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June 20, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Lowe, Emeritus Professor, School of Environment and Science, Griffith University Martin Lisner/Shutterstock It is very difficult to take Opposition Leader Peter Dutton’s nuclear announcement seriously. His proposal for seven nuclear power stations is, at present, legally impossible, technically improbable, economically irrational and environmentally irresponsible. Given the ... <a title="No costing, no clear timelines, no easy legal path: deep scepticism over Dutton’s nuclear plan is warranted" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/20/no-costing-no-clear-timelines-no-easy-legal-path-deep-scepticism-over-duttons-nuclear-plan-is-warranted-232822/" aria-label="Read more about No costing, no clear timelines, no easy legal path: deep scepticism over Dutton’s nuclear plan is warranted">Read more</a>
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June 20, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rauno Parrila, Director and Professor, Australian Centre for the Advancement of Literacy, Australian Catholic University Andrea Piacquadio/Pexels, CC BY Victoria has just announced all government schools will be required to use phonics to teach reading from next year. This brings it in line with approaches in New ... <a title="What is phonics and why is it used to teach reading?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/20/what-is-phonics-and-why-is-it-used-to-teach-reading-232593/" aria-label="Read more about What is phonics and why is it used to teach reading?">Read more</a>
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June 20, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Milad Haghani, Senior Lecturer of Urban Mobility, Public Safety & Disaster Risk, UNSW Sydney Each year, millions of Muslims from across the world embark on the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia. The mass migration is unparalleled in scale, and pilgrims face numerous health hazards. Mecca ... <a title="Amid scorching heat, 900 people died this week in Saudi Arabia. Climate change has made the Hajj pilgrimage more risky" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/20/amid-scorching-heat-900-people-died-this-week-in-saudi-arabia-climate-change-has-made-the-hajj-pilgrimage-more-risky-232836/" aria-label="Read more about Amid scorching heat, 900 people died this week in Saudi Arabia. Climate change has made the Hajj pilgrimage more risky">Read more</a>
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June 20, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brendan Clift, Lecturer in Law, The University of Melbourne Pauline Hanson’s Please Explain/YouTube Robert Irwin, son of Steve “Crocodile Hunter” Irwin, recently threatened to sue a video production company if they didn’t take down an episode in One Nation’s “Please Explain” animated video series. It depicted him ... <a title="Robert Irwin wanted to sue One Nation for using his likeness. We don’t really have laws for that" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/20/robert-irwin-wanted-to-sue-one-nation-for-using-his-likeness-we-dont-really-have-laws-for-that-232902/" aria-label="Read more about Robert Irwin wanted to sue One Nation for using his likeness. We don’t really have laws for that">Read more</a>
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June 20, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra After beating a first-term South Australian Liberal government in 2022, Labor premier Peter Malinauskas has gone on to be a reform advocate on issues including social media and politcal donations. His government is looking at a ban on children under ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Peter Malinauskas on political donations, kids on social media, and the nuclear option" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/20/politics-with-michelle-grattan-peter-malinauskas-on-political-donations-kids-on-social-media-and-the-nuclear-option-232823/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Peter Malinauskas on political donations, kids on social media, and the nuclear option">Read more</a>
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June 20, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Galloway, Professor of Law and Social Justice, Australian Catholic University Commonwealth Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus has announced that the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) would review the Native Title Act to “rectify any inefficacy, inequality or unfairness”. The purpose of the Native Title Act is to ensure ... <a title="The Albanese government has ordered an inquiry into native title – why is it needed?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/20/the-albanese-government-has-ordered-an-inquiry-into-native-title-why-is-it-needed-232696/" aria-label="Read more about The Albanese government has ordered an inquiry into native title – why is it needed?">Read more</a>
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June 20, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tash Pocovi, Postdoctoral research fellow, Department of Health Sciences, Macquarie University PeopleImages.com – Yuri A/Shutterstock Do you suffer from low back pain that recurs regularly? If you do, you’re not alone. Roughly 70% of people who recover from an episode of low back pain will experience a ... <a title="Walking can prevent low back pain, a new study shows" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/20/walking-can-prevent-low-back-pain-a-new-study-shows-231682/" aria-label="Read more about Walking can prevent low back pain, a new study shows">Read more</a>
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June 20, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Myra Williamson, Senior Lecturer in Law, Auckland University of Technology corners74/Getty Images Housing security for New Zealand’s 1.7 million renters could be threatened if the Residential Tenancies Amendment Bill becomes law. Among some potentially positive changes in the amendment – such as the introduction of a pet ... <a title="No-cause evictions have the potential to hurt renters – with little gain for good landlords" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/20/no-cause-evictions-have-the-potential-to-hurt-renters-with-little-gain-for-good-landlords-232810/" aria-label="Read more about No-cause evictions have the potential to hurt renters – with little gain for good landlords">Read more</a>
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June 20, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Liam Byrne, Honorary Fellow, School of Historical and Philosophical Studies, The University of Melbourne When British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced the UK general election outside 10 Downing Street in the pouring rain last month, the ignominy of the moment was compounded by the sound of a ... <a title="Tony Blair sold the UK on a vision for the future. Can Keir Starmer do the same to return Labour to power?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/20/tony-blair-sold-the-uk-on-a-vision-for-the-future-can-keir-starmer-do-the-same-to-return-labour-to-power-231591/" aria-label="Read more about Tony Blair sold the UK on a vision for the future. Can Keir Starmer do the same to return Labour to power?">Read more</a>
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June 20, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Milad Haghani, Senior Lecturer of Urban Mobility, Public Safety & Disaster Risk, UNSW Sydney JC_STOCKER/Shutterstock We’re seeing more big cars on our roads, especially large wagon-style vehicles with a four- or all-wheel drive, known as sport utility vehicles or SUVs. For every passenger car sold in Australia, ... <a title="Big cars might make you feel safer. But here’s how vehicle size impacts others in a crash" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/20/big-cars-might-make-you-feel-safer-but-heres-how-vehicle-size-impacts-others-in-a-crash-223343/" aria-label="Read more about Big cars might make you feel safer. But here’s how vehicle size impacts others in a crash">Read more</a>
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June 20, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chrissy Severinsen, Associate Professor in Public Health, Massey University Getty Images Health services struggle to provide affordable and nondiscriminatory healthcare to Māori, Pacific, disabled, and rainbow whānau, according to the latest NZ Health Survey. Nearly a quarter of Māori reported unmet primary care needs over the past ... <a title="‘I felt too whakamā to go to the doctor’ – how feelings of shame stop people seeking healthcare" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/20/i-felt-too-whakama-to-go-to-the-doctor-how-feelings-of-shame-stop-people-seeking-healthcare-231683/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I felt too whakamā to go to the doctor’ – how feelings of shame stop people seeking healthcare">Read more</a>
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June 20, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hussein Dia, Professor of Future Urban Mobility, Swinburne University of Technology algre/Shutterstock Just last year, data suggested plug-in hybrid cars were on the way out in Australia. But they’re back. New data shows plug-in hybrids and conventional hybrids combined have overtaken battery electric vehicle sales in the ... <a title="Hybrid cars are having a moment – even though they’re dirtier than we think. What’s behind their popularity?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/20/hybrid-cars-are-having-a-moment-even-though-theyre-dirtier-than-we-think-whats-behind-their-popularity-231160/" aria-label="Read more about Hybrid cars are having a moment – even though they’re dirtier than we think. What’s behind their popularity?">Read more</a>
