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August 14, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Timothy Welch, Senior Lecturer in Urban Planning, University of Auckland Tune into news from about any part of the planet, and there will likely be a headline about extreme weather. While these stories will be specific to the location, they all tend to include the amplifying effects ... <a title="Creating ‘sponge cities’ to cope with more rainfall needn’t cost billions – but NZ has to start now" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/14/creating-sponge-cities-to-cope-with-more-rainfall-neednt-cost-billions-but-nz-has-to-start-now-211181/" aria-label="Read more about Creating ‘sponge cities’ to cope with more rainfall needn’t cost billions – but NZ has to start now">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Umbers, Senior Lecturer in Zoology, Western Sydney University We may not pay invertebrates much thought, but they’re the workhorses of all ecosystems. Insects and other invertebrates do essential jobs such as pollinating plants, improving soils and controlling pests. They’re also food for many larger animals, which ... <a title="Trapped: Australia’s extraordinary alpine insects are being marooned on mountaintops as the world warms" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/14/trapped-australias-extraordinary-alpine-insects-are-being-marooned-on-mountaintops-as-the-world-warms-211104/" aria-label="Read more about Trapped: Australia’s extraordinary alpine insects are being marooned on mountaintops as the world warms">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Edward Santow, Professor & Co-Director, Human Technology Institute, University of Technology Sydney Shutterstock Regulation was once a dirty word in tech companies around the world. They argued that if people wanted better smartphones and flying cars, we had to look past dusty old laws dreamed up in ... <a title="Do we need a new law for AI? Sure – but first we could try enforcing the laws we already have" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/14/do-we-need-a-new-law-for-ai-sure-but-first-we-could-try-enforcing-the-laws-we-already-have-211369/" aria-label="Read more about Do we need a new law for AI? Sure – but first we could try enforcing the laws we already have">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Duane Hamacher, Associate Professor, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock Content note: this article mentions genocide and acts of colonial violence against Aboriginal people. How long do you think stories can be passed down, generation to generation? Hundreds of years? Thousands? Today, we publish new research in the ... <a title="Rising seas and a great southern star: Aboriginal oral traditions stretch back more than 12,000 years" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/14/rising-seas-and-a-great-southern-star-aboriginal-oral-traditions-stretch-back-more-than-12-000-years-211114/" aria-label="Read more about Rising seas and a great southern star: Aboriginal oral traditions stretch back more than 12,000 years">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marija Taflaga, Lecturer, School of Political Science and International Relations, Australian National University The Coalition is attempting to claim it supports a legislated Voice to Parliament because it “is important in the way it may close the gap and the way it may improve the lives of ... <a title="Accentuate the negative: why the Liberal Party’s fondness for ‘no’ might ultimately backfire" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/14/accentuate-the-negative-why-the-liberal-partys-fondness-for-no-might-ultimately-backfire-211106/" aria-label="Read more about Accentuate the negative: why the Liberal Party’s fondness for ‘no’ might ultimately backfire">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yuting Zhang, Professor of Health Economics, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock Private health insurance is under review, with proposals to overhaul everything from rebates to tax penalty rules. One proposal is for higher-income earners who don’t have private health insurance to pay a larger Medicare Levy Surcharge ... <a title="Private health insurance is set for a shake-up. But asking people to pay more for policies they don’t want isn’t the answer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/14/private-health-insurance-is-set-for-a-shake-up-but-asking-people-to-pay-more-for-policies-they-dont-want-isnt-the-answer-210981/" aria-label="Read more about Private health insurance is set for a shake-up. But asking people to pay more for policies they don’t want isn’t the answer">Read more</a>
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August 13, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Shutterstock Australia’s leading economists believe Australia can sustain an unemployment rate as low as 3.75% – much lower than the latest Reserve Bank estimate of 4.25% and the Treasury’s latest estimate of 4.5%. This finding, ... <a title="We can and should keep unemployment below 4%, says our survey of top economists" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/13/we-can-and-should-keep-unemployment-below-4-says-our-survey-of-top-economists-211277/" aria-label="Read more about We can and should keep unemployment below 4%, says our survey of top economists">Read more</a>
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August 11, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Fiona Crawford, Adjunct Lecturer at the Centre for Justice, Queensland University of Technology As the Matildas prepare for their 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup sudden-death quarter final against France, they have become the hottest sporting property in the country. For example, formerly uninterested major media just days ... <a title="From handing out their own flyers, to sell-out games: how the Matildas won over a nation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/11/from-handing-out-their-own-flyers-to-sell-out-games-how-the-matildas-won-over-a-nation-211338/" aria-label="Read more about From handing out their own flyers, to sell-out games: how the Matildas won over a nation">Read more</a>
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August 11, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kasey Symons, Postdoctoral research fellow, Swinburne University of Technology With the Matlidas progressing to the quarter finals of the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup, Australia’s sports media is focussed on this global mega event and the potential it has to change the women’s game. Broadcast numbers are ... <a title="Australia just won the netball world cup. Why isn’t there room for multiple women’s world cups in our sports media?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/11/australia-just-won-the-netball-world-cup-why-isnt-there-room-for-multiple-womens-world-cups-in-our-sports-media-211413/" aria-label="Read more about Australia just won the netball world cup. Why isn’t there room for multiple women’s world cups in our sports media?">Read more</a>
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August 11, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Gillespie, Professor of Law, University of Waikato Today’s release of the threat assessment by the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service (SIS) is the final piece in a defence and security puzzle that marks a genuine shift towards more open and public discussion of these crucial policy ... <a title="Out of the shadows: why making NZ’s security threat assessment public for the first time is the right move" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/11/out-of-the-shadows-why-making-nzs-security-threat-assessment-public-for-the-first-time-is-the-right-move-211183/" aria-label="Read more about Out of the shadows: why making NZ’s security threat assessment public for the first time is the right move">Read more</a>
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August 11, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Madeline Sprajcer, Lecturer in Psychology, CQUniversity Australia Shutterstock After a long day, you flop onto the sofa and find yourself dozing off while watching TV. The room is nice and warm, the sofa is comfortable, and the background noise of the TV lulls you to sleep. Then ... <a title="Why do I fall asleep on the sofa but am wide awake when I get to bed?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/11/why-do-i-fall-asleep-on-the-sofa-but-am-wide-awake-when-i-get-to-bed-208371/" aria-label="Read more about Why do I fall asleep on the sofa but am wide awake when I get to bed?">Read more</a>
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August 11, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Lowe, Emeritus Professor, School of Environment and Science, Griffith University The federal government has scrapped plans to build the nation’s first radioactive waste storage facility on farmland near Kimba in South Australia. Frankly, it was never going to work. The plan was doomed from the start. ... <a title="The Kimba nuclear waste plan bites the dust. Here’s what went wrong and how to do better next time" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/11/the-kimba-nuclear-waste-plan-bites-the-dust-heres-what-went-wrong-and-how-to-do-better-next-time-211344/" aria-label="Read more about The Kimba nuclear waste plan bites the dust. Here’s what went wrong and how to do better next time">Read more</a>
