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July 26, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jane McAdam AO, Scientia Professor and Director of the Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, UNSW Sydney It has been over a decade since Australia revived its offshore processing regime for asylum seekers, yet revelations of the policy’s human and financial failures keep coming. Last weekend, the ... <a title="Our cruel and costly offshore processing system was a failure. We have a better solution on asylum policy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/26/our-cruel-and-costly-offshore-processing-system-was-a-failure-we-have-a-better-solution-on-asylum-policy-210378/" aria-label="Read more about Our cruel and costly offshore processing system was a failure. We have a better solution on asylum policy">Read more</a>
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July 26, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elizabeth Macpherson, Associate Professor of Law, University of Canterbury Unsplash/Rod Long The recent failure of the proposed Kermadec ocean sanctuary is a striking reminder of the need for leadership around New Zealand’s ocean policies. The “no take” ocean sanctuary was meant to be one of the world’s ... <a title="New Zealand’s maritime territory is 15 times its landmass — here’s why we need a ministry for the ocean" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/26/new-zealands-maritime-territory-is-15-times-its-landmass-heres-why-we-need-a-ministry-for-the-ocean-210123/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand’s maritime territory is 15 times its landmass — here’s why we need a ministry for the ocean">Read more</a>
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July 26, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jane Tuckerman, Senior Research Officer, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute Shutterstock This winter, we’re having to get our heads around another respiratory virus – RSV. It’s less well known than COVID or flu, but it’s also responsible for unplanned visits to the GP or emergency department, and days ... <a title="RSV is everywhere right now. What parents need to know about respiratory syncytial virus" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/26/rsv-is-everywhere-right-now-what-parents-need-to-know-about-respiratory-syncytial-virus-208855/" aria-label="Read more about RSV is everywhere right now. What parents need to know about respiratory syncytial virus">Read more</a>
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July 26, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nathan Kilah, Senior Lecturer in Chemistry, University of Tasmania Shutterstock A potentially dangerous trend has gained prominence on TikTok, with a number of people mixing borax into water and drinking it for supposed health benefits. This isn’t new. Social media platforms have been host to many dangerous ... <a title="A new TikTok trend has people drinking toxic borax. An expert explains the risks – and how to read product labels" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/26/a-new-tiktok-trend-has-people-drinking-toxic-borax-an-expert-explains-the-risks-and-how-to-read-product-labels-210278/" aria-label="Read more about A new TikTok trend has people drinking toxic borax. An expert explains the risks – and how to read product labels">Read more</a>
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July 26, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Kenny, Professor, Australian Studies Institute, Australian National University Mick Tsikas/AAP It never quite lived up to its billing as “the right-wing GetUp!” but five years on, an activist group feted by Australia’s most conservative politicians and backed by some rich but reclusive individuals is a vocal ... <a title="What are ‘Advance’ and ‘Fair Australia’, and why are they spearheading the ‘no’ campaign on the Voice?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/26/what-are-advance-and-fair-australia-and-why-are-they-spearheading-the-no-campaign-on-the-voice-209390/" aria-label="Read more about What are ‘Advance’ and ‘Fair Australia’, and why are they spearheading the ‘no’ campaign on the Voice?">Read more</a>
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July 26, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Governments have failed to properly share decision-making with Indigenous people to accelerate Closing the Gap, despite formally undertaking to do so, according to a scathing indictment by the Productivity Commission. The commission says too many government agencies consult Indigenous people ... <a title="Governments are failing to share decision-making with Indigenous people, Productivity Commission finds" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/26/governments-are-failing-to-share-decision-making-with-indigenous-people-productivity-commission-finds-210392/" aria-label="Read more about Governments are failing to share decision-making with Indigenous people, Productivity Commission finds">Read more</a>
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July 26, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lewis Ingram, Lecturer in Physiotherapy, University of South Australia Jonathan Borba/Unsplash With the rising cost of living, gyms memberships and fitness classes are becoming increasingly unaffordable. But the good news is you can make just as much progress at home. Cardiovascular endurance, muscle strength and flexibility are ... <a title="Can’t afford a gym membership or fitness class? 3 things to include in a DIY exercise program" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/26/cant-afford-a-gym-membership-or-fitness-class-3-things-to-include-in-a-diy-exercise-program-206204/" aria-label="Read more about Can’t afford a gym membership or fitness class? 3 things to include in a DIY exercise program">Read more</a>
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July 26, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Susanne Becken, Professor of Sustainable Tourism, Griffith Institute for Tourism, Griffith University Thousands of people on the beach. Children reportedly falling off evacuation boats. Panic. People fleeing with the clothes on their backs. It felt like “the end of the world”, according to one tourist. The fires ... <a title="Tourists flock to the Mediterranean as if the climate crisis isn’t happening. This year’s heat and fire will force change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/26/tourists-flock-to-the-mediterranean-as-if-the-climate-crisis-isnt-happening-this-years-heat-and-fire-will-force-change-210282/" aria-label="Read more about Tourists flock to the Mediterranean as if the climate crisis isn’t happening. This year’s heat and fire will force change">Read more</a>
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July 26, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amy-Marie Gilpin, Research Fellow, Ecology, Western Sydney University Australia’s national parks, botanic gardens, wild places and green spaces are swarming with an invasive pest that is largely flying under the radar. This is yet another form of livestock, escaped from captivity and left to roam free. Contrary ... <a title="The feral flying under the radar: why we need to rethink European honeybees" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/26/the-feral-flying-under-the-radar-why-we-need-to-rethink-european-honeybees-207153/" aria-label="Read more about The feral flying under the radar: why we need to rethink European honeybees">Read more</a>
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July 26, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Kate Hattam, Senior Lecturer at Education Futures University of South Australia, University of South Australia Shutterstock One of Education Minister Jason Clare’s top priorities for the Universities Accord is encouraging more Australians to go to university. As he notes, “more jobs are going to require a ... <a title="What are enabling programs? How do they help Australians get to uni?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/26/what-are-enabling-programs-how-do-they-help-australians-get-to-uni-210269/" aria-label="Read more about What are enabling programs? How do they help Australians get to uni?">Read more</a>
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July 26, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jasmin Pfefferkorn, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Culture and Communication, The University of Melbourne For the first time in 60 years, the Writers Guild of America (WGA) and the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) are simultaneously facing off against the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. The ... <a title="Computer-written scripts and deepfake actors: what’s at the heart of the Hollywood strikes against generative AI" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/26/computer-written-scripts-and-deepfake-actors-whats-at-the-heart-of-the-hollywood-strikes-against-generative-ai-210191/" aria-label="Read more about Computer-written scripts and deepfake actors: what’s at the heart of the Hollywood strikes against generative AI">Read more</a>
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July 26, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alan Renwick, Professor of Agricultural Economics, Lincoln University, New Zealand Getty Images Supermarket customers around New Zealand are noticing gaps in the grocery aisles that have nothing to do with the global pandemic or Ukraine war. It’s clear domestic food supply chains have been increasingly challenged by ... <a title="Climate extremes make NZ’s supply chains highly vulnerable – it’s time to rethink how we grow and ship food" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/26/climate-extremes-make-nzs-supply-chains-highly-vulnerable-its-time-to-rethink-how-we-grow-and-ship-food-209023/" aria-label="Read more about Climate extremes make NZ’s supply chains highly vulnerable – it’s time to rethink how we grow and ship food">Read more</a>
