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April 30, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dominique Condo, Senior Lecturer in Sports Nutrition, Deakin University Microgen/Shutterstock There was, perhaps unsurprising, outcry from some sections of the sports media when it was revealed the AFL was removing body composition testing (including skinfold testing) in its junior (under the age of 18) talent pathways system, ... <a title="Does the AFL ban on skinfold testing avoid fat shaming – or has footy ‘gone soft’?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/30/does-the-afl-ban-on-skinfold-testing-avoid-fat-shaming-or-has-footy-gone-soft-228515/" aria-label="Read more about Does the AFL ban on skinfold testing avoid fat shaming – or has footy ‘gone soft’?">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shireen Morris, Associate Professor and Director of the Radical Centre Reform Lab at Macquarie University Law School, Macquarie University Leonid Andronov/Shutterstock Foreign interference in Australian democracy poses a growing risk to our national sovereignty. It refers to coercive, corrupt or deceptive activities by or on behalf of ... <a title="‘Abject failure’: why Australia’s scheme to curb foreign influence doesn’t work and can’t be fixed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/30/abject-failure-why-australias-scheme-to-curb-foreign-influence-doesnt-work-and-cant-be-fixed-228292/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Abject failure’: why Australia’s scheme to curb foreign influence doesn’t work and can’t be fixed">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jodi Rowley, Curator, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation Biology, Australian Museum, UNSW Sydney Jodi Rowley, CC BY-NC-ND In winter 2021, Australia’s frogs started dropping dead. People began posting images of dead frogs on social media. Unable to travel to investigate the deaths ourselves because of COVID lockdowns, we ... <a title="We found pesticides in a third of Australian frogs we tested. Did these cause mass deaths?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/30/we-found-pesticides-in-a-third-of-australian-frogs-we-tested-did-these-cause-mass-deaths-228194/" aria-label="Read more about We found pesticides in a third of Australian frogs we tested. Did these cause mass deaths?">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wasay Majid, Research Assistant , University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau New Zealand’s accommodation supplement scheme is facing scrutiny, with Social Development Minister Louise Upston recently saying “there is merit in considering whether the current settings are fair and sustainable long-term”. The means-tested accommodation supplement is a ... <a title="364,000 New Zealanders rely on an accomodation supplement – but these 3 flaws need fixing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/30/364-000-new-zealanders-rely-on-an-accomodation-supplement-but-these-3-flaws-need-fixing-227667/" aria-label="Read more about 364,000 New Zealanders rely on an accomodation supplement – but these 3 flaws need fixing">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Timothy Schmidt, Professor of Chemistry, UNSW Sydney Albert Russ / Shutterstock The icebreaker of many a barbeque conversation is something like “what do you do for a crust?” “I teach chemistry at university,” is what we usually reply. Then silence. Our new friend will usually go on ... <a title="Think all chemicals are bad? From our food to your phone, modern life relies on them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/30/think-all-chemicals-are-bad-from-our-food-to-your-phone-modern-life-relies-on-them-227768/" aria-label="Read more about Think all chemicals are bad? From our food to your phone, modern life relies on them">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Asher Flynn, Associate Professor of Criminology, Monash University Shutterstock Sexual harassment is often considered to be a person-to-person act, but new research shows Australians are also experiencing and perpetrating workplace harassment in large numbers through technology. Our latest study shows one in seven Australian adults surveyed reported ... <a title="Tech-based sexual harassment at work is common, male-dominated and often intended to cause harm" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/30/tech-based-sexual-harassment-at-work-is-common-male-dominated-and-often-intended-to-cause-harm-228102/" aria-label="Read more about Tech-based sexual harassment at work is common, male-dominated and often intended to cause harm">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Fron Jackson-Webb, Deputy Editor and Senior Health Editor Rostislav_Sedlacek/Shutterstock Hundreds of thousands of people worldwide are taking drugs like Ozempic to lose weight. But what do we actually know about them? This month, The Conversation’s experts explore their rise, impact and potential consequences. You’ve no doubt heard ... <a title="When supplies resume, should governments subsidise drugs like Ozempic for weight loss? We asked 5 experts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/30/when-supplies-resume-should-governments-subsidise-drugs-like-ozempic-for-weight-loss-we-asked-5-experts-228780/" aria-label="Read more about When supplies resume, should governments subsidise drugs like Ozempic for weight loss? We asked 5 experts">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Burnett, Honorary Associate Professor, ANU College of Law, Australian National University jenmartin/Shutterstock April has been a bad month for the Australian environment. The Great Barrier Reef was hit, yet again, by intense coral bleaching. And Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek delayed most of her Nature Positive Plan ... <a title="It’s time to strike an environmental grand bargain between businesses, governments and conservationists – and stop doing things the hard way" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/30/its-time-to-strike-an-environmental-grand-bargain-between-businesses-governments-and-conservationists-and-stop-doing-things-the-hard-way-228620/" aria-label="Read more about It’s time to strike an environmental grand bargain between businesses, governments and conservationists – and stop doing things the hard way">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hannah Lewi, Professor, Architecture, The University of Melbourne Anti-Vietnam War protests at the University of Sydney, 1969. Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy SEARCH Foundation, CC BY Australian university students are beginning to set up encampments on campus, in solidarity with college protesters ... <a title="Vietnam, brutalist architecture, fees and Gaza: how student protests shaped Australian universities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/30/vietnam-brutalist-architecture-fees-and-gaza-how-student-protests-shaped-australian-universities-228621/" aria-label="Read more about Vietnam, brutalist architecture, fees and Gaza: how student protests shaped Australian universities">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marco de Jong, Lecturer, Law School, Auckland University of Technology Getty Images Details released by the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet under the Official Information Act reveal New Zealand officials have been considering involvement in AUKUS from the outset. On the same day the AUKUS ... <a title="NZ started discussing AUKUS ‘Tier 2’ involvement in 2021, newly released details reveal" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/30/nz-started-discussing-aukus-tier-2-involvement-in-2021-newly-released-details-reveal-228776/" aria-label="Read more about NZ started discussing AUKUS ‘Tier 2’ involvement in 2021, newly released details reveal">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rick Sarre, Emeritus Professor of Law and Criminal Justice, University of South Australia The rate of women killed by their partners in Australia grew by 28% from 2021–22 to 2022–23, according to new statistics released today by the Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC). There were 34 women ... <a title="New homicide statistics show surge in intimate partner killings – and huge disparity in First Nations victims" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/30/new-homicide-statistics-show-surge-in-intimate-partner-killings-and-huge-disparity-in-first-nations-victims-228890/" aria-label="Read more about New homicide statistics show surge in intimate partner killings – and huge disparity in First Nations victims">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Blakers, Professor of Engineering, Australian National University Clean Energy Council / Neoen As Australia’s rapid renewable energy rollout continues, so too does debate over land use. Nationals Leader David Littleproud, for example, claimed regional areas had reached “saturation point” and cannot cope with more wind and ... <a title="No threat to farm land: just 1,200 square kilometres can fulfil Australia’s solar and wind energy needs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/29/no-threat-to-farm-land-just-1-200-square-kilometres-can-fulfil-australias-solar-and-wind-energy-needs-223183/" aria-label="Read more about No threat to farm land: just 1,200 square kilometres can fulfil Australia’s solar and wind energy needs">Read more</a>
