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What’s taking the biggest toll on our mental health? Disconnection, financial stress and long waits for care

June 7, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marlee Bower, Research Fellow, Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use, University of Sydney Johnny Cohen/Unsplash The new Labor government arrives at a time of mounting mental health strain: Australians have endured COVID, extreme weather events and financial stress from increased living costs. The ... <a title="What’s taking the biggest toll on our mental health? Disconnection, financial stress and long waits for care" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/07/whats-taking-the-biggest-toll-on-our-mental-health-disconnection-financial-stress-and-long-waits-for-care-184148/" aria-label="Read more about What’s taking the biggest toll on our mental health? Disconnection, financial stress and long waits for care">Read more</a>

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A huge Atlantic ocean current is slowing down. If it collapses, La Niña could become the norm for Australia

June 7, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew England, Scientia Professor and Deputy Director of the ARC Australian Centre for Excellence in Antarctic Science (ACEAS), UNSW Sydney Shutterstock Climate change is slowing down the conveyor belt of ocean currents that brings warm water from the tropics up to the North Atlantic. Our research, published ... <a title="A huge Atlantic ocean current is slowing down. If it collapses, La Niña could become the norm for Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/07/a-huge-atlantic-ocean-current-is-slowing-down-if-it-collapses-la-nina-could-become-the-norm-for-australia-184254/" aria-label="Read more about A huge Atlantic ocean current is slowing down. If it collapses, La Niña could become the norm for Australia">Read more</a>

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Where has the joy of working in Australian universities gone?

June 7, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Craig Whitsed, Discipline Lead Education and Pedagogy, Senior Lecturer, Curtin University Shutterstock As universities engage in the current round of enterprise bargaining, it is timely to remember the importance of joy at work. It seems everywhere you turn workers are walking away from their jobs. Industries like ... <a title="Where has the joy of working in Australian universities gone?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/07/where-has-the-joy-of-working-in-australian-universities-gone-184251/" aria-label="Read more about Where has the joy of working in Australian universities gone?">Read more</a>

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Why the RBA shouldn’t obsess over inflation when it sets interest rates

June 7, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Quiggin, Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland Shutterstock Later today, everyone expects the Reserve Bank board will push up its cash interest rate for the second consecutive month. Why? According to the board’s official minutes, it’s: to ensure that inflation in Australia returns to ... <a title="Why the RBA shouldn’t obsess over inflation when it sets interest rates" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/07/why-the-rba-shouldnt-obsess-over-inflation-when-it-sets-interest-rates-184380/" aria-label="Read more about Why the RBA shouldn’t obsess over inflation when it sets interest rates">Read more</a>

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‘Accidental Napalm’ turns 50: the generation-defining image capturing the futility of the Vietnam war

June 7, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chari Larsson, Senior Lecturer of art history, Griffith University How does an image become an icon? It is estimated that we now produce more images in two minutes than we did in the entire 19th century. How, then, can one image be so powerful it can symbolise ... <a title="‘Accidental Napalm’ turns 50: the generation-defining image capturing the futility of the Vietnam war" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/07/accidental-napalm-turns-50-the-generation-defining-image-capturing-the-futility-of-the-vietnam-war-175050/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Accidental Napalm’ turns 50: the generation-defining image capturing the futility of the Vietnam war">Read more</a>

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Why is lettuce so expensive? Costs have shot up, and won’t return to where they were

June 6, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Flavio Macau, Associate Dean – School of Business and Law, Edith Cowan University Shutterstock Lettuce prices are skyrocketing. Twitter users are posting photos of iceberg lettuces for A$10 and $11.99, well above the more usual $2.80. It’s not new, and it’s not only lettuce. The peak body ... <a title="Why is lettuce so expensive? Costs have shot up, and won’t return to where they were" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/06/why-is-lettuce-so-expensive-costs-have-shot-up-and-wont-return-to-where-they-were-184449/" aria-label="Read more about Why is lettuce so expensive? Costs have shot up, and won’t return to where they were">Read more</a>

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It’s great Albanese is in Indonesia, but Australia needs to do a lot more to reset relations. Here are 5 ways to start

