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Ventilation reduces the risk of COVID. So why are we still ignoring it?

December 2, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lidia Morawska, Professor, Science and Engineering Faculty; Director, International Laboratory for Air Quality and Health (WHO CC for Air Quality and Health); Director – Australia, Australia – China Centre for Air Quality Science and Management (ACC-AQSM), Queensland University of Technology IsraelAndrade/Unsplash At the end of the third ... <a title="Ventilation reduces the risk of COVID. So why are we still ignoring it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/02/ventilation-reduces-the-risk-of-covid-so-why-are-we-still-ignoring-it-194820/" aria-label="Read more about Ventilation reduces the risk of COVID. So why are we still ignoring it?">Read more</a>

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54% of projects extracting clean energy minerals overlap with Indigenous lands, research reveals

December 2, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Deanna Kemp, Professor and Director, Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining, The University of Queensland An Indigenous person in Indonesia protests against a copper and gold mine. Charles Dharapak/AP Vast quantities of minerals are needed to accelerate the transition to a clean energy future. Minerals and metals ... <a title="54% of projects extracting clean energy minerals overlap with Indigenous lands, research reveals" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/02/54-of-projects-extracting-clean-energy-minerals-overlap-with-indigenous-lands-research-reveals-195438/" aria-label="Read more about 54% of projects extracting clean energy minerals overlap with Indigenous lands, research reveals">Read more</a>

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A push to raise the school starting age to 6 sounds like good news for parents, but there’s a catch

December 2, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amanda Niland, Lecturer in Early Childhood, University of Sydney The decision about whether to send a child to school “early” or “hold them back” can be a tortuous one for families who have a child born in the first half of the year. So a recent New ... <a title="A push to raise the school starting age to 6 sounds like good news for parents, but there’s a catch" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/02/a-push-to-raise-the-school-starting-age-to-6-sounds-like-good-news-for-parents-but-theres-a-catch-189624/" aria-label="Read more about A push to raise the school starting age to 6 sounds like good news for parents, but there’s a catch">Read more</a>

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Half a century on, it’s time to reassess the Whitlam government’s economic legacy

December 2, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Hawkins, Senior Lecturer, Canberra School of Politics, Economics and Society, University of Canberra National Archives of Australia/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA After leading the Australian Labor Party to its first federal election victory in 23 years, Gough Whitlam wasted no time. The Tuesday after his election on ... <a title="Half a century on, it’s time to reassess the Whitlam government’s economic legacy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/02/half-a-century-on-its-time-to-reassess-the-whitlam-governments-economic-legacy-195651/" aria-label="Read more about Half a century on, it’s time to reassess the Whitlam government’s economic legacy">Read more</a>

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Grattan on Friday: To have the best chance of success, the Voice must be sold to voters as a positive, unifying story

December 1, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Mick Tsikas/AAP Australia has only a year or less to get itself ready to vote on one of the most significant constitutional referendums in its history – to insert an Indigenous Voice into the constitution. And it has to be ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: To have the best chance of success, the Voice must be sold to voters as a positive, unifying story" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/01/grattan-on-friday-to-have-the-best-chance-of-success-the-voice-must-be-sold-to-voters-as-a-positive-unifying-story-195733/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: To have the best chance of success, the Voice must be sold to voters as a positive, unifying story">Read more</a>

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Banning menthol cigarettes and more health warnings are only the start. Australia could look to NZ for how to do tobacco control

December 1, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Coral Gartner, Director, NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence on Achieving the Tobacco Endgame, The University of Queensland Pawel Czerwinski/Unsplash, CC BY-SA This week’s announcement of a raft of new tobacco control measures – including banning menthol products and proposing health warnings on individual cigarettes – are important ... <a title="Banning menthol cigarettes and more health warnings are only the start. Australia could look to NZ for how to do tobacco control" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/01/banning-menthol-cigarettes-and-more-health-warnings-are-only-the-start-australia-could-look-to-nz-for-how-to-do-tobacco-control-195710/" aria-label="Read more about Banning menthol cigarettes and more health warnings are only the start. Australia could look to NZ for how to do tobacco control">Read more</a>

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New report reveals grim lack of progress to cut overrepresentation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander kids in out-of-home-care

