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April 19, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Milton Speer, Visiting Fellow, School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, University of Technology Sydney Before climate change really got going, eastern Australia’s flash floods tended to concentrate on our coastal regions, east of the Great Dividing Range. But that’s changing. Now we get flash floods much further ... <a title="It never rains but it pours: intense rain and flash floods have increased inland in eastern Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/19/it-never-rains-but-it-pours-intense-rain-and-flash-floods-have-increased-inland-in-eastern-australia-227777/" aria-label="Read more about It never rains but it pours: intense rain and flash floods have increased inland in eastern Australia">Read more</a>
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April 19, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elizabeth Finkel, Vice-Chancellor’s Fellow, La Trobe University Sia Duff / South Australian Museum In February, the South Australian Museum “re-imagined” itself. In the face of rising costs and inadequate government funds, CEO David Gaimster, who took the reins last June, declared the museum is “not a university”, ... <a title="‘It could be the death of the museum’: why research cuts at a South Australian institution have scientists up in arms" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/19/it-could-be-the-death-of-the-museum-why-research-cuts-at-a-south-australian-institution-have-scientists-up-in-arms-228193/" aria-label="Read more about ‘It could be the death of the museum’: why research cuts at a South Australian institution have scientists up in arms">Read more</a>
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April 19, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alan Pearce, Professor, School of Allied Heath, Human Services & Sport, La Trobe University, La Trobe University This week, Collingwood AFL player Nathan Murphy announced his retirement, brought on by his concussion history and ongoing issues. The 24-year-old’s seemingly sudden retirement, following Angus Brayshaw’s in February and ... <a title="Are 2 mid-career AFL retirements a sign Australian athletes are taking brain health more seriously?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/19/are-2-mid-career-afl-retirements-a-sign-australian-athletes-are-taking-brain-health-more-seriously-228197/" aria-label="Read more about Are 2 mid-career AFL retirements a sign Australian athletes are taking brain health more seriously?">Read more</a>
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April 19, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Howard, Senior Lecturer, Discipline of English and Writing, University of Sydney Daniel Boud/Sydney Theatre Company Decay, terror, revulsion. These are three of the central themes of Thomas Bernhard’s rarely performed play The President. The Austrian is one of the greatest writers of the 20th century, best ... <a title="I wholeheartedly recommend The President: a brilliant revival of a play of decay, terror and revulsion" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/19/i-wholeheartedly-recommend-the-president-a-brilliant-revival-of-a-play-of-decay-terror-and-revulsion-227685/" aria-label="Read more about I wholeheartedly recommend The President: a brilliant revival of a play of decay, terror and revulsion">Read more</a>
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April 19, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ye In (Jane) Hwang, Postdoctoral Research Associate at School of Population Health, UNSW Sydney Shutterstock You’d be hard pressed to find any aspect of daily life that doesn’t require some form of digital literacy. We need only to look back ten years to realise how quickly things ... <a title="Many prisoners go years without touching a smartphone. It means they struggle to navigate life on the outside" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/19/many-prisoners-go-years-without-touching-a-smartphone-it-means-they-struggle-to-navigate-life-on-the-outside-224138/" aria-label="Read more about Many prisoners go years without touching a smartphone. It means they struggle to navigate life on the outside">Read more</a>
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April 19, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rob Newton, Professor of Exercise Medicine, Edith Cowan University Pexels/RDNE stock project You’re not in your 20s or 30s anymore and you know regular health checks are important. So you go to your GP. During the appointment they measure your waist. They might also check your weight. ... <a title="Good news: midlife health is about more than a waist measurement. Here’s why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/19/good-news-midlife-health-is-about-more-than-a-waist-measurement-heres-why-226019/" aria-label="Read more about Good news: midlife health is about more than a waist measurement. Here’s why">Read more</a>
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April 19, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Laura Wajnryb McDonald, PhD candidate in Criminology, University of Sydney Less than 24 hours after Ashlee Good was murdered in Bondi Junction, her family released a statement requesting the media take down photographs they had reproduced of Ashlee and her family without their consent. They said it ... <a title="Some families push back against journalists who mine social media for photos – they have every right to" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/19/some-families-push-back-against-journalists-who-mine-social-media-for-photos-they-have-every-right-to-228011/" aria-label="Read more about Some families push back against journalists who mine social media for photos – they have every right to">Read more</a>
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April 19, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonti Horner, Professor (Astrophysics), University of Southern Queensland Pons–Brooks visible from Utah, March 9 2024. James Peirce/Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND If you’re a fan of all things space, you’ve doubtless heard about the “devil comet”, which has been captivating keen-eyed observers in the northern hemisphere for the past ... <a title="The ‘devil comet’ 12P/Pons-Brooks has finally become visible from Australia. What can we expect?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/19/the-devil-comet-12p-pons-brooks-has-finally-become-visible-from-australia-what-can-we-expect-226625/" aria-label="Read more about The ‘devil comet’ 12P/Pons-Brooks has finally become visible from Australia. What can we expect?">Read more</a>
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April 19, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert Hamlin, Senior Lecturer in Marketing , University of Otago A multi-billion dollar stadium precinct has been proposed for Auckland, one of three proposals in front of Auckland Council for a new stadium in the city. The council is also considering revamping Eden Park. But is a ... <a title="Rugby stadiums are sold as an economic asset – but NZ needs to ask if they’re really worth it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/19/rugby-stadiums-are-sold-as-an-economic-asset-but-nz-needs-to-ask-if-theyre-really-worth-it-224951/" aria-label="Read more about Rugby stadiums are sold as an economic asset – but NZ needs to ask if they’re really worth it">Read more</a>
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April 19, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sofia Ammassari, Research Fellow, Griffith University Since 2014, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s popularity has grown exponentially – and so has the formidable organisational machine of his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). These two factors will be key to delivering the BJP a likely third consecutive victory in ... <a title="‘We have thousands of Modis’: the secret behind the BJP’s enduring success in India" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/19/we-have-thousands-of-modis-the-secret-behind-the-bjps-enduring-success-in-india-227373/" aria-label="Read more about ‘We have thousands of Modis’: the secret behind the BJP’s enduring success in India">Read more</a>
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April 19, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brendon Hyndman, Associate Professor of Education (Adjunct) & Senior Manager (BCE), Charles Sturt University During COVID almost all Australian students and their families experienced online learning. But while schools have long since gone back to in-person teaching, online learning has not gone away. What are online schools ... <a title="Online schooling is not just for lockdowns. Could it work for your child?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/19/online-schooling-is-not-just-for-lockdowns-could-it-work-for-your-child-227770/" aria-label="Read more about Online schooling is not just for lockdowns. Could it work for your child?">Read more</a>
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April 19, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim Tenbensel, Associate Professor, Health Policy, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Getty Images Since coming into power, the coalition government has adopted a simple but shrewd see-how-fast-we-can-move political strategy. However, in the health sector this need for speed entails policy risks that could come back to ... <a title="Why the government’s haste in changing the health system could come back to haunt it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/19/why-the-governments-haste-in-changing-the-health-system-could-come-back-to-haunt-it-227552/" aria-label="Read more about Why the government’s haste in changing the health system could come back to haunt it">Read more</a>
