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Kathleen Folbigg pardon shows Australia needs a dedicated body to investigate wrongful convictions

June 5, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Hamer, Professor of Evidence Law, University of Sydney The New South Wales Attorney-General Michael Daley today announced Kathleen Folbigg has been pardoned after having served 20 years for the murder of three of her infant children and the manslaughter of a fourth child. She has already ... <a title="Kathleen Folbigg pardon shows Australia needs a dedicated body to investigate wrongful convictions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/05/kathleen-folbigg-pardon-shows-australia-needs-a-dedicated-body-to-investigate-wrongful-convictions-205645/" aria-label="Read more about Kathleen Folbigg pardon shows Australia needs a dedicated body to investigate wrongful convictions">Read more</a>

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What should the Australian War Memorial do with its heroic portraits of Ben Roberts-Smith?

June 5, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kit Messham-Muir, Professor in Art, Curtin University On Friday, the Federal Court dismissed Ben Roberts-Smith’s defamation case against The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald and The Canberra Times. Justice Anthony Besanko ruled the newspapers had established, by the “balance of probabilities” (the standard of evidence in a ... <a title="What should the Australian War Memorial do with its heroic portraits of Ben Roberts-Smith?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/05/what-should-the-australian-war-memorial-do-with-its-heroic-portraits-of-ben-roberts-smith-206934/" aria-label="Read more about What should the Australian War Memorial do with its heroic portraits of Ben Roberts-Smith?">Read more</a>

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How we can avoid political misinformation in the lead-up to the Voice referendum

June 5, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christopher Arnott, PhD Candidate, Griffith University The Australian Electoral Commission has launched a website aimed at rebutting disinformation. This is a timely change, as we are seeing an increase of both disinformation and misinformation being spread about the First Nations Voice to Parliament. Disinformation and misinformation are ... <a title="How we can avoid political misinformation in the lead-up to the Voice referendum" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/05/how-we-can-avoid-political-misinformation-in-the-lead-up-to-the-voice-referendum-206500/" aria-label="Read more about How we can avoid political misinformation in the lead-up to the Voice referendum">Read more</a>

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Hot flushes, night sweats, brain fog? Here’s what we know about phytoestrogens for menopausal symptoms

June 5, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Caroline Gurvich, Associate Professor and Clinical Neuropsychologist, Monash University Shutterstock While some women glide through menopause, more than 85% experience one or more unpleasant symptoms, which can impact their physical and mental health, daily activities and quality of life. Hot flushes and night sweats are the most ... <a title="Hot flushes, night sweats, brain fog? Here’s what we know about phytoestrogens for menopausal symptoms" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/05/hot-flushes-night-sweats-brain-fog-heres-what-we-know-about-phytoestrogens-for-menopausal-symptoms-204801/" aria-label="Read more about Hot flushes, night sweats, brain fog? Here’s what we know about phytoestrogens for menopausal symptoms">Read more</a>

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Treated wastewater in Victoria is still contaminated, study finds. So are we and the environment safe?

June 5, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Patrick Taylor, Victoria’s Chief Environmental Scientist, EPA Victoria; Honorary Professor, School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University Shutterstock Wastewater is a by-product of humanity produced all day, every day. At home, wastewater is the used water that disappears when you flush the toilet, empty the sink or ... <a title="Treated wastewater in Victoria is still contaminated, study finds. So are we and the environment safe?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/05/treated-wastewater-in-victoria-is-still-contaminated-study-finds-so-are-we-and-the-environment-safe-199668/" aria-label="Read more about Treated wastewater in Victoria is still contaminated, study finds. So are we and the environment safe?">Read more</a>

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Study finds treated wastewater in Victoria is still contaminated. So are we and the environment safe?

