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July 18, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Former leading Canberra press gallery journalist, Laurie Oakes, now retired, had a cut-through question about the government’s response this week to the CFMEU crisis. “Bill Shorten tough and effective on CFMEU,” Oakes posted on social media after Shorten’s appearance on ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: it’s good to put administrators into the CFMEU – but how do you prevent future crops of bad apples?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/18/grattan-on-friday-its-good-to-put-administrators-into-the-cfmeu-but-how-do-you-prevent-future-crops-of-bad-apples-235010/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: it’s good to put administrators into the CFMEU – but how do you prevent future crops of bad apples?">Read more</a>
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July 18, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lucy Janes, PhD Candidate, Literature and Languages, University of Stirling The River Clyde runs through Glasgow city centre. richardjohnson/Shutterstock In August 1879, around 6,000 spectators lined the banks of the River Clyde in Glasgow, Scotland, to see two teenagers called Elizabeth and Minnie swim half a mile. ... <a title="From the Clyde to the Seine, rediscovering Glasgow’s history of urban swimming could help shape the future of swimmable cities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/18/from-the-clyde-to-the-seine-rediscovering-glasgows-history-of-urban-swimming-could-help-shape-the-future-of-swimmable-cities-234747/" aria-label="Read more about From the Clyde to the Seine, rediscovering Glasgow’s history of urban swimming could help shape the future of swimmable cities">Read more</a>
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July 18, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Leanne Wiseman, Professor of Law, Griffith University, Griffith University Mr Doomits, Shutterstock Australians have a love affair with household appliances. The national household appliance market is projected to reach A$13 billion in 2024 – a figure that grows each year. On average, Australian homes have five large ... <a title="Is Australia becoming a dumping ground for unrepairable appliances?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/18/is-australia-becoming-a-dumping-ground-for-unrepairable-appliances-232266/" aria-label="Read more about Is Australia becoming a dumping ground for unrepairable appliances?">Read more</a>
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July 18, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra American politics has become weekly high drama. Donald Trump narrowly survived an assassination attempt last weekend. Now Joe Biden has COVID, and is under ever-increasing pressure to stand aside as the Democratic candidate for November’s presidential election. We’re joined on ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Joe Hockey on how Australia should navigate a second Trump term" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/18/politics-with-michelle-grattan-joe-hockey-on-how-australia-should-navigate-a-second-trump-term-235015/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Joe Hockey on how Australia should navigate a second Trump term">Read more</a>
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July 18, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hassan Vally, Associate Professor, Epidemiology, Deakin University If US politics leading up to the 2024 presidential election was a Hollywood thriller, it would be a movie full of plot twists and surprises. The latest twist is President Joe Biden has COVID and is isolating at home. Biden’s ... <a title="Joe Biden has COVID. Here’s what someone over 80 can expect" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/18/joe-biden-has-covid-heres-what-someone-over-80-can-expect-234999/" aria-label="Read more about Joe Biden has COVID. Here’s what someone over 80 can expect">Read more</a>
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July 18, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Margaret Seares, Emeritus Professor and Senior Honorary Research Fellow, The University of Western Australia Unsplash/The Conversation Every election, state and federal, we can expect to see plenty of politicians wearing sporting scarves, attending footy games and posing with elite athletes. But why don’t we tend to see ... <a title="Sports policy focuses on the grassroots – is this missing from arts policies?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/18/sports-policy-focuses-on-the-grassroots-is-this-missing-from-arts-policies-230293/" aria-label="Read more about Sports policy focuses on the grassroots – is this missing from arts policies?">Read more</a>
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July 18, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Steven Greenland, Professor in Marketing, Charles Darwin University The cost of hosting Paris 2024, the 33rd Olympics, is predicted to be more than A$14 billion. So what’s in it for the French? Will this oldest of sporting events shine for them, or as has happened with some ... <a title="Brand Olympics: do the famous rings deliver value to host countries?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/18/brand-olympics-do-the-famous-rings-deliver-value-to-host-countries-228497/" aria-label="Read more about Brand Olympics: do the famous rings deliver value to host countries?">Read more</a>
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July 18, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Zoe Goodall, Research Associate, Centre for Urban Transitions, Swinburne University of Technology fizkes/Shutterstock Anyone who’s lived in a sharehouse knows it only takes one person to send the household off the rails. Everyone’s life is affected when one housemate leaves out food, plays loud music all night ... <a title="Sharehousing can be fun, but fraught with risk – and the law offers little protection. These 3 changes could help" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/18/sharehousing-can-be-fun-but-fraught-with-risk-and-the-law-offers-little-protection-these-3-changes-could-help-234482/" aria-label="Read more about Sharehousing can be fun, but fraught with risk – and the law offers little protection. These 3 changes could help">Read more</a>
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July 18, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shayne Vial, Lecturer in Biomechanics, Edith Cowan University Every four years, the best athletes from around the globe converge to battle it out for top honours at the Olympic Games. Athletes go through the rigours of qualification, competing through injury and travel fatigue, with a wide variety ... <a title="Are running shoes getting too good? Why ‘technological doping’ is a growing concern for professional sports" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/18/are-running-shoes-getting-too-good-why-technological-doping-is-a-growing-concern-for-professional-sports-232905/" aria-label="Read more about Are running shoes getting too good? Why ‘technological doping’ is a growing concern for professional sports">Read more</a>
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July 18, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jennifer Power, Associate Professor and Principal Research Fellow, Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University JLco Julia Amaral/Shutterstock Sexual consent is about good communication between sexual partners before and during sex. Far from being a simple act of saying “yes” or “no” prior ... <a title="What is sexual ‘aftercare’ and what does it mean for consent education?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/18/what-is-sexual-aftercare-and-what-does-it-mean-for-consent-education-233241/" aria-label="Read more about What is sexual ‘aftercare’ and what does it mean for consent education?">Read more</a>
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July 18, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma Shortis, Adjunct Senior Fellow, School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University The cracks beneath US President Joe Biden’s feet continue to widen. While the shock of the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump seemed like it might relieve some of the pressure on ... <a title="Two-thirds of Democrats want Joe Biden to drop out of the presidential race. It’s time he listened" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/18/two-thirds-of-democrats-want-joe-biden-to-drop-out-of-the-presidential-race-its-time-he-listened-234483/" aria-label="Read more about Two-thirds of Democrats want Joe Biden to drop out of the presidential race. It’s time he listened">Read more</a>
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July 18, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sita Venkateswar, Associate Professor, School of People, Environment and Planning, Massey University Getty Images The government’s changes to the Ka Ora, Ka Ako-Healthy School Lunches Programme – designed to save NZ$107 million a year – have understandably aroused passions in those closest to the issue. Associate Education ... <a title="Food for thought: how NZ’s school lunch programme can add learning and local economies to the menu" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/18/food-for-thought-how-nzs-school-lunch-programme-can-add-learning-and-local-economies-to-the-menu-233228/" aria-label="Read more about Food for thought: how NZ’s school lunch programme can add learning and local economies to the menu">Read more</a>
