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April 5, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Collette Snowden, Senior Lecturer, School of Communication, International Studies and Languages, University of South Australia Shutterstock Social media has become a primary source of information for news-hungry audiences around the world trying to make sense of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. At the same time, it’s being ... <a title="Guns, tanks and Twitter: how Russia and Ukraine are using social media as the war drags on" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/05/guns-tanks-and-twitter-how-russia-and-ukraine-are-using-social-media-as-the-war-drags-on-180131/" aria-label="Read more about Guns, tanks and Twitter: how Russia and Ukraine are using social media as the war drags on">Read more</a>
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April 5, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lauren Ball, Associate Professor and Principal Research Fellow, Menzies Health Institute, Griffith University Shutterstock As academics and dietitians, we have a head start in making nutritious choices for our kids, but we also sometimes struggle with lunchboxes. Even without a pandemic affecting our food supply chains, supporting ... <a title="Sick of packing school lunches already? Here’s how to make it easier" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/05/sick-of-packing-school-lunches-already-heres-how-to-make-it-easier-179675/" aria-label="Read more about Sick of packing school lunches already? Here’s how to make it easier">Read more</a>
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April 5, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University shutterstock One of the strangest, certainly one of the hardest to justify, measures in last week’s budget was called “supporting retirees”. A better title would have been “supercharging the wealth of those retirees who already ... <a title="The budget super giveaway that allows the already wealthy to amass even more tax-free" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/05/the-budget-super-giveaway-that-allows-the-already-wealthy-to-amass-even-more-tax-free-180582/" aria-label="Read more about The budget super giveaway that allows the already wealthy to amass even more tax-free">Read more</a>
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April 5, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Phillippa Carnemolla, Associate professor, University of Technology Sydney Shutterstock As the federal election approaches, civic engagement is back on people’s minds. But not everyone’s needs are well served in the political sphere – and one of the areas most ripe for improvement is actually at the local ... <a title="‘Don’t shove us off like we’re rubbish’: what people with intellectual disability told us about their local community" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/05/dont-shove-us-off-like-were-rubbish-what-people-with-intellectual-disability-told-us-about-their-local-community-179479/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Don’t shove us off like we’re rubbish’: what people with intellectual disability told us about their local community">Read more</a>
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April 5, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Childs, Lecturer, Griffith University Screenshot, Author provided Many would be familiar with Reddit as one of the largest social networking sites, with a large group of forums (“subreddits”) catering to almost any interest. Since the beginning of April, Reddit has played host to a massive collaborative ... <a title="How r/place – a massive and chaotic collaborative art project on Reddit – showcased the best and worst of online spaces" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/05/how-r-place-a-massive-and-chaotic-collaborative-art-project-on-reddit-showcased-the-best-and-worst-of-online-spaces-180662/" aria-label="Read more about How r/place – a massive and chaotic collaborative art project on Reddit – showcased the best and worst of online spaces">Read more</a>
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April 5, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Leslie Roberson, Postdoctoral research fellow, The University of Queensland Getty In 1987, a biologist went undercover on a commercial tuna fishing vessel. One video he took made headlines around the world: hundreds of dolphins encircled in purse seine nets, drowning in distress. Before that, few people had ... <a title="Dolphins, turtles and birds don’t have to die in fishing gear – skilled fishers can avoid it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/05/dolphins-turtles-and-birds-dont-have-to-die-in-fishing-gear-skilled-fishers-can-avoid-it-180548/" aria-label="Read more about Dolphins, turtles and birds don’t have to die in fishing gear – skilled fishers can avoid it">Read more</a>
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April 5, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Anderson, Executive Director and Professor of Education, Queensland University of Technology To end racism we must directly engage with workplaces to discuss racism in a way that can deliver solutions. GettyImages Content warning: This article contains mentions of racial discrimination against First Nations people. On March ... <a title="Racism at work: a call to anti-racist action for Australian organisations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/05/racism-at-work-a-call-to-anti-racist-action-for-australian-organisations-179758/" aria-label="Read more about Racism at work: a call to anti-racist action for Australian organisations">Read more</a>
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April 5, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Olaf Morgenstern, Principal Scientist — Atmosphere and Climate, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Shutterstock/Dima Zel The latest report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), released overnight, shows a viable path to cutting global emissions by half by the end of this decade. It ... <a title="Simulating Earth’s changing climate: why some models exaggerate future warming" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/05/simulating-earths-changing-climate-why-some-models-exaggerate-future-warming-178160/" aria-label="Read more about Simulating Earth’s changing climate: why some models exaggerate future warming">Read more</a>
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April 5, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Tuthill, Astrophysicist, University of Sydney Artist’s impression of a giant planet forming. NASA, ESA, STScI, Joseph Olmsted (STScI) How do planets form? For many years scientists thought they understood this process by studying the one example we had access to: our own Solar System. However, the ... <a title="How do planets form? A ‘baby Jupiter’ hundreds of light-years away offers new clues" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/05/how-do-planets-form-a-baby-jupiter-hundreds-of-light-years-away-offers-new-clues-180495/" aria-label="Read more about How do planets form? A ‘baby Jupiter’ hundreds of light-years away offers new clues">Read more</a>
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April 5, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sukhmani Khorana, Senior Research Fellow, Western Sydney University Allegations emerged over the weekend that Prime Minister Scott Morrison used a racist slur in a preselection battle in 2007. Morrison strongly denies the allegations, which were detailed in two statutory declarations and have been backed by Michael Towke, ... <a title="Preselection and parachuting candidates: 3 reasons parties override their local branch members, despite the costs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/05/preselection-and-parachuting-candidates-3-reasons-parties-override-their-local-branch-members-despite-the-costs-180125/" aria-label="Read more about Preselection and parachuting candidates: 3 reasons parties override their local branch members, despite the costs">Read more</a>
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April 5, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicole Lee, Professor at the National Drug Research Institute (Melbourne), Curtin University Shutterstock Alcoholics and narcotics anonymous are 12-step peer support groups where people who have alcohol or other drug problems are supported by others who have had similar problems (“peers”), rather than professionals. They are called ... <a title="Does Alcoholics Anonymous actually work?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/05/does-alcoholics-anonymous-actually-work-179665/" aria-label="Read more about Does Alcoholics Anonymous actually work?">Read more</a>
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April 5, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tony Blakely, Professor of Epidemiology, Population Interventions Unit, Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock COVID case numbers are tracking up in Australia, with an average of 57,000 new cases recorded each day. New South Wales is ... <a title="COVID cases are rising but we probably won’t need more restrictions unless a worse variant hits" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/05/covid-cases-are-rising-but-we-probably-wont-need-more-restrictions-unless-a-worse-variant-hits-179969/" aria-label="Read more about COVID cases are rising but we probably won’t need more restrictions unless a worse variant hits">Read more</a>
