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January 25, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Steven Sherwood, Professor of Atmospheric Sciences, Climate Change Research Centre, UNSW Sydney Has Sydney felt more like Cairns lately? You’re not imagining it – millions of Australians up and down the east coast have sweltered through exceptionally high humidity in recent weeks. It’s due to normal weather ... <a title="Yes, it’s getting more humid in summer. Here’s why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/25/yes-its-getting-more-humid-in-summer-heres-why-221748/" aria-label="Read more about Yes, it’s getting more humid in summer. Here’s why">Read more</a>
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January 25, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Olivia Evans, Indigenous Research Fellow, Australian National University There have been calls to change the date of Australia Day/Invasion Day since as far back as 1938. January 26 marks the day in 1788 when the First Fleet landed in Australia to establish the colony of New South ... <a title="The more you know: people with better understanding of Australia’s colonial history more likely to support moving Australia Day" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/25/the-more-you-know-people-with-better-understanding-of-australias-colonial-history-more-likely-to-support-moving-australia-day-220288/" aria-label="Read more about The more you know: people with better understanding of Australia’s colonial history more likely to support moving Australia Day">Read more</a>
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January 25, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Steven Hamilton, Visiting Fellow, Tax and Transfer Policy Institute, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Wes Mountain/The Conversation, CC BY-ND As debate over the Stage 3 tax cuts has raged, I’ve encountered two common defences of the package as it was, before Anthony Albanese rejigged ... <a title="The 2 main arguments against redesigning the Stage 3 tax cuts are wrong: here’s why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/25/the-2-main-arguments-against-redesigning-the-stage-3-tax-cuts-are-wrong-heres-why-221975/" aria-label="Read more about The 2 main arguments against redesigning the Stage 3 tax cuts are wrong: here’s why">Read more</a>
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January 25, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben Rich, Senior Lecturer in History and International Relations, Curtin University The United States is once again enmeshing itself in a rapidly escalating and unpredictable conflict in the Middle East with no clear off ramps. On numerous occasions in the past two weeks, the US and UK ... <a title="The US is getting embroiled in yet another Middle East conflict. It should increase pressure on Israel instead" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/25/the-us-is-getting-embroiled-in-yet-another-middle-east-conflict-it-should-increase-pressure-on-israel-instead-221222/" aria-label="Read more about The US is getting embroiled in yet another Middle East conflict. It should increase pressure on Israel instead">Read more</a>
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January 25, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Baka, Honorary Professor, School of Kinesiology, Western University, London, Canada; Adjunct Fellow, Olympic Scholar and Co-Director of the Olympic and Paralympic Research Centre, Institute for Health and Sport, Victoria University 2024 is a leap year, and in the world of international sport it means something very ... <a title="2024 is a huge year for the Olympics – and it’s not just about the Paris games" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/25/2024-is-a-huge-year-for-the-olympics-and-its-not-just-about-the-paris-games-221405/" aria-label="Read more about 2024 is a huge year for the Olympics – and it’s not just about the Paris games">Read more</a>
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January 25, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrienne Gordon, Neonatal Staff Specialist, NHMRC Early Career Research Fellow, University of Sydney Shutterstock As we face the continued effects of climate change, the frequency and intensity of heatwaves is increasing. We’ve recently learnt 2023 was the hottest year on record. Extreme heat presents a major public ... <a title="Extreme heat can be risky during pregnancy. How to you look after yourself and your baby" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/25/extreme-heat-can-be-risky-during-pregnancy-how-to-you-look-after-yourself-and-your-baby-217368/" aria-label="Read more about Extreme heat can be risky during pregnancy. How to you look after yourself and your baby">Read more</a>
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January 25, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rumtin Sepasspour, Visiting Fellow, School of Regulation and Global Governance, Australian National University Once every year, a select group of nuclear, climate and technology experts assemble to determine where to place the hands of the Doomsday Clock. Presented by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, the Doomsday ... <a title="The Doomsday Clock is still at 90 seconds to midnight. But what does that mean?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/25/the-doomsday-clock-is-still-at-90-seconds-to-midnight-but-what-does-that-mean-221871/" aria-label="Read more about The Doomsday Clock is still at 90 seconds to midnight. But what does that mean?">Read more</a>
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January 25, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Timothy Duignan, Lecturer, Griffith University Dynamic Wang / Unsplash The Australian government is going all in on quantum computing. After investing more than $100 million on “quantum technology” in 2021, it is now reportedly considering spending up to $200 million on purchasing a “quantum computer” from a ... <a title="Australia may spend hundreds of millions of dollars on quantum computing research. Are we chasing a mirage?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/25/australia-may-spend-hundreds-of-millions-of-dollars-on-quantum-computing-research-are-we-chasing-a-mirage-218595/" aria-label="Read more about Australia may spend hundreds of millions of dollars on quantum computing research. Are we chasing a mirage?">Read more</a>
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January 25, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Deborah Lupton, SHARP Professor, Vitalities Lab, Centre for Social Research in Health and Social Policy Centre, and the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society, UNSW Sydney Sebastian Reategui/Shutterstock It might be hard to believe, but four years have now passed since the first COVID ... <a title="It’s 4 years since the first COVID case in Australia. Here’s how our pandemic experiences have changed over time" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/25/its-4-years-since-the-first-covid-case-in-australia-heres-how-our-pandemic-experiences-have-changed-over-time-220336/" aria-label="Read more about It’s 4 years since the first COVID case in Australia. Here’s how our pandemic experiences have changed over time">Read more</a>
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January 25, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sai Praneeth Jasti, Researcher, Deakin University RDNE Stock Project/ Pexels , CC BY As a new school year approaches, many families will be heading to the shops or to their school’s uniform store to buy backpacks. While children can have firm ideas about how their school bags ... <a title="How do I make sure my child’s school backpack is safe and healthy?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/25/how-do-i-make-sure-my-childs-school-backpack-is-safe-and-healthy-220654/" aria-label="Read more about How do I make sure my child’s school backpack is safe and healthy?">Read more</a>
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January 25, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Felix Cehak, PhD Candidate, UNSW Sydney Martin Pelanek/Shutterstock Influential ornithologist John James Audubon’s historical ownership of slaves has spurred a debate about bird names in the United States. As a result, the American Ornithological Society will change not only birds’ common names referring to him, but all ... <a title="Prince Albert had nothing to do with the lyrebird bearing his name. Should our birds be named after people?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/25/prince-albert-had-nothing-to-do-with-the-lyrebird-bearing-his-name-should-our-birds-be-named-after-people-217792/" aria-label="Read more about Prince Albert had nothing to do with the lyrebird bearing his name. Should our birds be named after people?">Read more</a>
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January 25, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amanda Spry, Senior Lecturer of Marketing, RMIT University Kairosing/Shutterstock Earlier this month, Woolworths announced it would no longer stock merchandise promoting Australia Day on January 26, a date surrounded by controversy. While observed as a national public holiday for more than 90 years, a 2021 ABC social ... <a title="What’s behind Woolworths, Aldi and Kmart distancing themselves from Australia Day?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/25/whats-behind-woolworths-aldi-and-kmart-distancing-themselves-from-australia-day-221743/" aria-label="Read more about What’s behind Woolworths, Aldi and Kmart distancing themselves from Australia Day?">Read more</a>
