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November 29, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katharina Doehring, Freshwater Scientist, Cawthron Institute Blair Reid, CC BY-SA Water is the lifeblood of our planet. But in Aotearoa New Zealand, a staggering two-thirds of the rivers monitored for water quality are classified as unswimmable. Only 2% of large lakes are deemed to be in “good ... <a title="How sharing stories about river restoration can inspire others to take care of waterways" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/29/how-sharing-stories-about-river-restoration-can-inspire-others-to-take-care-of-waterways-241359/" aria-label="Read more about How sharing stories about river restoration can inspire others to take care of waterways">Read more</a>
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November 29, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amelia Leavesley, Research Fellow in Urban Sustainability, The University of Melbourne Mohamed Abdulraheem/Shutterstock Earlier this week, the mining magnate Andrew Forrest made headlines calling for a global “polymer premium” – or plastic tax – to be placed on every tonne of newly manufactured plastics. A tax like ... <a title="A tax on new plastic would slash waste – if built into the global treaty on plastics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/29/a-tax-on-new-plastic-would-slash-waste-if-built-into-the-global-treaty-on-plastics-244517/" aria-label="Read more about A tax on new plastic would slash waste – if built into the global treaty on plastics">Read more</a>
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November 29, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Glenys Oberg, PhD candidate in education and trauma, The University of Queensland DGL Images/ Shutterstock Teachers’ jobs involve more than just teaching the required curriculum. A significant part of their role includes providing emotional support to their students And with many students facing mental health challenges and ... <a title="‘I am exhausted’: Australian teachers speak about how compassion fatigue is harming them and their work" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/29/i-am-exhausted-australian-teachers-speak-about-how-compassion-fatigue-is-harming-them-and-their-work-244519/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I am exhausted’: Australian teachers speak about how compassion fatigue is harming them and their work">Read more</a>
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November 29, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lisa Toohey, Professor of Law, UNSW Sydney Philip Lange/Shutterstock This article is part of The Conversation’s “Business Basics” series where we ask experts to discuss key concepts in business, economics and finance. Thanks to US President-elect Donald Trump, the term “trade war” is back in the headlines. ... <a title="What’s a trade war?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/29/whats-a-trade-war-244750/" aria-label="Read more about What’s a trade war?">Read more</a>
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November 29, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brendan Crabb, Director and CEO, Burnet Institute Alexander Grey/Unsplash Around 5–10% of people with COVID infections go on to experience long COVID, with symptoms lasting three months or more. Researchers have proposed several biological mechanisms to explain long COVID. However, in a perspective article published in the ... <a title="Long COVID appears to be driven by ‘long infection’. Here’s what the science says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/29/long-covid-appears-to-be-driven-by-long-infection-heres-what-the-science-says-244635/" aria-label="Read more about Long COVID appears to be driven by ‘long infection’. Here’s what the science says">Read more</a>
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November 29, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joanna Mendelssohn, Honorary Senior Fellow, School of Culture and Communication. Editor in chief, Design and Art of Australia Online, The University of Melbourne Greg Weight/Bonsai Films When Jiawei Shen first came to Australia, he bought a copy of that great western ideological text, the Bible. The doctrine ... <a title="Welcome to Babel: new documentary charts the creation of painter Jiawei Shen’s three-storey magnum opus" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/29/welcome-to-babel-new-documentary-charts-the-creation-of-painter-jiawei-shens-three-storey-magnum-opus-242395/" aria-label="Read more about Welcome to Babel: new documentary charts the creation of painter Jiawei Shen’s three-storey magnum opus">Read more</a>
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November 29, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anahita Shadkam, Sessional Instructor, School of Urban and Regional Planning,, Toronto Metropolitan University A Georgia mother was recently arrested for reckless endangerment after her 10-year-old son was seen walking outside alone. The warrant for her arrest claimed she “willingly and knowingly” endangered her son’s safety. The boy ... <a title="How our public spaces can be safer and more welcoming for children" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/29/how-our-public-spaces-can-be-safer-and-more-welcoming-for-children-244478/" aria-label="Read more about How our public spaces can be safer and more welcoming for children">Read more</a>
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November 29, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lisa M. Given, Professor of Information Sciences & Director, Social Change Enabling Impact Platform, RMIT University Kampus Production/Pexels The federal parliament has passed legislation to ban people under 16 from having an account with some social media platforms. In doing so, it has ignored advice from a ... <a title="Australia’s social media ban for kids under 16 just became law. How it will work remains a mystery" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/29/australias-social-media-ban-for-kids-under-16-just-became-law-how-it-will-work-remains-a-mystery-244736/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s social media ban for kids under 16 just became law. How it will work remains a mystery">Read more</a>
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November 29, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra In the chaotic dying days of 2024’s final parliamentary sitting, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese reverted to a role he played in Julia Gillard’s government. He personally intervened in the wrangling and deal-making as the government battled to get as much ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Albanese gets down and dirty in deal making and breaking as Senate rushes to Christmas finish" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/29/grattan-on-friday-albanese-gets-down-and-dirty-in-deal-making-and-breaking-as-senate-rushes-to-christmas-finish-244826/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Albanese gets down and dirty in deal making and breaking as Senate rushes to Christmas finish">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Quoc Phuong Tran, PhD Candidate in Prebiotic Chemistry, UNSW Sydney Grand Prismatic Spring in Yellowstone National Park in the United States. Luca Micheli/Shutterstock One of the biggest scientific mysteries is where life on Earth started. Research has often focused on the role of deep-sea hydrothermal vents – ... <a title="Minerals in hot springs performed a key chemical reaction for early life on Earth, new study confirms" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/28/minerals-in-hot-springs-performed-a-key-chemical-reaction-for-early-life-on-earth-new-study-confirms-243586/" aria-label="Read more about Minerals in hot springs performed a key chemical reaction for early life on Earth, new study confirms">Read more</a>
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November 28, 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 Part two of the government’s stalled housing legislation finally passed federal parliament on Thursday. The Build to Rent tax reform bill aims to boost investment in apartment blocks designed and ... <a title="Build to Rent will produce more homes for tenants, but not for those most in need" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/28/build-to-rent-will-produce-more-homes-for-tenants-but-not-for-those-most-in-need-244655/" aria-label="Read more about Build to Rent will produce more homes for tenants, but not for those most in need">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Opposition leader in the Senate, Simon Birmingham, has announced he will retire from parliament at the election, to take up a “new, commercially oriented” career. Birmingham, 50, the most senior Liberal moderate and the shadow foreign minister, leaves a hole ... <a title="Opposition Senate leader Simon Birmingham announces surprise retirement at election" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/28/opposition-senate-leader-simon-birmingham-announces-surprise-retirement-at-election-244834/" aria-label="Read more about Opposition Senate leader Simon Birmingham announces surprise retirement at election">Read more</a>
