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September 11, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By William A. Stoltz, Lecturer and expert Associate, National Security College, Australian National University Jenari/Shutterstock The intensifying great power competition between the People’s Republic of China and the United States has meant the possibility of future war in the Indo-Pacific region has become a regular feature of Australia’s ... <a title="Fuel shortages and bare pharmacies: we need to talk about what a possible war with China could look like" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/11/fuel-shortages-and-bare-pharmacies-we-need-to-talk-about-what-a-possible-war-with-china-could-look-like-237461/" aria-label="Read more about Fuel shortages and bare pharmacies: we need to talk about what a possible war with China could look like">Read more</a>
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September 11, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Phoebe Williams, Paediatrician & Infectious Diseases Physician; Senior Lecturer & NHMRC Fellow, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney Gorodenkoff/Shutterstock Three children in far north Queensland have recently become unwell with meningococcal disease, a life-threatening infection caused by the bacteria Neisseria meningitidis. Meanwhile, an adult and a child ... <a title="Meningococcal: what to know about this potentially deadly disease affecting Australian children" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/11/meningococcal-what-to-know-about-this-potentially-deadly-disease-affecting-australian-children-238313/" aria-label="Read more about Meningococcal: what to know about this potentially deadly disease affecting Australian children">Read more</a>
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September 11, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amanda Lotz, Professor of Media Studies, Queensland University of Technology Stock-Asso/Shutterstock This is the third piece in a series on the Future of Australian media. You can read the first piece in the series here and the second piece here. For decades, commercial broadcasting made its owners ... <a title="The commercial broadcasters’ crisis isn’t new, but can no longer be ignored. What’s next for TV?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/11/the-commercial-broadcasters-crisis-isnt-new-but-can-no-longer-be-ignored-whats-next-for-tv-237746/" aria-label="Read more about The commercial broadcasters’ crisis isn’t new, but can no longer be ignored. What’s next for TV?">Read more</a>
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September 11, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Teresa Ubide, ARC Future Fellow and Associate Professor in Igneous Petrology/Volcanology, The University of Queensland An eruption at Mt Stromboli in Italy. J Caulfield Imagine you had a crystal ball that revealed when a volcano would next erupt. For the hundreds of millions of people around the ... <a title="Crystals hold a secret history of volcanoes – and clues about future eruptions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/11/crystals-hold-a-secret-history-of-volcanoes-and-clues-about-future-eruptions-234808/" aria-label="Read more about Crystals hold a secret history of volcanoes – and clues about future eruptions">Read more</a>
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September 11, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Tregear, Principal Fellow and Professor of Music, The University of Melbourne Regent Theatre, 1954. State Library Victoria The current Lord Mayor of Melbourne, Nicholas Reece, has said that if re-elected he would sell the City of Melbourne’s majority stake in the Regent Theatre and redirect the ... <a title="The future of the Regent Theatre: why we must preserve not only architecture, but also public use of our community spaces" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/11/the-future-of-the-regent-theatre-why-we-must-preserve-not-only-architecture-but-also-public-use-of-our-community-spaces-238548/" aria-label="Read more about The future of the Regent Theatre: why we must preserve not only architecture, but also public use of our community spaces">Read more</a>
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September 10, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hazel Easthope, Professor, City Futures Research Centre, UNSW Sydney ProximaStudio/Shutterstock Ten of Australia’s leading consumer groups have now written to the federal treasurer calling for an urgent inquiry into Australia’s strata management industry. The open letter from Choice, the Owners Corporation Network, the Australian Consumers Insurance Lobby ... <a title="Many strata managers who handle apartments are conflicted: here’s how" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/10/many-strata-managers-who-handle-apartments-are-conflicted-heres-how-238683/" aria-label="Read more about Many strata managers who handle apartments are conflicted: here’s how">Read more</a>
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September 10, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has been late out of the blocks on a ban on children accessing social media. Now that he has promised to act, pledging to introduce legislation this year, the question is whether it will be passed ... <a title="View from the Hill: Social media age ban all to the good, but can Albanese deliver before election?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/10/view-from-the-hill-social-media-age-ban-all-to-the-good-but-can-albanese-deliver-before-election-238686/" aria-label="Read more about View from the Hill: Social media age ban all to the good, but can Albanese deliver before election?">Read more</a>
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September 10, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Albanese government has announced it will ban children from accessing social media. This follows work by the South Australian government, which commissioned a report on implementing a ban. That report was done by Robert French, the former High Court ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Robert French on the realities of a social media age ban" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/10/politics-with-michelle-grattan-robert-french-on-the-realities-of-a-social-media-age-ban-238689/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Robert French on the realities of a social media age ban">Read more</a>
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September 10, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Melissa Conley Tyler, Honorary Fellow, Asia Institute, The University of Melbourne World Bank president Ajay Banga is in Canberra this week. It’s the first time a World Bank president has visited Australia in seven years. Why is he here? It goes to the heart of the World ... <a title="1.2 billion young people will need a job in the next 10 years. The World Bank is trying to help them find one" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/10/1-2-billion-young-people-will-need-a-job-in-the-next-10-years-the-world-bank-is-trying-to-help-them-find-one-238587/" aria-label="Read more about 1.2 billion young people will need a job in the next 10 years. The World Bank is trying to help them find one">Read more</a>
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September 10, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Pep Canadell, Chief Research Scientist, CSIRO Environment; Executive Director, Global Carbon Project, CSIRO Ramon Cliff/Shutterstock The goal of the 2021 Global Methane Pledge is bold: cut methane emissions by 30% by the end of the decade. This is to buy us vital time to work on cutting ... <a title="Methane emissions are at new highs. It could put us on a dangerous climate path" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/10/methane-emissions-are-at-new-highs-it-could-put-us-on-a-dangerous-climate-path-237809/" aria-label="Read more about Methane emissions are at new highs. It could put us on a dangerous climate path">Read more</a>
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September 10, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gabrielle Weidemann, Associate Professor in Psychological Science, Western Sydney University Fascinadora/Shutterstock Many of us try to eat more fruits and vegetables and less ultra-processed food. But why is sticking to your goals so hard? High-fat, sugar-rich and salty foods are simply so enjoyable to eat. And it’s ... <a title="What causes food cravings? And what can we do about them?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/10/what-causes-food-cravings-and-what-can-we-do-about-them-237035/" aria-label="Read more about What causes food cravings? And what can we do about them?">Read more</a>
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September 10, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sebastian Chekunov, PhD Candidate, School of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide Sebastian Chekunov Trade in “exotic” pets from foreign countries is a global multibillion-dollar industry. Australian species are highly sought after. Australia banned the commercial export of all live native animals in 1982. But once wildlife is ... <a title="We found one in six Australian reptile species traded as pets overseas, despite the export ban" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/10/we-found-one-in-six-australian-reptile-species-traded-as-pets-overseas-despite-the-export-ban-229723/" aria-label="Read more about We found one in six Australian reptile species traded as pets overseas, despite the export ban">Read more</a>