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April 10, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vaughan Cruickshank, Program Director – Health and Physical Education, Maths/Science, Faculty of Education, University of Tasmania Many Australians have in recent years been impacted by the cost-of-living crisis, but what about sport participation? While many Australians, and their children, enjoy participating in sports, it can be a ... <a title="No cash, no play? Have cost-of-living pressures impacted sports participation in Australia?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/10/no-cash-no-play-have-cost-of-living-pressures-impacted-sports-participation-in-australia-226613/" aria-label="Read more about No cash, no play? Have cost-of-living pressures impacted sports participation in Australia?">Read more</a>
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April 10, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma Beckett, Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Nutrition, Dietetics & Food Innovation – School of Health Sciences, UNSW Sydney Natalia Sharygina/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 ... <a title="Drugs like Ozempic won’t ‘cure’ obesity but they might make us more fat-phobic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/10/drugs-like-ozempic-wont-cure-obesity-but-they-might-make-us-more-fat-phobic-219309/" aria-label="Read more about Drugs like Ozempic won’t ‘cure’ obesity but they might make us more fat-phobic">Read more</a>
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April 10, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Edward Doddridge, Senior Research Associate in Physical Oceanography, University of Tasmania Armin Rose/Shutterstock In 1897, the former whaling ship RV Belgica left Antwerp in Belgium and set sail due south. It was the first voyage of what would become known as the Heroic Age of Antarctic exploration. ... <a title="The limits of ice: what a 19th century expedition trapped in sea ice for a year tells us about Antarctica’s future" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/10/the-limits-of-ice-what-a-19th-century-expedition-trapped-in-sea-ice-for-a-year-tells-us-about-antarcticas-future-224063/" aria-label="Read more about The limits of ice: what a 19th century expedition trapped in sea ice for a year tells us about Antarctica’s future">Read more</a>
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April 10, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Anderson, Professor and Director, Indigenous Research Unit, Griffith University Every year, NAPLAN tests are used to see how Australian students are tracking in reading, writing and maths. And every year, we see analysis that Indigenous students are lagging behind their non-Indigenous peers. But what if we ... <a title="We have a new way of looking at data that shows what’s working for Indigenous school kids and what isn’t" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/10/we-have-a-new-way-of-looking-at-data-that-shows-whats-working-for-indigenous-school-kids-and-what-isnt-225900/" aria-label="Read more about We have a new way of looking at data that shows what’s working for Indigenous school kids and what isn’t">Read more</a>
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April 10, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Edith Jennifer Hill, Associate Lecturer, Flinders University Adonis Page/Shutterstock The new documentary Quiet on Set investigates children’s television station Nickelodeon from the late 1990s to the early 2000s. The five-part series highlights the abuse many child actors faced while working for the station. The child stars on ... <a title="Quiet on Set highlights how we don’t keep child stars safe – in Hollywood or online" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/10/quiet-on-set-highlights-how-we-dont-keep-child-stars-safe-in-hollywood-or-online-226826/" aria-label="Read more about Quiet on Set highlights how we don’t keep child stars safe – in Hollywood or online">Read more</a>
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April 10, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Shaw, Professor of Politics, Massey University Getty Images Thirty years ago, frustrated with wild swings of the policy pendulum and the arrogance of successive Labour and National governments, New Zealanders changed the electoral rules. The old first-past-the-post (FPP) electoral system was replaced with the mixed member ... <a title="NZ’s government is relying on executive power to govern – that’s not how MMP was meant to work" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/10/nzs-government-is-relying-on-executive-power-to-govern-thats-not-how-mmp-was-meant-to-work-227352/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s government is relying on executive power to govern – that’s not how MMP was meant to work">Read more</a>
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April 10, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Treasurer Jim Chalmers has unveiled new rules governing company mergers that will bring more of them under scrutiny to ensure they don’t worsen competition. Chalmers says the changes – to be formally announced on Wednesday in a speech released ahead ... <a title="More mergers to come under scrutiny in another leg of Chalmers’ competition policy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/10/more-mergers-to-come-under-scrutiny-in-another-leg-of-chalmers-competition-policy-227454/" aria-label="Read more about More mergers to come under scrutiny in another leg of Chalmers’ competition policy">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Foreign Minister Penny Wong has taken Australian policy a modest step towards embracing recognition of a Palestine state ahead of a two-state solution, as a pathway to a lasting Middle East peace. In a Tuesday speech to an Australian National ... <a title="Penny Wong floats recognising Palestine ahead of two-state solution to help path to peace" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/09/penny-wong-floats-recognising-palestine-ahead-of-two-state-solution-to-help-path-to-peace-227456/" aria-label="Read more about Penny Wong floats recognising Palestine ahead of two-state solution to help path to peace">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University There are just five weeks until the budget, and the usual lists of winners and losers. Among last year’s winners were said to be single parents, renters and first home buyers. Among the losers were ... <a title="How about this time we try, just try, to report on budgets and tax differently?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/09/how-about-this-time-we-try-just-try-to-report-on-budgets-and-tax-differently-227353/" aria-label="Read more about How about this time we try, just try, to report on budgets and tax differently?">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Blaxland, Professor, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University With Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida visiting Washington this week, rumours have circulated that Japan might soon join the AUKUS security pact between Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese ... <a title="Is Japan joining AUKUS? Not formally – its cooperation will remain limited for now" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/09/is-japan-joining-aukus-not-formally-its-cooperation-will-remain-limited-for-now-227442/" aria-label="Read more about Is Japan joining AUKUS? Not formally – its cooperation will remain limited for now">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachael Jefferson, Lecturer in Human Movement Studies (Health and PE) and Creative Arts, Charles Sturt University Recent changes in New Zealand sporting dress codes have led to a collective sigh of relief in women’s gymnastics. No longer will competitive gymnasts be penalised for accidentally revealing their underwear ... <a title="NZ gymnasts can now wear shorts over their leotards – why is this a big deal for female athletes?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/09/nz-gymnasts-can-now-wear-shorts-over-their-leotards-why-is-this-a-big-deal-for-female-athletes-227159/" aria-label="Read more about NZ gymnasts can now wear shorts over their leotards – why is this a big deal for female athletes?">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Liz Allen, Demographer, POLIS Centre for Social Policy Research, Australian National University Jay Wennington/unsplash People form the foundation of society, determining all manner of things from housing needs to economic wellbeing. And population characteristics can tell us much about how the inhabitants of a place have changed ... <a title="Eight charts on how Australia’s population is growing – and changing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/09/eight-charts-on-how-australias-population-is-growing-and-changing-227153/" aria-label="Read more about Eight charts on how Australia’s population is growing – and changing">Read more</a>
