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November 2, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hulya Gilbert, Lecturer in Planning and Human Geography, La Trobe University Shutterstock The deaths and injuries caused by car drivers are an everyday occurrence. This road violence has become normalised. We take it for granted as the price we have to pay to use our cars. Globally, ... <a title="Our children are victims of road violence. We need to talk about the deadly norms of car use" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/02/our-children-are-victims-of-road-violence-we-need-to-talk-about-the-deadly-norms-of-car-use-214476/" aria-label="Read more about Our children are victims of road violence. We need to talk about the deadly norms of car use">Read more</a>
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November 2, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris Martin, Senior Research Fellow, City Futures Research Centre, UNSW Sydney It took seven years, but a tiny remote community in the Northern Territory had a major legal win yesterday. People in the town of Santa Teresa, southeast of Alice Springs, won the right to compensation for ... <a title="No back door for 5 years: remote community’s High Court win is good news for renters everywhere" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/02/no-back-door-for-5-years-remote-communitys-high-court-win-is-good-news-for-renters-everywhere-216821/" aria-label="Read more about No back door for 5 years: remote community’s High Court win is good news for renters everywhere">Read more</a>
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November 2, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amy Peden, NHMRC Research Fellow, School of Population Health & co-founder UNSW Beach Safety Research Group, UNSW Sydney Rod Long/Unsplash Hospital admissions for injuries directly attributable to extreme weather events – such as heatwaves, bushfires and storms – have increased in Australia over the past decade. A ... <a title="Extreme weather is landing more Australians in hospital – and heat is the biggest culprit" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/02/extreme-weather-is-landing-more-australians-in-hospital-and-heat-is-the-biggest-culprit-216440/" aria-label="Read more about Extreme weather is landing more Australians in hospital – and heat is the biggest culprit">Read more</a>
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November 2, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lucy Beaumont, Health + Disability Editor Shutterstock The question of whether there should be an age limit to joining the National Disability Scheme (NDIS) has been debated since its inception a decade ago. It is being asked again as we wait for the NDIS Review to release ... <a title="Should people who had disability before they turned 65, be allowed to become NDIS participants after 65? We asked 5 experts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/02/should-people-who-had-disability-before-they-turned-65-be-allowed-to-become-ndis-participants-after-65-we-asked-5-experts-216740/" aria-label="Read more about Should people who had disability before they turned 65, be allowed to become NDIS participants after 65? We asked 5 experts">Read more</a>
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November 2, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Moninya Roughan, Professor in Oceanography, UNSW Sydney Shutterstock Right now, there’s something big spinning off the coast from Sydney – a giant rotating vortex of sea water, powerful enough to dominate the ocean currents off south-eastern Australia. Oceanographers describe these spinning water bodies as “eddies” – but they’re ... <a title="A monster eddy current is spinning into existence off the coast of Sydney. Will it bring a new marine heatwave?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/02/a-monster-eddy-current-is-spinning-into-existence-off-the-coast-of-sydney-will-it-bring-a-new-marine-heatwave-216625/" aria-label="Read more about A monster eddy current is spinning into existence off the coast of Sydney. Will it bring a new marine heatwave?">Read more</a>
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November 2, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Kingsford-Smith, PhD Candidate in Educational Psychology, UNSW Sydney Anastasia Shuraeva/ Pexels , CC BY-SA Australia is in the grips of a teacher shortage “crisis” according to Education Minister Jason Clare. Federal education department modelling shows there will be a high school teacher shortfall of about 4,000 ... <a title="How do we retain teachers? Supporting them to work together could help" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/02/how-do-we-retain-teachers-supporting-them-to-work-together-could-help-216076/" aria-label="Read more about How do we retain teachers? Supporting them to work together could help">Read more</a>
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November 2, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Louise Grimmer, Retail Scholar, University of Tasmania Irina Grotkjaer/Unsplash A lot of dedication and effort goes into making main streets attractive. Local governments, planners, place makers, economic development managers, trade associations and retailers work hard to design, improve and revitalise main streets. The goal is to make ... <a title="What makes an ideal main street? This is what shoppers told us" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/02/what-makes-an-ideal-main-street-this-is-what-shoppers-told-us-214554/" aria-label="Read more about What makes an ideal main street? This is what shoppers told us">Read more</a>
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November 1, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Zdenka Kuncic, Professor of Physics, University of Sydney Zhu et al. / Nature Communications The world is infatuated with artificial intelligence (AI), and for good reason. AI systems can process vast quantities of data in a seemingly superhuman way. However, current AI systems rely on computers running ... <a title="We built a ‘brain’ from tiny silver wires. It learns in real time, more efficiently than computer-based AI" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/01/we-built-a-brain-from-tiny-silver-wires-it-learns-in-real-time-more-efficiently-than-computer-based-ai-216730/" aria-label="Read more about We built a ‘brain’ from tiny silver wires. It learns in real time, more efficiently than computer-based AI">Read more</a>
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November 1, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The International Monetary Fund (IMF) released a report this week calling on Australia to raise interest rates again, adding to the speculation the Reserve Bank will increase the cash rate on Tuesday. If that happens it will be yet another ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Economist Chris Richardson on a likely interest rate rise and the fall in living standards" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/01/politics-with-michelle-grattan-economist-chris-richardson-on-a-likely-interest-rate-rise-and-the-fall-in-living-standards-216836/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Economist Chris Richardson on a likely interest rate rise and the fall in living standards">Read more</a>
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November 1, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Ackerley, Professor of Biotechnology, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Enzymes are biological nanomachines. They make almost all of life’s chemistry happen, when and where required. Because of their versatility and power, enzymes can be very useful for biotechnology. Taken outside of living cells, ... <a title="Bioprospecting the unknown: how bacterial enzymes encoded by unknown genes might help clean up pollution" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/01/bioprospecting-the-unknown-how-bacterial-enzymes-encoded-by-unknown-genes-might-help-clean-up-pollution-216080/" aria-label="Read more about Bioprospecting the unknown: how bacterial enzymes encoded by unknown genes might help clean up pollution">Read more</a>
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November 1, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ava Kalinauskas, Research Associate, University of Sydney Prime Minister Anthony Albanese returned home from his official US visit with a belly full of sarsaparilla-braised short ribs and a string of announcements under his belt. Amid the glitz and glamour, the spotlight during the visit was on Australia’s ... <a title="New poll shows young Australians are wary of both AUKUS and the US – and want more action on climate instead" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/01/new-poll-shows-young-australians-are-wary-of-both-aukus-and-the-us-and-want-more-action-on-climate-instead-216824/" aria-label="Read more about New poll shows young Australians are wary of both AUKUS and the US – and want more action on climate instead">Read more</a>
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November 1, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Calum Cunningham, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Tasmania This week, dozens of fires have burned across Queensland. More homes have burned in the state than during the 2019–2020 Black Summer – 57 so far this year, compared to 49. The question many are asking is – are these ... <a title="Queensland’s fires are not easing at night. That’s a bad sign for the summer ahead" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/01/queenslands-fires-are-not-easing-at-night-thats-a-bad-sign-for-the-summer-ahead-216732/" aria-label="Read more about Queensland’s fires are not easing at night. That’s a bad sign for the summer ahead">Read more</a>
