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December 8, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ali Mamouri, Research Fellow, Middle East Studies, Deakin University The swift and unexpected fall of the Syrian capital, Damascus, to Sunni opposition forces marks a pivotal moment in the modern history of the Middle East. Bashar al-Assad’s regime had withstood more than a decade of uprisings, civil ... <a title="Bashar al-Assad’s regime has fallen in Syria. How will this impact an already fractured region?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/08/bashar-al-assads-regime-has-fallen-in-syria-how-will-this-impact-an-already-fractured-region-245539/" aria-label="Read more about Bashar al-Assad’s regime has fallen in Syria. How will this impact an already fractured region?">Read more</a>
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December 8, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra In the reactions to incidents of antisemitism, many people observe a contrast between New South Wales Premier Chris Minns and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. Over the past year, Minns has seemed quicker off the mark and more on point than ... <a title="View from The Hill: Albanese announces more funding for Jewish security, labels synagogue firebomb ‘terrorism’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/08/view-from-the-hill-albanese-announces-more-funding-for-jewish-security-labels-synagogue-firebomb-terrorism-245537/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Albanese announces more funding for Jewish security, labels synagogue firebomb ‘terrorism’">Read more</a>
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December 6, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Greg Barton, Chair in Global Islamic Politics, Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University Shutterstock When the police and intelligence agencies of the five nations of the Five Eyes intelligence community come together and release a report, it’s a significant event. The report, released on ... <a title="Rates of youth radicalisation are climbing in Australia and abroad. Here’s what to look out for" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/06/rates-of-youth-radicalisation-are-climbing-in-australia-and-abroad-heres-what-to-look-out-for-245459/" aria-label="Read more about Rates of youth radicalisation are climbing in Australia and abroad. Here’s what to look out for">Read more</a>
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December 6, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Heidi Norman, Professor, Faculty of Arts, Design and Architecture, Convenor: Indigenous Land & Justice Research Group, UNSW Sydney Australia is on the cusp of a once-in-a-generation transformation, as our energy systems shift to clean, renewable forms of power. First Nations peoples, the original custodians of this land, ... <a title="After 65,000 years caring for this land, First Nations peoples are now key to Australia’s clean energy revolution" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/06/after-65-000-years-caring-for-this-land-first-nations-peoples-are-now-key-to-australias-clean-energy-revolution-245022/" aria-label="Read more about After 65,000 years caring for this land, First Nations peoples are now key to Australia’s clean energy revolution">Read more</a>
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December 6, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Olli Hellmann, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Waikato Getty Images The controversial Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi Bill is being presented by its architect, ACT Party leader David Seymour, primarily as a matter of lawmaking – a clarification through legislation. The bill seeks to ... <a title="Land of opportunity or bicultural nation? Twin visions of national identity face off over the Treaty principles" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/06/land-of-opportunity-or-bicultural-nation-twin-visions-of-national-identity-face-off-over-the-treaty-principles-245033/" aria-label="Read more about Land of opportunity or bicultural nation? Twin visions of national identity face off over the Treaty principles">Read more</a>
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December 6, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joshua Pate, Senior Lecturer in Physiotherapy, University of Technology Sydney Mart Production/Pexels We’ve all heard someone claim they have a “high pain threshold” as if it’s a mark of strength or resilience. But does science support the idea that some people genuinely feel less pain than others? ... <a title="Some people say they have a high pain threshold. Here’s why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/06/some-people-say-they-have-a-high-pain-threshold-heres-why-244633/" aria-label="Read more about Some people say they have a high pain threshold. Here’s why">Read more</a>
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December 6, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Milad Haghani, Senior Lecturer of Urban Risk & Resilience, UNSW Sydney Ververidis Vasilis/Shutterstock Soccer’s global allure is unmatched, yet its history is shadowed by tragedies. At a recent soccer match in Nzérékoré, Guinea, a controversial refereeing decision led to unrest, resulting in crowd violence that claimed more ... <a title="Why is soccer fandom so linked to violence?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/06/why-is-soccer-fandom-so-linked-to-violence-245143/" aria-label="Read more about Why is soccer fandom so linked to violence?">Read more</a>
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December 6, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Lenton, Director CarbonLock, Environment, CSIRO CSIRO, CC BY Global carbon emissions from fossil fuels continue to rise and 2024 is likely to be the world’s hottest year on record. It’s becoming increasingly clear that limiting global warming to 1.5°C will require much more than existing efforts ... <a title="Plans to stabilise Earth’s climate rely on emerging carbon removal technology – we need to get moving" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/06/plans-to-stabilise-earths-climate-rely-on-emerging-carbon-removal-technology-we-need-to-get-moving-237318/" aria-label="Read more about Plans to stabilise Earth’s climate rely on emerging carbon removal technology – we need to get moving">Read more</a>
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December 6, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicola Gaston, Co-Director of the MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Getty Images The announcement by Science Minister Judith Collins this week that half of New Zealand’s sole fund for fundamental science will now go to research with economic benefits ... <a title="Funding research for economic return sounds good – but that’s not how science really works" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/06/funding-research-for-economic-return-sounds-good-but-thats-not-how-science-really-works-245269/" aria-label="Read more about Funding research for economic return sounds good – but that’s not how science really works">Read more</a>
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December 6, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephanie Price, Research Fellow | Sexual Violence Research and Prevention Unit, University of the Sunshine Coast Sander van der Werf/Shutterstock The scale of online child sexual abuse is immense: estimates suggest there are more than 300 million child victims of online sexual abuse globally. But what is ... <a title="How pop-up warnings and chatbots can be used to disrupt online child sex abusers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/06/how-pop-up-warnings-and-chatbots-can-be-used-to-disrupt-online-child-sex-abusers-244507/" aria-label="Read more about How pop-up warnings and chatbots can be used to disrupt online child sex abusers">Read more</a>
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December 6, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Carla Eisemberg, Senior Lecturer in STEM Pathways, Charles Darwin University Taras Vyshny/Shutterstock “Miss, miss, can I play with your robot?” The question comes from a young local school girl standing in front of our stall at Barunga Festival, 80 kilometres southeast of Katherine in the Northern Territory. ... <a title="An annual roadshow is helping kids from remote Australia realise their dreams of becoming a scientist" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/06/an-annual-roadshow-is-helping-kids-from-remote-australia-realise-their-dreams-of-becoming-a-scientist-244659/" aria-label="Read more about An annual roadshow is helping kids from remote Australia realise their dreams of becoming a scientist">Read more</a>
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December 6, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anam Bilgrami, Senior Research Fellow, Macquarie University Centre for the Health Economy, Macquarie University Kampus Productions/Pexels Last week, Parliament passed sweeping reforms to Australia’s aged care system. These “once-in-a-generation” changes, set to begin next year on July 1, aim to improve how care is provided to older ... <a title="Planning for old age? Here’s what the aged care changes mean for you" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/06/planning-for-old-age-heres-what-the-aged-care-changes-mean-for-you-244816/" aria-label="Read more about Planning for old age? Here’s what the aged care changes mean for you">Read more</a>
