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June 4, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Phoebe McInerney, Researcher in Palaeontology, Flinders University The extinct Australian giant flightless bird, _Genyornis newtoni_. Used with permission; all other rights reserved. Jacob C. Blokland, Author provided Until around 45,000 years ago, Australia was home to a giant flightless bird called Genyornis newtoni, which was two metres ... <a title="New fossils show what Australia’s giant prehistoric ‘thunder birds’ looked like – and offer clues about how they died out" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/04/new-fossils-show-what-australias-giant-prehistoric-thunder-birds-looked-like-and-offer-clues-about-how-they-died-out-221599/" aria-label="Read more about New fossils show what Australia’s giant prehistoric ‘thunder birds’ looked like – and offer clues about how they died out">Read more</a>
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June 4, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jess Reia, Assistant Professor of Data Science, University of Virginia Police drag away a tent from a pro-Palestinian encampment at the University of California, Irvine on May 15, 2024. Leonard Ortiz/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images As a scholar of urban governance and data policy, I ... <a title="Who gets to decide what counts as ‘disorder’?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/04/who-gets-to-decide-what-counts-as-disorder-229783/" aria-label="Read more about Who gets to decide what counts as ‘disorder’?">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Luis Gómez Romero, Senior Lecturer in Human Rights, Constitutional Law and Legal Theory, University of Wollongong On October 17, 1953, constitutional reform granted women the right to vote in Mexico, and two years later, women cast ballots for the first time in a federal election. Now, nearly ... <a title="Mexico has elected its first female president. Claudia Sheinbaum inherits a polarised, violent country looking for hope" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/03/mexico-has-elected-its-first-female-president-claudia-sheinbaum-inherits-a-polarised-violent-country-looking-for-hope-231475/" aria-label="Read more about Mexico has elected its first female president. Claudia Sheinbaum inherits a polarised, violent country looking for hope">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Buchanan, Professor, Discipline of Business Information Systems, University of Sydney Business School, University of Sydney The Fair Work Commission has boosted the wages of workers on awards by 3.75%, just a touch above the official inflation rate of 3.6%. The increase will apply to fortnightly pay ... <a title="Low-paid wages up 3.75%, with more to come for childcare and health professionals" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/03/low-paid-wages-up-3-75-with-more-to-come-for-childcare-and-health-professionals-231473/" aria-label="Read more about Low-paid wages up 3.75%, with more to come for childcare and health professionals">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Erin Harrington, Senior Lecturer in English and Cultural Studies, University of Canterbury The Conversation June is set to be a month of holding up the mirror to reality, with our experts recommending three new non-fiction watches. No streaming list is complete without some true crime, so we’ve ... <a title="Carriage romps, good vibrations and a web of lies: what we’re streaming in June" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/03/carriage-romps-good-vibrations-and-a-web-of-lies-what-were-streaming-in-june-230785/" aria-label="Read more about Carriage romps, good vibrations and a web of lies: what we’re streaming in June">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Former Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has ruled out attempting to displace Amelia Hamer as the Liberals’ candidate for Kooyong. Frydenberg’s quick decision comes after a public backlash against the possibility he could push aside an already preselected woman. It had also ... <a title="Josh Frydenberg rules out seeking Kooyong preselection" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/03/josh-frydenberg-rules-out-seeking-kooyong-preselection-231487/" aria-label="Read more about Josh Frydenberg rules out seeking Kooyong preselection">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hal Pawson, Professor of Housing Research and Policy, and Associate Director, City Futures Research Centre, UNSW Sydney Post-COVID housing stress has been especially intense in Queensland. Brisbane property prices have climbed by 65% since the pandemic began. That’s almost double the Australian capital city average (34%). According ... <a title="The housing crisis hit Queensland hard. Jolted into action, the state has raised its game" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/03/the-housing-crisis-hit-queensland-hard-jolted-into-action-the-state-has-raised-its-game-230870/" aria-label="Read more about The housing crisis hit Queensland hard. Jolted into action, the state has raised its game">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katherine Livingstone, NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellow and Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition, Deakin University Creative Cat Studio/Shutterstock What’s the difference? is a new editorial product that explains the similarities and differences between commonly confused health and medical terms, and why they ... <a title="What’s the difference between vegan and vegetarian?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/03/whats-the-difference-between-vegan-and-vegetarian-225275/" aria-label="Read more about What’s the difference between vegan and vegetarian?">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cahyani Widi Larasakti, PhD Student in International Relations, The University of Melbourne MMES Studio/Shutterstock Australia and Indonesia have long had an uneasy relationship, over issues ranging from Timor-Leste’s independence to asylum seekers and bans on live cattle export to the aftermath of the Bali bombings. While the ... <a title="Could a green investment deal help Indonesia and Australia overcome their past tensions?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/03/could-a-green-investment-deal-help-indonesia-and-australia-overcome-their-past-tensions-229913/" aria-label="Read more about Could a green investment deal help Indonesia and Australia overcome their past tensions?">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Margaret Raven, Senior Scientia Lecturer (Research), UNSW Sydney wk1003mike / Shutterstock Last week, at a conference in Geneva, the member states of the World Intellectual Property Organisation agreed on a new treaty aimed at preventing the for-profit piracy of traditional knowledge. So-called “biopiracy”, in which companies lift ... <a title="Patents based on traditional knowledge are often ‘biopiracy’. A new international treaty will finally combat this" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/03/patents-based-on-traditional-knowledge-are-often-biopiracy-a-new-international-treaty-will-finally-combat-this-231272/" aria-label="Read more about Patents based on traditional knowledge are often ‘biopiracy’. A new international treaty will finally combat this">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sara Dehm, Senior lecturer, International Migration and Refugee Law, University of Technology Sydney Anyone following recent news reporting may rightly think Australia’s migration system is in “crisis”. Much of this reporting is fixated on the perceived threat posed by non-citizens to the safety or prosperity of the ... <a title="Migration has been in the news a lot lately. What’s going on?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/03/migration-has-been-in-the-news-a-lot-lately-whats-going-on-231270/" aria-label="Read more about Migration has been in the news a lot lately. What’s going on?">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yuting Zhang, Professor of Health Economics, The University of Melbourne Monkey Business Images/Shutterstock Being able to afford health care is a pressing issue for many Australians. And encouraging GPs to bulk bill is one measure the government is taking to ease the strain. So what would it ... <a title="Australia can afford to bulk bill all GP visits. So why don’t we?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/03/australia-can-afford-to-bulk-bill-all-gp-visits-so-why-dont-we-230204/" aria-label="Read more about Australia can afford to bulk bill all GP visits. So why don’t we?">Read more</a>
