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April 22, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Becky Freeman, Associate Professor, School of Public Health, University of Sydney Andres Siimon/Unsplash There are no silver bullets, magic tricks or secret hacks to solving complex public health problems. Taking on the global tobacco industry and reducing the devastating consequences of smoking has taken decades of incremental ... <a title="The UK plans to phase out smoking. What does this new law mean for tobacco control in Australia?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/22/the-uk-plans-to-phase-out-smoking-what-does-this-new-law-mean-for-tobacco-control-in-australia-228186/" aria-label="Read more about The UK plans to phase out smoking. What does this new law mean for tobacco control in Australia?">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adam B. Watts, Research Associate in galaxy evolution, The University of Western Australia ESO/A. Watts et al., CC BY We breathe oxygen and nitrogen gas in our atmosphere every day, but did you know that these gases also float through space, around and between galaxies? Our team ... <a title="We mapped a massive explosion in space, showing how galaxies ‘pollute’ the cosmos" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/22/we-mapped-a-massive-explosion-in-space-showing-how-galaxies-pollute-the-cosmos-228287/" aria-label="Read more about We mapped a massive explosion in space, showing how galaxies ‘pollute’ the cosmos">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Suzanne Nielsen, Professor and Deputy Director, Monash Addiction Research Centre, Monash University Maxime Bhm/Unsplash A new group of drugs called nitazenes has been detected in Australia. They have been sold as heroin as well as other drugs like ketamine. Concerns about the potential harms associated with these ... <a title="Opioids more potent than fentanyl have been detected in Australia. So what are nitazenes?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/22/opioids-more-potent-than-fentanyl-have-been-detected-in-australia-so-what-are-nitazenes-226749/" aria-label="Read more about Opioids more potent than fentanyl have been detected in Australia. So what are nitazenes?">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anne Twomey, Professor emerita, University of Sydney Image from Bradlow + Bock campaign Can the job of being a federal member of parliament be shared by two or more persons? Two prospective candidates for the inner-Melbourne federal seat of Higgins, Lucy Bradlow and Bronwen Bock, have announced ... <a title="Two people want to share the job of MP for Higgins. Is it constitutional?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/22/two-people-want-to-share-the-job-of-mp-for-higgins-is-it-constitutional-228379/" aria-label="Read more about Two people want to share the job of MP for Higgins. Is it constitutional?">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Zoe Rathus, Senior Lecturer in Law, Griffith University Shutterstock In October 2023, the federal parliament passed major changes to how children’s cases are decided under the Family Law Act, which kick in next month. Among other things, they repeal a controversial legal presumption introduced in 2006. It ... <a title="Family law has been overhauled. With the new changes about to kick in, how will they affect children?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/22/family-law-has-been-overhauled-with-the-new-changes-about-to-kick-in-how-will-they-affect-children-227154/" aria-label="Read more about Family law has been overhauled. With the new changes about to kick in, how will they affect children?">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wes Hill, Associate Professor, art history and visual culture, Southern Cross University Archie Moore in kith and kin 2024. Australia Pavilion at Venice Biennale 2024. Photographer Andrea Rossetti. © the artist. Image courtesy of the artist and The Commercial This article mentions ongoing colonial violence towards Aboriginal ... <a title="Archie Moore’s Venice triumph: the sublime kith and kin is simultaneously somber and stirring" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/22/archie-moores-venice-triumph-the-sublime-kith-and-kin-is-simultaneously-somber-and-stirring-228275/" aria-label="Read more about Archie Moore’s Venice triumph: the sublime kith and kin is simultaneously somber and stirring">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Rickerby, Lecturer, School of Product Design, University of Canterbury Getty Images The incident of a woman misidentified by facial recognition technology at a Rotorua supermarket should have come as no surprise. When Foodstuffs North Island announced its intention to trial this technology in February, as part ... <a title="Supermarket facial recognition failure: why automated systems must put the human factor first" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/22/supermarket-facial-recognition-failure-why-automated-systems-must-put-the-human-factor-first-228284/" aria-label="Read more about Supermarket facial recognition failure: why automated systems must put the human factor first">Read more</a>
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April 22, 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 Newspoll, conducted April 15–18 from a sample of 1,236, gave Labor a 51–49 lead, unchanged from the previous Newspoll in late March. Primary votes were ... <a title="Labor maintains narrow Newspoll lead but drops in other polls" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/22/labor-maintains-narrow-newspoll-lead-but-drops-in-other-polls-227444/" aria-label="Read more about Labor maintains narrow Newspoll lead but drops in other polls">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma Shortis, Adjunct Senior Fellow, School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University When big questions about American foreign policy collide with an election, it’s rarely good news for a sitting president. Like many leaders before him, US President Joe Biden has had some of these ... <a title="How will US foreign policy affect Joe Biden’s chances of re-election in November?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/22/how-will-us-foreign-policy-affect-joe-bidens-chances-of-re-election-in-november-227890/" aria-label="Read more about How will US foreign policy affect Joe Biden’s chances of re-election in November?">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Irma Mooi-Reci, Professor in Labour Sociology, The University of Melbourne The Conversation/Pexels/Unsplash, CC BY As they kick off their careers, young people often have to navigate a maze of short-term and casual jobs. In Australia, many of them also wish to work more hours than their current ... <a title="Unstable employment while you’re young can set you up for a wage gap later in life – even if you eventually land full-time work" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/22/unstable-employment-while-youre-young-can-set-you-up-for-a-wage-gap-later-in-life-even-if-you-eventually-land-full-time-work-227042/" aria-label="Read more about Unstable employment while you’re young can set you up for a wage gap later in life – even if you eventually land full-time work">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Francis L Collins, Professor of Sociology, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Arkadiusz Warguła/Getty Images The New Zealand government claims its recently announced changes to visa rules will address exploitation and unsustainable migration. In reality, the new rules are likely to have the opposite effect. The exploitation ... <a title="In demand but disempowered: why low-skilled migrant workers face even worse exploitation under NZ’s new rules" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/22/in-demand-but-disempowered-why-low-skilled-migrant-workers-face-even-worse-exploitation-under-nzs-new-rules-227993/" aria-label="Read more about In demand but disempowered: why low-skilled migrant workers face even worse exploitation under NZ’s new rules">Read more</a>
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April 21, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Anthony Albanese will trek the Kokoda track on Tuesday and Wednesday before attending the Anzac Day dawn service at the Isurava Memorial site that commemorates one of the toughest battles the Australians fought in the second world war. The trek ... <a title="View from The Hill: Albanese to walk Kokoda track and engage in some jungle diplomacy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/21/view-from-the-hill-albanese-to-walk-kokoda-track-and-engage-in-some-jungle-diplomacy-228370/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Albanese to walk Kokoda track and engage in some jungle diplomacy">Read more</a>
