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April 22, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma Shortis, Adjunct Senior Fellow, School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University When big questions about American foreign policy collide with an election, it’s rarely good news for a sitting president. Like many leaders before him, US President Joe Biden has had some of these ... <a title="How will US foreign policy affect Joe Biden’s chances of re-election in November?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/22/how-will-us-foreign-policy-affect-joe-bidens-chances-of-re-election-in-november-227890/" aria-label="Read more about How will US foreign policy affect Joe Biden’s chances of re-election in November?">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Irma Mooi-Reci, Professor in Labour Sociology, The University of Melbourne The Conversation/Pexels/Unsplash, CC BY As they kick off their careers, young people often have to navigate a maze of short-term and casual jobs. In Australia, many of them also wish to work more hours than their current ... <a title="Unstable employment while you’re young can set you up for a wage gap later in life – even if you eventually land full-time work" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/22/unstable-employment-while-youre-young-can-set-you-up-for-a-wage-gap-later-in-life-even-if-you-eventually-land-full-time-work-227042/" aria-label="Read more about Unstable employment while you’re young can set you up for a wage gap later in life – even if you eventually land full-time work">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Francis L Collins, Professor of Sociology, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Arkadiusz Warguła/Getty Images The New Zealand government claims its recently announced changes to visa rules will address exploitation and unsustainable migration. In reality, the new rules are likely to have the opposite effect. The exploitation ... <a title="In demand but disempowered: why low-skilled migrant workers face even worse exploitation under NZ’s new rules" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/22/in-demand-but-disempowered-why-low-skilled-migrant-workers-face-even-worse-exploitation-under-nzs-new-rules-227993/" aria-label="Read more about In demand but disempowered: why low-skilled migrant workers face even worse exploitation under NZ’s new rules">Read more</a>
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April 21, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Anthony Albanese will trek the Kokoda track on Tuesday and Wednesday before attending the Anzac Day dawn service at the Isurava Memorial site that commemorates one of the toughest battles the Australians fought in the second world war. The trek ... <a title="View from The Hill: Albanese to walk Kokoda track and engage in some jungle diplomacy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/21/view-from-the-hill-albanese-to-walk-kokoda-track-and-engage-in-some-jungle-diplomacy-228370/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Albanese to walk Kokoda track and engage in some jungle diplomacy">Read more</a>
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April 20, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Duckett, Honorary Enterprise Professor, School of Population and Global Health, and Department of General Practice and Primary Care, The University of Melbourne iamharin/Shutterstock For many people, the term “bulk billed” refers to a GP visit they don’t have to pay for out-of-pocket. But another form of ... <a title="Why the pathology bulk-billing campaign is more about driving industry profits than saving you money" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/20/why-the-pathology-bulk-billing-campaign-is-more-about-driving-industry-profits-than-saving-you-money-228091/" aria-label="Read more about Why the pathology bulk-billing campaign is more about driving industry profits than saving you money">Read more</a>
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April 20, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Sievers, Research Fellow, Global Wetlands Project, Australia Rivers Institute, Griffith University Chris Brown Humans love the coast. But we love it to death, so much so we’ve destroyed valuable coastal habitat – in the case of some types of habitat, most of it has gone. Pollution, ... <a title="Restoring coastal habitat boosts wildlife numbers by 61% – but puzzling failures mean we can still do better" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/20/restoring-coastal-habitat-boosts-wildlife-numbers-by-61-but-puzzling-failures-mean-we-can-still-do-better-227231/" aria-label="Read more about Restoring coastal habitat boosts wildlife numbers by 61% – but puzzling failures mean we can still do better">Read more</a>
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April 19, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Milton Speer, Visiting Fellow, School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, University of Technology Sydney Before climate change really got going, eastern Australia’s flash floods tended to concentrate on our coastal regions, east of the Great Dividing Range. But that’s changing. Now we get flash floods much further ... <a title="It never rains but it pours: intense rain and flash floods have increased inland in eastern Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/19/it-never-rains-but-it-pours-intense-rain-and-flash-floods-have-increased-inland-in-eastern-australia-227777/" aria-label="Read more about It never rains but it pours: intense rain and flash floods have increased inland in eastern Australia">Read more</a>
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April 19, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elizabeth Finkel, Vice-Chancellor’s Fellow, La Trobe University Sia Duff / South Australian Museum In February, the South Australian Museum “re-imagined” itself. In the face of rising costs and inadequate government funds, CEO David Gaimster, who took the reins last June, declared the museum is “not a university”, ... <a title="‘It could be the death of the museum’: why research cuts at a South Australian institution have scientists up in arms" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/19/it-could-be-the-death-of-the-museum-why-research-cuts-at-a-south-australian-institution-have-scientists-up-in-arms-228193/" aria-label="Read more about ‘It could be the death of the museum’: why research cuts at a South Australian institution have scientists up in arms">Read more</a>
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April 19, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alan Pearce, Professor, School of Allied Heath, Human Services & Sport, La Trobe University, La Trobe University This week, Collingwood AFL player Nathan Murphy announced his retirement, brought on by his concussion history and ongoing issues. The 24-year-old’s seemingly sudden retirement, following Angus Brayshaw’s in February and ... <a title="Are 2 mid-career AFL retirements a sign Australian athletes are taking brain health more seriously?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/19/are-2-mid-career-afl-retirements-a-sign-australian-athletes-are-taking-brain-health-more-seriously-228197/" aria-label="Read more about Are 2 mid-career AFL retirements a sign Australian athletes are taking brain health more seriously?">Read more</a>
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April 19, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Howard, Senior Lecturer, Discipline of English and Writing, University of Sydney Daniel Boud/Sydney Theatre Company Decay, terror, revulsion. These are three of the central themes of Thomas Bernhard’s rarely performed play The President. The Austrian is one of the greatest writers of the 20th century, best ... <a title="I wholeheartedly recommend The President: a brilliant revival of a play of decay, terror and revulsion" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/19/i-wholeheartedly-recommend-the-president-a-brilliant-revival-of-a-play-of-decay-terror-and-revulsion-227685/" aria-label="Read more about I wholeheartedly recommend The President: a brilliant revival of a play of decay, terror and revulsion">Read more</a>
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April 19, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ye In (Jane) Hwang, Postdoctoral Research Associate at School of Population Health, UNSW Sydney Shutterstock You’d be hard pressed to find any aspect of daily life that doesn’t require some form of digital literacy. We need only to look back ten years to realise how quickly things ... <a title="Many prisoners go years without touching a smartphone. It means they struggle to navigate life on the outside" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/19/many-prisoners-go-years-without-touching-a-smartphone-it-means-they-struggle-to-navigate-life-on-the-outside-224138/" aria-label="Read more about Many prisoners go years without touching a smartphone. It means they struggle to navigate life on the outside">Read more</a>
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April 19, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rob Newton, Professor of Exercise Medicine, Edith Cowan University Pexels/RDNE stock project You’re not in your 20s or 30s anymore and you know regular health checks are important. So you go to your GP. During the appointment they measure your waist. They might also check your weight. ... <a title="Good news: midlife health is about more than a waist measurement. Here’s why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/19/good-news-midlife-health-is-about-more-than-a-waist-measurement-heres-why-226019/" aria-label="Read more about Good news: midlife health is about more than a waist measurement. Here’s why">Read more</a>
