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August 1, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Eileen Baldry, Professor Emerita of Criminology, UNSW Sydney Vadzim Mashkou/Shutterstock In 2008, Australia agreed to six targets to “close the gap” – to reduce the disparities between Indigenous people and the rest of the population in health, education and employment. There was little progress in the years ... <a title="New Closing the Gap data shows more First Nations Australians are in prison. Why?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/01/new-closing-the-gap-data-shows-more-first-nations-australians-are-in-prison-why-235786/" aria-label="Read more about New Closing the Gap data shows more First Nations Australians are in prison. Why?">Read more</a>
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August 1, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Levan Tielidze, Research Fellow in glacial geomorphology, Monash University Author provided As global temperatures inch upwards year after year, the world’s glaciers retreat. These rivers of ice and the even larger ice sheets which cover Greenland and Antarctica are melting – and the melt is speeding up. Glaciers ... <a title="From microbes to mammals: we tracked the rapid rise of new ecosystems as glaciers retreat and ice sheets melt" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/01/from-microbes-to-mammals-we-tracked-the-rapid-rise-of-new-ecosystems-as-glaciers-retreat-and-ice-sheets-melt-235687/" aria-label="Read more about From microbes to mammals: we tracked the rapid rise of new ecosystems as glaciers retreat and ice sheets melt">Read more</a>
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August 1, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christine Cowie, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Air Quality and Health Research and Evaluation, Woolcock Institute of Medical Research, University of Sydney; Senior Research Fellow, South West Sydney Clinical School, UNSW Sydney Alexander Raths/Shutterstock We now have a dizzying array of heating technologies to consider, besides the ... <a title="Snug but unsafe: your heater may be harming your health. What are your safest choices?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/01/snug-but-unsafe-your-heater-may-be-harming-your-health-what-are-your-safest-choices-235102/" aria-label="Read more about Snug but unsafe: your heater may be harming your health. What are your safest choices?">Read more</a>
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August 1, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Grace Sarra, Professor, Faculty of Creative Industries, Education and Social Justice, Queensland University of Technology The latest Closing the Gap data contains some good news – there is a marked increase in early childhood enrolments for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children. The report shows how in ... <a title="More Indigenous children are going to preschool, but is this enough?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/01/more-indigenous-children-are-going-to-preschool-but-is-this-enough-235787/" aria-label="Read more about More Indigenous children are going to preschool, but is this enough?">Read more</a>
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August 1, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vaughan Cruickshank, Senior Lecturer in Health and Physical Education, University of Tasmania Simone Biles is the most decorated gymnast, male or female, in history. She won her first world championship all-around gold medal in 2013 and has not lost an all-around competition since. She arrived in Paris ... <a title="How to win on your own terms: Simone Biles claims her eighth Olympic gold on her Paris 2024 ‘redemption tour’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/01/how-to-win-on-your-own-terms-simone-biles-claims-her-eighth-olympic-gold-on-her-paris-2024-redemption-tour-235659/" aria-label="Read more about How to win on your own terms: Simone Biles claims her eighth Olympic gold on her Paris 2024 ‘redemption tour’">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Parmeter, Research Scholar, Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies, Australian National University Palestinian militant group Hamas says its top political leader, Ismail Haniyeh, has been killed in his home in Tehran. It blames Israel for the attack, saying it was “a Zionist airstrike on his residence ... <a title="Hamas leader’s killing in Tehran likely to further escalate violence in Middle East" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/31/hamas-leaders-killing-in-tehran-likely-to-further-escalate-violence-in-middle-east-235886/" aria-label="Read more about Hamas leader’s killing in Tehran likely to further escalate violence in Middle East">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Bentham, Adjunct Associate Professor School of Biology, Flinders University Maha Heang 245789/shutterstock Melbourne is experiencing an “explosive” and unusual outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease. Since Friday afternoon, Victoria’s Department of Health has confirmed 33 cases (with ten more suspected) of this severe and sometimes life-threatening lung disease. ... <a title="Legionnaires’ cases in Melbourne are growing. Here’s what you need to know about this serious lung infection" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/31/legionnaires-cases-in-melbourne-are-growing-heres-what-you-need-to-know-about-this-serious-lung-infection-235871/" aria-label="Read more about Legionnaires’ cases in Melbourne are growing. Here’s what you need to know about this serious lung infection">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Glenn C. Savage, Associate Professor of Education Policy and the Future of Schooling, The University of Melbourne The Albanese government has released details of the next funding agreement for Australian schools. The Better and Fairer Schools Agreement is a new ten-year agreement that will have significant power ... <a title="There’s a new 10-year plan for Australian schools. But will all states agree to sign on?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/31/theres-a-new-10-year-plan-for-australian-schools-but-will-all-states-agree-to-sign-on-235872/" aria-label="Read more about There’s a new 10-year plan for Australian schools. But will all states agree to sign on?">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cynthia Mehboob, PhD Scholar in Department of International Relations, Australian National University Undersea Internet cable in Atlantic shore Laiotz/shutterstock The Australian government this week announced it would spend A$18 million over four years on a new centre aimed at keeping safe the undersea cables that power the ... <a title="Only 15 known underwater internet cables connect Australia to the world – and they’re under threat from fishing boats, spies and natural disasters" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/31/only-15-known-underwater-internet-cables-connect-australia-to-the-world-and-theyre-under-threat-from-fishing-boats-spies-and-natural-disasters-235772/" aria-label="Read more about Only 15 known underwater internet cables connect Australia to the world – and they’re under threat from fishing boats, spies and natural disasters">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kevin Fox, Professor, School of Economics; Director of the Centre for Applied Economic Research, UNSW Sydney Stokkete/Shutterstock If the price of a cup of coffee goes up, coffee drinkers are worse off if their income doesn’t increase by at least the same amount – they have less ... <a title="What’s inflation – and how exactly do we measure it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/31/whats-inflation-and-how-exactly-do-we-measure-it-235673/" aria-label="Read more about What’s inflation – and how exactly do we measure it?">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Hawkins, Senior Lecturer, Canberra School of Politics, Economics and Society, University of Canberra Romanchini/Shutterstock After falling for five consecutive quarters to less than half of its 7.8% peak, inflation climbed slightly in the June quarter, from 3.6% to 3.8% for the year to June. A rate ... <a title="Australia’s 3.8% inflation rate is concerning, but not enough to trigger a rate rise" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/31/australias-3-8-inflation-rate-is-concerning-but-not-enough-to-trigger-a-rate-rise-233242/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s 3.8% inflation rate is concerning, but not enough to trigger a rate rise">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jenny Graves, Distinguished Professor of Genetics and Vice Chancellor’s Fellow, La Trobe University Imogen Warren In most mammals, including humans, females have two copies of the X chromosome while males have only one (accompanied by a Y). So you might think females get a double dose of ... <a title="What’s the secret of genetic equality between the sexes? New platypus chromosome research may hold the key" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/31/whats-the-secret-of-genetic-equality-between-the-sexes-new-platypus-chromosome-research-may-hold-the-key-235214/" aria-label="Read more about What’s the secret of genetic equality between the sexes? New platypus chromosome research may hold the key">Read more</a>
