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July 29, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Blacklow, Lecturer in Economics, University of Tasmania Yanz Island/Shutterstock This article is part of The Conversation’s “Business Basics” series where we ask experts to discuss key concepts in business, economics and finance. It’s hard to remember a time before the cost-of-living crisis dominated news headlines. Most ... <a title="What is competition, and why is it so important for prices?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/29/what-is-competition-and-why-is-it-so-important-for-prices-234082/" aria-label="Read more about What is competition, and why is it so important for prices?">Read more</a>
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July 29, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jackie Cumming, Professor of Health Policy and Management, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington New Zealanders’ first point of contact for healthcare – their general practice – is increasingly harder to reach, to the detriment of the overall health system. Our new research found 80% ... <a title="Under pressure, 80% of GPs closed their books to new patients at some point since 2019 – here’s why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/29/under-pressure-80-of-gps-closed-their-books-to-new-patients-at-some-point-since-2019-heres-why-235500/" aria-label="Read more about Under pressure, 80% of GPs closed their books to new patients at some point since 2019 – here’s why">Read more</a>
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July 27, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julian Meyrick, Professor of Creative Arts, Griffith University © Commonwealth of Australia (National Archives of Australia) 2023., CC BY Ray Lawler, who died this week at 103, was one of the artists responsible for establishing the first non-commercial repertory theatre in Australia – the Union Repertory Theatre ... <a title="Vale Ray Lawler: the playwright who changed the sound of Australian theatre" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/27/vale-ray-lawler-the-playwright-who-changed-the-sound-of-australian-theatre-218121/" aria-label="Read more about Vale Ray Lawler: the playwright who changed the sound of Australian theatre">Read more</a>
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July 27, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Austin, Lecturer in Theatre, The University of Melbourne There has never been an opening ceremony quite like it. For the first time in Olympic Games history, the ceremony took place outside a stadium arena. Despite a rainy and miserable Paris evening, enormous crowds – most who ... <a title="Magnificent and humbling: the Paris opening ceremony was a tribute to witnessing superhuman feats of the extraordinary" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/27/magnificent-and-humbling-the-paris-opening-ceremony-was-a-tribute-to-witnessing-superhuman-feats-of-the-extraordinary-233665/" aria-label="Read more about Magnificent and humbling: the Paris opening ceremony was a tribute to witnessing superhuman feats of the extraordinary">Read more</a>
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July 26, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The 2022 election brought the “teal wave” into parliament. The next election will test whether teals, who occupy what were Liberal seats, and other independents can maintain their momentum. Joining us on the Podcast is one of those teals, Zoe ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: ‘Teal’ Zoe Daniel on political donations, representing Jewish voters and Kamala Harris’ prospects" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/26/politics-with-michelle-grattan-teal-zoe-daniel-on-political-donations-representing-jewish-voters-and-kamala-harris-prospects-235518/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: ‘Teal’ Zoe Daniel on political donations, representing Jewish voters and Kamala Harris’ prospects">Read more</a>
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July 26, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Xu Yi-chong, Professor of Governance and Public Policy, Griffith University fuyu liu, Shutterstock Seven years seems a lifetime in politics. In 2017, President Donald Trump announced the United States would withdraw from the Paris Agreement. It prompted Canada, China and the European Union to convene an urgent ... <a title="China: still the world’s biggest emitter, but also an emerging force in climate diplomacy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/26/china-still-the-worlds-biggest-emitter-but-also-an-emerging-force-in-climate-diplomacy-235311/" aria-label="Read more about China: still the world’s biggest emitter, but also an emerging force in climate diplomacy">Read more</a>
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July 26, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Musgrave, Senior lecturer in Pharmacology, University of Adelaide Pixavri/Shutterstock A major Federal Court class action has been dismissed this week after Justice Michael Lee ruled there was not enough evidence to prove the weedkiller Roundup causes cancer. Plaintiff Kelvin McNickle, now aged 41, developed non-Hodgkin lymphoma ... <a title="Federal Court finds insufficient evidence Roundup weedkiller causes cancer. What does the science say?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/26/federal-court-finds-insufficient-evidence-roundup-weedkiller-causes-cancer-what-does-the-science-say-235580/" aria-label="Read more about Federal Court finds insufficient evidence Roundup weedkiller causes cancer. What does the science say?">Read more</a>
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July 26, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Clare Corbould, Associate Professor, Contemporary Histories Research Group, Deakin University Mainstream media are surprisingly muted at the prospect of the world’s most powerful nation being led for the first time by a woman – specifically a woman of colour, Vice President Kamala Harris. Using past elections as ... <a title="Twice as good for half the respect: Kamala Harris’ battle for the White House" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/26/twice-as-good-for-half-the-respect-kamala-harris-battle-for-the-white-house-235419/" aria-label="Read more about Twice as good for half the respect: Kamala Harris’ battle for the White House">Read more</a>
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July 26, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca Bennett, PhD Student, Associate Research Fellow, Deakin University Last week, a drone delivery company called Wing (owned by Google’s parent company, Alphabet) started operating in Melbourne. Some 250,000 residents in parts of the city’s eastern suburbs can now order food from cafes and restaurants via the ... <a title="Drone food delivery is spreading across Australia. Research suggests we will eat more junk food as a result" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/26/drone-food-delivery-is-spreading-across-australia-research-suggests-we-will-eat-more-junk-food-as-a-result-235429/" aria-label="Read more about Drone food delivery is spreading across Australia. Research suggests we will eat more junk food as a result">Read more</a>
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July 26, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonathan Foo, Lecturer, Physiotherapy, Monash University pikselstock/Shutterstock In the next 40 years in Australia, it’s predicted the number of Australians aged 65 and over will more than double, while the number of people aged 85 and over will more than triple. If you’re not really interested in ... <a title="Our research shows 4 in 10 Australians in aged care are malnourished. What can we do about it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/26/our-research-shows-4-in-10-australians-in-aged-care-are-malnourished-what-can-we-do-about-it-235507/" aria-label="Read more about Our research shows 4 in 10 Australians in aged care are malnourished. What can we do about it?">Read more</a>
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July 26, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katrina Grant, Research Associate, Power Institute for Arts and Visual Culture, University of Sydney Jonas Åkerström’s 1790 work, Session of the Accademia dell’Arcadia on August 17 1788. Nationalmuseum/Cecilia Heisser Ever wondered whether you’d have a better chance at winning an Olympic gold if you could fling words ... <a title="Before there was diving and relays, there was the Poetry Olympics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/26/before-there-was-diving-and-relays-there-was-the-poetry-olympics-235310/" aria-label="Read more about Before there was diving and relays, there was the Poetry Olympics">Read more</a>
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July 26, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexandra Jones, Program Lead, Food Governance, George Institute for Global Health wavebreakmedia/Shutterstock On Thursday, Australian and New Zealand food ministers at state, federal and national levels met to thrash out what’s next for health star ratings on packaged foods. Now, after the food industry made slow progress ... <a title="Health star labels move closer to being mandatory. But food companies could still (legally) game the system" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/26/health-star-labels-move-closer-to-being-mandatory-but-food-companies-could-still-legally-game-the-system-235512/" aria-label="Read more about Health star labels move closer to being mandatory. But food companies could still (legally) game the system">Read more</a>
