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June 5, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lachlan Schomburgk, PhD Researcher in Marketing, University of Adelaide MultifacetedGirl/Shutterstock Cash is in crisis. In Australia, it’s now only used for 16% of in-person transactions, down from about 70% in 2007. The situation is so dire that on Monday, independent federal MP Andrew Gee introduced a private ... <a title="Trying to save money? Our research suggests paying in cash – while you still can" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/05/trying-to-save-money-our-research-suggests-paying-in-cash-while-you-still-can-231499/" aria-label="Read more about Trying to save money? Our research suggests paying in cash – while you still can">Read more</a>
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June 5, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Chay_Tee/Shutterstock What is it with the Coalition and wages? When, in the final days of the 2022 election campaign, the then opposition leader Anthony Albanese backed an increase in award wages to keep pace with ... <a title="Spare us the talk about a wages explosion. There’s nothing wrong with lifting Australia’s lowest wages in line with inflation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/05/spare-us-the-talk-about-a-wages-explosion-theres-nothing-wrong-with-lifting-australias-lowest-wages-in-line-with-inflation-231492/" aria-label="Read more about Spare us the talk about a wages explosion. There’s nothing wrong with lifting Australia’s lowest wages in line with inflation">Read more</a>
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June 5, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Martin Brook, Associate Professor of Applied Geology, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Getty Images When Resources Minister Shane Jones recently unveiled his draft strategy for mineral mining, it was quickly criticised by the Labour opposition as “taking New Zealand backwards”. One environmental group even called it ... <a title="By not mining vital minerals, NZ is ‘offshoring its own environmental footprint’ – is that fair?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/05/by-not-mining-vital-minerals-nz-is-offshoring-its-own-environmental-footprint-is-that-fair-231166/" aria-label="Read more about By not mining vital minerals, NZ is ‘offshoring its own environmental footprint’ – is that fair?">Read more</a>
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June 4, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tully Barnett, Associate Professor of Creative Arts, Flinders University The cost of living crisis undermines the right to participate in cultural life. Australia’s federal cultural policy, Revive, acknowledges and even celebrates the entitlement of all Australians to have access to culture (a liberty […] enshrined in Article ... <a title="The arts are being sidelined in the cost of living crisis. It’s time we stopped framing them as a luxury" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/04/the-arts-are-being-sidelined-in-the-cost-of-living-crisis-its-time-we-stopped-framing-them-as-a-luxury-228902/" aria-label="Read more about The arts are being sidelined in the cost of living crisis. It’s time we stopped framing them as a luxury">Read more</a>
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June 4, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By C Raina MacIntyre, Professor of Global Biosecurity, NHMRC L3 Research Fellow, Head, Biosecurity Program, Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney Dotted Yeti/Shutterstock Australia appears to be experiencing a re-emergence of the infectious disease mpox, formerly called monkeypox. Some 40 cases have been recorded so far in 2024, already surpassing ... <a title="Mpox is on the rise in Australia. Here’s what to know about the virus – and who should get vaccinated" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/04/mpox-is-on-the-rise-in-australia-heres-what-to-know-about-the-virus-and-who-should-get-vaccinated-231289/" aria-label="Read more about Mpox is on the rise in Australia. Here’s what to know about the virus – and who should get vaccinated">Read more</a>
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June 4, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Samara McPhedran, Principal Research Fellow, Griffith University Shutterstock After last week’s tragic double murder suicide in the Perth suburb of Floreat, questions have been raised about why police did not remove the killer’s legally owned firearms. Allegedly, his daughter alerted police multiple times that she and her ... <a title="New laws in WA would take guns away from people accused of domestic violence. Will they protect women?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/04/new-laws-in-wa-would-take-guns-away-from-people-accused-of-domestic-violence-will-they-protect-women-231476/" aria-label="Read more about New laws in WA would take guns away from people accused of domestic violence. Will they protect women?">Read more</a>
