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October 21, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robin Smit, Adjunct Professor, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney Karolis Kavolelis/Shutterstock Statements have been circulating online, including leading news platforms, that battery electric cars will greatly increase the average mass of the on-road fleet. This claim is used as an argument against ... <a title="Do electric cars greatly increase the average mass of cars on the road? Not in Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/21/do-electric-cars-greatly-increase-the-average-mass-of-cars-on-the-road-not-in-australia-240555/" aria-label="Read more about Do electric cars greatly increase the average mass of cars on the road? Not in Australia">Read more</a>
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October 21, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kayla Mildren, PhD Candidate in the politics of school uniform policies, Griffith University A Queensland tribunal has ruled it is not discriminatory for a school to require girls to wear a skirt at formal events. The private high school said girls needed to wear skirts for occasions ... <a title="Why do some schools still force girls to wear skirts or dresses?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/21/why-do-some-schools-still-force-girls-to-wear-skirts-or-dresses-241484/" aria-label="Read more about Why do some schools still force girls to wear skirts or dresses?">Read more</a>
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October 20, 2024
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 Former General Prabowo Subianto will be sworn in as Indonesia’s eighth president today. Twenty-five years ago he was a pariah, and for good reason. ... <a title="Indonesia’s new president, Prabowo Subianto, finds democracy ‘very tiring’. Are darker days ahead for the country?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/20/indonesias-new-president-prabowo-subianto-finds-democracy-very-tiring-are-darker-days-ahead-for-the-country-241256/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesia’s new president, Prabowo Subianto, finds democracy ‘very tiring’. Are darker days ahead for the country?">Read more</a>
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October 20, 2024
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 The Labor Party has won a seventh consecutive ACT election. The ACT uses the Hare Clark proportional representation method with five five-member electorates, for a total of ... <a title="Labor retains office at ACT election; US presidential election remains on a knife’s edge" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/20/labor-retains-office-at-act-election-us-presidential-election-remains-on-a-knifes-edge-241678/" aria-label="Read more about Labor retains office at ACT election; US presidential election remains on a knife’s edge">Read more</a>
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October 18, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jens O. Zinn, T.R. Ashworth Associate Professor in Sociology, The University of Melbourne Climate change is increasing the risk of extreme weather events for Australian households. Floods and bushfires are becoming more likely and severe. As a result, household insurance costs are soaring – tripling in some ... <a title="How extreme weather and costs of housing and insurance trap some households in a vicious cycle" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/18/how-extreme-weather-and-costs-of-housing-and-insurance-trap-some-households-in-a-vicious-cycle-241572/" aria-label="Read more about How extreme weather and costs of housing and insurance trap some households in a vicious cycle">Read more</a>
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October 18, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christine Carson, Senior Research Fellow, School of Medicine, The University of Western Australia Do you wash your hands every time you use the toilet? How about before you handle food? Be honest. Australia’s Food Safety Information Council has released its latest report card on the country’s hand ... <a title="1 in 5 Australians admit they don’t wash their hands every time they use the toilet" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/18/1-in-5-australians-admit-they-dont-wash-their-hands-every-time-they-use-the-toilet-241481/" aria-label="Read more about 1 in 5 Australians admit they don’t wash their hands every time they use the toilet">Read more</a>
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October 18, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephanie Wescott, Lecturer in Humanities and Social Sciences, Monash University Disturbing details emerged this week about AFL men’s football team GWS’ end-of-year event, themed “controversial couples”. The AFL handed down a range of sanctions to the players involved, including fines and suspensions. While those defending the players ... <a title="Sex dolls and ‘Diddy’ costumes: the latest AFL drama shows Australian sport still can’t eradicate misogyny" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/18/sex-dolls-and-diddy-costumes-the-latest-afl-drama-shows-australian-sport-still-cant-eradicate-misogyny-241562/" aria-label="Read more about Sex dolls and ‘Diddy’ costumes: the latest AFL drama shows Australian sport still can’t eradicate misogyny">Read more</a>
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October 18, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Parmeter, Research scholar, Middle East studies, Australian National University The death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, one of the masterminds behind the group’s horrific October 7 2023 attack on southern Israel, is no doubt a consequential moment in Israel’s year-long war against Hamas. But is it ... <a title="Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar’s death is a defining moment, but it will not end the war" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/18/hamas-leader-yahya-sinwars-death-is-a-defining-moment-but-it-will-not-end-the-war-241666/" aria-label="Read more about Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar’s death is a defining moment, but it will not end the war">Read more</a>
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October 18, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jeannie Marie Paterson, Professor of Law, The University of Melbourne Meteoritka/Shutterstock In Australia, it’s scam victims who foot the bill for the overwhelming majority of the money lost to scams each year. A 2023 review by the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) found banks detected and ... <a title="Could a recent ruling change the game for scam victims? Here’s why the banks will be watching closely" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/18/could-a-recent-ruling-change-the-game-for-scam-victims-heres-why-the-banks-will-be-watching-closely-241558/" aria-label="Read more about Could a recent ruling change the game for scam victims? Here’s why the banks will be watching closely">Read more</a>
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October 18, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Megan Prictor, Senior Lecturer in Law, The University of Melbourne isak55/Shutterstock Since it was founded nearly two decades ago, 23andMe has grown into one of the largest biotechnology companies in the world. Millions of people have used its simple genetic testing service, which involves ordering a saliva ... <a title="A giant biotechnology company might be about to go bust. What will happen to the millions of people’s DNA it holds?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/18/a-giant-biotechnology-company-might-be-about-to-go-bust-what-will-happen-to-the-millions-of-peoples-dna-it-holds-241557/" aria-label="Read more about A giant biotechnology company might be about to go bust. What will happen to the millions of people’s DNA it holds?">Read more</a>
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October 18, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle O’Shea, Senior Lecturer, School of Business, Western Sydney University ABC Brendan Cowell’s 2021 novel Plum has expertly wed two seemingly unnatural partners: rugby league and poetry. Cowell’s story is both an ode of love to rugby league, and a powerful exploration of the catastrophic effects of ... <a title="When does the love of the game outweigh the cost? ABC’s Plum brings rugby league’s concussion crisis to the fore" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/18/when-does-the-love-of-the-game-outweigh-the-cost-abcs-plum-brings-rugby-leagues-concussion-crisis-to-the-fore-240550/" aria-label="Read more about When does the love of the game outweigh the cost? ABC’s Plum brings rugby league’s concussion crisis to the fore">Read more</a>
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October 18, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brett Montgomery, Senior Lecturer in General Practice, The University of Western Australia PeopleImages.com – Yuri A/Shutterstock A new study has found a link between hormonal intrauterine devices (IUDs) and breast cancer. The research is important, but media reports of a large increase in risk may be causing ... <a title="Do IUDs cause breast cancer? Here’s what the evidence says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/18/do-iuds-cause-breast-cancer-heres-what-the-evidence-says-241663/" aria-label="Read more about Do IUDs cause breast cancer? Here’s what the evidence says">Read more</a>
