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January 15, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brendan Walker-Munro, Senior Lecturer (Law), Southern Cross University Elon Musk is no stranger to news headlines. His purchase of Twitter and subsequent decision to rebrand the platform as X has seen it called “a true black mirror of the most worrying parts of human nature”. Tesla’s incredibly ... <a title="Albanese says our laws would stop Elon Musk interfering in the Australian election. In truth, there’s little to stop him" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/15/albanese-says-our-laws-would-stop-elon-musk-interfering-in-the-australian-election-in-truth-theres-little-to-stop-him-247361/" aria-label="Read more about Albanese says our laws would stop Elon Musk interfering in the Australian election. In truth, there’s little to stop him">Read more</a>
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January 15, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gemma King, Senior Lecturer in French Studies, ARC DECRA Fellow in Screen Studies, Australian National University Universal Pictures In two of the biggest films released this summer, Gladiator II and Nosferatu, most actors seem to be speaking like they’re in a Shakespeare play – even though their ... <a title="Why bad posh English accents still rule Hollywood, from Nosferatu to Gladiator II" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/15/why-bad-posh-english-accents-still-rule-hollywood-from-nosferatu-to-gladiator-ii-246980/" aria-label="Read more about Why bad posh English accents still rule Hollywood, from Nosferatu to Gladiator II">Read more</a>
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January 15, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Whitcombe-Dobbs, Senior Lecturer in Child and Family Psychology, University of Canterbury After last year’s budget cuts to social services, including a NZ$14 million cut to early home visits, social services providers in New Zealand raised concerns about what the move would mean for children and families ... <a title="Protecting children, helping parents: NZ social workers speak about the challenges of their jobs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/15/protecting-children-helping-parents-nz-social-workers-speak-about-the-challenges-of-their-jobs-245936/" aria-label="Read more about Protecting children, helping parents: NZ social workers speak about the challenges of their jobs">Read more</a>
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January 15, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kristine Crous, Senior Lecturer, School of Science and Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University Researchers study leaves in the Daintree rainforest in North Queensland, Australia, using a canopy crane. Alexander Cheesman On the east coast of Australia, in tropical North Queensland, lies the Daintree rainforest ... <a title="Study shows hot leaves can’t catch carbon from the air. It’s bad news for rainforests – and Earth" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/15/study-shows-hot-leaves-cant-catch-carbon-from-the-air-its-bad-news-for-rainforests-and-earth-246975/" aria-label="Read more about Study shows hot leaves can’t catch carbon from the air. It’s bad news for rainforests – and Earth">Read more</a>
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January 15, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Louise Baur, Professor, Discipline of Child and Adolescent Health, University of Sydney World Obesity Federation Obesity is linked to many common diseases, such as type 2 diabetes, heart disease, fatty liver disease and knee osteoarthritis. Obesity is currently defined using a person’s body mass index, or BMI. ... <a title="How we diagnose and define obesity is set to change – here’s why, and what it means for treatment" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/15/how-we-diagnose-and-define-obesity-is-set-to-change-heres-why-and-what-it-means-for-treatment-245164/" aria-label="Read more about How we diagnose and define obesity is set to change – here’s why, and what it means for treatment">Read more</a>
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January 15, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kelvin (Shiu Fung) Wong, Senior Lecturer in Clinical Psychology, Swinburne University of Technology Sad, anxious or lacking in motivation? Chances are you have just returned to work after a summer break. January is the month when people are most likely to quit their jobs after having had ... <a title="Staring blankly at your screen? You probably have post holiday blues. The good news is you can get through it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/15/staring-blankly-at-your-screen-you-probably-have-post-holiday-blues-the-good-news-is-you-can-get-through-it-247204/" aria-label="Read more about Staring blankly at your screen? You probably have post holiday blues. The good news is you can get through it">Read more</a>
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January 15, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Williams, Associate Professor, Griffith University, Griffith University Queensland’s Bruce Highway is a bit like a 1980s family sedan: dated, worn in places, and often more than a little dangerous. But it’s also a necessary part of life for people just trying to get from A to ... <a title="The prime minister started his unofficial re-election campaign in Queensland. It’s a telling political calculation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/15/the-prime-minister-started-his-unofficial-re-election-campaign-in-queensland-its-a-telling-political-calculation-246676/" aria-label="Read more about The prime minister started his unofficial re-election campaign in Queensland. It’s a telling political calculation">Read more</a>
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January 15, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julie Collins, Research Fellow and Curator, Architecture Museum, University of South Australia South Australian Home Builders’ Club members at work. SAHBC collection S284, Architecture Museum, University of South Australia Australians are no strangers to housing crises. Some will even remember the crisis that followed the second world ... <a title="Nothing new under the sun: Australia’s long history of missed chances to build sustainable homes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/15/nothing-new-under-the-sun-australias-long-history-of-missed-chances-to-build-sustainable-homes-241004/" aria-label="Read more about Nothing new under the sun: Australia’s long history of missed chances to build sustainable homes">Read more</a>
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January 15, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Milad Haghani, Senior Lecturer of Urban Risk & Resilience, UNSW Sydney MIA Studio We are surrounded by random events every day. Will the stock market rise or fall tomorrow? Will the next penalty kick in a soccer match go left or right? Will your lottery ticket finally ... <a title="The ‘hot hand’ and the gambler’s fallacy: why our brains struggle to believe in randomness" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/15/the-hot-hand-and-the-gamblers-fallacy-why-our-brains-struggle-to-believe-in-randomness-246244/" aria-label="Read more about The ‘hot hand’ and the gambler’s fallacy: why our brains struggle to believe in randomness">Read more</a>
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January 15, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Athena Lee, Lecturer and Researcher, Centre for Indigenous Australian Education and Research, Edith Cowan University When we think of writing systems we likely think of an Alphabetic writing system, where each symbol (letter) in the alphabet represents a basic sound unit, such as a consonant or a ... <a title="Aboriginal message sticks are a fascinating insight into a complex system of written communication" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/15/aboriginal-message-sticks-are-a-fascinating-insight-into-a-complex-system-of-written-communication-244922/" aria-label="Read more about Aboriginal message sticks are a fascinating insight into a complex system of written communication">Read more</a>
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January 14, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicole Rinehart, Nicole Rinehart, Professor, Clinical Psychology, Director of the Neurodevelopment Program, School of Psychological Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University Alex and Maria photo/Shutterstock Today the federal government released Australia’s first National Autism Strategy, with A$42 million of funding for the first ... <a title="Australia has a new autism strategy but questions remain for those who don’t get NDIS support" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/14/australia-has-a-new-autism-strategy-but-questions-remain-for-those-who-dont-get-ndis-support-247327/" aria-label="Read more about Australia has a new autism strategy but questions remain for those who don’t get NDIS support">Read more</a>
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January 14, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Steve Turton, Adjunct Professor of Environmental Geography, CQUniversity Australia The world has watched in horror as fires continue to raze parts of Los Angeles, California. For those of us living in Australia, one of the world’s most fire-prone continents, the LA experience feels all too familiar. A ... <a title="Much of Australia enjoys the same Mediterranean climate as LA. When it comes to bushfires, that doesn’t bode well" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/14/much-of-australia-enjoys-the-same-mediterranean-climate-as-la-when-it-comes-to-bushfires-that-doesnt-bode-well-247205/" aria-label="Read more about Much of Australia enjoys the same Mediterranean climate as LA. When it comes to bushfires, that doesn’t bode well">Read more</a>
