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April 26, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Kemish, Adjunct Professor, School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry, The University of Queensland There can be no more powerful symbol of the relationship between Australia and Papua New Guinea than the prime ministers of these neighbouring countries walking together on the gruelling Kokoda Track towards Isurava, ... <a title="China’s money only goes so far – Kokoda shows why history binds PNG and Australia in a far deeper way" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/26/chinas-money-only-goes-so-far-kokoda-shows-why-history-binds-png-and-australia-in-a-far-deeper-way-228501/" aria-label="Read more about China’s money only goes so far – Kokoda shows why history binds PNG and Australia in a far deeper way">Read more</a>
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April 26, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrea Waling, ARC DECRA Senior Research Fellow in Sex & Sexuality, La Trobe University BAZA Production/Shutterstock Sexual consent has been a major focus in Australia for the past few years. In early 2022 the federal government mandated consent education in schools. This includes information about what consent ... <a title="We spoke to young people about sexual consent. They understand the concept, but don’t always ask in the moment" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/26/we-spoke-to-young-people-about-sexual-consent-they-understand-the-concept-but-dont-always-ask-in-the-moment-228293/" aria-label="Read more about We spoke to young people about sexual consent. They understand the concept, but don’t always ask in the moment">Read more</a>
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April 26, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sharon Robinson, Distinguished Professor and Deputy Director of ARC Securing Antarctica’s Environmental Future (SAEF), University of Wollongong, University of Wollongong Andrew Netherwood Over the last 25 years, the ozone hole which forming over Antarctica each spring has started to shrink. But over the last four years, even ... <a title="Longer-lasting ozone holes over Antarctica expose seal pups and penguin chicks to much more UV" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/26/longer-lasting-ozone-holes-over-antarctica-expose-seal-pups-and-penguin-chicks-to-much-more-uv-227218/" aria-label="Read more about Longer-lasting ozone holes over Antarctica expose seal pups and penguin chicks to much more UV">Read more</a>
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April 26, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Viktoria Kahui, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Economics, University of Otago Getty Images/Amy Toensing Biodiversity is declining at rates unprecedented in human history. This suggests the ways we currently use to manage our natural environment are failing. One emerging concept focuses on giving legal rights to nature. Many ... <a title="Granting legal ‘personhood’ to nature is a growing movement – can it stem biodiversity loss?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/26/granting-legal-personhood-to-nature-is-a-growing-movement-can-it-stem-biodiversity-loss-227336/" aria-label="Read more about Granting legal ‘personhood’ to nature is a growing movement – can it stem biodiversity loss?">Read more</a>
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April 26, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Timothy Colin Bednall, Associate Professor in Management, Swinburne University of Technology marvent/Shutterstock Finding the best person to fill a position can be tough, from drafting a job ad to producing a shortlist of top interview candidates. Employers typically consider information from several sources, including the applicant’s work ... <a title="Will checking character references really help you find the best candidate for a job?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/26/will-checking-character-references-really-help-you-find-the-best-candidate-for-a-job-227360/" aria-label="Read more about Will checking character references really help you find the best candidate for a job?">Read more</a>
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April 26, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julien Cooper, Honorary Lecturer, Department of History and Archaeology, Macquarie University Julien Cooper The hyper-arid desert of Eastern Sudan, the Atbai Desert, seems like an unlikely place to find evidence of ancient cattle herders. But in this dry environment, my new research has found rock art over ... <a title="New rock art discoveries in Eastern Sudan tell a tale of ancient cattle, the ‘green Sahara’ and climate catastrophe" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/26/new-rock-art-discoveries-in-eastern-sudan-tell-a-tale-of-ancient-cattle-the-green-sahara-and-climate-catastrophe-228281/" aria-label="Read more about New rock art discoveries in Eastern Sudan tell a tale of ancient cattle, the ‘green Sahara’ and climate catastrophe">Read more</a>
