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March 20, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lynne Chepulis, Associate Professor Health Sciences, University of Waikato Getty Images The controversial 2021 decision by the government drug-buying agency Pharmac to prioritise Māori and Pacific patients in its funding of two game-changing new diabetes drugs appears to have paid off. At the time, Pharmac wanted to ... <a title="Pharmac prioritised Māori and Pacific patients for access to new diabetes drugs – did they get it right?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/20/pharmac-prioritised-maori-and-pacific-patients-for-access-to-new-diabetes-drugs-did-they-get-it-right-201759/" aria-label="Read more about Pharmac prioritised Māori and Pacific patients for access to new diabetes drugs – did they get it right?">Read more</a>
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March 20, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Leah Ruppanner, Professor of Sociology and Founding Director of The Future of Work Lab, The University of Melbourne pexels/tara winstead, CC BY-SA You’ve probably heard about the “great resignation” which saw large numbers of people resigning from their jobs in the US in 2021 and 2022. We ... <a title="The ‘great resignation’ didn’t happen in Australia, but the ‘great burnout’ did" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/20/the-great-resignation-didnt-happen-in-australia-but-the-great-burnout-did-201173/" aria-label="Read more about The ‘great resignation’ didn’t happen in Australia, but the ‘great burnout’ did">Read more</a>
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March 20, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma Beckett, Senior Lecturer (Food Science and Human Nutrition), School of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Newcastle Shutterstock You’ve probably heard about the medication Ozempic, used to manage type 2 diabetes and as a weight loss drug. Ozempic (and the similar drug Wegovy) has had more ... <a title="Ozempic helps weight loss by making you feel full. But certain foods can do the same thing – without the side-effects" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/20/ozempic-helps-weight-loss-by-making-you-feel-full-but-certain-foods-can-do-the-same-thing-without-the-side-effects-201870/" aria-label="Read more about Ozempic helps weight loss by making you feel full. But certain foods can do the same thing – without the side-effects">Read more</a>
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March 20, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Menna Elizabeth Jones, Associate Professor in Zoology, University of Tasmania Human life on Earth is utterly dependent on biodiversity but our activities are driving an increase in extinctions. Yet some extinct species continue to hold our fascination. New methods in genetics and reproductive biology hold the promise ... <a title="Extinct but not gone – the thylacine continues to fascinate us" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/20/extinct-but-not-gone-the-thylacine-continues-to-fascinate-us-201865/" aria-label="Read more about Extinct but not gone – the thylacine continues to fascinate us">Read more</a>
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March 20, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Kidson, Senior Lecturer in Educational Leadership, Australian Catholic University Shutterstock Australian schools have been under huge pressures in recent years. On top of concerns about academic progress and staff shortages, schools have faced significant, ongoing disruptions due to COVID and major flooding disasters. In response, there ... <a title="School principals are reaching crisis point, pushed to the edge by mounting workloads, teacher shortages and abuse" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/20/school-principals-are-reaching-crisis-point-pushed-to-the-edge-by-mounting-workloads-teacher-shortages-and-abuse-201777/" aria-label="Read more about School principals are reaching crisis point, pushed to the edge by mounting workloads, teacher shortages and abuse">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yvonne Breitwieser-Faria, PhD Candidate and Academic in Law, The University of Queensland Throughout Russia’s war against Ukraine, there have been countless reports of alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity. Now, there are also allegations of genocide involving the forced transfer of Ukrainian children to Russia. The ... <a title="Are Russian transfers of Ukrainian children to re-education and adoption facilities a form of genocide?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/18/are-russian-transfers-of-ukrainian-children-to-re-education-and-adoption-facilities-a-form-of-genocide-200995/" aria-label="Read more about Are Russian transfers of Ukrainian children to re-education and adoption facilities a form of genocide?">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Quiggin, Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland Shutterstock Australian governments have a long and generally dismal history of using defence procurement, and particularly naval procurement, as a form of industry policy. Examples including the Collins-class submarines, Hobart-class air warfare destroyers and, most recently, the ... <a title="$18 million a job? The AUKUS subs plan will cost Australia way more than that" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/17/18-million-a-job-the-aukus-subs-plan-will-cost-australia-way-more-than-that-202026/" aria-label="Read more about $18 million a job? The AUKUS subs plan will cost Australia way more than that">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nerilie Abram, Chief Investigator for the ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes; Deputy Director for the Australian Centre for Excellence in Antarctic Science, Australian National University Shutterstock After all the talk on the need for climate action, it’s time for reality check. On Monday the world ... <a title="What can we expect from the final UN climate report? And what is the IPCC anyway?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/17/what-can-we-expect-from-the-final-un-climate-report-and-what-is-the-ipcc-anyway-201762/" aria-label="Read more about What can we expect from the final UN climate report? And what is the IPCC anyway?">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert Booy, Hon Prof, Dept of Child & Adolescent Health, University of Sydney Shutterstock Alarming headlines and media coverage have said we’ve had 100 times as many influenza cases in the first two months of 2023 compared with the same time the previous year. The coverage suggested ... <a title="Are flu cases already 100 times higher than last year? Here’s what we really know about the 2023 flu season" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/17/are-flu-cases-already-100-times-higher-than-last-year-heres-what-we-really-know-about-the-2023-flu-season-201559/" aria-label="Read more about Are flu cases already 100 times higher than last year? Here’s what we really know about the 2023 flu season">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonathan W. Marshall, Associate Professor & Postgraduate Research Coordinator, Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, Edith Cowan University Jess Wyld/Perth Festival For the culturally curious, February and March in Perth can be a rich maelstrom, with Perth Fringe and Perth Festival. We have apparently the world’s “third ... <a title="Björk was the big-ticket name – but Perth Festival’s heart was found in Bikutsi 3000’s afrofuturist musing on African resistance" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/17/bjork-was-the-big-ticket-name-but-perth-festivals-heart-was-found-in-bikutsi-3000s-afrofuturist-musing-on-african-resistance-202029/" aria-label="Read more about Björk was the big-ticket name – but Perth Festival’s heart was found in Bikutsi 3000’s afrofuturist musing on African resistance">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Thomas Mortlock, Senior Analyst at Aon Reinsurance Solutions and Adjunct Fellow, UNSW Sydney NOAA / AP On February 4, a storm off the north-west coast of Australia was named Cyclone Freddy. It rapidly strengthened and headed west across the Indian Ocean, eventually causing devastation in eastern Africa. ... <a title="Cyclone Freddy was the most energetic storm on record. Is it a harbinger of things to come?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/17/cyclone-freddy-was-the-most-energetic-storm-on-record-is-it-a-harbinger-of-things-to-come-201771/" aria-label="Read more about Cyclone Freddy was the most energetic storm on record. Is it a harbinger of things to come?">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ainsley Hughes, Honorary Associate Lecturer in Geography, University of Newcastle Shutterstock People with disabilities arguably stand to gain the most from good public transport, but are continually excluded by transport systems that still aren’t adapted to their needs as the law requires. One in six people aged ... <a title="How on-demand buses can transform travel and daily life for people with disabilities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/17/how-on-demand-buses-can-transform-travel-and-daily-life-for-people-with-disabilities-199988/" aria-label="Read more about How on-demand buses can transform travel and daily life for people with disabilities">Read more</a>
