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October 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Iftekhar Ahmed, Associate Professor, University of Newcastle People living in the Hunter region of New South Wales know all too well the devastation disasters can bring. After enduring the 2019-2020 horror bushfire season, La Niña settled in for three wet summers and residents experienced back-to-back floods this ... <a title="We spoke to the exhausted flood-response teams in the Hunter Valley. Here’s what they need when the next floods strike" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/28/we-spoke-to-the-exhausted-flood-response-teams-in-the-hunter-valley-heres-what-they-need-when-the-next-floods-strike-192863/" aria-label="Read more about We spoke to the exhausted flood-response teams in the Hunter Valley. Here’s what they need when the next floods strike">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Charles Livingstone, Associate Professor, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University Shutterstock Billions of dollars in proceeds of crime are being funnelled through clubs and pubs in New South Wales, according to the NSW Crime Commission. Predictably, the industry is claiming it’s not an issue ... <a title="Pubs and clubs – your friendly neighbourhood money-laundering service, thanks to 86,640 pokies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/28/pubs-and-clubs-your-friendly-neighbourhood-money-laundering-service-thanks-to-86-640-pokies-193312/" aria-label="Read more about Pubs and clubs – your friendly neighbourhood money-laundering service, thanks to 86,640 pokies">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Helen Dickinson, Professor, Public Service Research, UNSW Sydney In this week’s federal budget the costs of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) have been revised upwards, with average forecast growth of 14% a year over the next decade. It looks like the NDIS could cost more than ... <a title="The budget sounded warnings of an NDIS ‘blow out’ – but also set aside funds to curb costs and boost productivity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/28/the-budget-sounded-warnings-of-an-ndis-blow-out-but-also-set-aside-funds-to-curb-costs-and-boost-productivity-193315/" aria-label="Read more about The budget sounded warnings of an NDIS ‘blow out’ – but also set aside funds to curb costs and boost productivity">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By C Raina MacIntyre, Professor of Global Biosecurity, NHMRC Principal Research Fellow, Head, Biosecurity Program, Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney Cruise ships carrying passengers with COVID are back in the news. The Coral Princess, with an unconfirmed number of people testing positive on board, is set to dock at ... <a title="Cruise ships are back and carrying COVID. No, it’s not 2020. But here’s what needs to happen next" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/28/cruise-ships-are-back-and-carrying-covid-no-its-not-2020-but-heres-what-needs-to-happen-next-193384/" aria-label="Read more about Cruise ships are back and carrying COVID. No, it’s not 2020. But here’s what needs to happen next">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paola Magni, Senior Lecturer in Forensic Science, Murdoch University Shutterstock We can all agree humans need to reduce their impact on the environment. And while most of us think of this in terms of daily activities – such as eating less meat, or being water-wise – this ... <a title="Coffin? Casket? Cremation? How to make your death more environmentally friendly" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/28/coffin-casket-cremation-how-to-make-your-death-more-environmentally-friendly-188456/" aria-label="Read more about Coffin? Casket? Cremation? How to make your death more environmentally friendly">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne David Crosling/AAP The Victorian state election will be held in four weeks, on November 26. A Resolve poll for The Age, conducted October 20-24 from a sample ... <a title="Labor retains large lead in Victorian Resolve poll four weeks from election; also leads in NSW" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/28/labor-retains-large-lead-in-victorian-resolve-poll-four-weeks-from-election-also-leads-in-nsw-192333/" aria-label="Read more about Labor retains large lead in Victorian Resolve poll four weeks from election; also leads in NSW">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Patrick Taylor, Honorary Professor, School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University Flooding stirs up river sediments, which can spread contaminants in our waterways and floodplains. Flood water can carry sediments bearing contaminants from a range of sources, both historical and new, such as sewage, petrol stations, industrial ... <a title="What’s in the mud? Flood victims’ fears eased by early test results" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/28/whats-in-the-mud-flood-victims-fears-eased-by-early-test-results-193111/" aria-label="Read more about What’s in the mud? Flood victims’ fears eased by early test results">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Gillespie, Professor of Law, University of Waikato Jacinda Ardern addressing the UN General Assembly in September 2022. Getty Images Since Jacinda Ardern described the state of world affairs as “bloody messy” earlier this year there have been few, if any, signs of improvement. Ukraine, China, nuclear ... <a title="Dealing with a ‘bloody messy’ world – the urgent foreign policy challenges facing NZ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/28/dealing-with-a-bloody-messy-world-the-urgent-foreign-policy-challenges-facing-nz-192935/" aria-label="Read more about Dealing with a ‘bloody messy’ world – the urgent foreign policy challenges facing NZ">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Belinda Lunnay, Post-doctoral researcher in Public Health , Torrens University Australia Shutterstock Up to one in ten cases of breast cancer in Australia is linked to drinking alcohol. Midlife women are already at increased risk for breast cancer because of their age, and tend to drink more ... <a title="‘I take it with a pinch of salt’: why women question health warnings linking alcohol with breast cancer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/28/i-take-it-with-a-pinch-of-salt-why-women-question-health-warnings-linking-alcohol-with-breast-cancer-192179/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I take it with a pinch of salt’: why women question health warnings linking alcohol with breast cancer">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca Ananian-Welsh, Associate Professor, TC Beirne School of Law, The University of Queensland Australia is now 39th in Reporters Sans Frontiers’ World Press Freedom Index, a staggering decline of 20 places since 2018. This reflects a fact acknowledged by both the Morrison and Albanese governments: Australia has ... <a title="Journalists must be protected in police investigations. Here’s our five point plan for reform" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/28/journalists-must-be-protected-in-police-investigations-heres-our-five-point-plan-for-reform-193102/" aria-label="Read more about Journalists must be protected in police investigations. Here’s our five point plan for reform">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Edward Jegasothy, Lecturer, School of Public Health, University of Sydney Shutterstock Australia is facing a cost-of-living crisis. Rising costs of rent, fuel, food and power have increased financial stress for many households. While financial pressures are now being felt by a broader section of society, for many ... <a title="Disempowered, shut off and less able to afford healthy choices – how financial hardship is bad for our health" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/28/disempowered-shut-off-and-less-able-to-afford-healthy-choices-how-financial-hardship-is-bad-for-our-health-192241/" aria-label="Read more about Disempowered, shut off and less able to afford healthy choices – how financial hardship is bad for our health">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jamie Pittock, Professor, Fenner School of Environment & Society, Australian National University Wyangala Dam AAP Image/Lukas Coch A story from the early days of the Abbott government still circulates in the halls of Parliament House. The government’s Expenditure Review Committee apparently supported then Minister for Agriculture Barnaby ... <a title="Money for dams dries up as good water management finally makes it into a federal budget" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/28/money-for-dams-dries-up-as-good-water-management-finally-makes-it-into-a-federal-budget-193380/" aria-label="Read more about Money for dams dries up as good water management finally makes it into a federal budget">Read more</a>
