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August 5, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Ward, Lecturer, School of Environment and Science, Griffith University Since European colonisation, 29 million hectares (54%) of the forests and woodlands that once existed in New South Wales have been destroyed. A further 9 million ha have been degraded in the past two centuries. This amounts to ... <a title="More than half of NSW’s forests and woodlands are gone as ongoing logging increases extinction risks, study shows" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/05/more-than-half-of-nsws-forests-and-woodlands-are-gone-as-ongoing-logging-increases-extinction-risks-study-shows-235416/" aria-label="Read more about More than half of NSW’s forests and woodlands are gone as ongoing logging increases extinction risks, study shows">Read more</a>
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August 5, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Norton, Professor in the Practice of Higher Education Policy, Australian National University This week a Senate inquiry will look at the federal government’s controversial legislation to cap international student numbers in Australia from next year. University-commissioned research predicts caps will cause a significant loss of revenue ... <a title="Australia made 9 changes to student migration rules over the past year. We don’t need international student caps as well" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/05/australia-made-9-changes-to-student-migration-rules-over-the-past-year-we-dont-need-international-student-caps-as-well-235964/" aria-label="Read more about Australia made 9 changes to student migration rules over the past year. We don’t need international student caps as well">Read more</a>
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August 5, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Justin Wastnage, Adjunct Industry Fellow, Griffith Institute for Tourism, Griffith University Jax10289/Shutterstock The financial difficulties of Rex Airlines, coming so soon after the bankruptcy of Bonza, have brought into sharp focus one of the federal government’s key priorities for aviation: enhancing passenger rights. In each case, passengers ... <a title="If Australia had an aviation ombudsman, passengers could get compensation for cancelled flights" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/05/if-australia-had-an-aviation-ombudsman-passengers-could-get-compensation-for-cancelled-flights-235679/" aria-label="Read more about If Australia had an aviation ombudsman, passengers could get compensation for cancelled flights">Read more</a>
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August 4, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Anthony Albanese’s pivot to Indigenous economic empowerment in his weekend Garma speech was welcome and overdue – but now he’s bogged in a contradiction over his commitment to Makarrata. On any ordinary interpretation of what he’s saying, the Prime Minister ... <a title="View From The Hill: Anthony Albanese shapeshifts on Makarrata" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/04/view-from-the-hill-anthony-albanese-shapeshifts-on-makarrata-236109/" aria-label="Read more about View From The Hill: Anthony Albanese shapeshifts on Makarrata">Read more</a>
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August 3, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will switch the government’s focus in Indigenous affairs policy towards the economic empowerment of First Nations communities, in a speech at the Garma Festival in Arnhem Land on Saturday. Addressing the festival nearly a year after ... <a title="Government’s focus pivots to economic empowerment for Indigenous Australians in Garma speech" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/03/governments-focus-pivots-to-economic-empowerment-for-indigenous-australians-in-garma-speech-236059/" aria-label="Read more about Government’s focus pivots to economic empowerment for Indigenous Australians in Garma speech">Read more</a>
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August 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tamsin Phillipa Paige, Senior Lecturer, Deakin University Sea Shepherd founder and anti-whaling activist Paul Watson has been arrested in Greenland and awaits potential extradition to Japan. The arrest relates to incidents in the Southern Ocean in February 2010. The charges against Watson include “accomplice to an assault” ... <a title="Former Sea Shepherd captain Paul Watson arrested on a Japanese warrant from 2012 – what next?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/02/former-sea-shepherd-captain-paul-watson-arrested-on-a-japanese-warrant-from-2012-what-next-235965/" aria-label="Read more about Former Sea Shepherd captain Paul Watson arrested on a Japanese warrant from 2012 – what next?">Read more</a>
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August 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cassandra Cross, Associate Dean (Learning & Teaching) Faculty of Creative Industries, Education and Social Justice, Queensland University of Technology For many, tax time is an exciting part of the year – there’s the potential for a refund. However, it’s also an attractive time for fraudsters looking for ... <a title="It’s tax time and scammers are targeting your myGov account. Here’s how to stay safe" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/02/its-tax-time-and-scammers-are-targeting-your-mygov-account-heres-how-to-stay-safe-235785/" aria-label="Read more about It’s tax time and scammers are targeting your myGov account. Here’s how to stay safe">Read more</a>
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August 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Catherine Campbell, Lecturer, Performing Arts, UniSA Creative, University of South Australia Claude Raschella/State Theatre Company South Australia A blind dinner date in a small high-rise apartment between a blandly dressed neat-freak with a professed admiration for alt-right male online celebs, and a colourful gender studies grad with ... <a title="The Questions is a gorgeous and joyful piece of new Australian musical theatre" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/02/the-questions-is-a-gorgeous-and-joyful-piece-of-new-australian-musical-theatre-235105/" aria-label="Read more about The Questions is a gorgeous and joyful piece of new Australian musical theatre">Read more</a>
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August 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrienne O’Neil, Professor, Food & Mood Centre, Deakin University Alexander Raths/shutterstock Around 3.2 million Australians live with depression. At the same time, few Australians meet recommended dietary or physical activity guidelines. What has one got to do with the other? Our world-first trial, published this week, shows ... <a title="Food and exercise can treat depression as well as a psychologist, our study found. And it’s cheaper" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/02/food-and-exercise-can-treat-depression-as-well-as-a-psychologist-our-study-found-and-its-cheaper-235952/" aria-label="Read more about Food and exercise can treat depression as well as a psychologist, our study found. And it’s cheaper">Read more</a>
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August 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bronwyn Graham, Professor of Psychology, George Institute for Global Health Gorodenkoff/Shutterstock The Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) has just released its much-anticipated landmark statement advocating for sex, gender, variations of sex characteristics and sexual orientation to be routinely considered in health and medical research. ... <a title="Australia has new health research gender standards – and centuries of inequity to fix" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/02/australia-has-new-health-research-gender-standards-and-centuries-of-inequity-to-fix-235769/" aria-label="Read more about Australia has new health research gender standards – and centuries of inequity to fix">Read more</a>
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August 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Doug Drury, Professor/Head of Aviation, CQUniversity Australia It’s been a depressing year for regional aviation. Rex airlines has just become the second Australian airline to go into voluntary administration this year, after Bonza’s collapse in April. Is Qantas’ Chief Executive Vanessa Hudson right – that there simply ... <a title="What is ‘slot hoarding’ – and is it locking out regional airlines like Rex?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/02/what-is-slot-hoarding-and-is-it-locking-out-regional-airlines-like-rex-235960/" aria-label="Read more about What is ‘slot hoarding’ – and is it locking out regional airlines like Rex?">Read more</a>
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August 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ana Manero, Research Fellow, Australian National University Ever since Polynesian pioneers took to the ocean on wooden rafts, people have been hooked on riding waves. Today, surfing is one of the world’s fastest-growing sports and one of the latest additions to the Olympic games. Surfing is especially ... <a title="Save our waves: surfing pumps $2.71 billion into the Australian economy and boosts wellbeing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/02/save-our-waves-surfing-pumps-2-71-billion-into-the-australian-economy-and-boosts-wellbeing-235579/" aria-label="Read more about Save our waves: surfing pumps $2.71 billion into the Australian economy and boosts wellbeing">Read more</a>
