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July 7, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Steve Macfarlane, Head of Clinical Services, Dementia Support Australia, & Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Monash University Shutterstock The term “sundowning” is sometimes used to describe a tendency for people living with dementia to become more confused in the late afternoon and into the night. At the outset, ... <a title="What is ‘sundowning’ and why does it happen to many people with dementia?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/07/what-is-sundowning-and-why-does-it-happen-to-many-people-with-dementia-208005/" aria-label="Read more about What is ‘sundowning’ and why does it happen to many people with dementia?">Read more</a>
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July 7, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Skeels, Postdoctoral Researcher, Macroevolution and Macroecology Group, Australian National University The frill-necked lizard is one of many land animals that reached Australia from Southeast Asia. Damien Esquerré, Author provided The animals in Australia are super-different to those in Asia. This goes without saying; we know Australia ... <a title="Why are there hopping mice in Australia but no kangaroos in Asia? It’s a long story" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/07/why-are-there-hopping-mice-in-australia-but-no-kangaroos-in-asia-its-a-long-story-209067/" aria-label="Read more about Why are there hopping mice in Australia but no kangaroos in Asia? It’s a long story">Read more</a>
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July 7, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben Rich, Senior lecturer in History and International Relations, Curtin University Christiano Ronaldo signed a 2.5-year contract with the Saudi team with Al Nassr, estimated to be worth more than 200 million euros. He made his debut in January. Hussein Malla/AP As Saudi Arabia continues to open ... <a title="Is Saudi Arabia using ‘sportswashing’ to simply hide its human rights abuses – or is there a bigger strategy at play?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/07/is-saudi-arabia-using-sportswashing-to-simply-hide-its-human-rights-abuses-or-is-there-a-bigger-strategy-at-play-208468/" aria-label="Read more about Is Saudi Arabia using ‘sportswashing’ to simply hide its human rights abuses – or is there a bigger strategy at play?">Read more</a>
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July 7, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Evangeline Mantzioris, Program Director of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Accredited Practising Dietitian, University of South Australia Vlada Karpovich/Pexels The price of eggs is rising. So many of us may be looking for cheaper alternatives. First, the bad news. Nothing can replace a boiled, poached or fried egg. ... <a title="Eggs are so expensive right now. What else can I use?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/07/eggs-are-so-expensive-right-now-what-else-can-i-use-207837/" aria-label="Read more about Eggs are so expensive right now. What else can I use?">Read more</a>
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July 7, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Whiteford, Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Today will be a moment of truth for hundreds of thousands of Australians and for what the federal court has condemned as a “shameful chapter” in Australian public administration. This morning, the Governor-General will be presented ... <a title="The Robodebt royal commission will tell us who’s to blame, but that’s just the start" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/07/the-robodebt-royal-commission-will-tell-us-whos-to-blame-but-thats-just-the-start-208916/" aria-label="Read more about The Robodebt royal commission will tell us who’s to blame, but that’s just the start">Read more</a>
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July 7, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Nguyen, Lecturer in Fine Arts, Monash University Hụi is a constant but often hidden feature of life for many Vietnamese-Australians. This clandestine loan-savings scheme was a way for low-income Vietnamese refugees to buy their first family car, start a small business or make a home deposit. ... <a title="How we’re using the Vietnamese ethnic savings scheme ‘Hụi’ to buy back our cultural heritage" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/07/how-were-using-the-vietnamese-ethnic-savings-scheme-h-i-to-buy-back-our-cultural-heritage-204802/" aria-label="Read more about How we’re using the Vietnamese ethnic savings scheme ‘Hụi’ to buy back our cultural heritage">Read more</a>
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July 7, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Holly Thorpe, Professor in Sociology of Sport and Gender, University of Waikato Getty Images The ten-year coaching ban handed down this week by Athletics New Zealand to national pole vault coach Jeremy McColl is merely the latest in a long line of investigations to reveal the failure ... <a title="With another case of abuse in elite sport, why are we still waiting to protect NZ’s sportswomen from harm?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/07/with-another-case-of-abuse-in-elite-sport-why-are-we-still-waiting-to-protect-nzs-sportswomen-from-harm-209128/" aria-label="Read more about With another case of abuse in elite sport, why are we still waiting to protect NZ’s sportswomen from harm?">Read more</a>
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July 6, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra In a change of government tactics, Linda Burney this week deployed a sheet anchor to tie the Voice to practical outcomes. At the same time, Opposition Leader Peter Dutton is weaponising the cost of living to flail it. Their prime ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Linda Burney fills the Voice’s in-tray, as the government battles to stop slide in yes vote" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/06/grattan-on-friday-linda-burney-fills-the-voices-in-tray-as-the-government-battles-to-stop-slide-in-yes-vote-209228/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Linda Burney fills the Voice’s in-tray, as the government battles to stop slide in yes vote">Read more</a>
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July 6, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Glen Thomas, Senior Lecturer in Professional Communication, Queensland University of Technology ABC Anyone with even the most casual interest in cricket will by now be well-versed in the debate over the “spirit of the game”. Alex Carey’s stumping of Johnny Bairstow on the final day of the ... <a title="‘That’s cricket, kid’: what Bluey can teach us about the spirit of the game" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/06/thats-cricket-kid-what-bluey-can-teach-us-about-the-spirit-of-the-game-209136/" aria-label="Read more about ‘That’s cricket, kid’: what Bluey can teach us about the spirit of the game">Read more</a>
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July 6, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vitomir Kovanovic, Senior Lecturer in Learning Analytics, University of South Australia The South Australian government has announced a trial of AI technologies in eight public high schools. This is the first trial of its kind in Australia. “Edchat”, an AI chatbot similar to ChatGPT but designed for ... <a title="High school students are using a ChatGPT-style app in an Australia-first trial" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/06/high-school-students-are-using-a-chatgpt-style-app-in-an-australia-first-trial-209215/" aria-label="Read more about High school students are using a ChatGPT-style app in an Australia-first trial">Read more</a>
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July 6, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kimberley Reid, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Atmospheric Sciences, Monash University Ankor Light, Shutterstock In the past few weeks, climate records have shattered across the globe. July 4 was the hottest global average day on record, breaking the new record set the previous day. Average sea surface temperatures ... <a title="Why are so many climate records breaking all at once?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/06/why-are-so-many-climate-records-breaking-all-at-once-209214/" aria-label="Read more about Why are so many climate records breaking all at once?">Read more</a>
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July 6, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Intifar Chowdhury, Youth Researcher, Centre for Social Research and Methods, Australian National University Lukas Coch/AAP Attempts to lower the voting age in Australia to 16 have been historically unsuccessful. More recently, the Make It 16 campaign has been advocating for the enfranchisement of 16 and 17-year-olds, but ... <a title="Should the voting age in Australia be lowered to 16?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/06/should-the-voting-age-in-australia-be-lowered-to-16-208095/" aria-label="Read more about Should the voting age in Australia be lowered to 16?">Read more</a>
