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September 8, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Danks, Associate professor in Cinema and Media Studies, RMIT University MIFF After two years online, the Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) returned to its regular, outsized form spread across a range of inner-city, suburban and regional Victorian locations. It’s been many years since the experience of ... <a title="The best films at this year’s Melbourne International Film Festival" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/08/the-best-films-at-this-years-melbourne-international-film-festival-189530/" aria-label="Read more about The best films at this year’s Melbourne International Film Festival">Read more</a>
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September 8, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael O’Keefe, Director, Master of International Relations, Department of Politics, Media and Philosophy, La Trobe University Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong, right, poses for a photo with Samoa’s Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata’afa AP Papua New Guinea (PNG) has announced it wants to establish a security agreement ... <a title="Penny Wong’s diplomacy efforts in the Pacific begin to bear fruit with PNG security pact" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/08/penny-wongs-diplomacy-efforts-in-the-pacific-begin-to-bear-fruit-with-png-security-pact-189710/" aria-label="Read more about Penny Wong’s diplomacy efforts in the Pacific begin to bear fruit with PNG security pact">Read more</a>
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September 8, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Melanie Pill, Research fellow, Australian National University A third of the country underwater. Crops washed away. Some 33 million people homeless. Billions of dollars of damage. A looming food crisis. And still the unprecedented rains come. Pakistan’s mega-monsoon dumped up to 700% of the usual August rainfall ... <a title="Pakistan floods: will rich nations ever pay for climate loss and damage?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/08/pakistan-floods-will-rich-nations-ever-pay-for-climate-loss-and-damage-190127/" aria-label="Read more about Pakistan floods: will rich nations ever pay for climate loss and damage?">Read more</a>
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September 8, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Milo Barham, Senior Lecturer, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Curtin University Lipar et al., Author provided Environments across the planet are changing dramatically in response to human population growth and climate change. Some scientists even say human activity has pushed Earth into a new geological epoch: the Anthropocene. ... <a title="A giant ‘bullseye’ on the Nullarbor Plain was created by ancient sea life" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/08/a-giant-bullseye-on-the-nullarbor-plain-was-created-by-ancient-sea-life-189125/" aria-label="Read more about A giant ‘bullseye’ on the Nullarbor Plain was created by ancient sea life">Read more</a>
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September 8, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Helen Young, Lecturer, Deakin University Ben Rothstein/ Prime Video Since Amazon announced actors of colour among the cast of its new series The Rings of Power in February this year, criticisms of their inclusion have gained media attention. The coverage typically positions criticisms of The Rings of ... <a title="The Rings of Power is suffering a racist backlash for casting actors of colour – but Tolkien’s work has always attracted white supremacists" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/08/the-rings-of-power-is-suffering-a-racist-backlash-for-casting-actors-of-colour-but-tolkiens-work-has-always-attracted-white-supremacists-189963/" aria-label="Read more about The Rings of Power is suffering a racist backlash for casting actors of colour – but Tolkien’s work has always attracted white supremacists">Read more</a>
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September 8, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris Brennan-Jones, Head of Ear Health, Telethon Kids Institute, Curtin University pixmike/Unsplash, CC BY-SA Why do seashells make a sound like the ocean when you put them to your ear? – Remy, age 9, Wangaratta, Victoria Thanks for the great question Remy! My kids and I have ... <a title="Curious Kids: why do seashells sound like the ocean when you put them to your ear?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/08/curious-kids-why-do-seashells-sound-like-the-ocean-when-you-put-them-to-your-ear-188650/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: why do seashells sound like the ocean when you put them to your ear?">Read more</a>
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September 8, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jake M Robinson, Ecologist and Researcher, Flinders University Shutterstock It’s been more than two years since the World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 pandemic. Each of us vividly recalls the first confirmed cases being reported in our home towns. COVID-19 spread across the planet at lightning speed, ... <a title="From microbes to forest bathing, here are 4 ways healing nature is vital to our recovery from COVID-19" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/08/from-microbes-to-forest-bathing-here-are-4-ways-healing-nature-is-vital-to-our-recovery-from-covid-19-188458/" aria-label="Read more about From microbes to forest bathing, here are 4 ways healing nature is vital to our recovery from COVID-19">Read more</a>
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September 8, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim Ryan Maloney, Research fellow, Griffith University Tim Maloney, Author provided Modern medicine seems to advance with time thanks to research breakthroughs. Hence it’s often thought that further into the past, only simpler medical practices existed. The medical expertise of foraging communities such as hunter-gatherers has been ... <a title="World’s earliest evidence of a successful surgical amputation found in 31,000-year-old grave in Borneo" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/08/worlds-earliest-evidence-of-a-successful-surgical-amputation-found-in-31-000-year-old-grave-in-borneo-189683/" aria-label="Read more about World’s earliest evidence of a successful surgical amputation found in 31,000-year-old grave in Borneo">Read more</a>
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September 8, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Kenny, Professor, Australian Studies Institute, Australian National University Wes Mountain/The Conversation, CC BY-ND When the Liberal Party’s most senior right-wing figure, Peter Dutton, forced a leadership spill in 2018, ending Malcolm Turnbull’s premiership, even some moderates in the party room preferred him over the hyper-ambitious Scott ... <a title="Dutton’s high-wire act: holding the Coalition together while presenting as an alternative government" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/08/duttons-high-wire-act-holding-the-coalition-together-while-presenting-as-an-alternative-government-189964/" aria-label="Read more about Dutton’s high-wire act: holding the Coalition together while presenting as an alternative government">Read more</a>
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September 8, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andreea S. Calude, Senior Lecturer in Linguistics, University of Waikato GettyImages Which sentence is easier to understand? “He was conveyed to his place of residence in an intoxicated condition.” Or, “He was carried home drunk.” Most people choose the latter, for obvious reasons. This century-old example is ... <a title="The end of jargon: will New Zealand’s plain language law finally make bureaucrats talk like normal people?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/08/the-end-of-jargon-will-new-zealands-plain-language-law-finally-make-bureaucrats-talk-like-normal-people-189870/" aria-label="Read more about The end of jargon: will New Zealand’s plain language law finally make bureaucrats talk like normal people?">Read more</a>
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September 8, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Louise Stone, General practitioner; Associate Professor, ANU Medical School, Australian National University Shutterstock Mental health and suicide prevention have become critical topics of public discussion in the last few decades. Awareness of mental illness has been advanced by public campaigns and personal stories. There has been tireless ... <a title="It’s RUOK Day – but ‘how can I help?’ might be a better question to ask" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/08/its-ruok-day-but-how-can-i-help-might-be-a-better-question-to-ask-190064/" aria-label="Read more about It’s RUOK Day – but ‘how can I help?’ might be a better question to ask">Read more</a>
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September 8, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alan Pears, Senior Industry Fellow, RMIT University Shutterstock Heat pumps are becoming all the rage around a world that has to slash carbon emissions rapidly while cutting energy costs. In buildings, they replace space heating and water heating – and provide cooling as a bonus. A heat ... <a title="Heat pumps can cut your energy costs by up to 90%. It’s not magic, just a smart use of the laws of physics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/08/heat-pumps-can-cut-your-energy-costs-by-up-to-90-its-not-magic-just-a-smart-use-of-the-laws-of-physics-185711/" aria-label="Read more about Heat pumps can cut your energy costs by up to 90%. It’s not magic, just a smart use of the laws of physics">Read more</a>
