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July 15, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Listening to the politicians and union leaders, one could be forgiven for thinking Nine’s Nick McKenzie and his journalist colleagues were the only ones aware of the nefarious activities in the CFMEU. Amid the revelations from Nine’s investigation, Workplace Relations ... <a title="View from The Hill: If it’s serious about CFMEU, Labor should decline its money" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/15/view-from-the-hill-if-its-serious-about-cfmeu-labor-should-decline-its-money-234670/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: If it’s serious about CFMEU, Labor should decline its money">Read more</a>
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July 15, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicole Lee, Adjunct Professor at the National Drug Research Institute (Melbourne based), Curtin University Farion_O/Shutterstock Earlier this month, drugs sold as cocaine in Melbourne were found to be contaminated with a powerful group of opioids, known as nitazenes. These new synthetic drugs were also the suspected cause ... <a title="Cocaine is being contaminated with powerful opioids called nitazenes. Here’s why it’s a dangerous mix" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/15/cocaine-is-being-contaminated-with-powerful-opioids-called-nitazenes-heres-why-its-a-dangerous-mix-234476/" aria-label="Read more about Cocaine is being contaminated with powerful opioids called nitazenes. Here’s why it’s a dangerous mix">Read more</a>
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July 15, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sara Oscar, Senior Lecturer, Visual Communication, School of Design, University of Technology Sydney The attempted assassination of Donald Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania was captured by several photographers who were standing at the stage before the shooting commenced. The most widely circulated photograph of this event ... <a title="Elevation, colour – and the American flag. Here’s what makes Evan Vucci’s Trump photograph so powerful" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/15/elevation-colour-and-the-american-flag-heres-what-makes-evan-vuccis-trump-photograph-so-powerful-234662/" aria-label="Read more about Elevation, colour – and the American flag. Here’s what makes Evan Vucci’s Trump photograph so powerful">Read more</a>
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July 15, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rosemary Gibson, Lecturer in Contract Law, The University of Queensland boregos/Shutterstock This article is part of The Conversation’s “Business Basics” series where we ask experts to discuss key concepts in business, economics and finance. In the Bluey episode “The Sign”, the Heeler family enters a contract to ... <a title="Can you change your mind after you buy a house?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/15/can-you-change-your-mind-after-you-buy-a-house-234659/" aria-label="Read more about Can you change your mind after you buy a house?">Read more</a>
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July 15, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adam Daniel, Associate Lecturer in Communications, Western Sydney University IMDB This year marks the 25th anniversary of The Blair Witch Project, a film that popularised the found-footage horror sub-genre and captivated a generation of horror fans. Made on a shoestring budget of less than US$60,000 by writer/director ... <a title="The Blair Witch Project at 25: how one film changed the horror genre as we know it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/15/the-blair-witch-project-at-25-how-one-film-changed-the-horror-genre-as-we-know-it-233104/" aria-label="Read more about The Blair Witch Project at 25: how one film changed the horror genre as we know it">Read more</a>
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July 15, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joanne Crawford, Worksafe New Zealand Chair in Health and Safety, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington The government’s recently announced review of New Zealand’s health and safety system puts the spotlight back on the 2015 Health and Safety at Work Act – and why it ... <a title="An overdose of orange cones? What the review of NZ’s workplace safety rules must get right" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/15/an-overdose-of-orange-cones-what-the-review-of-nzs-workplace-safety-rules-must-get-right-234151/" aria-label="Read more about An overdose of orange cones? What the review of NZ’s workplace safety rules must get right">Read more</a>
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July 15, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lester Munson, Non-Resident Fellow, United States Studies Centre, University of Sydney It is tempting to draw grand conclusions from the assassination attempt on former president Donald Trump this weekend. The coarse rhetoric currently in vogue in American politics, not to mention the Capitol riot on January 6, ... <a title="The Trump assassination attempt has upended the US election race. How will both parties react now?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/15/the-trump-assassination-attempt-has-upended-the-us-election-race-how-will-both-parties-react-now-234658/" aria-label="Read more about The Trump assassination attempt has upended the US election race. How will both parties react now?">Read more</a>
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July 15, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dr Claire Konkes, Senior Lecturer in Media and Communication, University of Tasmania In recent weeks, the Menzies Research Centre, the Liberal party-aligned think tank, has criticised the rise in “environmental lawfare”. National media outlets duly took up the mantle. With an introduction by BHP Chief Executive David ... <a title="Climate in the courtroom: all sides are using ‘green lawfare’, and it’s good for democracy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/15/climate-in-the-courtroom-all-sides-are-using-green-lawfare-and-its-good-for-democracy-234269/" aria-label="Read more about Climate in the courtroom: all sides are using ‘green lawfare’, and it’s good for democracy">Read more</a>
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July 15, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Seamus Doherty, PhD student, Flinders University Martin Valigursky/Shutterstock In Queensland’s northern reaches lie the Wet Tropics, spanning about 450 kilometres between Townsville and Cooktown. These mountainous rainforests are a relic of the ancient continent of Gondwana, dating back million of years when Australia and parts of Antarctica ... <a title="Idiotfruit and tree kangaroos: here’s why the ancient rainforests of Queensland’s Wet Tropics are so distinctive" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/15/idiotfruit-and-tree-kangaroos-heres-why-the-ancient-rainforests-of-queenslands-wet-tropics-are-so-distinctive-228195/" aria-label="Read more about Idiotfruit and tree kangaroos: here’s why the ancient rainforests of Queensland’s Wet Tropics are so distinctive">Read more</a>
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July 15, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Caitlin Fox-Harding, Lecturer/Researcher, Edith Cowan University As the world’s best athletes head to Paris for the upcoming Olympics, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is trying to make it easier for new parents to compete at their best. Led by an initiative from the IOC Athletes’ Commission, the ... <a title="The Olympics and FIFA are trying to better support ‘mum-aletes’ – what are Australian sports doing?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/15/the-olympics-and-fifa-are-trying-to-better-support-mum-aletes-what-are-australian-sports-doing-233218/" aria-label="Read more about The Olympics and FIFA are trying to better support ‘mum-aletes’ – what are Australian sports doing?">Read more</a>
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July 15, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sonali Gnanenthiran, Cardiologist and Research Fellow, Cardiovascular Program, George Institute for Global Health Miljan Zivkovic/Shutterstock About one-third of adults have high blood pressure. Two-thirds of these have uncontrolled high blood pressure. A key driver of poor blood pressure control is people not taking their tablets as prescribed. ... <a title="Injectables for high blood pressure are in the works. Could they mean no more daily pills?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/15/injectables-for-high-blood-pressure-are-in-the-works-could-they-mean-no-more-daily-pills-224623/" aria-label="Read more about Injectables for high blood pressure are in the works. Could they mean no more daily pills?">Read more</a>
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July 15, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bill Grace, Adjunct Professor, Australian Urban Design Research Centre, The University of Western Australia Viewfoto studio, Shutterstock Before renewables came along, coal-fired power stations pumped out electricity (and carbon emissions) 24 hours a day. But now, this type of “always on” baseload power is no longer necessary ... <a title="No room for nuclear power, unless the Coalition switches off your solar" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/15/no-room-for-nuclear-power-unless-the-coalition-switches-off-your-solar-234156/" aria-label="Read more about No room for nuclear power, unless the Coalition switches off your solar">Read more</a>
