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April 11, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Toby Boraman, Lecturer in Politics, Massey University Striking public sector workers in London, 1979. Getty Images Most people today are coping with the rising cost of living individually: cost cutting, looking for a better paid job, taking on “side hustles”, and so on. But not so long ... <a title="Strikes, protests and collective action: how fighting a cost-of-living crisis wasn’t always about tightening your own belt" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/11/strikes-protests-and-collective-action-how-fighting-a-cost-of-living-crisis-wasnt-always-about-tightening-your-own-belt-203402/" aria-label="Read more about Strikes, protests and collective action: how fighting a cost-of-living crisis wasn’t always about tightening your own belt">Read more</a>
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April 11, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Jongenelis, Associate Professor, Melbourne Centre for Behaviour Change, The University of Melbourne Kindel Media/Pexels You’re driving your teen home from school when they open up to you about their vaping. What started off as an occasional puff of an e-cigarette has turned into something more serious. ... <a title="How can I help my teen quit vaping?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/11/how-can-i-help-my-teen-quit-vaping-201558/" aria-label="Read more about How can I help my teen quit vaping?">Read more</a>
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April 11, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Selinske, Senior Research Fellow, RMIT University Australia’s rarest butterfly, the Australian fritillary. Garry Sankowsky, Author provided Last month, Sir David Attenborough called on United Kingdom residents to “go wild once per week”. By this, he meant taking actions which help rather than harm the natural world, ... <a title="Nature is in crisis. Here are 10 easy ways you can make a difference" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/11/nature-is-in-crisis-here-are-10-easy-ways-you-can-make-a-difference-202855/" aria-label="Read more about Nature is in crisis. Here are 10 easy ways you can make a difference">Read more</a>
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April 11, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Jefferson, Senior Lecturer in Education, Edith Cowan University Shutterstock Many Year 10 students are beginning to think seriously about what subjects they might pick for years 11 and 12. These are important decisions – not just because they may form the basis of further university study ... <a title="Year 10 students are thinking about their final subjects – here’s how parents can help" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/11/year-10-students-are-thinking-about-their-final-subjects-heres-how-parents-can-help-203164/" aria-label="Read more about Year 10 students are thinking about their final subjects – here’s how parents can help">Read more</a>
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April 11, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ou Yang, Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne The best word to describe the way Australia taxes alcoholic drinks is “incoherent”. It was the word used by the 2010 Henry Tax Review to describe a system in which some wine effectively faces no alcohol tax, expensive wine ... <a title="Australia’s system of taxing alcohol is ‘incoherent’, but our research suggests a single tax rate isn’t the answer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/11/australias-system-of-taxing-alcohol-is-incoherent-but-our-research-suggests-a-single-tax-rate-isnt-the-answer-195907/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s system of taxing alcohol is ‘incoherent’, but our research suggests a single tax rate isn’t the answer">Read more</a>
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April 11, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lewis Fitz-Gerald, Lecturer, Screen Studies, University of New England Lionsgate At the beginning of the first John Wick film, the tools of his deadly trade lie entombed beneath concrete, buried alongside Wick’s worst self – the pitiless assassin only his happy marriage permitted him to retire. Fans ... <a title="How the John Wick franchise fits into the bloody tradition of the revenge film genre" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/11/how-the-john-wick-franchise-fits-into-the-bloody-tradition-of-the-revenge-film-genre-203136/" aria-label="Read more about How the John Wick franchise fits into the bloody tradition of the revenge film genre">Read more</a>
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April 6, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Ken Wyatt made history when he became the first Indigenous member of the House of Representatives in 2010. In 2019, he became the first Indigenous federal cabinet minister when he was appointed minister for Indigenous Australians in the Morrison government. ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: the high cost of the Liberals’ Voice rejection – for both Peter Dutton and the party" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/06/grattan-on-friday-the-high-cost-of-the-liberals-voice-rejection-for-both-peter-dutton-and-the-party-203419/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: the high cost of the Liberals’ Voice rejection – for both Peter Dutton and the party">Read more</a>
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April 6, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Liberals have formally decided to oppose the Voice. Peter Dutton has declared he will campaign against it, a high risk strategy when polls are showing a majority of Australians currently support a “yes” vote. Noel Pearson was scathing of ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Simon Birmingham on the Voice, Aston, the Liberals, Uranium" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/06/politics-with-michelle-grattan-simon-birmingham-on-the-voice-aston-the-liberals-uranium-203416/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Simon Birmingham on the Voice, Aston, the Liberals, Uranium">Read more</a>
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April 6, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gavin Rowell, Professor in High Energy Astrophyics, University of Adelaide LST-1 prototype in La Palma, Spain. Tomohiro Inada/CTA, CC BY-NC-ND Long gone are the days when astronomers only studied the skies with simple optical telescopes. Today, unveiling the mysteries of the Universe involves ever-larger and more complex ... <a title="A ‘next-generation’ gamma-ray observatory is underway to probe the extreme Universe" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/06/a-next-generation-gamma-ray-observatory-is-underway-to-probe-the-extreme-universe-191772/" aria-label="Read more about A ‘next-generation’ gamma-ray observatory is underway to probe the extreme Universe">Read more</a>
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April 6, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Arantxa Vizcaíno-Verdú, Phd Student in Communication, Universidad de Huelva Shutterstock Spanish millennial users on TikTok claim they are not Spanish if they do not know eight mythical songs from their country’s history. Japanese users show their passion for anime by singing any opening or ending song upon ... <a title="Put a finger down if you know this song: how TikTok music challenge memes build community" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/06/put-a-finger-down-if-you-know-this-song-how-tiktok-music-challenge-memes-build-community-201385/" aria-label="Read more about Put a finger down if you know this song: how TikTok music challenge memes build community">Read more</a>
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April 6, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nathan Kettlewell, Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Economics Discipline Group, University of Technology Sydney Shutterstock During the Easter school holidays, scores of learner drivers will hit the roads, with parents carefully logging all their driving hours. Many of us have experienced this process, whether as a learner, a ... <a title="120 hours of supervised learner driving: our research suggests it may be too many" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/06/120-hours-of-supervised-learner-driving-our-research-suggests-it-may-be-too-many-203225/" aria-label="Read more about 120 hours of supervised learner driving: our research suggests it may be too many">Read more</a>
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April 6, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nick Fuller, Charles Perkins Centre Research Program Leader, University of Sydney pexels alteredsnaps, CC BY-SA It’s no surprise exercise is one of the first things we turn to when we decide it’s time to lose weight. We readily sign up for that gym membership and commit to ... <a title="Does exercise help you lose weight?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/06/does-exercise-help-you-lose-weight-198292/" aria-label="Read more about Does exercise help you lose weight?">Read more</a>
