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November 19, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonine Jancey, Academic and Director Collaboration for Evidence, Research and Impact in Public Health, Curtin University Drazen Zigic/Shutterstock Last week, the federal government announced a plan to roll out an anti-vaping program in schools across the country. The education program, called OurFutures, aims to prevent young people ... <a title="Australia’s new anti-vaping program in schools is a good step – but education is only part of the puzzle" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/19/australias-new-anti-vaping-program-in-schools-is-a-good-step-but-education-is-only-part-of-the-puzzle-243717/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s new anti-vaping program in schools is a good step – but education is only part of the puzzle">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Song Shi, Associate Professor, Property Economics, University of Technology Sydney If you’re buying a house near a river or on a floodplain, you will likely come up against the question of flood risk. We usually talk about this in terms of chance. Houses close to the river ... <a title="We pay less for houses in one-in-100 year flood zones – but overlook risks of more devastating floods" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/19/we-pay-less-for-houses-in-one-in-100-year-flood-zones-but-overlook-risks-of-more-devastating-floods-243485/" aria-label="Read more about We pay less for houses in one-in-100 year flood zones – but overlook risks of more devastating floods">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Charlotte Dunn, Lecturer in Classics, University of Tasmania Carl Gottlieb Venig/Wikimedia The Egyptian queen Cleopatra is often associated with glamorous beauty routines, deadly snake bites, lavish banquets and torrid affairs with some of the most notorious men in Roman history. One such (very public) affair was with ... <a title="What was the deal with Julius Caesar and Cleopatra’s ‘situationship’?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/19/what-was-the-deal-with-julius-caesar-and-cleopatras-situationship-237868/" aria-label="Read more about What was the deal with Julius Caesar and Cleopatra’s ‘situationship’?">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hallam Stevens, Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies, James Cook University On November 12, United States president-elect Donald Trump announced he would appoint Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, to lead a newly constituted Department of Government Efficiency alongside fellow tech billionaire and former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy. The ... <a title="Elon Musk’s new job will bring tech ‘disruption’ to the US government – and history says it won’t be pretty" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/19/elon-musks-new-job-will-bring-tech-disruption-to-the-us-government-and-history-says-it-wont-be-pretty-243907/" aria-label="Read more about Elon Musk’s new job will bring tech ‘disruption’ to the US government – and history says it won’t be pretty">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jessica Russ-Smith, Associate Professor, Social Work and Assistant Deputy Head of School, School of Allied Health, Australian Catholic University Philip Schubert/Shutterstock From climate change to geopolitical instability to health emergencies, we are entering a period of momentous change. The technology industry likes to tell us that the ... <a title="AI for life: how sovereign Wiradyuri ways of knowing can transform technology for good" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/19/ai-for-life-how-sovereign-wiradyuri-ways-of-knowing-can-transform-technology-for-good-243270/" aria-label="Read more about AI for life: how sovereign Wiradyuri ways of knowing can transform technology for good">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Greg Treadwell, Senior Lecturer in Journalism, Auckland University of Technology Getty Images When media company NZME proposed the closure of 14 community newspapers last week, the so-called “news desert” encroached a little further into the local information landscape. The term refers to those many regions in both ... <a title="With 14 community newspapers due to close, too many parts of NZ are becoming ‘news deserts’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/19/with-14-community-newspapers-due-to-close-too-many-parts-of-nz-are-becoming-news-deserts-243792/" aria-label="Read more about With 14 community newspapers due to close, too many parts of NZ are becoming ‘news deserts’">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Laurie Menviel, Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Climate Change Research Centre, UNSW Sydney Mozgova, Shutterstock A vast network of ocean currents nicknamed the “great global ocean conveyor belt” is slowing down. That’s a problem because this vital system redistributes heat around the world, influencing both temperatures and rainfall. The ... <a title="Meltwater from Greenland and the Arctic is weakening ocean circulation, speeding up warming down south" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/19/meltwater-from-greenland-and-the-arctic-is-weakening-ocean-circulation-speeding-up-warming-down-south-238302/" aria-label="Read more about Meltwater from Greenland and the Arctic is weakening ocean circulation, speeding up warming down south">Read more</a>
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November 18, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Norton, Professor in the Practice of Higher Education Policy, Australian National University In a surprise move, the Coalition has announced it will vote against Labor’s bill to cap international student numbers. This follows previous Coalition comments saying it would work with universities to “put a cap ... <a title="The Coalition will block the student caps bill. Brace yourself for more uncertainty over international students" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/18/the-coalition-will-block-the-student-caps-bill-brace-yourself-for-more-uncertainty-over-international-students-243926/" aria-label="Read more about The Coalition will block the student caps bill. Brace yourself for more uncertainty over international students">Read more</a>
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November 18, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Hunter, Senior Lecturer in Art and Performance, Deakin University Pia Johnson Melbourne Theatre Company’s My Brilliant Career is a musical re-imagining of Miles Franklin’s classic 1901 novel of the same name. It follows a young woman, Sybylla Melvyn, as she chafes against her rural constraints to ... <a title="My Brilliant Career: musical based on Miles Franklin’s novel takes us on a sassy, spirited journey of self-discovery" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/18/my-brilliant-career-musical-based-on-miles-franklins-novel-takes-us-on-a-sassy-spirited-journey-of-self-discovery-243588/" aria-label="Read more about My Brilliant Career: musical based on Miles Franklin’s novel takes us on a sassy, spirited journey of self-discovery">Read more</a>
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November 18, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Schirmer, ROLE at Queensland Conservatorium, Griffith University Lyndon Mechielsen It’s a universally acknowledged truth that a geriatric millennial in possession of a Scholastic book club catalogue and a television must have been a fan of Paul Jennings back in the 1980s and ‘90s. I devoured Jennings’ ... <a title="Stinky feet, angry mermaids and a toilet ghost: Round The Twist musical captures the magic and madness of an Aussie TV classic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/18/stinky-feet-angry-mermaids-and-a-toilet-ghost-round-the-twist-musical-captures-the-magic-and-madness-of-an-aussie-tv-classic-243145/" aria-label="Read more about Stinky feet, angry mermaids and a toilet ghost: Round The Twist musical captures the magic and madness of an Aussie TV classic">Read more</a>
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November 18, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Flávia Fayet-Moore, Adjunct Lecturer, School of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Newcastle Ground Pictures/Shutterstock You know that feeling you get when you take a breath of fresh air in nature? There may be more to it than a simple lack of pollution. When we think of ... <a title="Air is an overlooked source of nutrients – evidence shows we can inhale some vitamins" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/18/air-is-an-overlooked-source-of-nutrients-evidence-shows-we-can-inhale-some-vitamins-243486/" aria-label="Read more about Air is an overlooked source of nutrients – evidence shows we can inhale some vitamins">Read more</a>
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November 18, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nikki-Anne Wilson, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA), UNSW Sydney Jack Cronkhite/Shutterstock The way people living with dementia experience the world can change as the disease progresses. Their sense of reality or place in time can become distorted, which can cause agitation and distress. One of ... <a title="What is ‘doll therapy’ for people with dementia? And is it backed by science?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/18/what-is-doll-therapy-for-people-with-dementia-and-is-it-backed-by-science-243589/" aria-label="Read more about What is ‘doll therapy’ for people with dementia? And is it backed by science?">Read more</a>
