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December 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jeannie Marie Paterson, Professor of Law, The University of Melbourne wichayada suwanachun/Shutterstock Have you ever spotted what looked like a great deal on a website, added it to your “basket” and proceeded to checkout – only to find extra fees added on at the last minute? It’s ... <a title="Booking a summer holiday deal? Beware ‘drip pricing’ and other tactics to make you pay more than you planned" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/02/booking-a-summer-holiday-deal-beware-drip-pricing-and-other-tactics-to-make-you-pay-more-than-you-planned-244825/" aria-label="Read more about Booking a summer holiday deal? Beware ‘drip pricing’ and other tactics to make you pay more than you planned">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chari Larsson, Senior Lecturer of Art History, Griffith University Installation of Haus Yuriyal’s artwork including (front to back) Bopa, 2024, Kalabus, 2024, Kamkau Ike (Haus Toktok) 2024 with Yuriyal Bridgeman’s Yuri Alai Eagles (ceiling shield paintings) 2024 and Kuman (shield) paintings 2024. The 11th Asia Pacific Triennial ... <a title="The Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art brings us the most exciting and original art of our region" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/02/the-asia-pacific-triennial-of-contemporary-art-brings-us-the-most-exciting-and-original-art-of-our-region-242296/" aria-label="Read more about The Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art brings us the most exciting and original art of our region">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Niamh Chapman, Senior Research Fellow, Hypertension and Patient Engagement, University of Sydney PhoMiljan Zivkovic/Shutterstock Measuring your blood pressure at home means you can take readings over several days to get a better picture of your health, instead of one-off measurements at the doctor’s clinic. It’s important you ... <a title="Many people don’t measure their blood pressure properly at home – here’s how to get accurate readings" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/02/many-people-dont-measure-their-blood-pressure-properly-at-home-heres-how-to-get-accurate-readings-244161/" aria-label="Read more about Many people don’t measure their blood pressure properly at home – here’s how to get accurate readings">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Toby Murray, Associate Professor of Cybersecurity, School of Computing and Information Systems, The University of Melbourne DC Studio/Shutterstock When federal parliament passed legislation last week which will ban under 16s from social media, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese celebrated. Posting on X, he said: “We’re doing everything we ... <a title="How can Australia actually keep young people off social media and porn sites? A new trial will test 3 options" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/02/how-can-australia-actually-keep-young-people-off-social-media-and-porn-sites-a-new-trial-will-test-3-options-245021/" aria-label="Read more about How can Australia actually keep young people off social media and porn sites? A new trial will test 3 options">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Natasha Hurley-Walker, Radio Astronomer, Curtin University An artist’s impression of the exotic binary star system AR Scorpii. Mark Garlick/University of Warwick/ESO, CC BY Slowly repeating bursts of intense radio waves from space have puzzled astronomers since they were discovered in 2022. In new research, we have for ... <a title="Astronomers have pinpointed the origin of mysterious repeating radio bursts from space" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/02/astronomers-have-pinpointed-the-origin-of-mysterious-repeating-radio-bursts-from-space-244920/" aria-label="Read more about Astronomers have pinpointed the origin of mysterious repeating radio bursts from space">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ehsan Noroozinejad, Senior Researcher, Urban Transformations Research Centre, Western Sydney University Imagine a city where everyone can afford a safe home, reach work or school without long, stressful commutes, and enjoy green parks and clean air. This is Anthony Albanese’s decade-long vision for Australia’s cities after last ... <a title="Cheaper housing and better transport? What you need to know about Australia’s new National Urban Policy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/02/cheaper-housing-and-better-transport-what-you-need-to-know-about-australias-new-national-urban-policy-244947/" aria-label="Read more about Cheaper housing and better transport? What you need to know about Australia’s new National Urban Policy">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Karen Nairn, Professor, College of Education, University of Otago Since taking power last year, the New Zealand government has made rapid changes to the country’s education system including the introduction of structured approaches to literacy and maths and the promotion of charter schools. But these sweeping moves ... <a title="Privatisation by stealth: changes to education in NZ opening the door to private interests" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/02/privatisation-by-stealth-changes-to-education-in-nz-opening-the-door-to-private-interests-244499/" aria-label="Read more about Privatisation by stealth: changes to education in NZ opening the door to private interests">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne A national YouGov poll, conducted November 15–21 from a sample of 1,515, had a 50–50 tie, unchanged from the previous YouGov poll in September. Primary votes were ... <a title="Under-16 social media ban supported by 77% as economic sentiment lifts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/02/under-16-social-media-ban-supported-by-77-as-economic-sentiment-lifts-243917/" aria-label="Read more about Under-16 social media ban supported by 77% as economic sentiment lifts">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joanne Enticott, Associate Professor, Monash Centre for Health Research and Implementation, Monash University Overearth/Shutterstock Australian pride in our universal health system is partly derived from our belief that services should be most available to those who most need them. Logically, this should apply just as much to ... <a title="For richer, but not for poorer: how Australia’s mental health system fails those most in need" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/02/for-richer-but-not-for-poorer-how-australias-mental-health-system-fails-those-most-in-need-243370/" aria-label="Read more about For richer, but not for poorer: how Australia’s mental health system fails those most in need">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Dempsey, Associate Professor in Natural Resources Engineering, University of Canterbury Getty Images Historically, gas in New Zealand traded below NZ$10 per gigajoule. When prices hit $50 per gigajoule in August this year, anyone with gas to sell could have made a lot of money. But there ... <a title="NZ’s gas shortage was not caused by the offshore exploration ban – but it was still a flawed policy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/02/nzs-gas-shortage-was-not-caused-by-the-offshore-exploration-ban-but-it-was-still-a-flawed-policy-242013/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s gas shortage was not caused by the offshore exploration ban – but it was still a flawed policy">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jamie Pittock, Professor, Fenner School of Environment & Society, Australian National University Shutterstock Some A$13 billion in taxpayer dollars and 30 years of policy reform have failed to arrest the devastating decline in the health of Australia’s most important river system, the Murray-Darling Basin, new research shows. ... <a title="A $13 billion, 30-year flop: landmark study reveals stark failure to halt Murray-Darling River decline" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/02/a-13-billion-30-year-flop-landmark-study-reveals-stark-failure-to-halt-murray-darling-river-decline-244296/" aria-label="Read more about A $13 billion, 30-year flop: landmark study reveals stark failure to halt Murray-Darling River decline">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rayan Merkbawi, Lecturer, UTS Business School, University of Technology Sydney One of the Albanese government’s top priorities in education is to see more Australians graduating from university. It has set a target of 80% of the workforce having a university degree or TAFE qualification by 2050, up ... <a title="‘I felt lost’: immigrant parents want more support to help their children go to uni" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/02/i-felt-lost-immigrant-parents-want-more-support-to-help-their-children-go-to-uni-244817/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I felt lost’: immigrant parents want more support to help their children go to uni">Read more</a>
