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September 25, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marie McEntee, Senior Lecturer, School of Environment, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Getty Images The government’s recently announced plan to end New Zealand’s effective ban on the use of gene technologies outside the laboratory has reignited debate about this historically contested topic. While the government aims ... <a title="NZ’s government plans to lift a ban on gene tech outside the lab – here’s what people think" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/25/nzs-government-plans-to-lift-a-ban-on-gene-tech-outside-the-lab-heres-what-people-think-239707/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s government plans to lift a ban on gene tech outside the lab – here’s what people think">Read more</a>
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September 24, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Who’d want to be Reserve Bank Governor Michele Bullock? On Tuesday she had to do the almost impossible: defend a decision not to cut interest rates at a time when they were being cut in ... <a title="No RBA rate cut yet, but Governor Bullock is about to find the pressure overwhelming" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/24/no-rba-rate-cut-yet-but-governor-bullock-is-about-to-find-the-pressure-overwhelming-239603/" aria-label="Read more about No RBA rate cut yet, but Governor Bullock is about to find the pressure overwhelming">Read more</a>
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September 24, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hannah Dahlen, Professor of Midwifery, Associate Dean Research and HDR, Midwifery Discipline Leader, Western Sydney University Helena Lopes/Pexels A new study from Canada has found women who agree to carry and birth babies in surrogacy arrangements face a higher risk of complications than other pregnant women. These ... <a title="Surrogacy is booming. But new research suggests these pregnancies could be higher risk for women and babies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/24/surrogacy-is-booming-but-new-research-suggests-these-pregnancies-could-be-higher-risk-for-women-and-babies-239574/" aria-label="Read more about Surrogacy is booming. But new research suggests these pregnancies could be higher risk for women and babies">Read more</a>
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September 24, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emily Crawford, Lecturer and Co-Director, Sydney Centre for International Law, University of Sydney As the violence between Israel and Hezbollah has escalated dramatically in recent days, civilians have paid a heavy price. Hundreds of people in southern Lebanon have been killed and more than 1,600 wounded in ... <a title="Both Israel and Hezbollah are obligated by the law to prevent civilian deaths. Neither side is showing restraint" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/24/both-israel-and-hezbollah-are-obligated-by-the-law-to-prevent-civilian-deaths-neither-side-is-showing-restraint-239724/" aria-label="Read more about Both Israel and Hezbollah are obligated by the law to prevent civilian deaths. Neither side is showing restraint">Read more</a>
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September 24, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Inge Gnatt, PhD Candidate, Lecturer in Psychology, Swinburne University of Technology Drazen Zigic/Shutterstock Have you ever noticed changes in your eating habits when you are sad, bored or anxious? Many people report eating either more, or less, as a way of helping them to cope when they ... <a title="How can I stop using food to cope with negative emotions?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/24/how-can-i-stop-using-food-to-cope-with-negative-emotions-238218/" aria-label="Read more about How can I stop using food to cope with negative emotions?">Read more</a>
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September 24, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Denis Muller, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock This piece is the final of a three part series on Australia’s defamation laws. You can read the other pieces here and here. Defamation laws exist to strike a balance between press freedom ... <a title="Costly defamation action looms large over Australian newsrooms. It’s diminishing press freedom" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/24/costly-defamation-action-looms-large-over-australian-newsrooms-its-diminishing-press-freedom-238072/" aria-label="Read more about Costly defamation action looms large over Australian newsrooms. It’s diminishing press freedom">Read more</a>
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September 24, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Inge Gnatt, PhD Candidate, Lecturer in Psychology, Swinburne University of Technology Drazen Zigic/Shutterstock Have you ever noticed changes in your eating habits when you are sad, bored or anxious? Many people report eating either more, or less, as a way of helping them to cope when they ... <a title="How can I stop eating to cope with negative emotions?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/24/how-can-i-stop-eating-to-cope-with-negative-emotions-238218/" aria-label="Read more about How can I stop eating to cope with negative emotions?">Read more</a>
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September 24, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nham Tran, Associate Professor and MTP Connect REDI Industry Fellow, University of Technology Sydney zefart/Shutterstock When scientists make important discoveries, both big and small, they typically publish their findings in scientific journals for others to read. This sharing of knowledge helps to advance science: it can, in ... <a title="The ‘publish or perish’ mentality is fuelling research paper retractions – and undermining science" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/24/the-publish-or-perish-mentality-is-fuelling-research-paper-retractions-and-undermining-science-238983/" aria-label="Read more about The ‘publish or perish’ mentality is fuelling research paper retractions – and undermining science">Read more</a>
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September 24, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Susan Collings, Senior Research Fellow, Transforming early Education and Child Health Research Centre, Western Sydney University Yiistocking/Shutterstock Caring for someone with disability is a complex and demanding task. The latest Australian Bureau of Statistics figures show this role is increasingly being undertaken by people who have disability ... <a title="‘Who looks after me?’ More than 40% of disability carers have disability themselves – and they need more support" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/24/who-looks-after-me-more-than-40-of-disability-carers-have-disability-themselves-and-they-need-more-support-236786/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Who looks after me?’ More than 40% of disability carers have disability themselves – and they need more support">Read more</a>
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September 24, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joanna Mendelssohn, Honorary Senior Fellow, School of Culture and Communication. Editor in chief, Design and Art of Australia Online, The University of Melbourne Installation view of Angelica Mesiti ‘The Rites of When’ 2024, 7-channel digital video installation, colour, sound, approx 30 min, collection of the artist, commissioned ... <a title="Angelica Mesiti’s The Rites of When finally makes sense of the Art Gallery of NSW’s Tank. It is worth the plane flight" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/24/angelica-mesitis-the-rites-of-when-finally-makes-sense-of-the-art-gallery-of-nsws-tank-it-is-worth-the-plane-flight-239599/" aria-label="Read more about Angelica Mesiti’s The Rites of When finally makes sense of the Art Gallery of NSW’s Tank. It is worth the plane flight">Read more</a>
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September 24, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Faith Jeremiah, Lecturer in Business Management (Entrepreneurship and Innovation), Lincoln University, New Zealand Getty Images Wastewater ponds may seem an unlikely place to look for solutions to New Zealand’s electricity security crisis. But their underutilised surfaces could help tackle two problems at once – high power prices ... <a title="From waste to power: how floating solar panels on wastewater ponds could help solve NZ’s electricity security crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/24/from-waste-to-power-how-floating-solar-panels-on-wastewater-ponds-could-help-solve-nzs-electricity-security-crisis-237455/" aria-label="Read more about From waste to power: how floating solar panels on wastewater ponds could help solve NZ’s electricity security crisis">Read more</a>
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September 24, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By George Buchanan, Deputy Dean, School of Computing Technologies, RMIT University Chun photographer/Shutterstock This piece is part of a series on the great internet letdown. Read the rest of the series. The internet can be a toxic place. Disinformation, hate speech and trolling are not just abundant – ... <a title="The internet can be toxic. But there are also online oases where mutual care flourishes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/24/the-internet-can-be-toxic-but-there-are-also-online-oases-where-mutual-care-flourishes-237769/" aria-label="Read more about The internet can be toxic. But there are also online oases where mutual care flourishes">Read more</a>
