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January 30, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Patrick Taylor, Victoria’s Chief Environmental Scientist, EPA Victoria; Honorary Professor, School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University Shutterstock We know everything in our homes gathers dust. What you probably don’t know is whether there are toxic contaminants in your house dust, and where these might come from. ... <a title="Toxic pollutants can build up inside our homes. Here are 8 ways to reduce the risks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/30/toxic-pollutants-can-build-up-inside-our-homes-here-are-8-ways-to-reduce-the-risks-197908/" aria-label="Read more about Toxic pollutants can build up inside our homes. Here are 8 ways to reduce the risks">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian A Wright, Associate Professor in Environmental Science, Western Sydney University Dan Himbrechts/AAP Swimming in rivers, creeks and lakes can be a fun way to cool off in summer. But contamination in natural waterways can pose a risk to human health. Waterborne pathogens can cause acute gastrointestinal ... <a title="It’s hot, and your local river looks enticing. But is too germy for swimming?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/30/its-hot-and-your-local-river-looks-enticing-but-is-too-germy-for-swimming-198506/" aria-label="Read more about It’s hot, and your local river looks enticing. But is too germy for swimming?">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Highfield, Senior Lecturer, Deputy Head of School (ACT and regional NSW), Australian Catholic University Erik Anderson/AAP Around Australia, about 320,000 children are starting school for the first time. As an early childhood researcher, former kindergarten teacher, and parent of a child beginning school on Monday, this ... <a title="A message to anxious parents as 320,000 Australian children start school" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/30/a-message-to-anxious-parents-as-320-000-australian-children-start-school-198659/" aria-label="Read more about A message to anxious parents as 320,000 Australian children start school">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julie Sonnemann, Principal Advisor Education, Grattan Institute Shutterstock More than four million students around Australia are heading back to school. While this will be a year of achievement and learning growth for many students, others will struggle to keep up. A major Productivity Commission report earlier this ... <a title="As students return to school, small-group tutoring can help those who are falling behind" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/30/as-students-return-to-school-small-group-tutoring-can-help-those-who-are-falling-behind-198388/" aria-label="Read more about As students return to school, small-group tutoring can help those who are falling behind">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Tregear, Principal Fellow and Professor of Music, The University of Melbourne This article contains spoilers. Todd Field’s new, multi-Academy Award nominated feature film Tár is generating considerable commentary – and not a little controversy. For some, its storyline allows for a timely exploration of intergenerational conflict ... <a title="Tár isn’t just about gender, sexuality and power – it is also a story of class in the elite world of classical music" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/30/tar-isnt-just-about-gender-sexuality-and-power-it-is-also-a-story-of-class-in-the-elite-world-of-classical-music-198295/" aria-label="Read more about Tár isn’t just about gender, sexuality and power – it is also a story of class in the elite world of classical music">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Albanese government’s cultural policy, released Monday, “puts First Nations first”, while also promising regulated Australian content on streaming services and a shift to greater support for the popular in the arts. The policy reflects the government’s view that arts ... <a title="Albanese promises National Aboriginal Art Gallery in Alice Springs and pivots towards the modern and mainstream in new cultural policy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/30/albanese-promises-national-aboriginal-art-gallery-in-alice-springs-and-pivots-towards-the-modern-and-mainstream-in-new-cultural-policy-198741/" aria-label="Read more about Albanese promises National Aboriginal Art Gallery in Alice Springs and pivots towards the modern and mainstream in new cultural policy">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Timothy Welch, Senior Lecturer in Urban Planning, University of Auckland Getty Images We’ve built our cities to be vulnerable to – and exacerbate – major weather events such as the one we saw in Auckland on Friday. While almost no city in the world could fully escape ... <a title="Auckland floods: even stormwater reform won’t be enough – we need a ‘sponge city’ to avoid future disasters" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/29/auckland-floods-even-stormwater-reform-wont-be-enough-we-need-a-sponge-city-to-avoid-future-disasters-198736/" aria-label="Read more about Auckland floods: even stormwater reform won’t be enough – we need a ‘sponge city’ to avoid future disasters">Read more</a>
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January 28, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Renwick, Professor, Physical Geography (climate science), Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Victoria Park near the Auckland CBD on January 27. Getty Images The extraordinary flood event Auckland experienced on the night of January 27, the eve of the city’s anniversary weekend, was caused ... <a title="The Auckland floods are a sign of things to come – the city needs stormwater systems fit for climate change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/28/the-auckland-floods-are-a-sign-of-things-to-come-the-city-needs-stormwater-systems-fit-for-climate-change-198723/" aria-label="Read more about The Auckland floods are a sign of things to come – the city needs stormwater systems fit for climate change">Read more</a>
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January 28, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Treasurer Jim Chalmers has laid out an economic blueprint for pursuing “values-based capitalism”, involving public-private co-investment and collaboration and the renovation of key economic institutions and markets. In a 6000-word essay in The Monthly titled “Capitalism after the crises”, Chalmers ... <a title="Jim Chalmers lays out agenda for pursuit of ‘values-based capitalism’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/28/jim-chalmers-lays-out-agenda-for-pursuit-of-values-based-capitalism-198675/" aria-label="Read more about Jim Chalmers lays out agenda for pursuit of ‘values-based capitalism’">Read more</a>
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January 27, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Ward, Postdoctoral research fellow, The University of Queensland Five years ago, bulldozers with chains cleared forests and woodlands almost triple the size of the Australian Capital Territory in a single year. Brazil? Indonesia? No – much closer: Queensland. In 2018-19, truly staggering land clearing, mostly by ... <a title="Why Queensland is still ground zero for Australian deforestation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/27/why-queensland-is-still-ground-zero-for-australian-deforestation-196644/" aria-label="Read more about Why Queensland is still ground zero for Australian deforestation">Read more</a>
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January 27, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Steven Tingay, John Curtin Distinguished Professor (Radio Astronomy), Curtin University Asteroid 20223 BU’s path in red, with green showing the orbit of geosynchronous satellites. NASA/JPL-Caltech There are hundreds of millions of asteroids in our Solar System, which means new asteroids are discovered quite frequently. It also means ... <a title="Asteroid 2023 BU just passed a few thousand kilometres from Earth. Here’s why that’s exciting" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/27/asteroid-2023-bu-just-passed-a-few-thousand-kilometres-from-earth-heres-why-thats-exciting-198656/" aria-label="Read more about Asteroid 2023 BU just passed a few thousand kilometres from Earth. Here’s why that’s exciting">Read more</a>
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January 27, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Susan Hazel, Associate Professor, School of Animal and Veterinary Science, University of Adelaide schankz/Shutterstock Have you ever worried if the play between your cats was getting too rough? A new study published in Scientific Reports has investigated play and fighting in cats. Their aim was to use ... <a title="Are your cats fighting or playing? Scientists analysed cat videos to figure out the difference" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/27/are-your-cats-fighting-or-playing-scientists-analysed-cat-videos-to-figure-out-the-difference-198501/" aria-label="Read more about Are your cats fighting or playing? Scientists analysed cat videos to figure out the difference">Read more</a>
