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The first sleep health program for First Nations adolescents could change lives

June 19, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yaqoot Fatima, Associate Professor, UQ Poche Centre for Indigenous Health, The University of Queensland Getty Adolescence is a sensitive life stage when emerging independence, changing social roles, excessive screen time, academic pressures, and significant biological changes can lead to emotional and behavioural problems. The current generation of ... <a title="The first sleep health program for First Nations adolescents could change lives" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/19/the-first-sleep-health-program-for-first-nations-adolescents-could-change-lives-206286/" aria-label="Read more about The first sleep health program for First Nations adolescents could change lives">Read more</a>

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All-electric homes are better for your hip pocket and the planet. Here’s how governments can help us get off gas

June 19, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Esther Suckling, Research Associate, Grattan Institute Pixel-Shot, Shutterstock If every Australian household that uses gas went all-electric today, we would “save” more than 30 million tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions over the next ten years. That’s because there are more than 5 million households on the gas ... <a title="All-electric homes are better for your hip pocket and the planet. Here’s how governments can help us get off gas" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/19/all-electric-homes-are-better-for-your-hip-pocket-and-the-planet-heres-how-governments-can-help-us-get-off-gas-207409/" aria-label="Read more about All-electric homes are better for your hip pocket and the planet. Here’s how governments can help us get off gas">Read more</a>

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Our research shows how students can miss out on their preferred uni degree – but there’s a simple fix

June 19, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Pablo Guillen, Associate Professor, School of Economics, University of Sydney Ivan Samkov/Pexels This article is part of our series on big ideas for the Universities Accord. The federal government is calling for ideas to “reshape and reimagine higher education, and set it up for the next decade ... <a title="Our research shows how students can miss out on their preferred uni degree – but there’s a simple fix" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/19/our-research-shows-how-students-can-miss-out-on-their-preferred-uni-degree-but-theres-a-simple-fix-207415/" aria-label="Read more about Our research shows how students can miss out on their preferred uni degree – but there’s a simple fix">Read more</a>

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Tired of shrinking pay? The real drain on Australians’ productivity is falling wages

June 19, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Humphery-Jenner, Associate Professor of Finance, UNSW Sydney Shutterstock When was the last time you got a pay increase? Was it anywhere near the rate of inflation? If it feels as if your wage is shrinking and cost of living pressures are growing, you’re in good company. ... <a title="Tired of shrinking pay? The real drain on Australians’ productivity is falling wages" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/19/tired-of-shrinking-pay-the-real-drain-on-australians-productivity-is-falling-wages-207807/" aria-label="Read more about Tired of shrinking pay? The real drain on Australians’ productivity is falling wages">Read more</a>

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Critical D-day over Papua governor Lukas Enembe’s legal nightmare?

June 19, 2023

SPECIAL REPORT: By Yamin Kogoya Next month, on July 10, six months will have passed since Papua’s Governor Lukas Enembe was “kidnapped” and flown to Jakarta for charges over alleged one million rupiah (NZ$100,000) graft. Despite his deteriorating health, he has been detained in a Corruption Eradication Commission’s cell (KPK) in the Indonesian capital — ... <a title="Critical D-day over Papua governor Lukas Enembe’s legal nightmare?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/19/critical-d-day-over-papua-governor-lukas-enembes-legal-nightmare/" aria-label="Read more about Critical D-day over Papua governor Lukas Enembe’s legal nightmare?">Read more</a>

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Referendum bill to pass on Monday while government pulls out stops to try to secure housing fund

June 18, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Lukas Coch/AAP Federal parliament enters its last week before the winter break ready to approve legislation for the Voice referendum but with the government’s proposed $10 billion Housing Australia Future Fund still in the balance. After marathon debates in both ... <a title="Referendum bill to pass on Monday while government pulls out stops to try to secure housing fund" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/18/referendum-bill-to-pass-on-monday-while-government-pulls-out-stops-to-try-to-secure-housing-fund-207988/" aria-label="Read more about Referendum bill to pass on Monday while government pulls out stops to try to secure housing fund">Read more</a>

