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September 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rob Stokes, Industry Professor, Environment and Sustainability, Macquarie University Camperdown Cemetery in Newtown, Sydney Rose Marinelli/Shutterstock Old graveyards are a forgotten land asset that can find new life as urban parks in crowded cities. As the density of our cities increases, efficient use of urban land becomes ... <a title="Plot twist: how giving old graveyards new life as parks can improve our cities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/09/plot-twist-how-giving-old-graveyards-new-life-as-parks-can-improve-our-cities-236791/" aria-label="Read more about Plot twist: how giving old graveyards new life as parks can improve our cities">Read more</a>
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September 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yeslam Al-Saggaf, Professor in Computing, Charles Sturt University Halfpoint/ Shutterstock , CC BY Most Australian teenagers have their own smartphone. According to a 2023 survey, 91% of young people between 14 and 17 owned a phone. At the same time, there is huge community concern about young ... <a title="91% of Australian teens have a phone – but many are not keeping their identity and location secure" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/09/91-of-australian-teens-have-a-phone-but-many-are-not-keeping-their-identity-and-location-secure-237981/" aria-label="Read more about 91% of Australian teens have a phone – but many are not keeping their identity and location secure">Read more</a>
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September 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Denis Tolkach, Senior Lecturer, James Cook University Jaromir Chalabala/Shutterstock Imagine checking in for a flight with your two teenage children. At the counter, you are told that your youngest teenager’s suitcase is two kilograms over the limit. You get slapped with a $75 penalty for their excess ... <a title="Pay-by-weight airfares are an ethical minefield. We asked travellers what they actually think" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/09/pay-by-weight-airfares-are-an-ethical-minefield-we-asked-travellers-what-they-actually-think-237856/" aria-label="Read more about Pay-by-weight airfares are an ethical minefield. We asked travellers what they actually think">Read more</a>
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September 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Darius von Guttner Sporzynski, Historian, Australian Catholic University Pope Francis is continuing the tradition of papal journeys, having embarked on the longest trip of his papacy yet to Asia and the Pacific. In recent decades, apostolic journeys have emerged as a powerful tool of global diplomacy and ... <a title="Popes were once confined to Rome. Now they travel the world – and Francis’ current journey is particularly significant" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/09/popes-were-once-confined-to-rome-now-they-travel-the-world-and-francis-current-journey-is-particularly-significant-238088/" aria-label="Read more about Popes were once confined to Rome. Now they travel the world – and Francis’ current journey is particularly significant">Read more</a>
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September 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sara Walton, Professor of Sustainable Business, University of Otago Interpreting corporate reports on carbon emissions can be challenging. The current, adhoc approach to how businesses share this information makes it difficult to see whether they have set the right targets, have realistic plans to meet them or ... <a title="How well are NZ companies reporting their climate impacts? Our new tracker shows very mixed results" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/09/how-well-are-nz-companies-reporting-their-climate-impacts-our-new-tracker-shows-very-mixed-results-238314/" aria-label="Read more about How well are NZ companies reporting their climate impacts? Our new tracker shows very mixed results">Read more</a>
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September 8, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Treasurer Jim Chalmers has distanced himself from the strident attack his one-time boss Wayne Swan launched on the Reserve Bank, which the former treasurer accused of “putting economic dogma over rational decision-making”. Swan, who is national president of the Labor ... <a title="Treasurer distances himself from his former boss’ Reserve Bank attack" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/08/treasurer-distances-himself-from-his-former-boss-reserve-bank-attack-238524/" aria-label="Read more about Treasurer distances himself from his former boss’ Reserve Bank attack">Read more</a>
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September 8, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Albanese government has shifted again on the 2026 census, now saying it will include questions on both sexual orientation and gender identity. In its latest iteration, the government announced on Sunday the census would include “a new topic of ... <a title="Census will now include questions on sexual orientation and gender identity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/08/census-will-now-include-questions-on-sexual-orientation-and-gender-identity-238521/" aria-label="Read more about Census will now include questions on sexual orientation and gender identity">Read more</a>
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September 6, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Deanne Fisher, Associate Professor of Astronomy, Swinburne University of Technology The starry part of every galaxy is surrounded by a vast shroud of gas extending out for more than 100,000 light years. Cristy Roberts / ANU / ASTRO 3D Have you ever wanted to make a $150,000 ... <a title="New measurements reveal the enormous halos that shroud all galaxies in the universe" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/06/new-measurements-reveal-the-enormous-halos-that-shroud-all-galaxies-in-the-universe-238414/" aria-label="Read more about New measurements reveal the enormous halos that shroud all galaxies in the universe">Read more</a>
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September 6, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Moya Costello, Adjunct Lecturer, Southern Cross University Opera Australia My first curiosities about the new opera Eucalyptus, an adaptation of Murray Bail’s multi-award-winning 1998 novel, were regarding how Ellen and the many stories told to her by her ultimately successful suitor would be portrayed. Would Ellen be ... <a title="Opera Eucalyptus is a lush adaptation of Murray Bail’s novel – with a modern twist" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/06/opera-eucalyptus-is-a-lush-adaptation-of-murray-bails-novel-with-a-modern-twist-237979/" aria-label="Read more about Opera Eucalyptus is a lush adaptation of Murray Bail’s novel – with a modern twist">Read more</a>
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September 6, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andres Felipe Suarez-Castro, Research Fellow, Ecological Modelling, Griffith University Scarlet honeyeater (_Myzomela sanguinolenta_) Marty Oishi/Shutterstock The birds that fill our mornings with songs and our parks and gardens with colour are disappearing from our cities, our new study has found. We examined 82 bird species across 42 ... <a title="Our cities are losing the small, colourful songbirds that give us the most joy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/06/our-cities-are-losing-the-small-colourful-songbirds-that-give-us-the-most-joy-238315/" aria-label="Read more about Our cities are losing the small, colourful songbirds that give us the most joy">Read more</a>
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September 6, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anastasia Powell, Professor, Family and Sexual Violence, RMIT University A new A$4.7 billion national funding package announced today will deliver much needed resources to address family and sexual violence. For years, specialist support services, community legal services, therapeutic responses and men’s behaviour change programs have been saying ... <a title="New government funding for family violence is unprecedented, but it can’t afford to wait" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/06/new-government-funding-for-family-violence-is-unprecedented-but-it-cant-afford-to-wait-238420/" aria-label="Read more about New government funding for family violence is unprecedented, but it can’t afford to wait">Read more</a>
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September 6, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alan Collins, Professor of Geology, University of Adelaide Two tectonic plates meet in Thingvellir National Park, Iceland. VisualProduction/Shutterstock Using information from inside the rocks on Earth’s surface, we have reconstructed the plate tectonics of the planet over the last 1.8 billion years. It is the first time ... <a title="Witness 1.8 billion years of tectonic plates dance across Earth’s surface in a new animation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/06/witness-1-8-billion-years-of-tectonic-plates-dance-across-earths-surface-in-a-new-animation-238209/" aria-label="Read more about Witness 1.8 billion years of tectonic plates dance across Earth’s surface in a new animation">Read more</a>