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April 25, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra In the free-for-all between the Australian government and Big Tech boss Elon Musk this week, the government had to be on a winner. Most people would have little sympathy with Musk’s vociferous opposition to being told to take down from ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Social media companies can’t be immune from the need for a social licence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/25/grattan-on-friday-social-media-companies-cant-be-immune-from-the-need-for-a-social-licence-228619/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Social media companies can’t be immune from the need for a social licence">Read more</a>
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April 25, 2024
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards, Democracy Project (https://democracyproject.nz) Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has surprised everyone with his ruthlessness in sacking two of his ministers from their crucial portfolios. Removing ministers for poor performance after only five months in the job just doesn’t normally happen in politics. That’s refreshing and will be extremely well received. The ... <a title="Bryce Edwards Analysis – Luxon’s ruthless show of strength is perfect for our angry era" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/25/bryce-edwards-analysis-luxons-ruthless-show-of-strength-is-perfect-for-our-angry-era/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards Analysis – Luxon’s ruthless show of strength is perfect for our angry era">Read more</a>
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April 25, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Hawkins, Senior Lecturer, Canberra School of Politics, Economics and Society, University of Canberra BagzhanSadvakassov/Upsplash, CC BY-SA Australia’s inflation rate has fallen for the fifth successive quarter, and it’s now less than half of what it was back in late 2022. The annual rate peaked at 7.8% ... <a title="Inflation is slowly falling while student debt is climbing: 6 graphs that explain the CPI" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/25/inflation-is-slowly-falling-while-student-debt-is-climbing-6-graphs-that-explain-the-cpi-228368/" aria-label="Read more about Inflation is slowly falling while student debt is climbing: 6 graphs that explain the CPI">Read more</a>
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April 25, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Meighen McCrae, Associate Professor of Strategic & Defence Studies, Australian National University American and Australian stretcher bearers working together near the front line during the Battle of Hamel in 1918. Australian War Memorial While the AUKUS alliance is new, the Australian-American partnership is not. As Australians reflect ... <a title="‘It bucked our lads up wonderfully’: the lightning-quick battle that marked the birth of the US-Australia military alliance" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/25/it-bucked-our-lads-up-wonderfully-the-lightning-quick-battle-that-marked-the-birth-of-the-us-australia-military-alliance-228382/" aria-label="Read more about ‘It bucked our lads up wonderfully’: the lightning-quick battle that marked the birth of the US-Australia military alliance">Read more</a>
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April 25, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Magdalena M.E. Bunbury, Postdoctoral Researcher, James Cook University Burial with a horse at the Rákóczifalva site, Hungary (8th century AD). Sándor Hegedűs, Hungarian National Museum, CC BY How do we understand past societies? For centuries, our main sources of information have been pottery sherds, burial sites and ... <a title="Ancient nomads you’ve probably never heard of disappeared from Europe 1,000 years ago. Now, DNA analysis reveals how they lived" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/25/ancient-nomads-youve-probably-never-heard-of-disappeared-from-europe-1-000-years-ago-now-dna-analysis-reveals-how-they-lived-228602/" aria-label="Read more about Ancient nomads you’ve probably never heard of disappeared from Europe 1,000 years ago. Now, DNA analysis reveals how they lived">Read more</a>
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April 25, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kathryn Willis, Postdoctoral Researcher, CSIRO Xavier Boulenger/Shutterstock In the two decades to 2019, global plastic production doubled. By 2040, plastic manufacturing and processing could consume as much as 20% of global oil production and use up 15% of the annual carbon emissions budget. Most of the plastic ... <a title="If plastic manufacturing goes up 10%, plastic pollution goes up 10% – and we’re set for a huge surge in production" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/25/if-plastic-manufacturing-goes-up-10-plastic-pollution-goes-up-10-and-were-set-for-a-huge-surge-in-production-227365/" aria-label="Read more about If plastic manufacturing goes up 10%, plastic pollution goes up 10% – and we’re set for a huge surge in production">Read more</a>
