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November 8, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Blaskovich, Professor, The University of Queensland CDC/Unsplash Antimicrobial resistance is one of the biggest global threats to health, food security and development. This month, The Conversation’s experts explore how we got here and the potential solutions. “What doesn’t kill me makes me stronger”, originally coined by ... <a title="How do bacteria actually become resistant to antibiotics?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/08/how-do-bacteria-actually-become-resistant-to-antibiotics-213451/" aria-label="Read more about How do bacteria actually become resistant to antibiotics?">Read more</a>
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November 8, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katrin Meissner, Professor and Director of the Climate Change Research Centre, UNSW, UNSW Sydney YanaBu, Shutterstock Our planet has warmed by about 1.2°C since 1850. But this warming is not uniform. Warming at the poles, especially the Arctic, has been three to four times faster than the ... <a title="Luminous ‘mother-of-pearl’ clouds explain why climate models miss so much Arctic and Antarctic warming" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/08/luminous-mother-of-pearl-clouds-explain-why-climate-models-miss-so-much-arctic-and-antarctic-warming-217066/" aria-label="Read more about Luminous ‘mother-of-pearl’ clouds explain why climate models miss so much Arctic and Antarctic warming">Read more</a>
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November 8, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alison Atherton, Program Lead, Business, Economy and Governance at the Institute for Sustainable Futures., University of Technology Sydney This article is part of a series by The Conversation, Getting to Zero, examining Australia’s energy transition. Just north of Jamestown in South Australia, 70 kilometres east of the ... <a title="Making money green: Australia takes its first steps towards a net zero finance strategy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/08/making-money-green-australia-takes-its-first-steps-towards-a-net-zero-finance-strategy-214063/" aria-label="Read more about Making money green: Australia takes its first steps towards a net zero finance strategy">Read more</a>
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November 8, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jan Kabatek, Research Fellow, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne Jeswin Thomas/ Pexels, CC BY-SA In January 2021, the Morrison government changed the way university fees are set with the Job-ready Graduates scheme. The idea was to steer students into courses ... <a title="Only 1.5% of students swapped fields due to the ‘Job-ready Graduates’ fee changes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/08/only-1-5-of-students-swapped-fields-due-to-the-job-ready-graduates-fee-changes-215539/" aria-label="Read more about Only 1.5% of students swapped fields due to the ‘Job-ready Graduates’ fee changes">Read more</a>
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November 7, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Australia just became become the odd one out. At its meeting last week, the US Federal Reserve kept its official interest rate on hold. A week earlier, the European Central Bank and the Bank of ... <a title="Why it’s a good bet the RBA’s Melbourne Cup Day interest rate hike will be the last" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/07/why-its-a-good-bet-the-rbas-melbourne-cup-day-interest-rate-hike-will-be-the-last-217094/" aria-label="Read more about Why it’s a good bet the RBA’s Melbourne Cup Day interest rate hike will be the last">Read more</a>
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November 7, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cindy Towns, Senior Lecturer, University of Otago Shutterstock/Gorodenkoff Mixed-gender rooms are increasingly common in New Zealand’s hospitals, based on evidence from hospital complaints and a large Wellington study. But our new research demonstrates that placing men and women in the same hospital room is unsafe and unethical. ... <a title="Mixed-gender hospital rooms are on the rise in New Zealand, but the practice is unsafe and unethical" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/07/mixed-gender-hospital-rooms-are-on-the-rise-in-new-zealand-but-the-practice-is-unsafe-and-unethical-216263/" aria-label="Read more about Mixed-gender hospital rooms are on the rise in New Zealand, but the practice is unsafe and unethical">Read more</a>
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November 7, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Coghill, Financial Markets Foundation Chair of Developmental Mental Health, The University of Melbourne Around 800,00 Australians live with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). It is the most common mental health condition in children aged four to 17, and around half of those with childhood ADHD continue to ... <a title="A Senate inquiry says Australia needs a national ADHD framework to improve diagnosis and reduce costs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/07/a-senate-inquiry-says-australia-needs-a-national-adhd-framework-to-improve-diagnosis-and-reduce-costs-215798/" aria-label="Read more about A Senate inquiry says Australia needs a national ADHD framework to improve diagnosis and reduce costs">Read more</a>
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November 7, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Liam Grealy, Research fellow, Menzies School of Health Research The relationships between tenants and landlords are often fraught, but it’s fair to expect a house to meet basic standards, like having a back door. That wasn’t the case for an Aboriginal woman in a remote community, who ... <a title="High Court, then what? NT remote housing reforms need to put Indigenous residents front and centre" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/07/high-court-then-what-nt-remote-housing-reforms-need-to-put-indigenous-residents-front-and-centre-216908/" aria-label="Read more about High Court, then what? NT remote housing reforms need to put Indigenous residents front and centre">Read more</a>
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November 6, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Henryk Szadziewski, Affiliate, Center for Pacific Islands Studies, University of Hawaii Just before the second summit between the US and the Pacific Islands Forum at the White House in September, the US hosts took Pacific leaders to an American football game. One, however, was conspicuously absent: Solomon ... <a title="Both the US and Australia are adamant the Pacific “matters”. But only one is really moving the dial" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/06/both-the-us-and-australia-are-adamant-the-pacific-matters-but-only-one-is-really-moving-the-dial-215069/" aria-label="Read more about Both the US and Australia are adamant the Pacific “matters”. But only one is really moving the dial">Read more</a>
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November 6, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nataliya Ilyushina, Research Fellow, Blockchain Innovation Hub, RMIT University PeopleImages.com – Yuri A/Shutterstock The COVID pandemic saw a mass exodus of health-care workers across developed countries, exacerbating an existing health-care staffing crisis. In Australia, turnover rates among hospital staff reached nearly 20% in 2022. Hospital waiting lists ... <a title="A 4-day week might not work in health care. But adapting this model could reduce burnout among staff" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/06/a-4-day-week-might-not-work-in-health-care-but-adapting-this-model-could-reduce-burnout-among-staff-213554/" aria-label="Read more about A 4-day week might not work in health care. But adapting this model could reduce burnout among staff">Read more</a>
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November 6, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Hamylton, Associate professor, University of Wollongong Merla, Shutterstock Women coastal scientists face multiple barriers to getting into the field for research. These include negative perceptions of their physical capabilities, not being included in trips, caring responsibilities at home and a lack of field facilities for women. ... <a title="Fieldwork can be challenging for female scientists. Here are 5 ways to make it better" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/06/fieldwork-can-be-challenging-for-female-scientists-here-are-5-ways-to-make-it-better-214215/" aria-label="Read more about Fieldwork can be challenging for female scientists. Here are 5 ways to make it better">Read more</a>
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November 6, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Simone Casey, Research Associate, Centre for People, Organisation and Work, RMIT University Shutterstock Last year the federal government replaced the jobactive employment support program with what was expected to be a more flexible and improved support system for jobseekers, Workforce Australia. Yet, in the 16 months the ... <a title="Almost 2 million Workforce Australia payments have been suspended in the past year, with devastating impact" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/06/almost-2-million-workforce-australia-payments-have-been-suspended-in-the-past-year-with-devastating-impact-216752/" aria-label="Read more about Almost 2 million Workforce Australia payments have been suspended in the past year, with devastating impact">Read more</a>
