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November 15, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Sasson, Scientia Senior Lecturer in Medicine (Immunology), UNSW Sydney PeopleImages.com – Yuri A/Shutterstock Former winner of TV show Alone Australia Gina Chick was diagnosed with breast cancer just days after finding out she was pregnant. She describes in her recent book her experience with chemotherapy and ... <a title="Cancer while pregnant is rare, but is becoming more common. Here’s what researchers think is behind the rise" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/15/cancer-while-pregnant-is-rare-but-is-becoming-more-common-heres-what-researchers-think-is-behind-the-rise-238225/" aria-label="Read more about Cancer while pregnant is rare, but is becoming more common. Here’s what researchers think is behind the rise">Read more</a>
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November 15, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Smith, Associate Professor in American Politics and Foreign Policy, US Studies Centre, University of Sydney Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad is famous for his forthright statements to other world leaders. In March 1989, Mahathir wrote a letter to then UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher that ... <a title="35 years after The Satanic Verses controversy, newly unearthed letters reveal some uncomfortable truths" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/15/35-years-after-the-satanic-verses-controversy-newly-unearthed-letters-reveal-some-uncomfortable-truths-241890/" aria-label="Read more about 35 years after The Satanic Verses controversy, newly unearthed letters reveal some uncomfortable truths">Read more</a>
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November 15, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Lintermans, Adjunct associate in freshwater fisheries ecology and management, University of Canberra The barred galaxias is already extinct across 95% of its former streams due to trout, bushfires and droughts. Steven Kuiter Three-quarters of Australia’s freshwater fish species are found nowhere else on the planet. This ... <a title="Troubled waters: how to stop Australia’s freshwater fish species from going extinct" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/15/troubled-waters-how-to-stop-australias-freshwater-fish-species-from-going-extinct-242950/" aria-label="Read more about Troubled waters: how to stop Australia’s freshwater fish species from going extinct">Read more</a>
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November 15, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ellen Larsen, Senior Lecturer, School of Education, University of Southern Queensland Iryna Tolmachova/Shutterstock Pupil-free or student-free days may seem like an extra holiday for students and an inconvenience for parents, who are juggling work and family. This week, some parents in New South Wales expressed frustration about ... <a title="Pupil-free days may be tricky for parents, but they are vital for teachers and schools" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/15/pupil-free-days-may-be-tricky-for-parents-but-they-are-vital-for-teachers-and-schools-243475/" aria-label="Read more about Pupil-free days may be tricky for parents, but they are vital for teachers and schools">Read more</a>
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November 15, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Scott French, Senior Lecturer in Economics, UNSW Sydney Engineer studio/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 the decisive victory of US President-elect Donald Trump, we’re now set to ... <a title="What are tariffs?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/15/what-are-tariffs-243356/" aria-label="Read more about What are tariffs?">Read more</a>
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November 15, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jane Kelsey, Emeritus Professor of Law, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Getty Images Headlines following Donald Trump’s election victory focused largely on the influence of personalities, such as Elon Musk or Robert Kennedy junior, and single issues, such as how US tariff hikes would affect New ... <a title="Trump’s tariffs are nothing new – NZ’s real problem is the failing free trade system itself" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/15/trumps-tariffs-are-nothing-new-nzs-real-problem-is-the-failing-free-trade-system-itself-243446/" aria-label="Read more about Trump’s tariffs are nothing new – NZ’s real problem is the failing free trade system itself">Read more</a>
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November 15, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Clare M. Cooper, Lecturer in the School of Architecture, Design & Planning, University of Sydney Victor Caringal for MSF Rohingya activists, advocates and health organisations in Australia have been frustrated by the lack of support provided to displaced Rohingya people. This ethnic minority group called Myanmar home for ... <a title="How Rohingya activists are using art, food and storytelling as a form of resistance" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/15/how-rohingya-activists-are-using-art-food-and-storytelling-as-a-form-of-resistance-237328/" aria-label="Read more about How Rohingya activists are using art, food and storytelling as a form of resistance">Read more</a>
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November 15, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Albanese government aims to rush through legislation within a fortnight for political donation and spending caps, after in-principle support from the opposition. The new regime, to be unveiled by Special Minister of State Don Farrell on Friday, would impose ... <a title="Government aims to pass political donation and spending caps within a fortnight after in-principle deal with opposition" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/15/government-aims-to-pass-political-donation-and-spending-caps-within-a-fortnight-after-in-principle-deal-with-opposition-243708/" aria-label="Read more about Government aims to pass political donation and spending caps within a fortnight after in-principle deal with opposition">Read more</a>
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November 14, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The government is standing by Kevin Rudd, albeit with gritted teeth, in the face of calls for him to be replaced as Australia’s ambassador to Washington. But the row is an unhelpful and potentially damaging distraction for a prime minister ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Labor will ask voters ‘who will make you better or worse off in next three years?’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/14/grattan-on-friday-labor-will-ask-voters-who-will-make-you-better-or-worse-off-in-next-three-years-243691/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Labor will ask voters ‘who will make you better or worse off in next three years?’">Read more</a>
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November 14, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tets Kimura, Adjunct Lecturer, Creative Arts, Flinders University Xplorer Media/Adelaide Festival Centre The well-documented history of Asian mass migration to modern Australia dates from the gold rush era in the mid-19th century. With a history that is longer a century and a half, breaking down stereotypes deeply ... <a title="OzAsia festival 2024: a celebration of Asian culture and art – and what it means to be Asian-Australian" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/14/ozasia-festival-2024-a-celebration-of-asian-culture-and-art-and-what-it-means-to-be-asian-australian-240106/" aria-label="Read more about OzAsia festival 2024: a celebration of Asian culture and art – and what it means to be Asian-Australian">Read more</a>
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November 14, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Danielle Einstein, Adjunct Fellow, School of Psychological Sciences, Macquarie University Tanya Gorelova/Pexels The Australian government is developing legislation that will ban children under 16 from social media. There has been a huge public debate about whether there is sufficient direct evidence of harm to introduce this regulation. ... <a title="There is reliable evidence social media harms young people – debates about it are a misdirection" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/14/there-is-reliable-evidence-social-media-harms-young-people-debates-about-it-are-a-misdirection-243482/" aria-label="Read more about There is reliable evidence social media harms young people – debates about it are a misdirection">Read more</a>
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November 14, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The government has embarked on a raft of new online safety measures aimed at protecting Australians from the excesses of misinformation and social harm online. However, these policies have been met with backlash. Experts criticise the plan to enforce an ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: shadow communications minister David Coleman says misinformation legislation ‘one of the worst bills ever’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/14/politics-with-michelle-grattan-shadow-communications-minister-david-coleman-says-misinformation-legislation-one-of-the-worst-bills-ever-243695/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: shadow communications minister David Coleman says misinformation legislation ‘one of the worst bills ever’">Read more</a>
