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December 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hal Pawson, Professor of Housing Research and Policy, and Associate Director, City Futures Research Centre, UNSW Sydney Rising homelessness across Australia is overwhelming the capacity of services to offer emergency help. New evidence in the Australian Homelessness Monitor 2024, released today, confirms homelessness has soared well above ... <a title="Homelessness much worse than before COVID leaves agencies battling a perfect storm" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/09/homelessness-much-worse-than-before-covid-leaves-agencies-battling-a-perfect-storm-243148/" aria-label="Read more about Homelessness much worse than before COVID leaves agencies battling a perfect storm">Read more</a>
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December 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nichola Tyler, Senior Lecturer in Forensic Psychology, Swinburne University of Technology Toa55/Shutterstock A recent bushfire in Kadnook, western Victoria, which destroyed at least one property and burned more than 1,000 hectares of land, is being investigated due to suspicion it was deliberately lit. This is not an ... <a title="Up to 40% of bushfires in parts of Australia are deliberately lit. But we’re not doing enough to prevent them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/09/up-to-40-of-bushfires-in-parts-of-australia-are-deliberately-lit-but-were-not-doing-enough-to-prevent-them-243584/" aria-label="Read more about Up to 40% of bushfires in parts of Australia are deliberately lit. But we’re not doing enough to prevent them">Read more</a>
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December 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elise Waghorn, Lecturer, School of Education, RMIT University Tomertu/ Shutterstock It’s almost the end of the school year. And that means it’s “awards season” for school students. Before the holidays, students, teachers and families will gather for speech days where awards will be handed out for academic ... <a title="Should we give students awards at school?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/09/should-we-give-students-awards-at-school-245358/" aria-label="Read more about Should we give students awards at school?">Read more</a>
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December 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Danks, Associate professor in Cinema and Media Studies, RMIT University IMDB Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, released on December 9 1974, is a fascinating composite of both 1970s New Hollywood and the legacy of the women-centred melodrama of the 1930s and ‘40s. It is now mostly ... <a title="Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore at 50: the film that marks a path not taken in Scorsese’s career" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/09/alice-doesnt-live-here-anymore-at-50-the-film-that-marks-a-path-not-taken-in-scorseses-career-243460/" aria-label="Read more about Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore at 50: the film that marks a path not taken in Scorsese’s career">Read more</a>
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December 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Natalie Jones, Lecturer in Ecology, Griffith University What can plants or animals do when faced with harsh conditions? Two options for survival seem most obvious: move elsewhere or adapt to their environment. Some organisms have a third option. They can escape not through space but through time, ... <a title="New research reveals a key evolutionary benefit of sleeping for a season – or for centuries" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/09/new-research-reveals-a-key-evolutionary-benefit-of-sleeping-for-a-season-or-for-centuries-243804/" aria-label="Read more about New research reveals a key evolutionary benefit of sleeping for a season – or for centuries">Read more</a>
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December 8, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ali Mamouri, Research Fellow, Middle East Studies, Deakin University The swift and unexpected fall of the Syrian capital, Damascus, to Sunni opposition forces marks a pivotal moment in the modern history of the Middle East. Bashar al-Assad’s regime had withstood more than a decade of uprisings, civil ... <a title="Bashar al-Assad’s regime has fallen in Syria. How will this impact an already fractured region?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/08/bashar-al-assads-regime-has-fallen-in-syria-how-will-this-impact-an-already-fractured-region-245539/" aria-label="Read more about Bashar al-Assad’s regime has fallen in Syria. How will this impact an already fractured region?">Read more</a>
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December 8, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra In the reactions to incidents of antisemitism, many people observe a contrast between New South Wales Premier Chris Minns and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. Over the past year, Minns has seemed quicker off the mark and more on point than ... <a title="View from The Hill: Albanese announces more funding for Jewish security, labels synagogue firebomb ‘terrorism’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/08/view-from-the-hill-albanese-announces-more-funding-for-jewish-security-labels-synagogue-firebomb-terrorism-245537/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Albanese announces more funding for Jewish security, labels synagogue firebomb ‘terrorism’">Read more</a>
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December 6, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Greg Barton, Chair in Global Islamic Politics, Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University Shutterstock When the police and intelligence agencies of the five nations of the Five Eyes intelligence community come together and release a report, it’s a significant event. The report, released on ... <a title="Rates of youth radicalisation are climbing in Australia and abroad. Here’s what to look out for" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/06/rates-of-youth-radicalisation-are-climbing-in-australia-and-abroad-heres-what-to-look-out-for-245459/" aria-label="Read more about Rates of youth radicalisation are climbing in Australia and abroad. Here’s what to look out for">Read more</a>
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December 6, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Heidi Norman, Professor, Faculty of Arts, Design and Architecture, Convenor: Indigenous Land & Justice Research Group, UNSW Sydney Australia is on the cusp of a once-in-a-generation transformation, as our energy systems shift to clean, renewable forms of power. First Nations peoples, the original custodians of this land, ... <a title="After 65,000 years caring for this land, First Nations peoples are now key to Australia’s clean energy revolution" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/06/after-65-000-years-caring-for-this-land-first-nations-peoples-are-now-key-to-australias-clean-energy-revolution-245022/" aria-label="Read more about After 65,000 years caring for this land, First Nations peoples are now key to Australia’s clean energy revolution">Read more</a>
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December 6, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Olli Hellmann, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Waikato Getty Images The controversial Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi Bill is being presented by its architect, ACT Party leader David Seymour, primarily as a matter of lawmaking – a clarification through legislation. The bill seeks to ... <a title="Land of opportunity or bicultural nation? Twin visions of national identity face off over the Treaty principles" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/06/land-of-opportunity-or-bicultural-nation-twin-visions-of-national-identity-face-off-over-the-treaty-principles-245033/" aria-label="Read more about Land of opportunity or bicultural nation? Twin visions of national identity face off over the Treaty principles">Read more</a>
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December 6, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joshua Pate, Senior Lecturer in Physiotherapy, University of Technology Sydney Mart Production/Pexels We’ve all heard someone claim they have a “high pain threshold” as if it’s a mark of strength or resilience. But does science support the idea that some people genuinely feel less pain than others? ... <a title="Some people say they have a high pain threshold. Here’s why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/06/some-people-say-they-have-a-high-pain-threshold-heres-why-244633/" aria-label="Read more about Some people say they have a high pain threshold. Here’s why">Read more</a>
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December 6, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Milad Haghani, Senior Lecturer of Urban Risk & Resilience, UNSW Sydney Ververidis Vasilis/Shutterstock Soccer’s global allure is unmatched, yet its history is shadowed by tragedies. At a recent soccer match in Nzérékoré, Guinea, a controversial refereeing decision led to unrest, resulting in crowd violence that claimed more ... <a title="Why is soccer fandom so linked to violence?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/06/why-is-soccer-fandom-so-linked-to-violence-245143/" aria-label="Read more about Why is soccer fandom so linked to violence?">Read more</a>
