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November 28, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicole Boivin, Professor, Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology It’s frightening to imagine where the world would be right now without mRNA vaccines. The COVID-busting technology revolutionised vaccine development at an internationally critical moment – with massive implications for people’s health, wellbeing and the global economy. Yet imagine ... <a title="How your money is helping subsidise sexism in academia – and what you can do about it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/28/how-your-money-is-helping-subsidise-sexism-in-academia-and-what-you-can-do-about-it-218347/" aria-label="Read more about How your money is helping subsidise sexism in academia – and what you can do about it">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Casey Michelle Haining, Research Fellow, Australian Centre for Health Law Research, Queensland University of Technology From today, eligible people in New South Wales can ask for voluntary assisted dying. NSW is the last Australian state to have its voluntary assisted dying laws begin. These laws come into ... <a title="Voluntary assisted dying is now available in all Australian states. How do the NSW laws compare?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/28/voluntary-assisted-dying-is-now-available-in-all-australian-states-how-do-the-nsw-laws-compare-217261/" aria-label="Read more about Voluntary assisted dying is now available in all Australian states. How do the NSW laws compare?">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris Speldewinde, Lecturer, The University of Melbourne Marcus Wallis/Unsplash, CC BY-SA In Australia we have a long history of taking children outdoors to learn about the natural environment. But thanks to computer games, tablets and busy lifestyles, children aren’t getting as much exposure to nature as they ... <a title="What are bush kinders? And what makes a good one?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/28/what-are-bush-kinders-and-what-makes-a-good-one-217919/" aria-label="Read more about What are bush kinders? And what makes a good one?">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra An Australian National University survey has reinforced the view the October referendum might have passed if it had been confined to constitutional recognition of Indigenous Australians. More than six in ten people (61.7%) said they would definitely or probably have ... <a title="ANU research suggests referendum confined to Indigenous recognition might have passed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/28/anu-research-suggests-referendum-confined-to-indigenous-recognition-might-have-passed-218601/" aria-label="Read more about ANU research suggests referendum confined to Indigenous recognition might have passed">Read more</a>
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November 27, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The government is considering whether voters in the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory should be given extra senators. The influential Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters, in its final report tabled on Monday, has recommended the number of ... <a title="Parliamentary inquiry recommends more senators for the ACT and Northern Territory" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/27/parliamentary-inquiry-recommends-more-senators-for-the-act-and-northern-territory-218605/" aria-label="Read more about Parliamentary inquiry recommends more senators for the ACT and Northern Territory">Read more</a>
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November 27, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By C Raina MacIntyre, Professor of Global Biosecurity, NHMRC Principal Research Fellow, Head, Biosecurity Program, Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney Reports of a surge in pneumonia-like illness primarily affecting children in northern China have captured our attention. The last time we heard about a mysterious respiratory outbreak leading to ... <a title="How worried should we be about the pneumonia outbreak in China?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/27/how-worried-should-we-be-about-the-pneumonia-outbreak-in-china-218514/" aria-label="Read more about How worried should we be about the pneumonia outbreak in China?">Read more</a>
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November 27, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emily Burch, Dietitian & Academic, Southern Cross University Shutterstock A rise in the cost of living has led many households to look for ways to save money. New research suggests maintaining a healthy diet, in line with the Australian Dietary Guidelines, is cheaper than an unhealthy diet ... <a title="Trying to spend less on food? Following the dietary guidelines might save you $160 a fortnight" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/27/trying-to-spend-less-on-food-following-the-dietary-guidelines-might-save-you-160-a-fortnight-216749/" aria-label="Read more about Trying to spend less on food? Following the dietary guidelines might save you $160 a fortnight">Read more</a>
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November 27, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Celine Steinfeld, Director, Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists & Adjunct Lecturer, UNSW Sydney Philip Schubert, Shutterstock This week, the Senate is debating changes to Australia’s most important water laws. These changes seek to rescue the ailing A$13 billion Murray-Darling Basin Plan to improve the health of our ... <a title="The government’s Murray-Darling bill is a step forward, but still not enough" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/27/the-governments-murray-darling-bill-is-a-step-forward-but-still-not-enough-217002/" aria-label="Read more about The government’s Murray-Darling bill is a step forward, but still not enough">Read more</a>
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November 27, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Fitzsimons, Adjunct Professor in Environmental Sciences, Deakin University In the mid 1990s, only 7% of Australia’s land was protected for conservation. Now, it’s more than tripled to 22%. But to reach our ambitious goal of boosting protection to 30% by 2030, we’ll have to sharpen our ... <a title="We’ve committed to protect 30% of Australia’s land by 2030. Here’s how we could actually do it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/27/weve-committed-to-protect-30-of-australias-land-by-2030-heres-how-we-could-actually-do-it-217795/" aria-label="Read more about We’ve committed to protect 30% of Australia’s land by 2030. Here’s how we could actually do it">Read more</a>
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November 27, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Aaron Nicholas, Senior Lecturer in Economics, Deakin University Eugene Shelestov/Pexels Have you ever encountered a subpar hotel breakfast while on holiday? You don’t really like the food choices on offer, but since you already paid for the meal as part of your booking, you force yourself to ... <a title="What is the ‘sunk cost fallacy’? Is it ever a good thing?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/27/what-is-the-sunk-cost-fallacy-is-it-ever-a-good-thing-217798/" aria-label="Read more about What is the ‘sunk cost fallacy’? Is it ever a good thing?">Read more</a>
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November 27, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dominic O’Sullivan, Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences, Auckland University of Technology, and Professor of Political Science, Charles Sturt University All three parties in New Zealand’s new coalition government went into the election promising to diminish various Māori-based policies or programs. But it was the ... <a title="Why redefining the Treaty principles would undermine real political equality in NZ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/27/why-redefining-the-treaty-principles-would-undermine-real-political-equality-in-nz-218511/" aria-label="Read more about Why redefining the Treaty principles would undermine real political equality in NZ">Read more</a>
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November 27, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The government has sacked the secretary of the Home Affairs department, Mike Pezzullo, after an inquiry found he had breached the Public Service Code of Conduct. The inquiry found he used his position for personal advantage, gossiped disrespectfully about ministers, ... <a title="Mike Pezzullo sacked after scathing findings accusing him of misusing his position" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/27/mike-pezzullo-sacked-after-scathing-findings-accusing-him-of-misusing-his-position-218592/" aria-label="Read more about Mike Pezzullo sacked after scathing findings accusing him of misusing his position">Read more</a>
