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December 16, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shane Darke, Professor at the National Drug & Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW Sydney Tunatura/Shutterstock Opioids are some of the most widely used and misused drugs in the world. Opioids are central nervous system depressants, meaning they slow down brain activity and relax the muscles. They include the ... <a title="Naloxone can reverse opioid overdose. Here’s why you might need some at home or in your bag" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/16/naloxone-can-reverse-opioid-overdose-heres-why-you-might-need-some-at-home-or-in-your-bag-245365/" aria-label="Read more about Naloxone can reverse opioid overdose. Here’s why you might need some at home or in your bag">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sione Tekiteki, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, Auckland University of Technology Getty Images The A$140 million aid agreement between Australia and Nauru signed last week is a prime example of the geopolitical tightrope vulnerable Pacific nations are walking in the 21st century. The deal provides Nauru with ... <a title="Superpower rivalry is making Pacific aid a bargaining chip – vulnerable island nations still lose out" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/16/superpower-rivalry-is-making-pacific-aid-a-bargaining-chip-vulnerable-island-nations-still-lose-out-244280/" aria-label="Read more about Superpower rivalry is making Pacific aid a bargaining chip – vulnerable island nations still lose out">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sasha Grishin, Adjunct Professor of Art History, Australian National University Visitors in the Yayoi Kusama exhibition at NGV International, Melbourne until April 21 2025. © YAYOI KUSAMA Photo: Danielle Castano Now aged 95, Yayoi Kusama for many decades has been considered one of the most influential contemporary ... <a title="Everyone will want to see Yayoi Kusama at the NGV. Those who don’t will spend a lifetime regretting it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/16/everyone-will-want-to-see-yayoi-kusama-at-the-ngv-those-who-dont-will-spend-a-lifetime-regretting-it-237139/" aria-label="Read more about Everyone will want to see Yayoi Kusama at the NGV. Those who don’t will spend a lifetime regretting it">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jinwen Chen, PhD Graduate in Social Geography, Flinders University What does it mean to live and age well? My doctoral research sought to understand this from the perspective of LGBTQ+ people of diverse cultural backgrounds in Australia. I spoke with 14 people aged 50 and above about ... <a title="‘The best is still ahead’: I spoke with LGBTQ+ people on ageing well. This is what they told me" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/16/the-best-is-still-ahead-i-spoke-with-lgbtq-people-on-ageing-well-this-is-what-they-told-me-229803/" aria-label="Read more about ‘The best is still ahead’: I spoke with LGBTQ+ people on ageing well. This is what they told me">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Margaret Brown, Adjunct Research Fellow, UniSA Justice and Society, University of South Australia Shutterstock Men are killing themselves on the roads in large numbers. Currently, policymakers fail to recognise the different ways men and women use roads, and the resulting ways they are killed or injured. The ... <a title="Many more men are dying on Australian roads than women. It’s time we addressed it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/16/many-more-men-are-dying-on-australian-roads-than-women-its-time-we-addressed-it-243477/" aria-label="Read more about Many more men are dying on Australian roads than women. It’s time we addressed it">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Konstantine Panegyres, McKenzie Postdoctoral Fellow, researching Greco-Roman antiquity, The University of Melbourne Roman Samborskyi/Shutterstock The Greek philosopher Plutarch of Chaeronea (1st-2nd century AD) observed that our lives are divided between relaxation and exertion. For example, there are times when we are working and times when we are ... <a title="Holidays help us rest and recover. But Greeks and Romans weren’t always convinced" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/16/holidays-help-us-rest-and-recover-but-greeks-and-romans-werent-always-convinced-244751/" aria-label="Read more about Holidays help us rest and recover. But Greeks and Romans weren’t always convinced">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sara Ryding, Postdoctoral research fellow, Deakin University The Common Bronzewing is one of the birds that has increased beak size in response to climate change Ryan Barnaby. For wildlife, climate change is a bit like the “final boss” the protagonist faces in a video game: big, hulking ... <a title="Shrinking wings, bigger beaks: birds are reshaping themselves in a warming world" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/16/shrinking-wings-bigger-beaks-birds-are-reshaping-themselves-in-a-warming-world-240563/" aria-label="Read more about Shrinking wings, bigger beaks: birds are reshaping themselves in a warming world">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kellie Tobin, Lecturer in Education – Applied Learning, Deakin University Cottonbro Studio/Pexels, CC BY The wait is finally over. Year 12 students around Australia are receiving their Year 12 results. Victorian and Queensland students got their ATARs last week, with other states and territories finding out this ... <a title="You’ve just got your Year 12 results. What do you do now?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/16/youve-just-got-your-year-12-results-what-do-you-do-now-245680/" aria-label="Read more about You’ve just got your Year 12 results. What do you do now?">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Myra Hamilton, Associate Professor, gender, ageing and care, University of Sydney Pikselstock/Shutterstock This article is part of The Conversation’s “Retirement” series where experts examine issues including how much money we need to retire, retiring with debt, the psychological impact of retiring and the benefits of getting financial ... <a title="Being carers costs women more than $500,000 over a lifetime, leaving them with less in retirement than men" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/16/being-carers-costs-women-more-than-500-000-over-a-lifetime-leaving-them-with-less-in-retirement-than-men-240323/" aria-label="Read more about Being carers costs women more than $500,000 over a lifetime, leaving them with less in retirement than men">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Wednesday’s mid-year budget update will downgrade company tax receipts by $8.5 billion over the four years to 2027-28, and show “slippage’ in the bottom line in some years of the forward estimates, Treasurer Jim Chalmers says. The company tax downgrade ... <a title="More spending and weaker revenue hits budget bottom line in some years: Chalmers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/16/more-spending-and-weaker-revenue-hits-budget-bottom-line-in-some-years-chalmers-246008/" aria-label="Read more about More spending and weaker revenue hits budget bottom line in some years: Chalmers">Read more</a>
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December 15, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The remaining five members of the Bali Nine – Matthew Norman, Scott Rush, Martin Stephens, Si Yi Chen, and Michael Czugaj – arrived back in Australia from Indonesia on Sunday. Despite earlier suggestions, and Indonesia’s preference, the men will not ... <a title="Bali five return to Australia, and don’t have to serve more prison time" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/15/bali-five-return-to-australia-and-dont-have-to-serve-more-prison-time-246009/" aria-label="Read more about Bali five return to Australia, and don’t have to serve more prison time">Read more</a>
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December 14, 2024
Democracy Now! AMY GOODMAN: We begin today’s show in Syria, where tens of thousands of people gathered at the Great Mosque of Damascus for the first Friday prayers since longtime authoritarian President Bashar al-Assad was toppled by opposition fighters. DAMASCUS RESIDENT: [translated] Hopefully this Friday is the Friday of the greatest joy, a Friday of ... <a title="Damascus and Gaza prisoners: Syrians and Palestinians search for ‘disappeared’ loved ones" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/14/damascus-and-gaza-prisoners-syrians-and-palestinians-search-for-disappeared-loved-ones/" aria-label="Read more about Damascus and Gaza prisoners: Syrians and Palestinians search for ‘disappeared’ loved ones">Read more</a>
