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November 29, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra In the chaotic dying days of 2024’s final parliamentary sitting, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese reverted to a role he played in Julia Gillard’s government. He personally intervened in the wrangling and deal-making as the government battled to get as much ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Albanese gets down and dirty in deal making and breaking as Senate rushes to Christmas finish" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/29/grattan-on-friday-albanese-gets-down-and-dirty-in-deal-making-and-breaking-as-senate-rushes-to-christmas-finish-244826/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Albanese gets down and dirty in deal making and breaking as Senate rushes to Christmas finish">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Quoc Phuong Tran, PhD Candidate in Prebiotic Chemistry, UNSW Sydney Grand Prismatic Spring in Yellowstone National Park in the United States. Luca Micheli/Shutterstock One of the biggest scientific mysteries is where life on Earth started. Research has often focused on the role of deep-sea hydrothermal vents – ... <a title="Minerals in hot springs performed a key chemical reaction for early life on Earth, new study confirms" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/28/minerals-in-hot-springs-performed-a-key-chemical-reaction-for-early-life-on-earth-new-study-confirms-243586/" aria-label="Read more about Minerals in hot springs performed a key chemical reaction for early life on Earth, new study confirms">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hal Pawson, Professor of Housing Research and Policy, and Associate Director, City Futures Research Centre, UNSW Sydney Part two of the government’s stalled housing legislation finally passed federal parliament on Thursday. The Build to Rent tax reform bill aims to boost investment in apartment blocks designed and ... <a title="Build to Rent will produce more homes for tenants, but not for those most in need" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/28/build-to-rent-will-produce-more-homes-for-tenants-but-not-for-those-most-in-need-244655/" aria-label="Read more about Build to Rent will produce more homes for tenants, but not for those most in need">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Opposition leader in the Senate, Simon Birmingham, has announced he will retire from parliament at the election, to take up a “new, commercially oriented” career. Birmingham, 50, the most senior Liberal moderate and the shadow foreign minister, leaves a hole ... <a title="Opposition Senate leader Simon Birmingham announces surprise retirement at election" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/28/opposition-senate-leader-simon-birmingham-announces-surprise-retirement-at-election-244834/" aria-label="Read more about Opposition Senate leader Simon Birmingham announces surprise retirement at election">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lisa Wood, Associate Professor, School of Population and Global Health, University of Notre Dame Australia shutterstock Steve Lovegrove/Shutterstock Homelessness has now taken the lead as Australia’s largest and most damning disparity in life expectancy. A landmark report from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare looked at ... <a title="A new report links being homeless in Australia to dying 40 years early" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/28/a-new-report-links-being-homeless-in-australia-to-dying-40-years-early-244743/" aria-label="Read more about A new report links being homeless in Australia to dying 40 years early">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew King, Senior Lecturer in Climate Science, The University of Melbourne After this spring’s heat, humidity, rain and storms across Australia, you may be wondering what summer has in store. The Bureau of Meteorology’s long-range summer forecast, released today, gives some indication of how the coming months ... <a title="This summer will likely be wetter and warmer for most Australians, bureau forecast says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/28/this-summer-will-likely-be-wetter-and-warmer-for-most-australians-bureau-forecast-says-244520/" aria-label="Read more about This summer will likely be wetter and warmer for most Australians, bureau forecast says">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Fethi Mansouri, Deakin Distinguished Professor/UNESCO Chair-holder; Founding Director, Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University Shutterstock The Australian Human Rights Commission this week launched the National Anti-racism Framework. It’s an important moment. For the first time, the country has a comprehensive approach to tackle, if ... <a title="Can we end racism in Australia? Yes, according to the first-ever national plan" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/28/can-we-end-racism-in-australia-yes-according-to-the-first-ever-national-plan-244734/" aria-label="Read more about Can we end racism in Australia? Yes, according to the first-ever national plan">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Milton Speer, Visiting Fellow, School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, University of Technology Sydney Thomas Rosenzweig/Shutterstock Extreme temperature and rainfall events are increasing around the world, including Australia. What makes them extreme is their rarity and severity compared to the typical climate. A region’s “climate” is defined ... <a title="‘Unprecedented’ climate extremes are everywhere. Our baselines for what’s normal will need to change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/28/unprecedented-climate-extremes-are-everywhere-our-baselines-for-whats-normal-will-need-to-change-244298/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Unprecedented’ climate extremes are everywhere. Our baselines for what’s normal will need to change">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hunter Bennett, Lecturer in Exercise Science, University of South Australia interstid/Shutterstock Picture this: you’ve just woken up and rolled out of bed. Your feet hit the floor, and your legs buckle. They are in absolute agony – that run yesterday has really come back to haunt you. ... <a title="There are 2 main ways to stretch – the one you should choose depends on what you want your body to do" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/28/there-are-2-main-ways-to-stretch-the-one-you-should-choose-depends-on-what-you-want-your-body-to-do-244048/" aria-label="Read more about There are 2 main ways to stretch – the one you should choose depends on what you want your body to do">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Derek Arnold, Professor, School of Psychology, The University of Queensland Gunter Nuyts/Shutterstock Tell a man he shouldn’t think of a pink elephant and he can’t get that beast out of his mind! This quote, from Curt Siodmak’s 1974 novel City in the Sky, describes how hard it ... <a title="The pink elephant test: what your visual imagination predicts about your ability to control your thoughts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/28/the-pink-elephant-test-what-your-visual-imagination-predicts-about-your-ability-to-control-your-thoughts-244274/" aria-label="Read more about The pink elephant test: what your visual imagination predicts about your ability to control your thoughts">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By A J Brown, Professor of Public Policy & Law, Centre for Governance & Public Policy, Griffith University As federal parliament rushes to a close, it’s become clearer that a dedicated agency to enforce the nation’s various whistleblower protection laws will be an important priority for the 48th ... <a title="For the sake of our democracy, Australia urgently needs a whistleblower protection authority" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/28/for-the-sake-of-our-democracy-australia-urgently-needs-a-whistleblower-protection-authority-244387/" aria-label="Read more about For the sake of our democracy, Australia urgently needs a whistleblower protection authority">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Zahra Nasreen, Postdoc Housing Researcher, the University of Sydney, Macquarie University Rental costs have hit record highs across Australia – in Sydney, for example, tiny two-bedroom apartments can fetch weekly rents well beyond $700. The housing crisis is forcing some people into an impossible choice: homelessness or ... <a title="20 people in a two-bedroom apartment: the growing health and safety risks of ‘hot bedding’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/28/20-people-in-a-two-bedroom-apartment-the-growing-health-and-safety-risks-of-hot-bedding-244279/" aria-label="Read more about 20 people in a two-bedroom apartment: the growing health and safety risks of ‘hot bedding’">Read more</a>
