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April 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tess Newton Cain, Adjunct Associate Professor, Griffith Asia Institute, Griffith University AAP/Mick Tsikas I was once asked “why should Australians care about what happens in the Pacific? and my response was (or started with) “This is where you live”. Being in the neighbourhood is a fact of ... <a title="This is where we live: has Australia been a good neighbour in the Pacific?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/28/this-is-where-we-live-has-australia-been-a-good-neighbour-in-the-pacific-182040/" aria-label="Read more about This is where we live: has Australia been a good neighbour in the Pacific?">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Diesendorf, Honorary Associate Professor, UNSW Sydney Shutterstock Many climate activists, scientists, engineers and politicians are trying to reassure us the climate crisis can be solved rapidly without any changes to lifestyle, society or the economy. To make the vast scale of change palatable, advocates suggest all ... <a title="Net zero by 2050 will hit a major timing problem technology can’t solve. We need to talk about cutting consumption" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/28/net-zero-by-2050-will-hit-a-major-timing-problem-technology-cant-solve-we-need-to-talk-about-cutting-consumption-181951/" aria-label="Read more about Net zero by 2050 will hit a major timing problem technology can’t solve. We need to talk about cutting consumption">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cher McGillivray, Assistant Professor, Bond University © 2022 Disney/Pixar. All Rights Reserved In the film Turning Red (2022), a young 13-year-old girl, Meilin “Mei” Lee, turns into a red panda whenever she has strong emotions: when she is angry, when she is sad and when she is ... <a title="You can’t be happy all the time: how Encanto and Turning Red can help families wrestle with anger and sadness" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/28/you-cant-be-happy-all-the-time-how-encanto-and-turning-red-can-help-families-wrestle-with-anger-and-sadness-181782/" aria-label="Read more about You can’t be happy all the time: how Encanto and Turning Red can help families wrestle with anger and sadness">Read more</a>
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April 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra “The world has moved past Matt Canavan,” Nationals deputy leader David Littleproud declared on Wednesday, tossing his party colleague and former resources minister firmly under the bus as the “climate wars” exploded within the Coalition. These wars have damaged Coalition ... <a title="View from The Hill: Warring within Coalition over 2050 target brings some gold dust for ‘teals’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/27/view-from-the-hill-warring-within-coalition-over-2050-target-brings-some-gold-dust-for-teals-181944/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Warring within Coalition over 2050 target brings some gold dust for ‘teals’">Read more</a>
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April 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra After Wednesday’s larger-than-expected inflation number, all attention has turned to the Reserve Bank’s meeting on Tuesday. If the bank moves next week, it will be the first time there’s been a rise in a campaign since 2007, the election John ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Economist Saul Eslake on why Reserve Bank needs to raise rates next week" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/27/politics-with-michelle-grattan-economist-saul-eslake-on-why-reserve-bank-needs-to-raise-rates-next-week-182059/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Economist Saul Eslake on why Reserve Bank needs to raise rates next week">Read more</a>
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April 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jean Burgess, Professor and Associate Director, ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society, Queensland University of Technology The world’s richest man, Elon Musk, seems set to purchase the social media platform Twitter for around US$44 billion. He says he’s not doing it to make money ... <a title="The ‘digital town square’? What does it mean when billionaires own the online spaces where we gather?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/27/the-digital-town-square-what-does-it-mean-when-billionaires-own-the-online-spaces-where-we-gather-182047/" aria-label="Read more about The ‘digital town square’? What does it mean when billionaires own the online spaces where we gather?">Read more</a>
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April 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ria Hopkins, PhD Candidate, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW Sydney Shutterstock Hospital patients are often given strong, opioid pain medicines when discharged home after surgery and other treatments. This can sometimes lead to long-term use and dependence. New national standards, released today by the Australian ... <a title="Patients leaving hospital sometimes need opioids. Doctors can reduce risks of long-term use and dependence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/27/patients-leaving-hospital-sometimes-need-opioids-doctors-can-reduce-risks-of-long-term-use-and-dependence-181941/" aria-label="Read more about Patients leaving hospital sometimes need opioids. Doctors can reduce risks of long-term use and dependence">Read more</a>
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April 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Hawkins, Senior Lecturer, Canberra School of Politics, Economics and Society and NATSEM, University of Canberra Shutterstock/ABS Australian consumer prices jumped an extraordinary 2.1% in the first three months of the year, the biggest quarterly jump since the introduction of the 10% goods and services tax at ... <a title="Inflation hits an extraordinary 5.1%. How long until mortgage rates climb?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/27/inflation-hits-an-extraordinary-5-1-how-long-until-mortgage-rates-climb-181832/" aria-label="Read more about Inflation hits an extraordinary 5.1%. How long until mortgage rates climb?">Read more</a>
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April 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Humphery-Jenner, Associate Professor of Finance, UNSW Sydney Miguel Roberts?AP Elon Musk’s US$44 billion offer to buy Twitter and turn the social media platform into a private company is almost a done deal. But not quite. While Twitter’s board has endorsed his offer, Musk now needs the ... <a title="Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover isn’t quite a done deal: what happens now" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/27/elon-musks-twitter-takeover-isnt-quite-a-done-deal-what-happens-now-181955/" aria-label="Read more about Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover isn’t quite a done deal: what happens now">Read more</a>
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April 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Clare Collins, Laureate Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Newcastle Shutterstock Results of a new weight loss study were published this week, leading to headlines proclaiming intermittent fasting “isn’t a magic diet trick after all”. The researchers aimed to test whether adding a restriction on what ... <a title="Restricting calories leads to weight loss, not necessarily the window of time you eat them in" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/27/restricting-calories-leads-to-weight-loss-not-necessarily-the-window-of-time-you-eat-them-in-181942/" aria-label="Read more about Restricting calories leads to weight loss, not necessarily the window of time you eat them in">Read more</a>
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April 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vanessa Teague, Adjunct associate professor (ANU) and CEO, Thinking Cybersecurity, Australian National University Dan Peled/AAP As we head towards the federal election, you may be wondering why we can’t skip the polling booth queues and vote online instead. The reason is the difficulty of verifying that each ... <a title="Australia doesn’t have online voting for federal elections and we should keep it that way" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/27/australia-doesnt-have-online-voting-for-federal-elections-and-we-should-keep-it-that-way-180865/" aria-label="Read more about Australia doesn’t have online voting for federal elections and we should keep it that way">Read more</a>
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April 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hamish John Wilson, Associate Professor in General Practice, University of Otago nocebo The COVID pandemic has highlighted several interesting features of modern medical practice – most recently the “nocebo” response, which may account for a significant number of side effects people experience following vaccination. Nocebo responses (from ... <a title="Anticipating a side effect makes it more likely you’ll experience it – this could contribute to vaccine hesitancy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/27/anticipating-a-side-effect-makes-it-more-likely-youll-experience-it-this-could-contribute-to-vaccine-hesitancy-180331/" aria-label="Read more about Anticipating a side effect makes it more likely you’ll experience it – this could contribute to vaccine hesitancy">Read more</a>
