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January 31, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marcus Carter, Professor in Human-Computer Interaction, ARC Future Fellow, University of Sydney Steam/ Monster Couch, Stonemaier Games Gaming is no longer a niche activity reserved for a select few – it’s a global pastime enjoyed by people of all ages, backgrounds and interests. In fact, studies show ... <a title="5 games to play if you’re ‘not a gamer’ – or to introduce to the non-gamers in your life" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/31/5-games-to-play-if-youre-not-a-gamer-or-to-introduce-to-the-non-gamers-in-your-life-244912/" aria-label="Read more about 5 games to play if you’re ‘not a gamer’ – or to introduce to the non-gamers in your life">Read more</a>
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January 31, 2025
Palestinian politician, MP and activist Khalida Jarrar . . . AFTER being jailed by the Israeli military and released last Sunday as part of the ceasefire deal. Image: www.solidarity.co.nz COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle Watching footage of Palestinian parliamentarian and hostage Khalida Jarrar emerge from Israeli captivity was jarring — a far, muffled cry from the ... <a title="‘All I wanted was to bid my daughter a final farewell’ – Gaza hostages, mainstream media and truth" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/31/all-i-wanted-was-to-bid-my-daughter-a-final-farewell-gaza-hostages-mainstream-media-and-truth/" aria-label="Read more about ‘All I wanted was to bid my daughter a final farewell’ – Gaza hostages, mainstream media and truth">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra When Peter Dutton was asked this week whether a Coalition government would continue to foster trade relations with China, he declared unequivocally that “the relationship with China will be much stronger than it is under the Albanese government”. Two points ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Dutton walks more softly on China, with election in mind" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/30/grattan-on-friday-dutton-walks-more-softly-on-china-with-election-in-mind-248561/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Dutton walks more softly on China, with election in mind">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Keiran Hardy, Associate Professor, Griffith Criminology Institute, Griffith University Mike Burgess, head of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation, has issued a stark warning following the discovery of explosives in a caravan in northwest Sydney, alongside a note bearing the address of a Sydney synagogue. We have seen ... <a title="As antisemitic attacks reach ‘disturbing’ levels, is strengthening hate crime laws the answer?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/30/as-antisemitic-attacks-reach-disturbing-levels-is-strengthening-hate-crime-laws-the-answer-248549/" aria-label="Read more about As antisemitic attacks reach ‘disturbing’ levels, is strengthening hate crime laws the answer?">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Pi-Shen Seet, Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Edith Cowan University In an election pitch last week, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced new incentive payments of $10,000 for eligible apprentices in residential construction. The federal government has committed to an ambitious target of building 1.2 million new homes ... <a title="Will new $10,000 apprentice payments help solve job shortages in construction? Not anytime soon" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/30/will-new-10-000-apprentice-payments-help-solve-job-shortages-in-construction-not-anytime-soon-248446/" aria-label="Read more about Will new $10,000 apprentice payments help solve job shortages in construction? Not anytime soon">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Xiaoyue (Luna) Xu, Scientia Lecturer, School of Population Health, UNSW Sydney goodbishop/Shutterstock This week the World Health Organization (WHO) released new guidelines recommending people switch the regular salt they use at home for substitutes containing less sodium. But what exactly are these salt alternatives? And why is ... <a title="Why the WHO has recommended switching to a healthier salt alternative" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/30/why-the-who-has-recommended-switching-to-a-healthier-salt-alternative-248436/" aria-label="Read more about Why the WHO has recommended switching to a healthier salt alternative">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachel Lamarche-Beauchesne, Senior Lecturer in Fashion Enterprise, Torrens University Australia apple2499/Shutterstock Dotted across northern Australia are 21 saltwater crocodile farms, home to around 130,000 crocodiles. Their skins are turned into crocodile leather, long sought for use in luxury handbags, belts and other items. While fur lost favour ... <a title="Even as the tide turned for fur, crocodile leather kept selling in high-end fashion. But for how much longer?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/30/even-as-the-tide-turned-for-fur-crocodile-leather-kept-selling-in-high-end-fashion-but-for-how-much-longer-245471/" aria-label="Read more about Even as the tide turned for fur, crocodile leather kept selling in high-end fashion. But for how much longer?">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hannah Dahlen, Professor of Midwifery, Associate Dean Research and HDR, Midwifery Discipline Leader, Western Sydney University MVelishchuk/Shutterstock A vaginal birth after caesarean (known as a VBAC) is when a woman who has had a caesarean has a vaginal birth down the track. In Australia, about 12% of ... <a title="What is a ‘vaginal birth after caesarean’ or VBAC?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/30/what-is-a-vaginal-birth-after-caesarean-or-vbac-247572/" aria-label="Read more about What is a ‘vaginal birth after caesarean’ or VBAC?">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alicia (Lucy) Cameron, Principal Research Consultant & Team Leader, Data61, CSIRO cybermagician/Shutterstock As rising seas lap at its shore, Tuvalu faces an existential threat. In an effort to preserve the tiny island nation in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, its government has been building a “digital ... <a title="‘Digital doppelgangers’ are helping scientists tackle everyday problems – and showing what makes us human" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/30/digital-doppelgangers-are-helping-scientists-tackle-everyday-problems-and-showing-what-makes-us-human-247574/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Digital doppelgangers’ are helping scientists tackle everyday problems – and showing what makes us human">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Fitz-Gibbon, Professor (Practice), Faculty of Business and Economics, Monash University, Monash University In a major setback in the fight against gender-based violence, Argentinian President Javier Milei’s government has announced it will repeal the crime of femicide from the penal code. In a speech at the World ... <a title="Argentina’s president is vowing to repeal ‘woke’ femicide law. It could have ripple effects across Latin America" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/30/argentinas-president-is-vowing-to-repeal-woke-femicide-law-it-could-have-ripple-effects-across-latin-america-248435/" aria-label="Read more about Argentina’s president is vowing to repeal ‘woke’ femicide law. It could have ripple effects across Latin America">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicola Gaston, Director of the MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau jittawit21/Shutterstock Billed as the most significant change to the science system in 30 years, last week’s announcement of major structural changes to scientific research institutions was objectively a big ... <a title="If the government wants science to have an economic impact it has to put its money where its mouth is" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/30/if-the-government-wants-science-to-have-an-economic-impact-it-has-to-put-its-money-where-its-mouth-is-248299/" aria-label="Read more about If the government wants science to have an economic impact it has to put its money where its mouth is">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Edith Jennifer Hill, Associate Lecturer, Learning & Teaching Innovation, Flinders University ABC What does it mean to tell the truth? And how do we, as consumers of media, differentiate truth from fabrication? Optics, a new comedy series from the ABC, asks these questions through the setting of ... <a title="ABC’s Optics is a clever, believable comedy that will make you second-guess what you see in the media" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/30/abcs-optics-is-a-clever-believable-comedy-that-will-make-you-second-guess-what-you-see-in-the-media-247802/" aria-label="Read more about ABC’s Optics is a clever, believable comedy that will make you second-guess what you see in the media">Read more</a>
