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February 17, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Justin Beardsley, Associate Professor in Infectious Diseases, Sydney Institute for Infectious Diseases Westmead Clinical School, University of Sydney Liane Hentscher/HBO Fungal infections have received a frenzy of attention thanks to the popularity of HBO’s The Last of Us. The show depicts a fungal pandemic caused by the ... <a title="Before The Last of Us, I was part of an international team to chart the threat of killer fungi. This is what we found" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/17/before-the-last-of-us-i-was-part-of-an-international-team-to-chart-the-threat-of-killer-fungi-this-is-what-we-found-199593/" aria-label="Read more about Before The Last of Us, I was part of an international team to chart the threat of killer fungi. This is what we found">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Melissa Tham, Research fellow, Victoria University Paul Hanaoka/Unsplash About 100 early childhood experts are meeting in Canberra today for a national summit on children who are five and under. This is part of the Albanese government’s work to develop an early years strategy to ensure Australian kids ... <a title="Better, cheaper childcare is on the horizon in Australia, but 4 key challenges remain" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/17/better-cheaper-childcare-is-on-the-horizon-in-australia-but-4-key-challenges-remain-199864/" aria-label="Read more about Better, cheaper childcare is on the horizon in Australia, but 4 key challenges remain">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Quiggin, Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland Schwartz Media Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ recent essay in The Monthly, “Capitalism after the crises”, tells us a lot about economic predicament faced by the Albanese government and governments around the world. Arguably, the reaction to the ... <a title="6,000 words but silent on falling real wages: what Chalmers got wrong on ‘values-based capitalism’ and fixing our economic woes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/17/6-000-words-but-silent-on-falling-real-wages-what-chalmers-got-wrong-on-values-based-capitalism-and-fixing-our-economic-woes-199270/" aria-label="Read more about 6,000 words but silent on falling real wages: what Chalmers got wrong on ‘values-based capitalism’ and fixing our economic woes">Read more</a>
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February 16, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra If Peter Dutton is caught in a classic rock-and-hard-place dilemma over the Voice to Parliament, the same could be said for Greens leader Adam Bandt on the safeguard legislation to underpin the government’s climate policy. The Greens are putting as ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Adam Bandt is wedged by Greens’ overreach on emissions legislation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/16/grattan-on-friday-adam-bandt-is-wedged-by-greens-overreach-on-emissions-legislation-200083/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Adam Bandt is wedged by Greens’ overreach on emissions legislation">Read more</a>
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February 16, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Kate Chaney was one of half a dozen new “teal” MPs elected to parliament last year, winning the previously solid Liberal seat of Curtin in Western Australia. “It’s been a fascinating and steep learning curve over the last eight months,” ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Kate Chaney on life as a teal MP" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/16/politics-with-michelle-grattan-kate-chaney-on-life-as-a-teal-mp-200084/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Kate Chaney on life as a teal MP">Read more</a>
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February 16, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Greg Barton, Chair in Global Islamic Politics, Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University Violent extremism remains a persistent and resilient threat, constantly adapting and evolving. It is an endlessly demanding problem and we can neither afford to ignore it nor allow it to disproportionately ... <a title="COVID wasn’t a ‘bumper campaign’ for right-wing extremists. But the threat from terror remains" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/16/covid-wasnt-a-bumper-campaign-for-right-wing-extremists-but-the-threat-from-terror-remains-199964/" aria-label="Read more about COVID wasn’t a ‘bumper campaign’ for right-wing extremists. But the threat from terror remains">Read more</a>
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February 16, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Odei Erdiaw-Kwasie, Lecturer in Sustainability| Lead, Circular Economy Research Group, Charles Darwin University shutterstock shutterstock.com Vaping, or using electronic cigarettes, not only pollutes the surrounding air, it also creates a new contaminated e-waste stream. Australian waste management authorities are just beginning to tackle this problem, as ... <a title="Stop tossing your spent vapes and e-cigs: you’re breeding a new waste pandemic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/16/stop-tossing-your-spent-vapes-and-e-cigs-youre-breeding-a-new-waste-pandemic-199956/" aria-label="Read more about Stop tossing your spent vapes and e-cigs: you’re breeding a new waste pandemic">Read more</a>
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February 16, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Malika Nisal Ratnayake, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Faculty of Information Technology, Monash University Justus Menke/Unsplash Artificial intelligence (AI) offers a new way to track the insect pollinators essential to farming. In a new study, we installed miniature digital cameras and computers inside a greenhouse at a strawberry farm ... <a title="AI can track bees on camera. Here’s how that will help farmers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/16/ai-can-track-bees-on-camera-heres-how-that-will-help-farmers-199406/" aria-label="Read more about AI can track bees on camera. Here’s how that will help farmers">Read more</a>
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February 16, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Janet Gibson, Tutor in Creative Arts, Macquarie University Belvoir/Brett Boardman Review: Blessed Union, directed by Hannah Goodwin, Belvoir. Billed as “the lesbian break-up comedy you didn’t know you needed”, Blessed Union is a chaotic joyride, a rapid-fire feast of words, ideas and emotions laying bare what happens ... <a title="Blessed Union puts queer families centre stage, with hilarity and heartbreak" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/16/blessed-union-puts-queer-families-centre-stage-with-hilarity-and-heartbreak-198778/" aria-label="Read more about Blessed Union puts queer families centre stage, with hilarity and heartbreak">Read more</a>
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February 16, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Evita March, Senior Lecturer in Psychology, Federation University Australia Shutterstock Online dating has revolutionised romance, creating more opportunities to meet potential partners than ever before. However, alongside the benefits is the risk of abuse, harassment, and exploitation. In late January this year, the Australian government convened a ... <a title="What kinds of people ‘catfish’? Study finds they have higher psychopathy, sadism, and narcissism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/16/what-kinds-of-people-catfish-study-finds-they-have-higher-psychopathy-sadism-and-narcissism-198755/" aria-label="Read more about What kinds of people ‘catfish’? Study finds they have higher psychopathy, sadism, and narcissism">Read more</a>
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February 16, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Chou, Associate Professor of Politics, Australian Catholic University Darebin City Council was the first to declare a climate emergency. John Englart/Flickr, CC BY-SA News headlines about local government in Australia often have a familiar storyline: councils should stick to their “core purpose […] to collect rubbish, ... <a title="Beyond roads, rates and rubbish: Australians now expect local councils to act on bigger issues, including climate change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/16/beyond-roads-rates-and-rubbish-australians-now-expect-local-councils-to-act-on-bigger-issues-including-climate-change-199861/" aria-label="Read more about Beyond roads, rates and rubbish: Australians now expect local councils to act on bigger issues, including climate change">Read more</a>
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February 16, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elizabeth Elliott, Professor of Paediatrics & Child Health and Director of the Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit, University of Sydney Getty/Jamie Grill In recent weeks, the Australian and Northern Territory governments announced new funding to address the longstanding, much-publicised challenges facing Central Australia. The promised A$250 million adds ... <a title="Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder is tragic but not new. How should fresh funding tackle it in the NT?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/16/fetal-alcohol-spectrum-disorder-is-tragic-but-not-new-how-should-fresh-funding-tackle-it-in-the-nt-199673/" aria-label="Read more about Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder is tragic but not new. How should fresh funding tackle it in the NT?">Read more</a>
