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February 27, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Golebiowska, Senior Research Fellow, Charles Darwin University Two years after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the European landscape has been completely transformed by Ukrainian migrants fleeing their homeland. According to the European Union, around 4.2 million Ukrainians currently receive temporary protection in EU countries, which entitles ... <a title="Poland has opened its arms to nearly 1 million Ukrainian refugees, but will they be able to stay for the long term?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/27/poland-has-opened-its-arms-to-nearly-1-million-ukrainian-refugees-but-will-they-be-able-to-stay-for-the-long-term-219481/" aria-label="Read more about Poland has opened its arms to nearly 1 million Ukrainian refugees, but will they be able to stay for the long term?">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Mikheyev, Professor, ANU Bee lab, Australian National University Nic Vevers/ANU A tiny foe threatens Australian beekeepers’ livelihood, our food supply and the national economy. First detected in New South Wales in 2022, the Varroa mite is now established in Australia. The parasitic mite, which feeds on ... <a title="As Varroa spreads, now is the time to fight for Australia’s honey bees – and you can help" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/27/as-varroa-spreads-now-is-the-time-to-fight-for-australias-honey-bees-and-you-can-help-223204/" aria-label="Read more about As Varroa spreads, now is the time to fight for Australia’s honey bees – and you can help">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Maree Patsouras, La Trobe University Nokwan007/Shutterstock The new Mean Girls is a fresh take on a classic teen comedy, this time appealing to a new audience: Gen Z. So how does the film paint the new generation? As one that loves to drink. Mean Girls is filled ... <a title="Young people are drinking less in real life. But film and TV paints a different picture" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/27/young-people-are-drinking-less-in-real-life-but-film-and-tv-paints-a-different-picture-223854/" aria-label="Read more about Young people are drinking less in real life. But film and TV paints a different picture">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katharine Kemp, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law & Justice, UNSW Sydney Trismegist san/Shutterstock Australian consumers don’t understand how companies – including data brokers – track, target and profile them. This is revealed in new research on consumer understanding of privacy terms, released by the non-profit Consumer Policy ... <a title="70% of Australians don’t feel in control of their data as companies hide behind meaningless privacy terms" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/27/70-of-australians-dont-feel-in-control-of-their-data-as-companies-hide-behind-meaningless-privacy-terms-224072/" aria-label="Read more about 70% of Australians don’t feel in control of their data as companies hide behind meaningless privacy terms">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lester Munson, Non-resident fellow, United States Studies Centre, University of Sydney Should American allies be worried that if Donald Trump returns to the White House next year, he will tear apart treaties, recast decades-old international arrangements and adopt a go-it-alone approach to global affairs? Recent comments from ... <a title="Should world leaders worry about another Trump presidency?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/27/should-world-leaders-worry-about-another-trump-presidency-224245/" aria-label="Read more about Should world leaders worry about another Trump presidency?">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Baker, Professor of Public Health, University of Otago February 28 marks four years since COVID-19 was first reported in Aotearoa New Zealand. Many of us are probably surprised this virus is still causing a pandemic. The World Health Organization refers to COVID-19 as a continuing pandemic. ... <a title="A pandemic that won’t go away – as COVID enters its 5th year, NZ needs a realistic strategy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/27/a-pandemic-that-wont-go-away-as-covid-enters-its-5th-year-nz-needs-a-realistic-strategy-224047/" aria-label="Read more about A pandemic that won’t go away – as COVID enters its 5th year, NZ needs a realistic strategy">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Angela Jackson, Lead Economist, Monash University Shutterstock Men continue to outstrip women in the salary stakes, with men’s median annual salary $11,542 greater than women’s, according to newly released data for Australian private companies. It’s a gap of 14.5%, down from last year’s 15.4%. Men’s median annual ... <a title="QANTAS pays women 37% less, Telstra and BHP 20%. Fifty years after equal pay laws, we still have a long way to go" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/27/qantas-pays-women-37-less-telstra-and-bhp-20-fifty-years-after-equal-pay-laws-we-still-have-a-long-way-to-go-223870/" aria-label="Read more about QANTAS pays women 37% less, Telstra and BHP 20%. Fifty years after equal pay laws, we still have a long way to go">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sonja Klebe, Associare Professor, College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University Asbestos is making national news once again after being found in contaminated mulch used in hundreds of locations, including schools and hospitals, across Sydney and regional New South Wales. With headlines featuring terms such as ... <a title="From a ‘magic mineral’ to the stuff of nightmares: a 6,700-year history of asbestos" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/27/from-a-magic-mineral-to-the-stuff-of-nightmares-a-6-700-year-history-of-asbestos-223972/" aria-label="Read more about From a ‘magic mineral’ to the stuff of nightmares: a 6,700-year history of asbestos">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Magnus Söderberg, Professor & Director, Centre for Applied Energy Economics and Policy Research, Griffith University Aunging/Shutterstock Building transmission lines is often controversial. Farmers who agree to host new lines on their property may be paid, while other community members protest against the visual intrusion. Pushback against new ... <a title="Is there an alternative to 10,000 kilometres of new transmission lines? Yes – but you may not like it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/27/is-there-an-alternative-to-10-000-kilometres-of-new-transmission-lines-yes-but-you-may-not-like-it-223964/" aria-label="Read more about Is there an alternative to 10,000 kilometres of new transmission lines? Yes – but you may not like it">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hayley O’Neill, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine, Bond University Lisa Fotios/Pexels We all want to eat healthily, especially as we reset our health goals at the start of a new year. But sometimes these plans are sabotaged by powerful cravings for sweet, salty or ... <a title="I want to eat healthily. So why do I crave sugar, salt and carbs?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/27/i-want-to-eat-healthily-so-why-do-i-crave-sugar-salt-and-carbs-212114/" aria-label="Read more about I want to eat healthily. So why do I crave sugar, salt and carbs?">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joseph Crawford, Senior Lecturer, Management, University of Tasmania Andrew Neel/Pexels , CC BY The federal government has released the final report on a Universities Accord. Taking more than a year to prepare, it is billed as a “blueprint” for reform for the next decade and beyond. It ... <a title="Universities Accord: almost 50% students don’t feel like they belong at uni. We need to fix this if we’re going to double enrolments" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/27/universities-accord-almost-50-students-dont-feel-like-they-belong-at-uni-we-need-to-fix-this-if-were-going-to-double-enrolments-224249/" aria-label="Read more about Universities Accord: almost 50% students don’t feel like they belong at uni. We need to fix this if we’re going to double enrolments">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Natasha Bradshaw, Senior Associate, Grattan Institute Shutterstock There will be nervous executives all over Australia this week. Come Tuesday, large private sector organisations will have their company’s gender pay gaps published for the first time for all to see, name, and shame. As they brace for the ... <a title="Now you’re able to look up individual companies’ gender pay gaps" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/26/now-youre-able-to-look-up-individual-companies-gender-pay-gaps-224167/" aria-label="Read more about Now you’re able to look up individual companies’ gender pay gaps">Read more</a>
