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September 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachel Gallagher, PhD Candidate, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Queensland Shops, offices, gyms and apartments dominate Brisbane’s ‘mixed use’ zone. Rachel Gallagher, Author provided COVID-19 may have kick-started the decline of the Australian CBD, but our newly published research shows how planning decisions ... <a title="How we accidentally planned the desertion of our cities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/27/how-we-accidentally-planned-the-desertion-of-our-cities-190145/" aria-label="Read more about How we accidentally planned the desertion of our cities">Read more</a>
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September 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist), The Conversation The New South Wales state election will be held in six months, in March 2023. A Newspoll, conducted September 19-22 from a sample of 1,006, gave Labor a 54-46 lead (it was 52.0-48.0 to the Coalition at the March 2019 ... <a title="Labor seizes big lead in two New South Wales polls six months before election" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/27/labor-seizes-big-lead-in-two-new-south-wales-polls-six-months-before-election-191065/" aria-label="Read more about Labor seizes big lead in two New South Wales polls six months before election">Read more</a>
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September 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jeanine Young, Professor of Nursing & Deputy Head of School – Research, University of the Sunshine Coast, University of the Sunshine Coast Shutterstock Carrying babies in a soft fabric sling or carrier close to their parent or caregiver has been practised throughout the world for centuries. However, ... <a title="Baby sling safety is under the spotlight – a 5-point checklist can keep infants safe" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/27/baby-sling-safety-is-under-the-spotlight-a-5-point-checklist-can-keep-infants-safe-190971/" aria-label="Read more about Baby sling safety is under the spotlight – a 5-point checklist can keep infants safe">Read more</a>
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September 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rieneke Weij, Postdoctoral researcher in Geochemistry/Palaeoclimatology, University of Cape Town Steve Bourne, Author provided, Author provided South Australia’s Naracoorte Caves is one of the world’s best fossil sites, containing a record spanning more than half a million years. Among the remains preserved in layers of sand are ... <a title="Study finds famous Australian caves are up to 500,000 years older than we thought – and it could help explain a megafauna mystery" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/27/study-finds-famous-australian-caves-are-up-to-500-000-years-older-than-we-thought-and-it-could-help-explain-a-megafauna-mystery-190688/" aria-label="Read more about Study finds famous Australian caves are up to 500,000 years older than we thought – and it could help explain a megafauna mystery">Read more</a>
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September 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lisa French, Professor & Dean, School of Media and Communication, RMIT University Among Picasso’s partners were two formidable female artists: Dora Maar (1907–97) and Françoise Gilot (1921-). For a long time, these women were known primarily as his muse or lover, but further scrutiny of their extensive ... <a title="Dora Maar and Françoise Gilot were much more than Picasso’s muses or lovers. They are important artists in their own right" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/27/dora-maar-and-francoise-gilot-were-much-more-than-picassos-muses-or-lovers-they-are-important-artists-in-their-own-right-190750/" aria-label="Read more about Dora Maar and Françoise Gilot were much more than Picasso’s muses or lovers. They are important artists in their own right">Read more</a>
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September 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicholas Davis, Industry Professor of Emerging Technology and Co-Director, Human Technology Institute, University of Technology Sydney JR Korpa / Unsplash The human face is special. It is simultaneously public and personal. Our faces reveal sensitive information about us: who we are, of course, but also our gender, ... <a title="Avoiding a surveillance society: how better rules can rein in facial recognition tech" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/27/avoiding-a-surveillance-society-how-better-rules-can-rein-in-facial-recognition-tech-191075/" aria-label="Read more about Avoiding a surveillance society: how better rules can rein in facial recognition tech">Read more</a>
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September 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christina Watts, Research fellow, tobacco control, University of Sydney Mushtaq Hussain/Pexels, CC BY-SA Teen vaping has been in the news, with reports of rapidly increasing use and illegal sales of e-cigarettes. As a Four Corners documentary on ABC TV earlier this year showed, parents and schools are ... <a title="We asked over 700 teens where they bought their vapes. Here’s what they said" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/27/we-asked-over-700-teens-where-they-bought-their-vapes-heres-what-they-said-190669/" aria-label="Read more about We asked over 700 teens where they bought their vapes. Here’s what they said">Read more</a>
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September 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ron Levy, Associate professor, Australian National University After decades of foot-dragging on climate change, Australia has finally put significant commitments in national legislation. It joins other countries such as Canada and the United States that also recently took big new legal steps. The new laws may still ... <a title="After the Voice, climate change commitments should be the next urgent constitutional reforms" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/27/after-the-voice-climate-change-commitments-should-be-the-next-urgent-constitutional-reforms-190048/" aria-label="Read more about After the Voice, climate change commitments should be the next urgent constitutional reforms">Read more</a>
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September 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Editor Employers will have duty “to take reasonable and proportionate measures” to eliminate sex discrimination, sexual harassment and victimisation as far as possible in workplaces, under legislation to be introduced on Tuesday. The Albanese government is moving to implement seven legislative changes recommended by Sex ... <a title="Employers will have positive duty to prevent sexual harassment in workplaces, under new legislation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/27/employers-will-have-positive-duty-to-prevent-sexual-harassment-in-workplaces-under-new-legislation-191350/" aria-label="Read more about Employers will have positive duty to prevent sexual harassment in workplaces, under new legislation">Read more</a>
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September 26, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sofia Ammassari, PhD researcher, Griffith University “Una vittoria storica” – a historic victory. That’s how the website of one of Italy’s major newspapers, the Corriere della Sera, reacted to the exit polls released after voting closed in Italy’s general election on Sunday night. With a predicted vote ... <a title="What will its first far-right leader since WWII mean for Italy?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/26/what-will-its-first-far-right-leader-since-wwii-mean-for-italy-190655/" aria-label="Read more about What will its first far-right leader since WWII mean for Italy?">Read more</a>
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September 26, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Sussex, Fellow, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University Russian President Vladimir Putin’s recent announcement of a “partial mobilisation” of 300,000 Russian personnel to fight in Ukraine sounded decisive. It isn’t. The official position, fleshed out by Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu, was that the new ... <a title="As winter approaches, will Putin’s ‘partial mobilisation’ help Russia win the war in Ukraine?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/26/as-winter-approaches-will-putins-partial-mobilisation-help-russia-win-the-war-in-ukraine-190916/" aria-label="Read more about As winter approaches, will Putin’s ‘partial mobilisation’ help Russia win the war in Ukraine?">Read more</a>
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September 26, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jennifer J. Williams, PhD Candidate, Macquarie University Optus, Australia’s second largest telecommunications company, announced on September 22 that identifying details of up to 9.8 million customers were stolen from their customer database. The details, dating back to 2017, include names, birth dates, phone numbers, email addresses, and ... <a title="What does the Optus data breach mean for you and how can you protect yourself? A step-by-step guide" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/26/what-does-the-optus-data-breach-mean-for-you-and-how-can-you-protect-yourself-a-step-by-step-guide-191332/" aria-label="Read more about What does the Optus data breach mean for you and how can you protect yourself? A step-by-step guide">Read more</a>