June 5, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Patrick Taylor, Victoria’s Chief Environmental Scientist, EPA Victoria; Honorary Professor, School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University Shutterstock Wastewater is a by-product of humanity produced all day, every day. At home, wastewater is the used water that disappears when you flush the toilet, empty the sink or ... <a title="Study finds treated wastewater in Victoria is still contaminated. So are we and the environment safe?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/05/study-finds-treated-wastewater-in-victoria-is-still-contaminated-so-are-we-and-the-environment-safe-199668/" aria-label="Read more about Study finds treated wastewater in Victoria is still contaminated. So are we and the environment safe?">Read more</a>

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5 incredible craters that will make you fall in love with the grandeur of our Solar System

June 5, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Helen Brand, Senior Beamline Scientist – Powder Diffraction, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation Occator crater, Ceres. NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA Impact cratering happens on every solid body in the Solar System. In fact, it is the dominant process affecting the surfaces on most extraterrestrial bodies today. On Earth, however, ... <a title="5 incredible craters that will make you fall in love with the grandeur of our Solar System" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/05/5-incredible-craters-that-will-make-you-fall-in-love-with-the-grandeur-of-our-solar-system-201188/" aria-label="Read more about 5 incredible craters that will make you fall in love with the grandeur of our Solar System">Read more</a>

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Whale of a tale? The stories about whales helping tackle climate change are overblown

June 5, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Olaf Meynecke, Research Fellow in Marine Science, Griffith University Shutterstock Whales have long fascinated us with their size and beauty. Once we stopped whaling, their populations have begun to recover, in a major win for conservation. Research has suggested healthy whale populations could help us in unexpected ... <a title="Whale of a tale? The stories about whales helping tackle climate change are overblown" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/05/whale-of-a-tale-the-stories-about-whales-helping-tackle-climate-change-are-overblown-205489/" aria-label="Read more about Whale of a tale? The stories about whales helping tackle climate change are overblown">Read more</a>

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Labor maintains large Newspoll lead, but support for Voice slumps

June 5, 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 Lukas Coch/AAP A federal Newspoll, conducted May 31 to June 3 from a sample of 1,549, gave Labor a 55-45 lead, unchanged from the last Newspoll, three ... <a title="Labor maintains large Newspoll lead, but support for Voice slumps" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/05/labor-maintains-large-newspoll-lead-but-support-for-voice-slumps-206104/" aria-label="Read more about Labor maintains large Newspoll lead, but support for Voice slumps">Read more</a>

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Social media snaps map the sweep of Japan’s cherry blossom season in unprecedented detail

June 5, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Dyer, Associate Professor, Monash University Kazuo Ota / Unsplash Social media contains enormous amounts of data about people, our everyday lives, and our interactions with our surroundings. As a byproduct, it also contains a vast trove of information about the natural world. In a new study ... <a title="Social media snaps map the sweep of Japan’s cherry blossom season in unprecedented detail" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/05/social-media-snaps-map-the-sweep-of-japans-cherry-blossom-season-in-unprecedented-detail-206574/" aria-label="Read more about Social media snaps map the sweep of Japan’s cherry blossom season in unprecedented detail">Read more</a>

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Labor and the Greens don’t get along. Here’s why

June 5, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Kenny, Professor, Australian Studies Institute, Australian National University Lukas Coch/AAP Relations between a centrist Labor government feeling its way and an ascendant Greens party have become surprisingly strained of late. The rancorous tone of public exchanges reveals deep-seated enmities born of an increasingly direct electoral contest ... <a title="Labor and the Greens don’t get along. Here’s why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/05/labor-and-the-greens-dont-get-along-heres-why-205581/" aria-label="Read more about Labor and the Greens don’t get along. Here’s why">Read more</a>

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How NZ’s own law helped Australia win the Manuka Honey trademark war

June 5, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Jefferson, Senior Lecturer Above the Bar, University of Canterbury Getty Images The recent decision in “one of the most complex and long running” trademark cases in New Zealand was a loss for the country’s mānuka honey producers. But it also served to highlight just how ill-equipped ... <a title="How NZ’s own law helped Australia win the Manuka Honey trademark war" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/05/how-nzs-own-law-helped-australia-win-the-manuka-honey-trademark-war-206496/" aria-label="Read more about How NZ’s own law helped Australia win the Manuka Honey trademark war">Read more</a>