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October 24, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Prudence Flowers, Senior Lecturer in US History, College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, Flinders University The 2022 news that the US Supreme Court had overturned Roe v Wade and ended the constitutional right to abortion sent shockwaves around the world. For Australian opponents of abortion who ... <a title="Abortion is back in the headlines in Australia. The debates in the United States tell us why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/24/abortion-is-back-in-the-headlines-in-australia-the-debates-in-the-united-states-tell-us-why-241778/" aria-label="Read more about Abortion is back in the headlines in Australia. The debates in the United States tell us why">Read more</a>
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October 24, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephanie Gomes-Ng, Senior Lecturer in Psychology, Auckland University of Technology Getty Images Making decisions about our health is a complex and sometimes difficult process. On top of our own attitudes, experiences and perspectives, we are inundated with information from other people (friends, family, health professionals) and from ... <a title="Being mentally flexible might influence our attitudes to vaccination, a new study shows" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/24/being-mentally-flexible-might-influence-our-attitudes-to-vaccination-a-new-study-shows-241559/" aria-label="Read more about Being mentally flexible might influence our attitudes to vaccination, a new study shows">Read more</a>
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October 24, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bhiamie Williamson, Research Fellow, Monash University Toa55/Shutterstock Last month, Australia’s newly appointed minister for emergency management, Senator Jenny McAllister, and Senator Tony Sheldon, special envoy for disaster recovery, took part in a cultural burn outside Lismore in New South Wales, as part of the National Gathering on ... <a title="Cultural burning isn’t just important to Indigenous culture – it’s essential to Australia’s disaster management" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/24/cultural-burning-isnt-just-important-to-indigenous-culture-its-essential-to-australias-disaster-management-241269/" aria-label="Read more about Cultural burning isn’t just important to Indigenous culture – it’s essential to Australia’s disaster management">Read more</a>
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October 24, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew J. Martin, Scientia Professor and Professor of Educational Psychology, UNSW Sydney Ground Picture/Shutterstock Early entry schemes for university – where students get an offer before their final exams – are increasingly popular. For example, more than 27,000 students applied to the Universities Admissions Centre (which mostly ... <a title="If a Year 12 student gets an early offer for uni, does it mean they stop trying?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/24/if-a-year-12-student-gets-an-early-offer-for-uni-does-it-mean-they-stop-trying-241787/" aria-label="Read more about If a Year 12 student gets an early offer for uni, does it mean they stop trying?">Read more</a>
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October 24, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Hayward, Emeritus Professor of Public Policy, RMIT University The early 1990s in Victoria were tough. The economy was contracting severely, the population was shrinking, employment was collapsing and the unemployment rate skyrocketed to the highest in the land. A long-term Labor government got the blame for ... <a title="Unemployment’s up, house prices are stagnating. But is the Victorian economy doing as badly as it seems?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/24/unemployments-up-house-prices-are-stagnating-but-is-the-victorian-economy-doing-as-badly-as-it-seems-241762/" aria-label="Read more about Unemployment’s up, house prices are stagnating. But is the Victorian economy doing as badly as it seems?">Read more</a>
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October 24, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexa Scarlata, Research Fellow, Media & Communication, RMIT University Netflix The Australian commissioning team at Netflix has had a pretty good run over the past 12 months. In January, the adaptation of Trent Dalton’s novel Boy Swallows Universe proved to be the most successful Australian-made show to ... <a title="Netflix’s Territory is a Succession-like drama packed with family rivalry and betrayal, set in Australia’s outback" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/24/netflixs-territory-is-a-succession-like-drama-packed-with-family-rivalry-and-betrayal-set-in-australias-outback-241896/" aria-label="Read more about Netflix’s Territory is a Succession-like drama packed with family rivalry and betrayal, set in Australia’s outback">Read more</a>
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October 24, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ishita Chordia, Ph.D. Candidate in Information Science, University of Washington Mural by artist Chris Wright on Metropolitan Avenue in East Atlanta. Art Rudick/Atlanta Street Art Map, CC BY-ND Homelessness has surged across the United States in recent years, rising 19% from 2016 though 2023. The main cause ... <a title="This Atlanta neighborhood hired a case manager to address rising homelessness − and it’s improving health and safety for everyone" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/24/this-atlanta-neighborhood-hired-a-case-manager-to-address-rising-homelessness-and-its-improving-health-and-safety-for-everyone-236466/" aria-label="Read more about This Atlanta neighborhood hired a case manager to address rising homelessness − and it’s improving health and safety for everyone">Read more</a>
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October 23, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Industrial relations will be hotly contested at next year’s election. Labor has introduced a raft of new worker protections and pushed for wage increases for lower paid workers. Business groups have argued against further red tape and claimed the government’s ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Sally McManus on what unions want from Labor and Innes Willox on business wish list for Dutton" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/23/politics-with-michelle-grattan-sally-mcmanus-on-what-unions-want-from-labor-and-innes-willox-on-business-wish-list-for-dutton-242019/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Sally McManus on what unions want from Labor and Innes Willox on business wish list for Dutton">Read more</a>
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October 23, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Simone Casey, Research Associate, Centre for People, Organisation and Work, RMIT University Studio63/Shutterstock For jobseekers these days, staying on benefits is about accumulating points. It used to be cruder. Until 2022, unemployed Australians who wanted to stay on benefits had to apply for up to 20 jobs ... <a title="Australia’s points system for jobseekers is failing 4 in 10, putting their payments at risk" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/23/australias-points-system-for-jobseekers-is-failing-4-in-10-putting-their-payments-at-risk-240317/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s points system for jobseekers is failing 4 in 10, putting their payments at risk">Read more</a>
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October 23, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katharina Ruckstuhl, Associate Professor in Indigenous Economy, University of Otago Getty Images While the New Zealand government plans to review 28 pieces of legislation with a view to changing or repealing references to the Treaty of Waitangi, the science sector is embracing engagement with Māori and leading ... <a title="Majority of NZ researchers see Māori Indigenous knowledge as relevant to their work – but there is a gender divide" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/23/majority-of-nz-researchers-see-maori-indigenous-knowledge-as-relevant-to-their-work-but-there-is-a-gender-divide-241239/" aria-label="Read more about Majority of NZ researchers see Māori Indigenous knowledge as relevant to their work – but there is a gender divide">Read more</a>
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October 23, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne The Queensland state election is this Saturday, with polls closing at 7pm AEDT. There are 93 single-member seats, with Queensland having no upper house. At the 2020 ... <a title="LNP lead reduced as Queensland election approaches; US election remains very close" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/23/lnp-lead-reduced-as-queensland-election-approaches-us-election-remains-very-close-241683/" aria-label="Read more about LNP lead reduced as Queensland election approaches; US election remains very close">Read more</a>
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October 23, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alyssa Choat, Lecturer in Fashion and Textiles Design, University of Technology Sydney For its recent Spring/Summer 2025 show, fashion brand Diesel filled a runway with mounds of denim offcuts, making a spectacle of its efforts to reduce waste. Haunting yet poetic, the “forgotten” byproducts of fashion production ... <a title="New Prada-designed spacesuit is a small step for astronaut style, but could be a giant leap for sustainable fashion" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/23/new-prada-designed-spacesuit-is-a-small-step-for-astronaut-style-but-could-be-a-giant-leap-for-sustainable-fashion-240551/" aria-label="Read more about New Prada-designed spacesuit is a small step for astronaut style, but could be a giant leap for sustainable fashion">Read more</a>
