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November 16, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Barbara Norman, Emeritus Professor of Urban & Regional Planning, University of Canberra International climate talks in Egypt known as COP27 are into their second week. Thursday is Solutions Day at the summit. Recognising that urban planning is now a front-line response to climate change, discussions will focus ... <a title="Urban planning is now on the front line of the climate crisis. This is what it means for our cities and towns" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/16/urban-planning-is-now-on-the-front-line-of-the-climate-crisis-this-is-what-it-means-for-our-cities-and-towns-193452/" aria-label="Read more about Urban planning is now on the front line of the climate crisis. This is what it means for our cities and towns">Read more</a>
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November 16, 2022
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards. Political Roundup: Labour’s decaying policy on free universal dental care Grant Robertson has once again ruled out implementing a popular Labour Party policy: free universal dental care. He did so yesterday on RNZ’s Morning Report, citing the cost factor. The Acting Prime Minister suggested that spending on dental care wasn’t a ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Labour’s decaying policy on free universal dental care" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/16/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-labours-decaying-policy-on-free-universal-dental-care/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Labour’s decaying policy on free universal dental care">Read more</a>
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November 16, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kim Johnson, Senior lecturer, La Trobe University NASA JSC/Meghan McArthur NASA’s Artemis I launch is a major step forward in humans going deeper and spending longer in space than ever before. Future Artemis missions plan to take crew to the Moon and eventually Mars, which is likely ... <a title="Humans are going back to the Moon, and beyond – but how will we feed them?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/16/humans-are-going-back-to-the-moon-and-beyond-but-how-will-we-feed-them-189794/" aria-label="Read more about Humans are going back to the Moon, and beyond – but how will we feed them?">Read more</a>
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November 16, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Wood, Associate Professor, epidemiological modelling of infectious diseases, UNSW Sydney Australia is now mid-way into its fourth wave of COVID in the Omicron era, driven by a rich soup of Omicron descendants. Unlike previous waves, where a single new variant of SARS-CoV-2 variant such as BA.2 ... <a title="What can we expect from this latest COVID wave? And how long is it likely to last?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/16/what-can-we-expect-from-this-latest-covid-wave-and-how-long-is-it-likely-to-last-194444/" aria-label="Read more about What can we expect from this latest COVID wave? And how long is it likely to last?">Read more</a>
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November 16, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bradley J. Moggridge, Associate Professor in Indigenous Water Science, University of Canberra Tap water in more than 500 remote Indigenous communities isn’t regularly tested and often isn’t safe to drink, according to a water industry report released last week. In some communities, drinking water contained unacceptable levels ... <a title="Countless reports show water is undrinkable in many Indigenous communities. Why has nothing changed?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/16/countless-reports-show-water-is-undrinkable-in-many-indigenous-communities-why-has-nothing-changed-194447/" aria-label="Read more about Countless reports show water is undrinkable in many Indigenous communities. Why has nothing changed?">Read more</a>
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November 16, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wenju Cai, Chief Research Scientist, Oceans and Atmosphere, CSIRO, CSIRO Shutterstock You’ve probably heard a lot about La Niña lately. This cool weather pattern is the main driver of heavy rain and flooding that has devastated much of Australia’s southeast in recent months. You may also have ... <a title="Climate change will clearly disrupt El Niño and La Niña this decade – 40 years earlier than we thought" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/16/climate-change-will-clearly-disrupt-el-nino-and-la-nina-this-decade-40-years-earlier-than-we-thought-194529/" aria-label="Read more about Climate change will clearly disrupt El Niño and La Niña this decade – 40 years earlier than we thought">Read more</a>
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November 16, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ragan Petrie, Professor, Texas A&M University; Professorial Fellow, The University of Melbourne Dave Hunt/AAP Since 2008, Australia has spent more than A$11 billion dollars over ten years to expand government-funded preschool (or kinder in Victoria) for four-year-olds to better prepare children for school. But as our new ... <a title="New study finds Australia’s preschool expansion ‘has not better prepared’ kids for school" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/16/new-study-finds-australias-preschool-expansion-has-not-better-prepared-kids-for-school-194048/" aria-label="Read more about New study finds Australia’s preschool expansion ‘has not better prepared’ kids for school">Read more</a>
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November 16, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrea Jean Baker, Senior Lecturer in Journalism, Monash University Universal Pictures There is no spoiler alert in the Hollywood adaptation of the award-winning book She Said. We know the story and the perpetrator, which is unusual. 80% of sexual violence cases go unreported. Perpetrators are rarely charged ... <a title="She Said is a formidable retelling of the journalism which sparked #MeToo – but also shows us how far we have to go" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/16/she-said-is-a-formidable-retelling-of-the-journalism-which-sparked-metoo-but-also-shows-us-how-far-we-have-to-go-194045/" aria-label="Read more about She Said is a formidable retelling of the journalism which sparked #MeToo – but also shows us how far we have to go">Read more</a>
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November 16, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben Wheeler, Associate Professor of Paediatric Endocrinology, University of Otago Abby Lee Harder with her daughter Presley, showing the blood-glucose sensor that helps manage her diabetes. Diabetes NZ This year marks a century since an extraordinary medical breakthrough – the use of insulin to treat diabetes mellitus. ... <a title="100 years after insulin was first used, why isn’t NZ funding the latest life-changing diabetes technology?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/16/100-years-after-insulin-was-first-used-why-isnt-nz-funding-the-latest-life-changing-diabetes-technology-194246/" aria-label="Read more about 100 years after insulin was first used, why isn’t NZ funding the latest life-changing diabetes technology?">Read more</a>
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November 16, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Laurenceson, Director and Professor, Australia-China Relations Institute (ACRI), University of Technology Sydney There were smiles all round as the Australian and Chinese leaders met formally for the first time in more than six years. The meeting was brief, just 32 minutes, but Prime Minister Anthony Albanese ... <a title="Albanese-Xi meeting won’t resolve Australia’s grievances overnight. But it is a real step forward" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/16/albanese-xi-meeting-wont-resolve-australias-grievances-overnight-but-it-is-a-real-step-forward-194511/" aria-label="Read more about Albanese-Xi meeting won’t resolve Australia’s grievances overnight. But it is a real step forward">Read more</a>
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November 15, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Shaw, Honorary Senior Fellow in Urban Geography and Planning, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock Last month Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers unveiled the National Housing Accord, intended to build a million new homes in Australia. Part of the plan is to encourage superannuation funds to invest in ... <a title="Super funds should use their substantial holdings for public good" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/15/super-funds-should-use-their-substantial-holdings-for-public-good-194443/" aria-label="Read more about Super funds should use their substantial holdings for public good">Read more</a>
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November 15, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Selinske, Postdoctoral research associate conservation science, RMIT University Shutterstock Today is the Day of Eight Billion, according to the United Nations. That’s an incredible number of humans, considering our population was around 2.5 billion in 1950. Watching our numbers tick over milestones can provoke anxiety. Do ... <a title="You are now one of 8 billion humans alive today. Let’s talk overpopulation – and why low income countries aren’t the issue" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/15/you-are-now-one-of-8-billion-humans-alive-today-lets-talk-overpopulation-and-why-low-income-countries-arent-the-issue-190907/" aria-label="Read more about You are now one of 8 billion humans alive today. Let’s talk overpopulation – and why low income countries aren’t the issue">Read more</a>
