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June 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brad E Tucker, Astrophysicist, Australian National University Obed Hernández/Unsplash Over the past eight years, I have been asked to submit astronomical evidence for court cases all over Australia. Normally when we think of evidence in court, we think of eyewitnesses, DNA or police reports. Often, this evidence ... <a title="Where was the Sun? Here’s why astronomers are more useful in court cases than you’d think" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/19/where-was-the-sun-heres-why-astronomers-are-more-useful-in-court-cases-than-youd-think-204276/" aria-label="Read more about Where was the Sun? Here’s why astronomers are more useful in court cases than you’d think">Read more</a>
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June 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Breadon, Program Director, Health and Aged Care, Grattan Institute Shutterstock Today independent MP and former GP Sophie Scamps will introduce a bill into federal parliament that would restrict junk food advertisements aimed at children. The bill would target advertising for unhealthy foods Australia’s health ministers have ... <a title="Is it finally time to ban junk food advertising? A new bill could improve kids’ health" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/19/is-it-finally-time-to-ban-junk-food-advertising-a-new-bill-could-improve-kids-health-207906/" aria-label="Read more about Is it finally time to ban junk food advertising? A new bill could improve kids’ health">Read more</a>
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June 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The legislation to enable the Australian people to vote in a referendum for an Indigenous Voice to Parliament has passed the Senate by 52 to 19. The vote took place with the public gallery crowded with supporters, and was greeted ... <a title="Referendum legislation passes 52-19 to applause but Lidia Thorpe condemns ‘assimilation day’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/19/referendum-legislation-passes-52-19-to-applause-but-lidia-thorpe-condemns-assimilation-day-208006/" aria-label="Read more about Referendum legislation passes 52-19 to applause but Lidia Thorpe condemns ‘assimilation day’">Read more</a>
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June 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicola Gaston, Co-Director of the MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, University of Auckland The crisis in Aotearoa New Zealand’s university and wider research sector did not happen overnight. While funding shortfalls and sweeping redundancies are now making headlines, the underlying problems have been evident for ... <a title="Starved of funds and vision, struggling universities put NZ’s entire research strategy at risk" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/19/starved-of-funds-and-vision-struggling-universities-put-nzs-entire-research-strategy-at-risk-207708/" aria-label="Read more about Starved of funds and vision, struggling universities put NZ’s entire research strategy at risk">Read more</a>
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June 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ayesha Scott, Senior Lecturer – Finance, Auckland University of Technology Getty Images When it comes to money, are you a big spender or a fearful saver? Do you give away all your money or ignore financial demands until they become urgent? After decades of focus on financial ... <a title="Know thyself, know thy finances: which of the 5 money personalities are you?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/19/know-thyself-know-thy-finances-which-of-the-5-money-personalities-are-you-207621/" aria-label="Read more about Know thyself, know thy finances: which of the 5 money personalities are you?">Read more</a>
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June 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonathan Biteau, Maître de conférence en physique des astroparticules, Université Paris-Saclay ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, A. Martel, CC BY-SA As dawn rose over the German city of Bremen on May 7 1823, Heinrich Olbers put the finishing touches to an article that left his name in history. ... <a title="Why is the sky dark at night? The 200-year history of a question that transformed our understanding of the Universe" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/19/why-is-the-sky-dark-at-night-the-200-year-history-of-a-question-that-transformed-our-understanding-of-the-universe-206575/" aria-label="Read more about Why is the sky dark at night? The 200-year history of a question that transformed our understanding of the Universe">Read more</a>
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June 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gabrielle Appleby, Professor, UNSW Law School, UNSW Sydney Lukas Coch/AAP As we start to see the campaign for the Voice referendum gather momentum, there are a lot of Australian voters with genuine questions, trying to understand the proposal and wade through the information – including misinformation and ... <a title="10 questions about the Voice to Parliament – answered by the experts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/19/10-questions-about-the-voice-to-parliament-answered-by-the-experts-207014/" aria-label="Read more about 10 questions about the Voice to Parliament – answered by the experts">Read more</a>
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June 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yaqoot Fatima, Associate Professor, UQ Poche Centre for Indigenous Health, The University of Queensland Getty Adolescence is a sensitive life stage when emerging independence, changing social roles, excessive screen time, academic pressures, and significant biological changes can lead to emotional and behavioural problems. The current generation of ... <a title="The first sleep health program for First Nations adolescents could change lives" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/19/the-first-sleep-health-program-for-first-nations-adolescents-could-change-lives-206286/" aria-label="Read more about The first sleep health program for First Nations adolescents could change lives">Read more</a>
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June 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Esther Suckling, Research Associate, Grattan Institute Pixel-Shot, Shutterstock If every Australian household that uses gas went all-electric today, we would “save” more than 30 million tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions over the next ten years. That’s because there are more than 5 million households on the gas ... <a title="All-electric homes are better for your hip pocket and the planet. Here’s how governments can help us get off gas" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/19/all-electric-homes-are-better-for-your-hip-pocket-and-the-planet-heres-how-governments-can-help-us-get-off-gas-207409/" aria-label="Read more about All-electric homes are better for your hip pocket and the planet. Here’s how governments can help us get off gas">Read more</a>
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June 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Pablo Guillen, Associate Professor, School of Economics, University of Sydney Ivan Samkov/Pexels This article is part of our series on big ideas for the Universities Accord. The federal government is calling for ideas to “reshape and reimagine higher education, and set it up for the next decade ... <a title="Our research shows how students can miss out on their preferred uni degree – but there’s a simple fix" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/19/our-research-shows-how-students-can-miss-out-on-their-preferred-uni-degree-but-theres-a-simple-fix-207415/" aria-label="Read more about Our research shows how students can miss out on their preferred uni degree – but there’s a simple fix">Read more</a>
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June 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Humphery-Jenner, Associate Professor of Finance, UNSW Sydney Shutterstock When was the last time you got a pay increase? Was it anywhere near the rate of inflation? If it feels as if your wage is shrinking and cost of living pressures are growing, you’re in good company. ... <a title="Tired of shrinking pay? The real drain on Australians’ productivity is falling wages" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/19/tired-of-shrinking-pay-the-real-drain-on-australians-productivity-is-falling-wages-207807/" aria-label="Read more about Tired of shrinking pay? The real drain on Australians’ productivity is falling wages">Read more</a>
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June 18, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Lukas Coch/AAP Federal parliament enters its last week before the winter break ready to approve legislation for the Voice referendum but with the government’s proposed $10 billion Housing Australia Future Fund still in the balance. After marathon debates in both ... <a title="Referendum bill to pass on Monday while government pulls out stops to try to secure housing fund" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/18/referendum-bill-to-pass-on-monday-while-government-pulls-out-stops-to-try-to-secure-housing-fund-207988/" aria-label="Read more about Referendum bill to pass on Monday while government pulls out stops to try to secure housing fund">Read more</a>
