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May 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra A key part of the Albanese government’s political strategy is to fill the news cycle with its presence and messaging. Ministers are deployed to the maximum, even when they’ve little to say. This week we’ve seen an opposite tactic. The ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: O’Neil and Giles dodge the spotlight shining on blunders over ex-detainees" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/02/grattan-on-friday-oneil-and-giles-dodge-the-spotlight-shining-on-blunders-over-ex-detainees-229187/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: O’Neil and Giles dodge the spotlight shining on blunders over ex-detainees">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christian Brakenridge, Postdoctoral research fellow at Swinburne University, Centre for Urban Transitions, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute The Conversation, Gorodenkoff/Shutterstock People have a pretty intuitive sense of what is healthy – standing is better than sitting, exercise is great for overall health and getting good sleep is ... <a title="How much time should you spend sitting versus standing? New research reveals the perfect mix for optimal health" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/02/how-much-time-should-you-spend-sitting-versus-standing-new-research-reveals-the-perfect-mix-for-optimal-health-228894/" aria-label="Read more about How much time should you spend sitting versus standing? New research reveals the perfect mix for optimal health">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Haskell-Dowland, Professor of Cyber Security Practice, Edith Cowan University Daniel Jedzura/Shutterstock Responding to a resurgence in gender-based violence and deaths in Australia, the National Cabinet has committed almost A$1 billion to a range of strategies. Tackling “online harms” was among the new commitments, including the introduction of ... <a title="Australia will trial ‘age assurance’ tech to bar children from online porn. What is it and will it work?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/02/australia-will-trial-age-assurance-tech-to-bar-children-from-online-porn-what-is-it-and-will-it-work-229184/" aria-label="Read more about Australia will trial ‘age assurance’ tech to bar children from online porn. What is it and will it work?">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Priestley Habru, PhD candidate, public diplomacy, University of Adelaide Former foreign minister Jeremiah Manele has been elected the next prime minister of Solomon Islands, defeating the opposition leader, Matthew Wale, in a vote in parliament. The result is a mixed bag for former prime minister Manasseh Sogavare’s ... <a title="Will Solomon Islands’ new leader stay close to China?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/02/will-solomon-islands-new-leader-stay-close-to-china-227905/" aria-label="Read more about Will Solomon Islands’ new leader stay close to China?">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shaun Eaves, Senior Lecturer in Physical Geography, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Jamey Stutz, CC BY-SA How often do mountains collapse, volcanoes erupt or ice sheets melt? For Earth scientists, these are important questions as we try to improve projections to prepare communities for ... <a title="A clock in the rocks: what cosmic rays tell us about Earth’s changing surface and climate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/02/a-clock-in-the-rocks-what-cosmic-rays-tell-us-about-earths-changing-surface-and-climate-228094/" aria-label="Read more about A clock in the rocks: what cosmic rays tell us about Earth’s changing surface and climate">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Flood, Professor of Sociology, Queensland University of Technology Shutterstock Most young adult men in Australia reject traditional ideas of masculinity that endorse aggression, stoicism and homophobia. Nonetheless, the ongoing influence of those ideas continues to harm men and the people around them. These are some of ... <a title="Aggressive? Homophobic? Stoic? Here’s what thousands of Australian men told us about modern masculinity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/02/aggressive-homophobic-stoic-heres-what-thousands-of-australian-men-told-us-about-modern-masculinity-228187/" aria-label="Read more about Aggressive? Homophobic? Stoic? Here’s what thousands of Australian men told us about modern masculinity">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cassy Dittman, Senior Lecturer/Head of Course (Undergraduate Psychology), Research Fellow, Manna Institute, CQUniversity Australia With winter sports swinging into action, adults around the country have volunteered or been volunteered by others (humorously known as being “volun-told”) to coach junior sports teams. While most coaches are eager to ... <a title="You’ve been ‘volun-told’ to coach junior sport – here’s how to best handle the parents involved" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/02/youve-been-volun-told-to-coach-junior-sport-heres-how-to-best-handle-the-parents-involved-227767/" aria-label="Read more about You’ve been ‘volun-told’ to coach junior sport – here’s how to best handle the parents involved">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Karleen Gribble, Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Western Sydney University richardernestyap/Shutterstock Parents are often advised to burp their babies after feeding them. Some people think burping after feeding is important to reduce or prevent discomfort crying, or to reduce how much a baby regurgitates ... <a title="Do we really need to burp babies? Here’s what the research says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/02/do-we-really-need-to-burp-babies-heres-what-the-research-says-223306/" aria-label="Read more about Do we really need to burp babies? Here’s what the research says">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Claire Hooker, Senior Lecturer and Coordinator, Health and Medical Humanities, University of Sydney PeopleImages.com – Yuri A/Shutterstock What’s been described as the largest underpayment class action in Australian legal history has just been settled. Who was allegedly underpaid? Thousands of junior doctors who, subject to court approval, ... <a title="What junior doctors’ unpaid overtime tells us about the toxic side of medicine" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/02/what-junior-doctors-unpaid-overtime-tells-us-about-the-toxic-side-of-medicine-228608/" aria-label="Read more about What junior doctors’ unpaid overtime tells us about the toxic side of medicine">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nick Chartres, Senior Research Fellow, Faculty of Medicine & Health, University of Sydney shutterstock Ahmet Misirligul/Shutterstock You go to the gym, eat healthy and walk as much as possible. You wash your hands and get vaccinated. You control your health. This is a common story we tell ... <a title="We think we control our health – but corporations selling forever chemicals, fossil fuels and ultra-processed foods have a much greater role" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/02/we-think-we-control-our-health-but-corporations-selling-forever-chemicals-fossil-fuels-and-ultra-processed-foods-have-a-much-greater-role-227776/" aria-label="Read more about We think we control our health – but corporations selling forever chemicals, fossil fuels and ultra-processed foods have a much greater role">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jacqueline Hendriks, Research Fellow and Lecturer, Curtin University Children and young people may be seeing news headlines about men murdering women or footage of people rallying to call for action. Perhaps they or their friends have even gone to the protests. As Australia confronts the shocking numbers ... <a title="Here’s how you can talk to your kids about gendered violence, and 7 ways to model good behaviour" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/02/heres-how-you-can-talk-to-your-kids-about-gendered-violence-and-7-ways-to-model-good-behaviour-228898/" aria-label="Read more about Here’s how you can talk to your kids about gendered violence, and 7 ways to model good behaviour">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jessica Balanzategui, Senior Lecturer in Media, RMIT University ABC “Bluey mania” shows no sign of abating. Bluey’s season finale, The Sign, was the most viewed ABC program of all time on iView. A “hidden” follow-up episode, aptly named The Surprise, created a storm of headlines around the ... <a title="Why are adults without kids hooked on Bluey? And should we still be calling it a ‘kids’ show’?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/02/why-are-adults-without-kids-hooked-on-bluey-and-should-we-still-be-calling-it-a-kids-show-228610/" aria-label="Read more about Why are adults without kids hooked on Bluey? And should we still be calling it a ‘kids’ show’?">Read more</a>
