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November 16, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nick Bisley, Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences and Professor of International Relations at La Trobe University., La Trobe University For three decades, the leaders of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum have met to advance their shared interests in improving trade and investment across the ... <a title="Biden-Xi meeting at APEC a reminder of the importance of global summits in dangerous times" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/16/biden-xi-meeting-at-apec-a-reminder-of-the-importance-of-global-summits-in-dangerous-times-217373/" aria-label="Read more about Biden-Xi meeting at APEC a reminder of the importance of global summits in dangerous times">Read more</a>
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November 16, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michoel Moshel, PhD/Masters Clinical Neuropsychology Candidate, Macquarie University Screens have become seamlessly integrated into our daily lives, serving as indispensable tools for work, education and leisure. But while they enrich our lives in countless ways, we often fail to consider the potential impact of screen time on ... <a title="Does screen use really impact our thinking skills? Our analysis suggests it could" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/16/does-screen-use-really-impact-our-thinking-skills-our-analysis-suggests-it-could-216828/" aria-label="Read more about Does screen use really impact our thinking skills? Our analysis suggests it could">Read more</a>
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November 16, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrea Stringer, Associate professor, University of South Australia Shutterstock What are tummy rumbles? – Anouk, aged 10, Coburg This is a great question, and one lots of people ask! There are a few different reasons for “tummy rumbles” or the (sometimes weird) noises your stomach makes. For ... <a title="Curious kids: what are tummy rumbles?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/16/curious-kids-what-are-tummy-rumbles-216163/" aria-label="Read more about Curious kids: what are tummy rumbles?">Read more</a>
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November 16, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Tan, Professor of Political Science and International Relations, University of Canterbury Since the dawn of the Mixed Member Proportional (MMP) voting system in 1996, New Zealand’s parliament has become increasingly diverse. The 2020 election saw a record number of female MPs enter parliament and a world ... <a title="Lost voices: ethnic diversity in the New Zealand parliament will decline after the 2023 election" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/16/lost-voices-ethnic-diversity-in-the-new-zealand-parliament-will-decline-after-the-2023-election-217648/" aria-label="Read more about Lost voices: ethnic diversity in the New Zealand parliament will decline after the 2023 election">Read more</a>
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November 16, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anahita Sal Moslehian, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, HOME Research Centre, Deakin University State governments across the country have plans to increase social and affordable housing to address ballooning waitlists. While necessary, this won’t be enough to clear the backlog of people waiting for public housing. It also takes ... <a title="Interim housing isn’t just a roof and four walls. Good design is key to getting people out of homelessness" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/16/interim-housing-isnt-just-a-roof-and-four-walls-good-design-is-key-to-getting-people-out-of-homelessness-216160/" aria-label="Read more about Interim housing isn’t just a roof and four walls. Good design is key to getting people out of homelessness">Read more</a>
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November 16, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marika Sosnowski, Postdoctoral research fellow, The University of Melbourne Barely a week after Hamas’ attack on Israeli soldiers and civilians on October 7 and the subsequent airstrikes by the Israeli Defence Force on the Gaza Strip, talk of a ceasefire had already begun. More than five weeks ... <a title="What exactly is a ceasefire, and why is it so difficult to agree on one in Gaza?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/16/what-exactly-is-a-ceasefire-and-why-is-it-so-difficult-to-agree-on-one-in-gaza-217683/" aria-label="Read more about What exactly is a ceasefire, and why is it so difficult to agree on one in Gaza?">Read more</a>
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November 16, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Albanese government’s infrastructure review has recommended 82 projects should be cancelled, after finding the $120 billion program unsustainable in its current form. Construction has not started on these projects. The review recommends the savings be used to provide “headroom” ... <a title="Infrastructure review recommends culling 82 planned projects" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/16/infrastructure-review-recommends-culling-82-planned-projects-217805/" aria-label="Read more about Infrastructure review recommends culling 82 planned projects">Read more</a>
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November 16, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christine Carson, Senior Research Fellow, School of Medicine, The University of Western Australia Shutterstock Antimicrobial resistance is one of the biggest global threats to health, food security and development. This month, The Conversation’s experts explore how we got here and the potential solutions. As bacteria become resistant ... <a title="‘Phage therapy’ could treat some drug-resistant superbug infections, but comes with unique challenges" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/16/phage-therapy-could-treat-some-drug-resistant-superbug-infections-but-comes-with-unique-challenges-207025/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Phage therapy’ could treat some drug-resistant superbug infections, but comes with unique challenges">Read more</a>
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November 16, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anna Skarbek, CEO, Climateworks Centre Shutterstock Every bit of warming matters if we want to avoid the worst impacts for climate change, as the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change shows. In 2020, we released modelling showing how Australia could get to net zero ... <a title="How could Australia actually get to net zero? Here’s how" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/16/how-could-australia-actually-get-to-net-zero-heres-how-217778/" aria-label="Read more about How could Australia actually get to net zero? Here’s how">Read more</a>
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November 16, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mike Joy, Morgan Foundation Senior Research Fellow in Freshwater Ecology and Environmental Science, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington The idea that we can mitigate current carbon emissions by “offsetting” them with carbon reduction initiatives elsewhere has become central to government and business responses to ... <a title="We’re burning too much fossil fuel to fix by planting trees – making ‘net zero’ emissions impossible with offsets" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/16/were-burning-too-much-fossil-fuel-to-fix-by-planting-trees-making-net-zero-emissions-impossible-with-offsets-217437/" aria-label="Read more about We’re burning too much fossil fuel to fix by planting trees – making ‘net zero’ emissions impossible with offsets">Read more</a>
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November 16, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julie P. Smith, Honorary Associate Professor, Australian National University Shutterstock The Australian Women’s Economic Equality Taskforce delivered a major report last month drawing attention to what it called the “motherhood penalty” – the 55% cut in earnings for Australian women in the first five years after having ... <a title="We won’t get real equality until we price breastmilk, and treat breastfeeding as work" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/16/we-wont-get-real-equality-until-we-price-breastmilk-and-treat-breastfeeding-as-work-216623/" aria-label="Read more about We won’t get real equality until we price breastmilk, and treat breastfeeding as work">Read more</a>
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November 16, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Gaunson, Senior Lecturer in Cinema Studies, RMIT University Sarah Enticknap/Stan In 2020, Stan announced its endeavour to produce 30 original series filmed in Australia over the next five years. A particular focus of the network is crime productions. Scrublands is just the latest, joining Black Snow ... <a title="Scrublands: not a whodunit but a ‘howcatchem’, a new suspenseful Aussie inversion of the genre" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/16/scrublands-not-a-whodunit-but-a-howcatchem-a-new-suspenseful-aussie-inversion-of-the-genre-217365/" aria-label="Read more about Scrublands: not a whodunit but a ‘howcatchem’, a new suspenseful Aussie inversion of the genre">Read more</a>
