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November 20, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yolanda Lee Waters, PhD Candidate, The University of Queensland Matt Curnock / Ocean Image Bank There’s no doubt you’ve heard the Great Barrier Reef is under pressure. The main culprit? Climate change. The main solution? An urgent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions and a shift away from ... <a title="Concern for the Great Barrier Reef can inspire climate action – but the way we talk about it matters" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/20/concern-for-the-great-barrier-reef-can-inspire-climate-action-but-the-way-we-talk-about-it-matters-216992/" aria-label="Read more about Concern for the Great Barrier Reef can inspire climate action – but the way we talk about it matters">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Allan Beever, Professor of Law, Auckland University of Technology Ever since the 17th century, the rule of law has been regarded as one of the fundamental values of a free society. It means you cannot be forced to do something unless there is a law requiring you ... <a title="The rule of law is fundamental to a free society – so why don’t NZ courts always uphold it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/20/the-rule-of-law-is-fundamental-to-a-free-society-so-why-dont-nz-courts-always-uphold-it-217556/" aria-label="Read more about The rule of law is fundamental to a free society – so why don’t NZ courts always uphold it?">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sam Baron, Associate Professor, Philosophy of Science, Australian Catholic University What’s a medical drug? Ask someone on the street and they’re likely to tell you it’s the kind of thing you take when you’re unwell. This understanding is wrong, as we will see. But after a thorough ... <a title="How can you define a ‘drug’? Nobody really knows" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/20/how-can-you-define-a-drug-nobody-really-knows-216540/" aria-label="Read more about How can you define a ‘drug’? Nobody really knows">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hannah McGlade, Associate professor, Curtin University GettyImages This article mentions violence towards Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and children. There are also mentions of racial discrimination, sexual abuse, and death. The Voice referendum was an important rallying cry for recognition of Indigenous rights in 2023. This, ... <a title="A royal commission won’t help the abuse of Aboriginal kids. Indigenous-led solutions will" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/20/a-royal-commission-wont-help-the-abuse-of-aboriginal-kids-indigenous-led-solutions-will-216526/" aria-label="Read more about A royal commission won’t help the abuse of Aboriginal kids. Indigenous-led solutions will">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sonja Petrovic, Assistant Lecturer in Media and Communications, The University of Melbourne Explicit content has long been a feature of the internet and social media, and young people’s exposure to it has been a persistent concern. This issue has taken centre stage again with the meteoric rise ... <a title="TikTok has a startling amount of sexual content – and it’s way too easy for children to access" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/20/tiktok-has-a-startling-amount-of-sexual-content-and-its-way-too-easy-for-children-to-access-216114/" aria-label="Read more about TikTok has a startling amount of sexual content – and it’s way too easy for children to access">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anastasia Powell, Professor, Family & Sexual Violence, RMIT University As of November 17, 49 women have been killed in Australia this year as a result of violence; 28 were allegedly killed at the hands of a male intimate or ex-intimate partner. That’s according to the activist project ... <a title="49 women have been killed in Australia so far in 2023 as a result of violence. Are we actually making any progress?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/20/49-women-have-been-killed-in-australia-so-far-in-2023-as-a-result-of-violence-are-we-actually-making-any-progress-217552/" aria-label="Read more about 49 women have been killed in Australia so far in 2023 as a result of violence. Are we actually making any progress?">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Helen Louise Berry, Honorary Professor, Centre for Health Systems and Safety Research, Macquarie University Climate change will affect every aspect of our health and wellbeing. But its potential harms go beyond the body’s ability to handle extreme heat, important as this is. Extreme weather events, such as ... <a title="5 reasons why climate change may see more of us turn to alcohol and other drugs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/20/5-reasons-why-climate-change-may-see-more-of-us-turn-to-alcohol-and-other-drugs-217894/" aria-label="Read more about 5 reasons why climate change may see more of us turn to alcohol and other drugs">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kathy Mills, Professor of Literacies and Digital Cultures, Australian Catholic University Andrea Piacquadio/Pexels, CC BY-SA It is almost a year since ChatGPT burst onto the scene, fuelling great excitement as well as concern about what it might mean for education. The changes keep coming. Earlier in the ... <a title="AI is now accessible to everyone: 3 things parents should teach their kids" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/20/ai-is-now-accessible-to-everyone-3-things-parents-should-teach-their-kids-217797/" aria-label="Read more about AI is now accessible to everyone: 3 things parents should teach their kids">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jessica Balanzategui, Senior Lecturer in Media, RMIT University Screenshot of Salad Fingers and the corpse Kenneth in Episode 7, Shore Leave. The words “Salad Fingers” may not mean anything to some readers, but for others they will trigger nostalgia, some very discomforting memories – or perhaps a ... <a title="Salad Fingers wasn’t just strange, it was art. Here’s how it’s still influencing the ‘weird part of YouTube’ 2 decades on" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/20/salad-fingers-wasnt-just-strange-it-was-art-heres-how-its-still-influencing-the-weird-part-of-youtube-2-decades-on-216911/" aria-label="Read more about Salad Fingers wasn’t just strange, it was art. Here’s how it’s still influencing the ‘weird part of YouTube’ 2 decades on">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2023
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 There have been three federal polls since my October 13 article on the federal Resolve poll that still had Labor far ahead. These polls show a tie ... <a title="Federal Labor barely ahead in latest polls; Victorian Labor takes a hit but holds Mulgrave at byelection" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/19/federal-labor-barely-ahead-in-latest-polls-victorian-labor-takes-a-hit-but-holds-mulgrave-at-byelection-217667/" aria-label="Read more about Federal Labor barely ahead in latest polls; Victorian Labor takes a hit but holds Mulgrave at byelection">Read more</a>
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November 18, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jürgen Knauer, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University Olga Danylenko/Shutterstock The world’s vegetation has a remarkable ability to absorb carbon dioxide (CO₂) from the air and store it as biomass. In doing so, plants slow down climate change since the CO₂ they ... <a title="Plants are likely to absorb more CO₂ in a changing climate than we thought – here’s why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/18/plants-are-likely-to-absorb-more-co-in-a-changing-climate-than-we-thought-heres-why-217786/" aria-label="Read more about Plants are likely to absorb more CO₂ in a changing climate than we thought – here’s why">Read more</a>
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November 17, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Giselle Bastin, Associate Professor of English, Flinders University Keith Bernstein/Netflix The opening scene of season six of The Crown sees a man walking his dog under the light of the Eiffel Tower. It’s 1997 and a Mercedes car speeds past and ends in a horrendous crash in ... <a title="The Crown season six: an overly detailed, unimaginative soap opera – I needed a martini to get through it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/17/the-crown-season-six-an-overly-detailed-unimaginative-soap-opera-i-needed-a-martini-to-get-through-it-218029/" aria-label="Read more about The Crown season six: an overly detailed, unimaginative soap opera – I needed a martini to get through it">Read more</a>
