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April 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Foreign Minister Penny Wong has taken Australian policy a modest step towards embracing recognition of a Palestine state ahead of a two-state solution, as a pathway to a lasting Middle East peace. In a Tuesday speech to an Australian National ... <a title="Penny Wong floats recognising Palestine ahead of two-state solution to help path to peace" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/09/penny-wong-floats-recognising-palestine-ahead-of-two-state-solution-to-help-path-to-peace-227456/" aria-label="Read more about Penny Wong floats recognising Palestine ahead of two-state solution to help path to peace">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University There are just five weeks until the budget, and the usual lists of winners and losers. Among last year’s winners were said to be single parents, renters and first home buyers. Among the losers were ... <a title="How about this time we try, just try, to report on budgets and tax differently?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/09/how-about-this-time-we-try-just-try-to-report-on-budgets-and-tax-differently-227353/" aria-label="Read more about How about this time we try, just try, to report on budgets and tax differently?">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Blaxland, Professor, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University With Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida visiting Washington this week, rumours have circulated that Japan might soon join the AUKUS security pact between Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese ... <a title="Is Japan joining AUKUS? Not formally – its cooperation will remain limited for now" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/09/is-japan-joining-aukus-not-formally-its-cooperation-will-remain-limited-for-now-227442/" aria-label="Read more about Is Japan joining AUKUS? Not formally – its cooperation will remain limited for now">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachael Jefferson, Lecturer in Human Movement Studies (Health and PE) and Creative Arts, Charles Sturt University Recent changes in New Zealand sporting dress codes have led to a collective sigh of relief in women’s gymnastics. No longer will competitive gymnasts be penalised for accidentally revealing their underwear ... <a title="NZ gymnasts can now wear shorts over their leotards – why is this a big deal for female athletes?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/09/nz-gymnasts-can-now-wear-shorts-over-their-leotards-why-is-this-a-big-deal-for-female-athletes-227159/" aria-label="Read more about NZ gymnasts can now wear shorts over their leotards – why is this a big deal for female athletes?">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Liz Allen, Demographer, POLIS Centre for Social Policy Research, Australian National University Jay Wennington/unsplash People form the foundation of society, determining all manner of things from housing needs to economic wellbeing. And population characteristics can tell us much about how the inhabitants of a place have changed ... <a title="Eight charts on how Australia’s population is growing – and changing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/09/eight-charts-on-how-australias-population-is-growing-and-changing-227153/" aria-label="Read more about Eight charts on how Australia’s population is growing – and changing">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Versitano, Academic, Master of Art Therapy Program, Western Sydney University An artwork made by a young person receiving mental health care in hospital during an art therapy session. Author provided Creating art for healing purposes dates back tens of thousands of years, to the practices of ... <a title="Lost for words? Research shows art therapy brings benefits for mental health" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/09/lost-for-words-research-shows-art-therapy-brings-benefits-for-mental-health-221309/" aria-label="Read more about Lost for words? Research shows art therapy brings benefits for mental health">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Milton Speer, Visiting Fellow, School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, University of Technology Sydney Flash droughts strike suddenly and intensify rapidly. Often the affected areas are in drought after just weeks or a couple of months of well-below-average rainfall. They happen worldwide and are becoming more common, ... <a title="Flash droughts are becoming more common in Australia. What’s causing them?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/09/flash-droughts-are-becoming-more-common-in-australia-whats-causing-them-227052/" aria-label="Read more about Flash droughts are becoming more common in Australia. What’s causing them?">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexandru Nichifor, Associate Professor, Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Melbourne, The University of Melbourne MMXeon/Shutterstock Loyalty programs enable firms to offer significantly lower prices to some of their customers. You’d think this would encourage strong competition. But that isn’t always what actually happens. New research ... <a title="Loyalty programs may limit competition, and they could be pushing prices up for everyone" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/09/loyalty-programs-may-limit-competition-and-they-could-be-pushing-prices-up-for-everyone-220669/" aria-label="Read more about Loyalty programs may limit competition, and they could be pushing prices up for everyone">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joy McEntee, Adjunct Senior Lecturer, University of Adelaide Netflix Fresh from All of Us Strangers(2023), Andrew Scott plays the title role in Netflix’s new series Ripley, a miniseries based on Patricia Highsmith’s 1955 novel The Talented Mr. Ripley. News publisher Out claimed Scott’s Ripley for gayness. However, ... <a title="Critics can’t decide if Andrew Scott’s Ripley is mesmerising or charmless – exactly as Patricia Highsmith wrote him" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/09/critics-cant-decide-if-andrew-scotts-ripley-is-mesmerising-or-charmless-exactly-as-patricia-highsmith-wrote-him-227340/" aria-label="Read more about Critics can’t decide if Andrew Scott’s Ripley is mesmerising or charmless – exactly as Patricia Highsmith wrote him">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Maurice Huguenin, Postdoctoral research associate in Physical Oceanography, UNSW Sydney AndreAnita/Shutterstock As snow falls on Antarctica, layers build up and turn to ice. Over time, this compressed snow has become a continent-sized glacier, or ice sheet. It’s enormous – almost double the size of Australia and far ... <a title="Heat from El Niño can warm oceans off West Antarctica – and melt floating ice shelves from below" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/09/heat-from-el-nino-can-warm-oceans-off-west-antarctica-and-melt-floating-ice-shelves-from-below-226233/" aria-label="Read more about Heat from El Niño can warm oceans off West Antarctica – and melt floating ice shelves from below">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Craig Stevens, Professor in Ocean Physics, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Lana Young/AntarcticaNZ/NIWA/K872, CC BY-SA At the end of the southern summer, Antarctica’s sea ice hit its annual minimum. By at least one measure, which tracks the area of ocean that contains at least 15% of ... <a title="Antarctica’s sea ice hit another low this year – understanding how ocean warming is driving the loss is key" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/09/antarcticas-sea-ice-hit-another-low-this-year-understanding-how-ocean-warming-is-driving-the-loss-is-key-225781/" aria-label="Read more about Antarctica’s sea ice hit another low this year – understanding how ocean warming is driving the loss is key">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Georgia Ward-Fear, Post doctoral fellow and Conservation Ecologist , Macquarie University Australia can claim more than its fair share of environmental blunders, but the introduction of cane toads in 1935 surely ranks as one of the worst. The toads were imported from Hawaii and released in Queensland, ... <a title="We can’t eradicate deadly cane toads – but there’s a way to stop them killing wildlife" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/09/we-cant-eradicate-deadly-cane-toads-but-theres-a-way-to-stop-them-killing-wildlife-224744/" aria-label="Read more about We can’t eradicate deadly cane toads – but there’s a way to stop them killing wildlife">Read more</a>
