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August 13, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lucy Rouse, PhD Candidate and Casual Academic in English Literatures , University of Wollongong This piece contains spoilers. It Ends with Us, by Colleen Hoover, is a novel TikTok loves to hate, gaining a lot of criticism for the stark contrast between its marketing and its subject ... <a title="It Ends with Us was never a romance novel – thankfully the film understands this" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/13/it-ends-with-us-was-never-a-romance-novel-thankfully-the-film-understands-this-236492/" aria-label="Read more about It Ends with Us was never a romance novel – thankfully the film understands this">Read more</a>
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August 13, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Dempsey, Associate professor, University of Canterbury Getty Images The coalition government recently announced its plan to reverse a ban on new oil and gas exploration to deal with an energy security challenge brought on by rapidly declining natural gas reserves. But this assumes, rather optimistically, that ... <a title="NZ is running out of gas – literally. That’s good for the climate, but it’s bad news for the economy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/13/nz-is-running-out-of-gas-literally-thats-good-for-the-climate-but-its-bad-news-for-the-economy-235645/" aria-label="Read more about NZ is running out of gas – literally. That’s good for the climate, but it’s bad news for the economy">Read more</a>
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August 13, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Ambrose, Research Team Leader, CSIRO Winter is now well upon us, and many of us – especially those living in old homes – are discovering just how draughty they are. In fact, Australia has some of the least air-tight homes in the world. But there’s good ... <a title="Bathroom fans and sliding glass doors: new research shows how those cold draughts sneak into your home" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/13/bathroom-fans-and-sliding-glass-doors-new-research-shows-how-those-cold-draughts-sneak-into-your-home-236242/" aria-label="Read more about Bathroom fans and sliding glass doors: new research shows how those cold draughts sneak into your home">Read more</a>
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August 13, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Mares, Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, School of Media, Film and Journalism, Monash University If overseas-born Australians want to sponsor a parent to join them permanently in Australia, they can go down one of two routes. The expensive path is a contributory parent or aged parent visa ... <a title="Parents are waiting more than 30 years for an Australian visa. The new home affairs minister needs to act" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/13/parents-are-waiting-more-than-30-years-for-an-australian-visa-the-new-home-affairs-minister-needs-to-act-236312/" aria-label="Read more about Parents are waiting more than 30 years for an Australian visa. The new home affairs minister needs to act">Read more</a>
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August 13, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The minister for government services, Bill Shorten, will unveil a new initiative that would allow people to have more control over the personal information they share. The scheme, called the Trust Exchange (TEx), would allow people to verify their identities ... <a title="Albanese government developing proposal for new digital ID system to protect personal information" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/13/albanese-government-developing-proposal-for-new-digital-id-system-to-protect-personal-information-236603/" aria-label="Read more about Albanese government developing proposal for new digital ID system to protect personal information">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kelsey Chapman, Research Fellow, Dignity Project, Griffith University Updated figures show Australia has witnessed a significant surge in disability prevalence, marking a pivotal moment in the nation’s understanding and measurement of disability. According to the Survey of Disability, Ageing and Carers, gathered in 2022, the number of ... <a title="The percentage of Australians with disability has surged in a few years. Here’s why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/12/the-percentage-of-australians-with-disability-has-surged-in-a-few-years-heres-why-236230/" aria-label="Read more about The percentage of Australians with disability has surged in a few years. Here’s why">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Hammond, Research Assistant, Department of Social Work, The University of Melbourne For those experiencing fertility issues, cost can be a major barrier to becoming a parent. Rebates and other public funding aim to make access to fertility health care fairer. Australia’s first public fertility clinics in ... <a title="Donated eggs and masturbation are common in fertility treatments. But they may not be OK for Muslim patients" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/12/donated-eggs-and-masturbation-are-common-in-fertility-treatments-but-they-may-not-be-ok-for-muslim-patients-233330/" aria-label="Read more about Donated eggs and masturbation are common in fertility treatments. But they may not be OK for Muslim patients">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Lindenmayer, Professor, Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University Shutterstock Australia’s forestry industry raised eyebrows this month when it released plans to remove trees from native forests, potentially including national parks, and claim carbon credits in the process. Forestry Australia, the industry body behind ... <a title="Industry push to earn carbon credits from Australia’s native forests would be a blow for nature and the climate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/12/industry-push-to-earn-carbon-credits-from-australias-native-forests-would-be-a-blow-for-nature-and-the-climate-236245/" aria-label="Read more about Industry push to earn carbon credits from Australia’s native forests would be a blow for nature and the climate">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anthony Forsyth, Distinguished Professor of Workplace Law, RMIT University The federal government has bypassed the courts and introduced legislation to fast track the appointment of an administrator to overhaul the Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union. This follows stalled proceedings in the Federal Court where the Fair ... <a title="Labor’s plan to fast track appointment of administrator to CFMEU could be delayed by Greens and Coalition" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/12/labors-plan-to-fast-track-appointment-of-administrator-to-cfmeu-could-be-delayed-by-greens-and-coalition-236581/" aria-label="Read more about Labor’s plan to fast track appointment of administrator to CFMEU could be delayed by Greens and Coalition">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vaughan Cruickshank, Senior Lecturer in Health and Physical Education, University of Tasmania Australia has a proud history at the Summer Olympics. We have won at least one medal in every Summer games all the way back to 1896. We have secured top-ten finishes on the medals table ... <a title="The major factors behind Australia’s surge to a record-breaking Olympics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/12/the-major-factors-behind-australias-surge-to-a-record-breaking-olympics-236402/" aria-label="Read more about The major factors behind Australia’s surge to a record-breaking Olympics">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ausma Bernot, Lecturer in Technology and Crime, Griffith University BixPixel Photo/Shutterstock Roblox is a hugely popular online gaming platform that contains its own little universe of games. It is primarily targeted at children. Users can create games themselves and play games built by others, and chat with ... <a title="Roblox was just banned in Turkey to ‘protect children’. What’s Australia doing?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/12/roblox-was-just-banned-in-turkey-to-protect-children-whats-australia-doing-236489/" aria-label="Read more about Roblox was just banned in Turkey to ‘protect children’. What’s Australia doing?">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Graeme Hodge, Adjunct professor, Faculty of Law, Monash University Daria Nipot/Shutterstock Queensland’s Labor government turned heads last week with a bold new election promise. If returned to power, it would set up 12 state-owned petrol stations and limit fuel price rises to just five cents a litre ... <a title="Queensland’s premier wants publicly owned petrol stations – is that a good idea?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/12/queenslands-premier-wants-publicly-owned-petrol-stations-is-that-a-good-idea-236408/" aria-label="Read more about Queensland’s premier wants publicly owned petrol stations – is that a good idea?">Read more</a>
