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February 6, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anne Twomey, Professor emerita, University of Sydney King Charles III’s cancer diagnosis will turn minds to the question of what happens if he becomes unable to fulfil his constitutional duties. Buckingham Palace has announced he will continue performing his official paperwork and his weekly meetings with the ... <a title="What happens if King Charles can no longer perform his duties?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/06/what-happens-if-king-charles-can-no-longer-perform-his-duties-222870/" aria-label="Read more about What happens if King Charles can no longer perform his duties?">Read more</a>
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February 6, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kit Messham-Muir, Professor in Art, Curtin University Cloud Chamber (2020). Blown glass, dimensions variable. On loan from the TarraWarra Museum of Art, Healesville, Victoria. © Yhonnie Scarce Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article contains themes and references to historical events which may be ... <a title="Yhonnie Scarce’s glass works are a glistening, poignant exploration of how nuclear testing affected First Nations people" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/06/yhonnie-scarces-glass-works-are-a-glistening-poignant-exploration-of-how-nuclear-testing-affected-first-nations-people-221868/" aria-label="Read more about Yhonnie Scarce’s glass works are a glistening, poignant exploration of how nuclear testing affected First Nations people">Read more</a>
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February 6, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Woods, Professor of Health Economics, University of Technology Sydney Centre for Ageing Better/Unsplash Australia’s subsidised aged care services now help around 1.5 million older people to receive care and support. Taxpayers contributed A$28 billion to the various programs in 2022-23. And yet the system is governed ... <a title="Changes are coming for Australia’s aged care system. Here’s what we know so far" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/06/changes-are-coming-for-australias-aged-care-system-heres-what-we-know-so-far-222757/" aria-label="Read more about Changes are coming for Australia’s aged care system. Here’s what we know so far">Read more</a>
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February 6, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tamika Worrell, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Critical Indigenous Studies, Macquarie University, Macquarie University Midjourney/Author provided It is well documented that Australian teachers face challenges incorporating Indigenous perspectives and content in their classrooms. The approach can sometimes be somewhat tokenistic, as if the teacher is “ticking ... <a title="Generative AI in the classroom risks further threatening Indigenous inclusion in schools" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/06/generative-ai-in-the-classroom-risks-further-threatening-indigenous-inclusion-in-schools-222254/" aria-label="Read more about Generative AI in the classroom risks further threatening Indigenous inclusion in schools">Read more</a>
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February 6, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Liz Ritchie-Tyo, Professor of Atmospheric Sciences, Monash University When a tropical cyclone forms, people who live in its path anxiously monitor news of its direction – and strength. If a Category 5 storm with wind speeds of 250 kilometres per hour is heading for you, you prepare differently ... <a title="Is it time for a Category 6 for super cyclones? No – warnings of floods or storm surges are more useful" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/06/is-it-time-for-a-category-6-for-super-cyclones-no-warnings-of-floods-or-storm-surges-are-more-useful-222736/" aria-label="Read more about Is it time for a Category 6 for super cyclones? No – warnings of floods or storm surges are more useful">Read more</a>
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February 6, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vivienne Lewis, Assistant professor – Psychology, University of Canberra PeopleImages.com – Yuri A/Shutterstock How many of us recall having to calculate our body-mass index (BMI) as children at school, prompting comparisons of our weight with that of our peers? Or perhaps we remember references to calories and ... <a title="No more BMI, diets or ‘bad’ foods: why changing how we teach kids about weight and nutrition is long overdue" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/06/no-more-bmi-diets-or-bad-foods-why-changing-how-we-teach-kids-about-weight-and-nutrition-is-long-overdue-222605/" aria-label="Read more about No more BMI, diets or ‘bad’ foods: why changing how we teach kids about weight and nutrition is long overdue">Read more</a>
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February 6, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Malcolm McCulloch, Professor, The University of Western Australia Global temperatures have already exceeded 1.5°C warming and may pass 2°C later this decade, according to a world-first study I led. The worrying findings, based on temperature records contained in sea sponge skeletons, suggest global climate change has progressed ... <a title="‘A deeply troubling discovery’: Earth may have already passed the crucial 1.5°C warming limit" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/06/a-deeply-troubling-discovery-earth-may-have-already-passed-the-crucial-1-5-c-warming-limit-222601/" aria-label="Read more about ‘A deeply troubling discovery’: Earth may have already passed the crucial 1.5°C warming limit">Read more</a>
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February 6, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jessica Kean, Lecturer in Gender and Cultural Studies, University of Sydney When students walked through the sandstone gates of Sydney’s Newington College for the first day of school last week, they were met by protesters. A group of parents and former students had gathered outside this prestigious ... <a title="Why do we have single sex schools? What’s the history behind one of the biggest debates in education?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/06/why-do-we-have-single-sex-schools-whats-the-history-behind-one-of-the-biggest-debates-in-education-222603/" aria-label="Read more about Why do we have single sex schools? What’s the history behind one of the biggest debates in education?">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alison Holland, Associate Professor, Macquarie University Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article contains the name and images of a deceased person. In the many tributes that have flowed since the announcement of Lowitja O’Donoghue’s death on February 4 at age 91, many commentators ... <a title="How Lowitja O’Donoghue’s activism and leadership changed advocacy on Indigenous affairs in Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/05/how-lowitja-odonoghues-activism-and-leadership-changed-advocacy-on-indigenous-affairs-in-australia-222727/" aria-label="Read more about How Lowitja O’Donoghue’s activism and leadership changed advocacy on Indigenous affairs in Australia">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Donald Rothwell, Professor of International Law, Australian National University The Chinese-Australian academic and writer, Yang Hengjun, has been detained in China for five years on suspicion of spying for Australia. A secret trial was held in 2021 with no family, friends or Australian consular officials permitted in ... <a title="Does Yang Hengjun have any legal hopes left after receiving a suspended death sentence in China?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/05/does-yang-hengjun-have-any-legal-hopes-left-after-receiving-a-suspended-death-sentence-in-china-222750/" aria-label="Read more about Does Yang Hengjun have any legal hopes left after receiving a suspended death sentence in China?">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Ghin, Research fellow, Future Of Work Lab, Faculty of Business and Economics, The University of Melbourne Kat von Wood/Unsplash More than 20 million Australians have at least one long-term health condition, 63% of whom are in the workforce. The causes of chronic illness are complex and ... <a title="Millions of Australians have a chronic illness. So why aren’t employers accommodating them?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/05/millions-of-australians-have-a-chronic-illness-so-why-arent-employers-accommodating-them-219612/" aria-label="Read more about Millions of Australians have a chronic illness. So why aren’t employers accommodating them?">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Steven Tingay, John Curtin Distinguished Professor (Radio Astronomy), Curtin University Mars has been a source of myth, lore and inspiration since antiquity. It is also an interesting place to research – a legitimate candidate for us to find some form of alien life. Since the 1960s, Mars ... <a title="NASA is looking for commercial Mars missions. Do people still want to go to Mars?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/05/nasa-is-looking-for-commercial-mars-missions-do-people-still-want-to-go-to-mars-222607/" aria-label="Read more about NASA is looking for commercial Mars missions. Do people still want to go to Mars?">Read more</a>