December 1, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sharynne Hamilton, Senior Research Fellow, Co-Head, Aboriginal Health and Wellbeing, Telethon Kids Institute Shutterstock The latest Family Matters report reveals a grim lack of progress to eliminate the overrepresentation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in out-of-home care. The report – released by the Secretariat of ... <a title="New report reveals grim lack of progress to cut overrepresentation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander kids in out-of-home-care" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/01/new-report-reveals-grim-lack-of-progress-to-cut-overrepresentation-of-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-kids-in-out-of-home-care-195355/" aria-label="Read more about New report reveals grim lack of progress to cut overrepresentation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander kids in out-of-home-care">Read more</a>

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Labor, Greens and Legalise Cannabis likely to have combined majority in Victorian upper house

December 1, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne Con Chronis/AAP There has been much more counting for the Victorian upper house since Saturday night, when under 30% had been counted in most of the eight ... <a title="Labor, Greens and Legalise Cannabis likely to have combined majority in Victorian upper house" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/01/labor-greens-and-legalise-cannabis-likely-to-have-combined-majority-in-victorian-upper-house-195439/" aria-label="Read more about Labor, Greens and Legalise Cannabis likely to have combined majority in Victorian upper house">Read more</a>

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Spotify Wrapped, Apple Music Replay and Instafest: what do end of year music wrap-ups say about our listening habits?

December 1, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Timothy Byron, Lecturer in Psychology, University of Wollongong Spotify Now that we’ve hit December, many people looking on their social media feeds will be seeing end-of-year listening roundups like Instafest, Spotify Wrapped and Apple Music Replay. These roundups analyse your music listening for the year to generate ... <a title="Spotify Wrapped, Apple Music Replay and Instafest: what do end of year music wrap-ups say about our listening habits?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/01/spotify-wrapped-apple-music-replay-and-instafest-what-do-end-of-year-music-wrap-ups-say-about-our-listening-habits-195556/" aria-label="Read more about Spotify Wrapped, Apple Music Replay and Instafest: what do end of year music wrap-ups say about our listening habits?">Read more</a>

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Why do nurse home visits stop a few weeks after giving birth? Extending them to 2 years benefits the whole family

December 1, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anna Price, The Erdi Foundation Child Health Equity (COVID-19) Scholar, Centre for Community Child Health | Honorary, Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne | Team Leader / Senior Research Officer, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute Pexels/Sarah Chai Bringing home a new baby can be one of the most ... <a title="Why do nurse home visits stop a few weeks after giving birth? Extending them to 2 years benefits the whole family" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/01/why-do-nurse-home-visits-stop-a-few-weeks-after-giving-birth-extending-them-to-2-years-benefits-the-whole-family-194643/" aria-label="Read more about Why do nurse home visits stop a few weeks after giving birth? Extending them to 2 years benefits the whole family">Read more</a>

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A new law offers better protection for indigenous plants of significance to Māori, but no requirement to share profits

December 1, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Jefferson, Lecturer, University of Canterbury Shutterstock/Fabrizio Guarisco New Zealand law has generally treated agriculture, biodiversity conservation and the protection of Indigenous knowledge (mātauranga Māori) as separate areas. This changed last month when parliament passed a major reform of the law covering plant variety rights. The red ... <a title="A new law offers better protection for indigenous plants of significance to Māori, but no requirement to share profits" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/01/a-new-law-offers-better-protection-for-indigenous-plants-of-significance-to-maori-but-no-requirement-to-share-profits-195435/" aria-label="Read more about A new law offers better protection for indigenous plants of significance to Māori, but no requirement to share profits">Read more</a>

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BlueWalker 3, an enormous and bright communications satellite, is genuinely alarming astronomers

December 1, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael J. I. Brown, Associate Professor in Astronomy, Monash University Trail from BlueWalker 3 above Kitt Peak telescope in Arizona. KPNO/NOIRLab/IAU/SKAO/NSF/AURA/R. Sparks The night sky is a shared wilderness. On a dark night, away from the city lights, you can see the stars in the same way ... <a title="BlueWalker 3, an enormous and bright communications satellite, is genuinely alarming astronomers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/01/bluewalker-3-an-enormous-and-bright-communications-satellite-is-genuinely-alarming-astronomers-195642/" aria-label="Read more about BlueWalker 3, an enormous and bright communications satellite, is genuinely alarming astronomers">Read more</a>