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Richard Naidu: Money, politics and fear – yet FFP’s millions still weren’t enough

June 17, 2023

ANALYSIS: By Richard Naidu in Suva It has been six months now, but I have to make a strange admission. I miss the laughs I used to get over the pseudo-authoritative pronouncements of Fiji’s former attorney-general Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum (pictured). I recall that he got a bit over-excited in January this year. That was when he ... <a title="Richard Naidu: Money, politics and fear – yet FFP’s millions still weren’t enough" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/17/richard-naidu-money-politics-and-fear-yet-ffps-millions-still-werent-enough/" aria-label="Read more about Richard Naidu: Money, politics and fear – yet FFP’s millions still weren’t enough">Read more</a>

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View from The Hill: Victorian Liberal Party to meet about allegations against Senator David Van

June 16, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Peter Dutton on Friday declared Victorian Liberal senator David Van should leave parliament ASAP. The opposition leader told Sydney radio: “I think it’s in everyone’s best interests that he resign from the parliament and I hope he’s able to do ... <a title="View from The Hill: Victorian Liberal Party to meet about allegations against Senator David Van" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/16/view-from-the-hill-victorian-liberal-party-to-meet-about-allegations-against-senator-david-van-207931/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Victorian Liberal Party to meet about allegations against Senator David Van">Read more</a>

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Scientists have created synthetic human embryos. Now we must consider the ethical and moral quandaries

June 16, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kathryn MacKay, Senior Lecturer in Bioethics, University of Sydney Shutterstock Researchers have created synthetic human embryos using stem cells, according to media reports. Remarkably, these embryos have reportedly been created from embryonic stem cells, meaning they do not require sperm and ova. This development, widely described as ... <a title="Scientists have created synthetic human embryos. Now we must consider the ethical and moral quandaries" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/16/scientists-have-created-synthetic-human-embryos-now-we-must-consider-the-ethical-and-moral-quandaries-207911/" aria-label="Read more about Scientists have created synthetic human embryos. Now we must consider the ethical and moral quandaries">Read more</a>

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Cuts in the state budget, a gallery on hold and millions on sports: the decline of arts support in South Australia

June 16, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jo Caust, Associate Professor and Principal Fellow (Hon), School of Culture and Communication, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock The Adelaide Festival Centre is celebrating its 50th anniversary this month. Opened in 1973, the building was completed before the Sydney Opera House, Arts Centre Melbourne and the Queensland ... <a title="Cuts in the state budget, a gallery on hold and millions on sports: the decline of arts support in South Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/16/cuts-in-the-state-budget-a-gallery-on-hold-and-millions-on-sports-the-decline-of-arts-support-in-south-australia-207612/" aria-label="Read more about Cuts in the state budget, a gallery on hold and millions on sports: the decline of arts support in South Australia">Read more</a>

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Does it matter if you sit or stand to pee? And what about peeing in the shower?

June 16, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christian Moro, Associate Professor of Science & Medicine, Bond University Shutterstock Do you sit or stand? That is the question about 7,000 men around the world have been asked about how they pee. We’ll get to their answers soon. But the media interest that followed prompted one ... <a title="Does it matter if you sit or stand to pee? And what about peeing in the shower?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/16/does-it-matter-if-you-sit-or-stand-to-pee-and-what-about-peeing-in-the-shower-206869/" aria-label="Read more about Does it matter if you sit or stand to pee? And what about peeing in the shower?">Read more</a>

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Community Independent Dai Le on what voters are saying

June 16, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra For most voters, the cost of living is their major current concern. Rising interest rates and high prices for power, groceries and other necessities are hurting in particular lower and middle income people. Nowhere is this more the case than ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Community Independent Dai Le on what voters are saying" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/16/politics-with-michelle-grattan-community-independent-dai-le-on-what-voters-are-saying-207832/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Community Independent Dai Le on what voters are saying">Read more</a>