June 6, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim Lindsey, Malcolm Smith Professor of Asian Law and Director of the Centre for Indonesian Law, Islam and Society, The University of Melbourne Indonesian President Joko Widowi takes Prime Minister Anthony Albanese for a tour of Bogor Palace in West Java. Alex Ellinghausen/SMH pool via AAP A ... <a title="It’s great Albanese is in Indonesia, but Australia needs to do a lot more to reset relations. Here are 5 ways to start" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/06/its-great-albanese-is-in-indonesia-but-australia-needs-to-do-a-lot-more-to-reset-relations-here-are-5-ways-to-start-184446/" aria-label="Read more about It’s great Albanese is in Indonesia, but Australia needs to do a lot more to reset relations. Here are 5 ways to start">Read more</a>

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It’s great Albanese is in Indonesia, but Australia needs to do a lot more to reset relations. Here’s 5 ways to start

June 6, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim Lindsey, Malcolm Smith Professor of Asian Law and Director of the Centre for Indonesian Law, Islam and Society, The University of Melbourne Indonesian President Joko Widowi takes Prime Minister Anthony Albanese for a tour of Bogor Palace in West Java. Alex Ellinghausen/SMH pool via AAP A ... <a title="It’s great Albanese is in Indonesia, but Australia needs to do a lot more to reset relations. Here’s 5 ways to start" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/06/its-great-albanese-is-in-indonesia-but-australia-needs-to-do-a-lot-more-to-reset-relations-heres-5-ways-to-start-184446/" aria-label="Read more about It’s great Albanese is in Indonesia, but Australia needs to do a lot more to reset relations. Here’s 5 ways to start">Read more</a>

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Australia has overshot three planetary boundaries based on how we use land

June 6, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Romy Zyngier, Senior Research Manager, Climateworks Centre Shutterstock We used to believe the world’s resources were almost limitless. But as we spread out across the planet, we consumed more and more of these resources. For decades, scientists have warned we are approaching the limits of what the ... <a title="Australia has overshot three planetary boundaries based on how we use land" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/06/australia-has-overshot-three-planetary-boundaries-based-on-how-we-use-land-183728/" aria-label="Read more about Australia has overshot three planetary boundaries based on how we use land">Read more</a>

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Marcos junior is the latest beneficiary of ‘bloodlines’ in Southeast Asian politics

June 6, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Chin, Professor of Asian Studies, University of Tasmania While there is widespread nervousness at the victory of Ferdinand Marcos junior in the Philippines, for many of us it was a reminder that “blood” is still an important element in the politics of the developing world. Before ... <a title="Marcos junior is the latest beneficiary of ‘bloodlines’ in Southeast Asian politics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/06/marcos-junior-is-the-latest-beneficiary-of-bloodlines-in-southeast-asian-politics-184246/" aria-label="Read more about Marcos junior is the latest beneficiary of ‘bloodlines’ in Southeast Asian politics">Read more</a>

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How the art of Daniel Boyd turns over the apple cart of accepted white Australian history

June 6, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Prudence Gibson, Author and Research Fellow, UNSW Sydney Daniel Boyd, Sir No Beard, 2007. Oil on canvas 183.5 x 121.5 cm. Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, gift of Clinton Ng 2012, donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program 378.2012. Image: AGNSW, Felicity Jenkins © ... <a title="How the art of Daniel Boyd turns over the apple cart of accepted white Australian history" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/06/how-the-art-of-daniel-boyd-turns-over-the-apple-cart-of-accepted-white-australian-history-183635/" aria-label="Read more about How the art of Daniel Boyd turns over the apple cart of accepted white Australian history">Read more</a>

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Running Up That Hill: How Stranger Things and TikTok pushed Kate Bush’s 1985 pop classic back to the top of the charts

June 6, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By D. Bondy Valdovinos Kaye, Lecturer, Queensland University of Technology Netflix Netflix’s nostalgia-laden thriller Stranger Things returned last month and with it came the revival of another classic from the 1980s, Running Up That Hill by Kate Bush. The song plays a prominent part in the narrative connected ... <a title="Running Up That Hill: How Stranger Things and TikTok pushed Kate Bush’s 1985 pop classic back to the top of the charts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/06/running-up-that-hill-how-stranger-things-and-tiktok-pushed-kate-bushs-1985-pop-classic-back-to-the-top-of-the-charts-184443/" aria-label="Read more about Running Up That Hill: How Stranger Things and TikTok pushed Kate Bush’s 1985 pop classic back to the top of the charts">Read more</a>