revenue from land: what African cities might learn from Hong Kong’s unique land-lease system" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/11/raising-revenue-from-land-what-african-cities-might-learn-from-hong-kongs-unique-land-lease-system-235327/" aria-label="Read more about Raising revenue from land: what African cities might learn from Hong Kong’s unique land-lease system">Read more</a>
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August 10, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicholas Dagen Bloom, Professor of Urban Policy and Planning, Hunter College Workers on a trolley at 5 p.m. in Baltimore, April 1943. Marjory Collins/Library of Congress, CC BY-ND Since the 1940s, there has been a broad shift away from public transit across the U.S., and service has ... <a title="A packed Baltimore trolley illustrates the ups and downs of US public transit" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/10/a-packed-baltimore-trolley-illustrates-the-ups-and-downs-of-us-public-transit-234627/" aria-label="Read more about A packed Baltimore trolley illustrates the ups and downs of US public transit">Read more</a>
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August 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Albanese government next week will introduce legislation to force the appointment of an administrator into the recalcitrant CFMEU, after the union tried a delaying tactic to drag out court action. Workplace Relations Minister Murray Watt announced on Friday the ... <a title="Albanese government will introduce legislation next week to force an administrator into the CFMEU" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/09/albanese-government-will-introduce-legislation-next-week-to-force-an-administrator-into-the-cfmeu-236493/" aria-label="Read more about Albanese government will introduce legislation next week to force an administrator into the CFMEU">Read more</a>
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August 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elisa Hill-Yardin, Professor and Head, Gut-Brain Axis Laboratory, RMIT University Oporty786/Shutterstock A study out recently has prompted much media attention about the role of plastics in developing autism. In particular, the study focused on exposure to a component of hard plastics – bisphenol A, or BPA – ... <a title="Do plastics cause autism? Here’s what the latest study really says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/09/do-plastics-cause-autism-heres-what-the-latest-study-really-says-236401/" aria-label="Read more about Do plastics cause autism? Here’s what the latest study really says">Read more</a>
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August 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Monica Taylor, PhD Candidate in climate justice, Queensland University of Technology paintings, Shutterstock This week, a Senate committee examining Australia’s disaster resilience tabled its long-awaited report in parliament. The 151-page report makes ten recommendations. These concern funding arrangements, mental health supports, emergency volunteering models, and the need ... <a title="Disaster season looms, but the senate inquiry has failed to empower communities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/09/disaster-season-looms-but-the-senate-inquiry-has-failed-to-empower-communities-236124/" aria-label="Read more about Disaster season looms, but the senate inquiry has failed to empower communities">Read more</a>
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August 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Luke Brown, Head of Policy and Engagement, Climateworks Centre Much of the climate conversation in Australia to date has centred on actions to limit global warming, recognising that each increment of warming contributes to worsening climate extremes. In a recently released book, Living Hot: Surviving and Thriving ... <a title="‘Everything, everywhere, all at once’: Australia’s survival in a warmer world will be a mammoth multi-tasking effort" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/09/everything-everywhere-all-at-once-australias-survival-in-a-warmer-world-will-be-a-mammoth-multi-tasking-effort-236337/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Everything, everywhere, all at once’: Australia’s survival in a warmer world will be a mammoth multi-tasking effort">Read more</a>
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August 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peta-Anne Zimmerman, Senior Lecturer/Program Advisor, Griffith Graduate Infection Prevention and Control Program, Griffith University MedVecArt/Shutterstock Google searches for “NSW scabies outbreak” have spiked over recent days in light of an outbreak of the contagious skin condition in New South Wales. According to the Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health ... <a title="Scabies: what to know about the outbreak of this contagious skin condition in hospitals" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/09/scabies-what-to-know-about-the-outbreak-of-this-contagious-skin-condition-in-hospitals-236482/" aria-label="Read more about Scabies: what to know about the outbreak of this contagious skin condition in hospitals">Read more</a>
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August 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brad E Tucker, Astrophysicist/Cosmologist, Australian National University For the more than 100,000 years humans have been on Earth, we have looked up at night and seen the stars and our celestial home, the Milky Way galaxy. Cultures all around the world have stories and records incorporating this ... <a title="Only 100 years ago the Milky Way was visible from central Paris. Here’s how we can get the night sky back" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/09/only-100-years-ago-the-milky-way-was-visible-from-central-paris-heres-how-we-can-get-the-night-sky-back-236221/" aria-label="Read more about Only 100 years ago the Milky Way was visible from central Paris. Here’s how we can get the night sky back">Read more</a>
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August 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Hensher, Director, Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies, University of Sydney MT-R/Shutterstock Announcing the directive to work “primarily in an approved office”, NSW Premier Chris Minns said overseas studies showed people were less productive when working from home. “There is a drop in mentorship. There is ... <a title="Making workers return to the office might not make them any more productive, despite what the NSW premier says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/09/making-workers-return-to-the-office-might-not-make-them-any-more-productive-despite-what-the-nsw-premier-says-236310/" aria-label="Read more about Making workers return to the office might not make them any more productive, despite what the NSW premier says">Read more</a>
