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July 5, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stacey Priestley, Research Scientist, Environment Business Unit, CSIRO Lake Cave, Margaret River Adobe Stock Groundwater is the world’s biggest source of easily accessible freshwater. Despite its importance, we know very little about how this resource is replenished over time. In a world-first study, we have used caves ... <a title="Decades of less rainfall have cut replenishing of groundwater to 800-year low in WA" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/05/decades-of-less-rainfall-have-cut-replenishing-of-groundwater-to-800-year-low-in-wa-208751/" aria-label="Read more about Decades of less rainfall have cut replenishing of groundwater to 800-year low in WA">Read more</a>
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July 5, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sam Moreton, Associate Lecturer, School of Psychology, University of Wollongong Shutterstock As of July 1, authorised psychiatrists have been allowed to prescribe MDMA (the chemical found in “ecstasy”) to treat post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and psilocybin (found in “magic mushrooms”) to treat depression that hasn’t responded to ... <a title="Do psychedelics really work to treat depression and PTSD? Here’s what the evidence says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/05/do-psychedelics-really-work-to-treat-depression-and-ptsd-heres-what-the-evidence-says-208857/" aria-label="Read more about Do psychedelics really work to treat depression and PTSD? Here’s what the evidence says">Read more</a>
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July 5, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adam J. Taylor, Melbourne Graduate School of Education, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock On Wednesday the federal government released a consultation paper looking at how to make the school system “better and fairer”. This is part of ongoing consultations over the next National School Reform Agreement between ... <a title="Why are less than 1% of Australian teachers accredited at the top levels of the profession?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/05/why-are-less-than-1-of-australian-teachers-accredited-at-the-top-levels-of-the-profession-208659/" aria-label="Read more about Why are less than 1% of Australian teachers accredited at the top levels of the profession?">Read more</a>
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July 5, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Lesh, Lecturer in Cultural Heritage and Museum Studies, Deakin University Heritage conservation has been blamed for making the housing crisis worse by standing in the way of new, higher-density housing. But protecting heritage and increasing housing should be complementary objectives. Heritage suffers when not enjoyed by ... <a title="YIMBYs and NIMBYs unite! You can have both heritage protection and more housing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/05/yimbys-and-nimbys-unite-you-can-have-both-heritage-protection-and-more-housing-206765/" aria-label="Read more about YIMBYs and NIMBYs unite! You can have both heritage protection and more housing">Read more</a>
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July 5, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma Garlett, Legal Academic and Industry Fellow, Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining, The University of Queensland There has been a flurry of scaremongering recently about Western Australia’s new Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act, which came into effect on July 1. The act aims to better reflect the ... <a title="Why is there so much confusion and fearmongering over WA’s new Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/05/why-is-there-so-much-confusion-and-fearmongering-over-was-new-aboriginal-cultural-heritage-act-208752/" aria-label="Read more about Why is there so much confusion and fearmongering over WA’s new Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act?">Read more</a>
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July 5, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tom Baker, Associate Professor in Human Geography, University of Auckland Getty Images The ink was barely dry on the Green Party’s recently unveiled “Pledge to Renters” – which included annual rent increase limits, a rental warrant of fitness and a national register of landlords – before others ... <a title="Not all rent control policies are the same – the Green Party proposal deserves an open-minded debate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/05/not-all-rent-control-policies-are-the-same-the-green-party-proposal-deserves-an-open-minded-debate-209039/" aria-label="Read more about Not all rent control policies are the same – the Green Party proposal deserves an open-minded debate">Read more</a>
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July 5, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Barron, Professor, Macquarie University James Lee / Unsplash The animal world is full of different types of intelligence, from the simple bodily coordination of jellyfish to the navigation abilities of bees, the complex songs of birds and the imaginative symbolic thought of humans. In an article ... <a title="All animal intelligence was shaped by just 5 leaps in brain evolution" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/05/all-animal-intelligence-was-shaped-by-just-5-leaps-in-brain-evolution-208753/" aria-label="Read more about All animal intelligence was shaped by just 5 leaps in brain evolution">Read more</a>
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July 5, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Darren O’Donovan, Senior Lecturer in Administrative Law, La Trobe University On Friday, the Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme will submit its final report to the federal government, which is expected to release it to the public shortly thereafter. The report will be the culmination of years ... <a title="‘The culmination of years of suffering’: what can we expect from the robodebt royal commission’s final report?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/05/the-culmination-of-years-of-suffering-what-can-we-expect-from-the-robodebt-royal-commissions-final-report-202337/" aria-label="Read more about ‘The culmination of years of suffering’: what can we expect from the robodebt royal commission’s final report?">Read more</a>
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July 5, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nigel Howard, Research associate, Flinders University A student at Adelaide’s Ngutu College, recently founded to put Aboriginal culture at the centre of learning. Ngutu College. Author supplied. Last week, The Australian newspaper reported some parents have been prompted to start their own schools to give their children ... <a title="Parents have just started their own school in Sydney – this is part of a long tradition in Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/05/parents-have-just-started-their-own-school-in-sydney-this-is-part-of-a-long-tradition-in-australia-208656/" aria-label="Read more about Parents have just started their own school in Sydney – this is part of a long tradition in Australia">Read more</a>
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July 5, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julie E. Brice, Assistant Professor, Department of Kinesiology, California State University, Fullerton Getty Images There’s little doubt the FIFA Women’s World Cup will deliver spectacle and significant financial rewards when it kicks off in a fortnight. The longer-term rewards, however, are harder to predict. Tens of thousands ... <a title="Long-range goals: can the FIFA World Cup help level the playing field for all women footballers?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/05/long-range-goals-can-the-fifa-world-cup-help-level-the-playing-field-for-all-women-footballers-205213/" aria-label="Read more about Long-range goals: can the FIFA World Cup help level the playing field for all women footballers?">Read more</a>
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July 4, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben Wellings, Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, Monash University Someone’s got to say it: it’s just not cricket! Prime ministers current and former have stepped up to the crease. UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is delivering spinners. Former Australian Prime Minister John Howard’s playing it ... <a title="Cricket’s wicket ways: what the furore over a stumping tells us about Anglo-Australian relations (spoiler: they’ll survive)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/04/crickets-wicket-ways-what-the-furore-over-a-stumping-tells-us-about-anglo-australian-relations-spoiler-theyll-survive-209026/" aria-label="Read more about Cricket’s wicket ways: what the furore over a stumping tells us about Anglo-Australian relations (spoiler: they’ll survive)">Read more</a>
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July 4, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Lukas Coch/AAP The Reserve Bank decided to keep interest rates on hold at 4.1% because it thinks there’s a chance – just a chance – it has lifted them all it needs to. In his ... <a title="The RBA has kept interest rates on hold. Here’s why it’ll be cautious from here on" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/04/the-rba-has-kept-interest-rates-on-hold-heres-why-itll-be-cautious-from-here-on-208917/" aria-label="Read more about The RBA has kept interest rates on hold. Here’s why it’ll be cautious from here on">Read more</a>
