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August 14, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ferdi Botha, Senior Research Fellow, Melbourne Institute: Applied Economic & Social Research, The University of Melbourne Just prior to the last federal election in 2022, we surveyed Australians for their views on the important issues facing Australia using the Melbourne Institute-Roy Morgan Taking the Pulse of the ... <a title="Less about climate change, more on reducing migration: here’s what matters most to Australian voters" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/14/less-about-climate-change-more-on-reducing-migration-heres-what-matters-most-to-australian-voters-236129/" aria-label="Read more about Less about climate change, more on reducing migration: here’s what matters most to Australian voters">Read more</a>
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August 14, 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 United States presidential election will be held on November 5. In analyst Nate Silver’s aggregate of national polls, Democrat Kamala Harris leads Republican Donald Trump by ... <a title="Harris’ lead over Trump continues to increase in US national and swing state polls" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/14/harris-lead-over-trump-continues-to-increase-in-us-national-and-swing-state-polls-236576/" aria-label="Read more about Harris’ lead over Trump continues to increase in US national and swing state polls">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Manuela Ferreira, Professor of Musculoskeletal Health, Head of Musculoskeletal Program, George Institute for Global Health fongbeerredhot/Shutterstock It’s cold and wet outside. As you get out of bed, you can feel it in your bones. Your right knee is flaring up again. That’ll make it harder for you ... <a title="No, your aches and pains don’t get worse in the cold. So why do we think they do?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/14/no-your-aches-and-pains-dont-get-worse-in-the-cold-so-why-do-we-think-they-do-235117/" aria-label="Read more about No, your aches and pains don’t get worse in the cold. So why do we think they do?">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Pii-Tuulia Nikula, Associate Professor, School of Business, Eastern Institute of Technology Getty Images Air New Zealand’s recent decision to abandon its short-term climate target raises the question of how many other businesses might follow. The airline withdrew from the Science Based Target initiative (SBTi), the leading global ... <a title="Air New Zealand won’t be the last company to miss its climate goals – here’s why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/14/air-new-zealand-wont-be-the-last-company-to-miss-its-climate-goals-heres-why-236420/" aria-label="Read more about Air New Zealand won’t be the last company to miss its climate goals – here’s why">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tristan Kennedy, Professor & Pro Vice-Chancellor (Indigenous), Monash University Yilka Rangers burning using drip torches. Rohan Carboon/Indigenous Desert Alliance, CC BY-NC-ND Australia has committed to elevating Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander knowledge as one of five national priorities in science and research. This comes as part of ... <a title="Indigenous science can help solve some of the great problems of our time. Here’s how" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/14/indigenous-science-can-help-solve-some-of-the-great-problems-of-our-time-heres-how-236597/" aria-label="Read more about Indigenous science can help solve some of the great problems of our time. Here’s how">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jeanette Mollenhauer, Honorary Fellow (Dance), Faculty of Fine Arts & Music, The University of Melbourne The inclusion of breaking in the 2024 Olympic Games certainly raised eyebrows. And now, Australian competitor Rachael Gunn (known as “Raygun”) is one of the most famous Olympians from any nation – ... <a title="Raygun is now Australia’s most famous dancer. What does she reveal about our own attitudes towards dance?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/14/raygun-is-now-australias-most-famous-dancer-what-does-she-reveal-about-our-own-attitudes-towards-dance-236582/" aria-label="Read more about Raygun is now Australia’s most famous dancer. What does she reveal about our own attitudes towards dance?">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jessica Holloway, Senior Research DECRA Fellow, Institute for Learning Sciences and Teacher Education, Australian Catholic University The latest national NAPLAN results are out and the results are very similar to last year. In both 2023 and 2024 we have seen about one in three school students fall ... <a title="NAPLAN results again show 1 in 3 students don’t meet minimum standards. These kids need more support" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/14/naplan-results-again-show-1-in-3-students-dont-meet-minimum-standards-these-kids-need-more-support-236688/" aria-label="Read more about NAPLAN results again show 1 in 3 students don’t meet minimum standards. These kids need more support">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Hughes, Lecturer, Research School of Management, Australian National University fongbeerredhot/Shutterstock If anything is a sure bet right now, it’s corporate Australia’s willingness to use some variation of the “for society’s good” argument. The most recent example of this is the claim being made, including by federal ... <a title="Does free-to-air TV really need gambling ads to survive?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/14/does-free-to-air-tv-really-need-gambling-ads-to-survive-236686/" aria-label="Read more about Does free-to-air TV really need gambling ads to survive?">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nelson Ma, Associate Professor, corporate governance, innovation, University of Technology Sydney Anton Gvozdikov/Shutterstock With reporting season in full swing, many ASX-listed companies are releasing their financial results to the market. These results are used to cast judgement on the performance of the company, led by the chief ... <a title="Earnings announcements at an AGM can reflect a corporate power play, not necessarily a company’s true value" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/14/earnings-announcements-at-an-agm-can-reflect-a-corporate-power-play-not-necessarily-a-companys-true-value-236580/" aria-label="Read more about Earnings announcements at an AGM can reflect a corporate power play, not necessarily a company’s true value">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Steve Macfarlane, Head of Clinical Services, Dementia Support Australia, & Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Monash University Pikselstock/Shutterstock There was disagreement on social media recently after a story was published about an aged care provider creating “fake-away” burgers that mimicked those from a fast-food chain, to a resident ... <a title="Is it OK to lie to someone with dementia?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/14/is-it-ok-to-lie-to-someone-with-dementia-236229/" aria-label="Read more about Is it OK to lie to someone with dementia?">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rajeev Varshney, Professor, Food Futures Institute, Murdoch University International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, Author provided Food security is shaping up as one of the biggest challenges we face globally. In some places, access to food has steadily deteriorated in recent years, due to wars, ... <a title="Wild genes in domestic species: how we can supercharge our crops using their distant relatives" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/14/wild-genes-in-domestic-species-how-we-can-supercharge-our-crops-using-their-distant-relatives-233437/" aria-label="Read more about Wild genes in domestic species: how we can supercharge our crops using their distant relatives">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Esther Willing, Associate Professor of Hauora Māori, University of Otago Getty Images We are being told the health system is in crisis, “on the brink of failure” – spending beyond its budget, waiting times getting longer, suffering from widespread staff shortages. The government has responded by dismissing ... <a title="NZ already spends less on health than Australia or Canada – we need proper funding, not ‘crisis’ management" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/14/nz-already-spends-less-on-health-than-australia-or-canada-we-need-proper-funding-not-crisis-management-236583/" aria-label="Read more about NZ already spends less on health than Australia or Canada – we need proper funding, not ‘crisis’ management">Read more</a>