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June 4, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dylan McConnell, Senior Research Associate, Renewable Energy & Energy Systems Analyst, UNSW Sydney Shutterstock In Australia’s electricity system, more and more energy from sunlight and wind is being “spilled” – or not converted to electricity. In the last year, the amount of renewable energy spilled was roughly ... <a title="Should we worry about wasting renewable energy? Here’s why ‘spilling’ excess power is expected – and efficient" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/04/should-we-worry-about-wasting-renewable-energy-heres-why-spilling-excess-power-is-expected-and-efficient-229489/" aria-label="Read more about Should we worry about wasting renewable energy? Here’s why ‘spilling’ excess power is expected – and efficient">Read more</a>
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June 4, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Maria Vieira, Lecturer, University of South Australia DC Studio / Shutterstock Last week, Science and Industry Minister Ed Husic announced with little fanfare that the position of Australia’s Women in STEM Ambassador would be discontinued, effective three days later. The role was created in October 2018 “to ... <a title="Australia’s key program for gender equity in STEM was scrapped last week. This could actually be good news" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/04/australias-key-program-for-gender-equity-in-stem-was-scrapped-last-week-this-could-actually-be-good-news-231321/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s key program for gender equity in STEM was scrapped last week. This could actually be good news">Read more</a>
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June 4, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julia J Rucklidge, Professor of Psychology, University of Canterbury Getty Images Antenatal depression affects 15% to 21% of pregnant women worldwide. It can influence birth outcomes and children’s development, as well as increase the risk of post-natal depression. Current treatments like therapy can be inaccessible and antidepressants ... <a title="For women with antenatal depression, micronutrients might help them and their babies – new study" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/04/for-women-with-antenatal-depression-micronutrients-might-help-them-and-their-babies-new-study-228097/" aria-label="Read more about For women with antenatal depression, micronutrients might help them and their babies – new study">Read more</a>
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June 4, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Falconer, Lecturer, T.C. Beirne School of Law, The University of Queensland Darius Cotoi/Unsplash In recent weeks, Southern Cryonics – the southern hemisphere’s only cryopreservation facility, located in rural New South Wales – announced it had successfully cryopreserved its first patient. There are only a handful of ... <a title="You can now be frozen after death in Australia. If you get revived in the future, will you still legally be the same person?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/04/you-can-now-be-frozen-after-death-in-australia-if-you-get-revived-in-the-future-will-you-still-legally-be-the-same-person-230876/" aria-label="Read more about You can now be frozen after death in Australia. If you get revived in the future, will you still legally be the same person?">Read more</a>
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June 4, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sharon Smart, Lecturer and Researcher (Speech Pathology) – School of Allied Health, Curtin University chomplearn/Shutterstock There is increasing media interest about surgical procedures on new babies for tongue tie. Some hail it as a miracle cure, others view it as barbaric treatment, though adverse outcomes are rare. ... <a title="Debate over tongue tie procedures in babies continues. Here’s why it can be beneficial for some infants" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/04/debate-over-tongue-tie-procedures-in-babies-continues-heres-why-it-can-be-beneficial-for-some-infants-230008/" aria-label="Read more about Debate over tongue tie procedures in babies continues. Here’s why it can be beneficial for some infants">Read more</a>
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June 4, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachael Sharman, Senior Lecturer in Psychology, University of the Sunshine Coast Kitreel/Shutterstock Family meetings are often touted as an effective way to resolve conflicts, work out some shared goals and bring the family together. They seem to wax and wane in popularity. But as Google Trends shows, ... <a title="Could family meetings help you get on better with your kids? Yes – but they can also go horribly wrong" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/04/could-family-meetings-help-you-get-on-better-with-your-kids-yes-but-they-can-also-go-horribly-wrong-231274/" aria-label="Read more about Could family meetings help you get on better with your kids? Yes – but they can also go horribly wrong">Read more</a>
