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October 24, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Liam Moore, Lecturer in International Politics and Policy, James Cook University Tuvalu’s Prime Minister Feleti Teo took to a stage in Apia, Samoa, on Thursday morning to say something pointed. Planned fossil fuel expansions in nations such as Australia represented, for his nation, a “death sentence”. The ... <a title="‘We will not allow others to determine our fate’: Pacific nations dial up pressure on Australia’s fossil fuel exports" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/24/we-will-not-allow-others-to-determine-our-fate-pacific-nations-dial-up-pressure-on-australias-fossil-fuel-exports-242103/" aria-label="Read more about ‘We will not allow others to determine our fate’: Pacific nations dial up pressure on Australia’s fossil fuel exports">Read more</a>
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October 24, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma Shortis, Adjunct Senior Fellow, School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Georgia, Nevada, Arizona, North Carolina. In a repetitive, anxiety-inducing mantra, media coverage of the US presidential election between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris recites these seven ... <a title="With 7 states deciding everything, can Trump and Harris reach the remaining swing voters – without alienating others?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/24/with-7-states-deciding-everything-can-trump-and-harris-reach-the-remaining-swing-voters-without-alienating-others-240670/" aria-label="Read more about With 7 states deciding everything, can Trump and Harris reach the remaining swing voters – without alienating others?">Read more</a>
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October 24, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrea Jean Baker, Senior Lecturer in Journalism, Monash University STUDIOCANAL This story contains spoilers. Lee, the feature film debut from director Ellen Kuras, explores the rawness of authentic image making and the impact of gender in war reporting. Kate Winslet stars as the world weary photojournalist Elizabeth ... <a title="Lee Miller helped shape our understanding of war. Her life as a photojournalist echo in those working today" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/24/lee-miller-helped-shape-our-understanding-of-war-her-life-as-a-photojournalist-echo-in-those-working-today-236878/" aria-label="Read more about Lee Miller helped shape our understanding of war. Her life as a photojournalist echo in those working today">Read more</a>
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October 24, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jacqueline Allen, Senior Lecturer, Griffith University Shutterstock There’s been an increased political and media focus recently on so-called youth crime waves, particularly in Queensland and the Northern Territory. This has unfortunately led to crackdowns from governments and police. Young people in Alice Springs have been subject to ... <a title="We tried a different preschool curriculum to prevent youth crime. Checking in 20 years later, it worked" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/24/we-tried-a-different-preschool-curriculum-to-prevent-youth-crime-checking-in-20-years-later-it-worked-235888/" aria-label="Read more about We tried a different preschool curriculum to prevent youth crime. Checking in 20 years later, it worked">Read more</a>
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October 24, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Luis M. García Marín, Postdoctoral Researcher, Brain & Mental Health Program, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute SeanidStudio/Shutterstock The human brain is a marvel of complexity. It contains specialised and interconnected structures controlling our thoughts, personality and behaviour. The size and shape of our brains also play a ... <a title="How do genes shape the structures in our brains? We studied 70,000 people and found new links to ADHD and Parkinson’s" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/24/how-do-genes-shape-the-structures-in-our-brains-we-studied-70-000-people-and-found-new-links-to-adhd-and-parkinsons-231824/" aria-label="Read more about How do genes shape the structures in our brains? We studied 70,000 people and found new links to ADHD and Parkinson’s">Read more</a>
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October 24, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachel Buxton, Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Carleton University More than five million Canadians — approximately one in eight of us — are living with a mood, anxiety or substance use disorder. The prevalence of mental disorders is on the rise, with a third of those with ... <a title="Want to built healthier cities? Make room for bird and tree diversity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/24/want-to-built-healthier-cities-make-room-for-bird-and-tree-diversity-235379/" aria-label="Read more about Want to built healthier cities? Make room for bird and tree diversity">Read more</a>
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October 24, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Prudence Flowers, Senior Lecturer in US History, College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, Flinders University The 2022 news that the US Supreme Court had overturned Roe v Wade and ended the constitutional right to abortion sent shockwaves around the world. For Australian opponents of abortion who ... <a title="Abortion is back in the headlines in Australia. The debates in the United States tell us why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/24/abortion-is-back-in-the-headlines-in-australia-the-debates-in-the-united-states-tell-us-why-241778/" aria-label="Read more about Abortion is back in the headlines in Australia. The debates in the United States tell us why">Read more</a>
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October 24, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephanie Gomes-Ng, Senior Lecturer in Psychology, Auckland University of Technology Getty Images Making decisions about our health is a complex and sometimes difficult process. On top of our own attitudes, experiences and perspectives, we are inundated with information from other people (friends, family, health professionals) and from ... <a title="Being mentally flexible might influence our attitudes to vaccination, a new study shows" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/24/being-mentally-flexible-might-influence-our-attitudes-to-vaccination-a-new-study-shows-241559/" aria-label="Read more about Being mentally flexible might influence our attitudes to vaccination, a new study shows">Read more</a>
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October 24, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bhiamie Williamson, Research Fellow, Monash University Toa55/Shutterstock Last month, Australia’s newly appointed minister for emergency management, Senator Jenny McAllister, and Senator Tony Sheldon, special envoy for disaster recovery, took part in a cultural burn outside Lismore in New South Wales, as part of the National Gathering on ... <a title="Cultural burning isn’t just important to Indigenous culture – it’s essential to Australia’s disaster management" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/24/cultural-burning-isnt-just-important-to-indigenous-culture-its-essential-to-australias-disaster-management-241269/" aria-label="Read more about Cultural burning isn’t just important to Indigenous culture – it’s essential to Australia’s disaster management">Read more</a>
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October 24, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew J. Martin, Scientia Professor and Professor of Educational Psychology, UNSW Sydney Ground Picture/Shutterstock Early entry schemes for university – where students get an offer before their final exams – are increasingly popular. For example, more than 27,000 students applied to the Universities Admissions Centre (which mostly ... <a title="If a Year 12 student gets an early offer for uni, does it mean they stop trying?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/24/if-a-year-12-student-gets-an-early-offer-for-uni-does-it-mean-they-stop-trying-241787/" aria-label="Read more about If a Year 12 student gets an early offer for uni, does it mean they stop trying?">Read more</a>
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October 24, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Hayward, Emeritus Professor of Public Policy, RMIT University The early 1990s in Victoria were tough. The economy was contracting severely, the population was shrinking, employment was collapsing and the unemployment rate skyrocketed to the highest in the land. A long-term Labor government got the blame for ... <a title="Unemployment’s up, house prices are stagnating. But is the Victorian economy doing as badly as it seems?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/24/unemployments-up-house-prices-are-stagnating-but-is-the-victorian-economy-doing-as-badly-as-it-seems-241762/" aria-label="Read more about Unemployment’s up, house prices are stagnating. But is the Victorian economy doing as badly as it seems?">Read more</a>
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October 24, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexa Scarlata, Research Fellow, Media & Communication, RMIT University Netflix The Australian commissioning team at Netflix has had a pretty good run over the past 12 months. In January, the adaptation of Trent Dalton’s novel Boy Swallows Universe proved to be the most successful Australian-made show to ... <a title="Netflix’s Territory is a Succession-like drama packed with family rivalry and betrayal, set in Australia’s outback" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/24/netflixs-territory-is-a-succession-like-drama-packed-with-family-rivalry-and-betrayal-set-in-australias-outback-241896/" aria-label="Read more about Netflix’s Territory is a Succession-like drama packed with family rivalry and betrayal, set in Australia’s outback">Read more</a>
