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May 10, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Leah Ruppanner, Professor of Sociology and Founding Director of The Future of Work Lab, Podcast at MissPerceived, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock A recent report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows US fertility rates dropped 2% in 2023. With the exception of a ... <a title="Women in rich countries are having fewer kids, or none at all. What’s going on?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/10/women-in-rich-countries-are-having-fewer-kids-or-none-at-all-whats-going-on-229185/" aria-label="Read more about Women in rich countries are having fewer kids, or none at all. What’s going on?">Read more</a>
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May 10, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amy Corderoy, Medical doctor and PhD candidate studying involuntary psychiatric treatment, School of Psychiatry, UNSW Sydney shop_py/Shutterstock Picture two people, both suffering from a serious mental illness requiring hospital admission. One was born in Australia, the other in Asia. Hopefully, both could be treated on a voluntary ... <a title="We looked at over 166,000 psychiatric records. Over half showed people were admitted against their will" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/10/we-looked-at-over-166-000-psychiatric-records-over-half-showed-people-were-admitted-against-their-will-226820/" aria-label="Read more about We looked at over 166,000 psychiatric records. Over half showed people were admitted against their will">Read more</a>
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May 10, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Treby, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, RMIT University P.j.Hickox, Shutterstock Peatlands store more carbon per square metre than any other ecosystem on Earth. These waterlogged, mossy bogs beat even dense rainforests for their ability to act as carbon reservoirs. Under the right conditions, peat soils accumulate from carbon-rich, ... <a title="Feral horses in Australia’s high country are damaging peatlands, decreasing carbon stores" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/10/feral-horses-in-australias-high-country-are-damaging-peatlands-decreasing-carbon-stores-228990/" aria-label="Read more about Feral horses in Australia’s high country are damaging peatlands, decreasing carbon stores">Read more</a>
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May 10, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephanie Wescott, Lecturer in Education, Monash University RDNE Stock Project/ Pexels , CC BY Earlier this week, two students were expelled from a Melbourne private school for their involvement in creating a spreadsheet that ranked girls using sexist and violent categories (from “wifeys” and “cuties” to “unrapeable”). ... <a title="Andrew Tate’s extreme views about women are infiltrating Australian schools. We need a zero-tolerance response" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/10/andrew-tates-extreme-views-about-women-are-infiltrating-australian-schools-we-need-a-zero-tolerance-response-229603/" aria-label="Read more about Andrew Tate’s extreme views about women are infiltrating Australian schools. We need a zero-tolerance response">Read more</a>
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May 10, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Goss, Adjunct Associate Professor, Health Research Institute, University of Canberra Government spending on health has been growing so rapidly that a decade ago the then health minister Peter Dutton called it “unmanageable” and “unsustainable”. Health spending grew in real terms by 44% in the ten years ... <a title="Yes, spending on health is growing, but new research shows we’re getting more for it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/10/yes-spending-on-health-is-growing-but-new-research-shows-were-getting-more-for-it-228884/" aria-label="Read more about Yes, spending on health is growing, but new research shows we’re getting more for it">Read more</a>
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May 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Many people who follow federal budgets know about the magnificent “budget tree” in a parliamentary courtyard, which turns a glorious red in time for the May event. This week Treasurer Jim Chalmers posed by the tree for pre-budget photos. As ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Like the famous budget tree, Chalmers can change the story to suit the season" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/09/grattan-on-friday-like-the-famous-budget-tree-chalmers-can-change-the-story-to-suit-the-season-229711/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Like the famous budget tree, Chalmers can change the story to suit the season">Read more</a>
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May 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Samantha Hepburn, Professor, Deakin Law School, Deakin University Aerial-motion/Shutterstock Gas is back – if it ever went away. Yesterday, the Albanese government doubled down on gas with the release of its Future Gas Industry policy. Under this proposal, gas will be part of our power mix until at ... <a title="Australia can have a future for the gas industry, or meet its climate commitments – but not both" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/09/australia-can-have-a-future-for-the-gas-industry-or-meet-its-climate-commitments-but-not-both-229700/" aria-label="Read more about Australia can have a future for the gas industry, or meet its climate commitments – but not both">Read more</a>
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May 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Samantha Bennett, Professor of Music, Australian National University Richard P J Lambert/flickr, CC BY The future belongs to the analogue loyalists. Fuck digital. As a tsunami of CDs, DAT tapes and samplers swept the recording industry in the late 1980s, Big Black frontman and alternative music agent ... <a title="Technically accomplished, sonically subversive and fiercely independent, I’ll remember Steve Albini for his rare humility" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/09/technically-accomplished-sonically-subversive-and-fiercely-independent-ill-remember-steve-albini-for-his-rare-humility-229708/" aria-label="Read more about Technically accomplished, sonically subversive and fiercely independent, I’ll remember Steve Albini for his rare humility">Read more</a>
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May 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Catherine Strong, Associate professor, Music Industry, RMIT University This week American rapper Macklemore released a new track, Hind’s Hall, which has gained a lot of attention because of its explicitly political nature. The track is unapologetically pro-Palestine. It declares the artist’s solidarity with student protesters occupying campuses ... <a title="Hind’s Hall is Macklemore’s bold new pro-Palestine anthem. What might it actually achieve?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/09/hinds-hall-is-macklemores-bold-new-pro-palestine-anthem-what-might-it-actually-achieve-229702/" aria-label="Read more about Hind’s Hall is Macklemore’s bold new pro-Palestine anthem. What might it actually achieve?">Read more</a>
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May 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Danica Jenkins, Lecturer in European Studies, University of Sydney On a freezing spring night in March, Georgia’s national soccer team beat Greece in a nail-biter penalty shootout to qualify for the Euro 2024 championships. The atmosphere on the streets of the capital Tbilisi was electric – it ... <a title="‘We do not want to be like Russia’: a first-hand account of Georgia’s fight for democracy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/09/we-do-not-want-to-be-like-russia-a-first-hand-account-of-georgias-fight-for-democracy-229491/" aria-label="Read more about ‘We do not want to be like Russia’: a first-hand account of Georgia’s fight for democracy">Read more</a>
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May 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adam G. Arian, Lecturer (Accounting & Finance), Australian Catholic University Loic Manegarium/Pexels Imagine every ton of carbon dioxide a company emits is slowly inflating its costs — not just in terms of potential fines or fees but in the capital it needs to grow and operate. This ... <a title="Our research shows higher carbon emissions increase costs for Australian businesses" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/09/our-research-shows-higher-carbon-emissions-increase-costs-for-australian-businesses-229133/" aria-label="Read more about Our research shows higher carbon emissions increase costs for Australian businesses">Read more</a>
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May 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Somwrita Sarkar, Senior Lecturer in Design and Computation, University of Sydney The “latte line” is the infamous, invisible boundary that divides Sydney between the more affluent north-east and the south-west. Historically, people north of the line enjoy better access to jobs and education, and can capitalise on ... <a title="Our cities are widening the divide between the well-off and the rest. How can we turn this damaging trend around?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/09/our-cities-are-widening-the-divide-between-the-well-off-and-the-rest-how-can-we-turn-this-damaging-trend-around-222386/" aria-label="Read more about Our cities are widening the divide between the well-off and the rest. How can we turn this damaging trend around?">Read more</a>
