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February 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Henry Cutler, Professor and Director, Macquarie University Centre for the Health Economy, Macquarie University This week, the federal government announced it will pay states and territories an extra, one-off, A$1.7 billion for public hospitals. This has been billed as a way to fix some ailing hospitals, and ... <a title="Hospitals will get $1.7 billion more federal funding. Will this reduce waiting times?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/06/hospitals-will-get-1-7-billion-more-federal-funding-will-this-reduce-waiting-times-249170/" aria-label="Read more about Hospitals will get $1.7 billion more federal funding. Will this reduce waiting times?">Read more</a>
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February 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachel Ong ViforJ, John Curtin Distinguished Professor & ARC Future Fellow, Curtin University PrasitRodphan/Shutterstock For young Australians, breaking into the housing market feels tougher than ever. Many now fear they’ll never be able to own a home. Despite public debates on whether it’s truly harder to buy ... <a title="We know how hard it is for young people to buy a home – so how are some still doing it anyway?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/06/we-know-how-hard-it-is-for-young-people-to-buy-a-home-so-how-are-some-still-doing-it-anyway-248666/" aria-label="Read more about We know how hard it is for young people to buy a home – so how are some still doing it anyway?">Read more</a>
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February 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joshua Black, Visitor, School of History, Australian National University The Albanese government is trying once more to legislate wide-ranging changes to the way federal elections are administered. The 200-page Electoral Reform Bill, if passed, would transform the electoral donation rules by imposing donation and spending caps, increasing ... <a title="Sweeping reform of the electoral laws puts democracy at risk. They shouldn’t be changed on a whim" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/06/sweeping-reform-of-the-electoral-laws-puts-democracy-at-risk-they-shouldnt-be-changed-on-a-whim-249144/" aria-label="Read more about Sweeping reform of the electoral laws puts democracy at risk. They shouldn’t be changed on a whim">Read more</a>
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February 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lorana Bartels, Professor of Criminology, Australian National University Shutterstock Weeks after Opposition Leader Peter Dutton announced his support for mandatory minimum jail terms for antisemitic offences, the government has legislated such laws. Minister for Home Affairs Tony Burke stated the federal parliament would now be “putting in ... <a title="Mandatory minimum sentencing is proven to be bad policy. It won’t stop hate crimes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/06/mandatory-minimum-sentencing-is-proven-to-be-bad-policy-it-wont-stop-hate-crimes-249266/" aria-label="Read more about Mandatory minimum sentencing is proven to be bad policy. It won’t stop hate crimes">Read more</a>
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February 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Moninya Roughan, Professor in Oceanography, UNSW Sydney Australia’s sea surface temperatures were the warmest on record last year, according to a snapshot of the nation’s climate which underscores the perilous state of the world’s oceans. The Bureau of Meteorology on Thursday released its annual climate statement for ... <a title="It’s official: Australia’s ocean surface was the hottest on record in 2024" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/06/its-official-australias-ocean-surface-was-the-hottest-on-record-in-2024-249277/" aria-label="Read more about It’s official: Australia’s ocean surface was the hottest on record in 2024">Read more</a>
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February 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amanda Meyer, Senior Lecturer, Anatomy and Pathology, James Cook University A common anatomical variation is being born with more than ten fingers or more than ten toes. Former Doctor Who actor David Tennant this week confirmed he has 11 toes. He says he was born with an ... <a title="Actor David Tennant has an extra toe. Two anatomists explain what’s so fascinating about polydactyly" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/06/actor-david-tennant-has-an-extra-toe-two-anatomists-explain-whats-so-fascinating-about-polydactyly-249139/" aria-label="Read more about Actor David Tennant has an extra toe. Two anatomists explain what’s so fascinating about polydactyly">Read more</a>
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February 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nathan Cooper, Associate Professor of Law, University of Waikato New Zealand’s Climate Change Minister Simon Watts speaking during the the recent climate summit in Azerbaijan. Sean Gallup/Getty Images The announcement of New Zealand’s new climate pledge under the Paris Agreement was met with sharp criticism last week. ... <a title="Unambitious and undermined: why NZ’s latest climate pledge lacks the crucial ‘good faith’ factor" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/06/unambitious-and-undermined-why-nzs-latest-climate-pledge-lacks-the-crucial-good-faith-factor-248877/" aria-label="Read more about Unambitious and undermined: why NZ’s latest climate pledge lacks the crucial ‘good faith’ factor">Read more</a>
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February 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Giselle Woodley, Researcher and PhD Candidate, School of Arts and Humanities, Edith Cowan University Tirachard Kumtanom/Pexels, CC BY Consent education has been mandatory in Australian schools since 2023. Amid growing public understanding we need to reduce sexual violence and teach young people about healthy relationships, consent is ... <a title="‘Do I have to get it in writing?’ Even with compulsory lessons, some teens are confused about how consent works" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/06/do-i-have-to-get-it-in-writing-even-with-compulsory-lessons-some-teens-are-confused-about-how-consent-works-248771/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Do I have to get it in writing?’ Even with compulsory lessons, some teens are confused about how consent works">Read more</a>
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February 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mandy Hagstrom, Senior Lecturer, Exercise Physiology. School of Health Sciences, UNSW Sydney Sokirlov/Shutterstock Callisthenics is a type of training where you do bodyweight exercises to build strength. It’s versatile, low cost, and easy to start. Classic callisthenics moves include: push ups bodyweight squats chin ups burpees lunges ... <a title="What is callisthenics? And how does it compare to running or lifting weights?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/06/what-is-callisthenics-and-how-does-it-compare-to-running-or-lifting-weights-246326/" aria-label="Read more about What is callisthenics? And how does it compare to running or lifting weights?">Read more</a>
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February 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andy Hogg, Professor and Director of ACCESS-NRI, Australian National University Nadia Piet/AIxDESIGN & Archival Images of AI / Better Images of AI , CC BY-SA Weather forecasts help you decide whether to go for a picnic, hang out your washing or ride your bike to work. They ... <a title="What’s the difference between climate and weather models? It all comes down to chaos" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/06/whats-the-difference-between-climate-and-weather-models-it-all-comes-down-to-chaos-244914/" aria-label="Read more about What’s the difference between climate and weather models? It all comes down to chaos">Read more</a>
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February 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christopher Rudge, Law lecturer, University of Sydney Canvan-Images/Shutterstock Over the past decade, “sexsomnia” has been used as a defence in a number of Australian sexual assault trials. This sleep disorder – sometimes known as “sleep sex” – causes people to engage in sexual behaviour while asleep. Last ... <a title="What is sexsomnia? And how can it be used as a defence in court?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/06/what-is-sexsomnia-and-how-can-it-be-used-as-a-defence-in-court-248756/" aria-label="Read more about What is sexsomnia? And how can it be used as a defence in court?">Read more</a>
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February 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Milad Haghani, Associate Professor & Principal Fellow in Urban Risk & Resilience, The University of Melbourne Edward Lorenz’s mathematical weather model showed solutions with a butterfly-like shape. Wikimol In 1972, the US meteorologist Edward Lorenz asked a now-famous question: Does the flap of a butterfly’s wings in ... <a title="The butterfly effect: this obscure mathematical concept has become an everyday idea, but do we have it all wrong?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/06/the-butterfly-effect-this-obscure-mathematical-concept-has-become-an-everyday-idea-but-do-we-have-it-all-wrong-246577/" aria-label="Read more about The butterfly effect: this obscure mathematical concept has become an everyday idea, but do we have it all wrong?">Read more</a>
