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August 2, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Beatrice Alba, Lecturer, School of Psychology, Deakin University Shutterstock Despite progress towards greater gender equality, many people remain stubbornly attached to old-fashioned gender roles in romantic relationships between women and men. Conventions around heterosexual romance dictate that men should approach women to initiate romantic interactions, ask women ... <a title="Is traditional heterosexual romance sexist?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/02/is-traditional-heterosexual-romance-sexist-210546/" aria-label="Read more about Is traditional heterosexual romance sexist?">Read more</a>
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August 2, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ty Ferguson, Research Associate, University of South Australia Shutterstock As we revel in much-cherished festive occasions and weekly get-togethers, Australians are unwittingly bearing an increasingly heavy cost – an expanding waistline. Our new study offers a new perspective on this. We asked 375 adults aged 18 to ... <a title="When Christmas comes so do the kilos. New research tracks Australians’ yo-yo weight gain" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/02/when-christmas-comes-so-do-the-kilos-new-research-tracks-australians-yo-yo-weight-gain-210709/" aria-label="Read more about When Christmas comes so do the kilos. New research tracks Australians’ yo-yo weight gain">Read more</a>
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August 2, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rikke Louise Bundgaard-Nielsen, Teaching Associate, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock Last month, the federal government released the annual Closing the Gap data. According to the report, 34.3% of Indigenous preschoolers were starting school developmentally on track, compared to almost 55% of non-Indigenous Australian students as of 2021. ... <a title="‘That is the language they understand’: why Indigenous students need bilingual teaching at school" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/02/that-is-the-language-they-understand-why-indigenous-students-need-bilingual-teaching-at-school-210559/" aria-label="Read more about ‘That is the language they understand’: why Indigenous students need bilingual teaching at school">Read more</a>
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August 2, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hugh Breakey, Deputy Director, Institute for Ethics, Governance & Law. President, Australian Association for Professional & Applied Ethics., Griffith University You’ve probably heard that Hollywood writers and actors are striking. One of the main revelations to outside observers is the hard treatment meted out by production companies ... <a title="Is it OK to pirate TV shows and movies from streaming services that exploit artists? An ethicist weighs in" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/02/is-it-ok-to-pirate-tv-shows-and-movies-from-streaming-services-that-exploit-artists-an-ethicist-weighs-in-210379/" aria-label="Read more about Is it OK to pirate TV shows and movies from streaming services that exploit artists? An ethicist weighs in">Read more</a>
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August 2, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicole Satherley, Honorary Academic in Psychology, University of Auckland Getty Images The closer we come to election day on October 14, the more media focus we’ll see on political polls. Poll results are often used to project the makeup of parliament, despite them being snapshots of the ... <a title="How to read the political polls: 10 things you need to know ahead of the NZ election" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/02/how-to-read-the-political-polls-10-things-you-need-to-know-ahead-of-the-nz-election-208738/" aria-label="Read more about How to read the political polls: 10 things you need to know ahead of the NZ election">Read more</a>
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August 1, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, Professor, The University of Queensland Shutterstock Today is a good day to be Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek. UNESCO, the United Nations body expected to vote on whether to list the Great Barrier Reef as “in danger”, instead deferred the decision for another year. This, an ... <a title="Out of danger because the UN said so? Hardly – the Barrier Reef is still in hot water" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/01/out-of-danger-because-the-un-said-so-hardly-the-barrier-reef-is-still-in-hot-water-210787/" aria-label="Read more about Out of danger because the UN said so? Hardly – the Barrier Reef is still in hot water">Read more</a>
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August 1, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Melita Jazbec, Research Principal at the Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology, Sydney, University of Technology Sydney Most Australian food waste ends up in landfill. Rotting in the absence of oxygen produces methane, a potent greenhouse gas. While some facilities capture this “landfill gas” to produce ... <a title="Here’s how wastewater facilities could tackle food waste, generate energy and slash emissions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/01/heres-how-wastewater-facilities-could-tackle-food-waste-generate-energy-and-slash-emissions-210560/" aria-label="Read more about Here’s how wastewater facilities could tackle food waste, generate energy and slash emissions">Read more</a>
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August 1, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Shutterstock Stand by for one of the most important decisions Treasurer Jim Chalmers and the Albanese government will make. That decision is to commit future governments and the Reserve Bank to full employment, and, more ... <a title="Australia is about to set its first full employment target – and it will define people’s lives for decades" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/01/australia-is-about-to-set-its-first-full-employment-target-and-it-will-define-peoples-lives-for-decades-210783/" aria-label="Read more about Australia is about to set its first full employment target – and it will define people’s lives for decades">Read more</a>
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August 1, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andreea Lachsz, PhD Candidate, University of Technology Sydney Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are warned this article mentions violence towards and death of First Nations people. According to the most recent statistics from 2020–21, 640 children and 42,090 adults were detained each day across Australia. Of ... <a title="Criminalising and prosecuting torture could deter practices such as solitary confinement in detention" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/01/criminalising-and-prosecuting-torture-could-deter-practices-such-as-solitary-confinement-in-detention-206665/" aria-label="Read more about Criminalising and prosecuting torture could deter practices such as solitary confinement in detention">Read more</a>
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August 1, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Whiteford, Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Shutterstock If this year’s budget measures are passed by parliament in the current sitting, the government has indicated that the single rate of JobSeeker payment will increase by around $56 per fortnight in September. This will ... <a title="Dutton’s JobSeeker plans would at first leave 640,000 worse off and 168,000 better off" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/01/duttons-jobseeker-plans-would-at-first-leave-640-000-worse-off-and-168-000-better-off-210699/" aria-label="Read more about Dutton’s JobSeeker plans would at first leave 640,000 worse off and 168,000 better off">Read more</a>
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August 1, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rodrigo Suarez, Senior Lecturer- School of Biomedical Sciences and Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland Model of a thylacine at the Australian Museum Shutterstock Researchers often think how and when their results will be published. However, many research projects don’t see the light until decades (or ... <a title="A 140-year-old Tassie tiger brain sample survived two world wars and made it to our lab. Here’s what we found" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/01/a-140-year-old-tassie-tiger-brain-sample-survived-two-world-wars-and-made-it-to-our-lab-heres-what-we-found-210634/" aria-label="Read more about A 140-year-old Tassie tiger brain sample survived two world wars and made it to our lab. Here’s what we found">Read more</a>
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August 1, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rani Tesiram, PhD Candidate, The University of Queensland We’ve all been waiting patiently (and not so patiently) for the latest in Taylor Swift’s “Taylor’s Versions”. At first, these seemed to be just re-recordings so that the pop icon could own her own music. But, as each album ... <a title="Taylor Swift didn’t just update the lyrics for Better Than Revenge – she updated her public image" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/01/taylor-swift-didnt-just-update-the-lyrics-for-better-than-revenge-she-updated-her-public-image-209684/" aria-label="Read more about Taylor Swift didn’t just update the lyrics for Better Than Revenge – she updated her public image">Read more</a>
