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May 21, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lisa De Bortoli, Senior Research Fellow, Australian Council for Educational Research Taylor Flowe/Unsplash, CC BY Australian teenagers have more disruptive maths classrooms and experience bullying at greater levels than the OECD average, a new report shows. But in better news, Australian students report high levels of curiosity ... <a title="Australian teenagers are curious but have some of the most disruptive maths classes in the OECD" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/21/australian-teenagers-are-curious-but-have-some-of-the-most-disruptive-maths-classes-in-the-oecd-230411/" aria-label="Read more about Australian teenagers are curious but have some of the most disruptive maths classes in the OECD">Read more</a>
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May 21, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Samantha Marsh, Senior Research Fellow in Public Health, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Christoph Soeder/dpa New Zealand’s decision to no longer offer free influenza vaccines for all children under 12 will likely wipe out recent gains in uptake. And it will disproportionately affect those living in ... <a title="Flu vaccines are no longer free for all under-12s in NZ – children living in poverty and at higher risk will bear the brunt" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/21/flu-vaccines-are-no-longer-free-for-all-under-12s-in-nz-children-living-in-poverty-and-at-higher-risk-will-bear-the-brunt-228095/" aria-label="Read more about Flu vaccines are no longer free for all under-12s in NZ – children living in poverty and at higher risk will bear the brunt">Read more</a>
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May 21, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben White, Professor of End-of-Life Law and Regulation, Australian Centre for Health Law Research, Queensland University of Technology Inside Creative House/Shutterstock Dementia is the second leading cause of death for Australians aged over 65. More than 421,000 Australians currently live with dementia and this figure is expected ... <a title="People with dementia aren’t currently eligible for voluntary assisted dying. Should they be?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/21/people-with-dementia-arent-currently-eligible-for-voluntary-assisted-dying-should-they-be-224075/" aria-label="Read more about People with dementia aren’t currently eligible for voluntary assisted dying. Should they be?">Read more</a>
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May 21, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Theo Evans, Associate Professor of Applied Entomology, The University of Western Australia Erik Karits, Shutterstock German cockroaches thrive in buildings all over the world. They’re one of the most common cockroach species, causing trouble for people both here and overseas. But in nature, they’re nowhere to be ... <a title="A pest of our own making: revealing the true origins of the not-so-German cockroach" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/21/a-pest-of-our-own-making-revealing-the-true-origins-of-the-not-so-german-cockroach-228001/" aria-label="Read more about A pest of our own making: revealing the true origins of the not-so-German cockroach">Read more</a>
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May 21, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexis Anja Kallio, Deputy Director (Research), Queensland Conservatorium, Griffith University Many young people in contact with the justice system come from backgrounds of extreme poverty, parental abuse or neglect, parental incarceration and disrupted education. These complex traumas often manifest as addictions to drugs or alcohol, mental health ... <a title="‘How a healthy community should be’: how music in youth detention can create new futures" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/21/how-a-healthy-community-should-be-how-music-in-youth-detention-can-create-new-futures-227684/" aria-label="Read more about ‘How a healthy community should be’: how music in youth detention can create new futures">Read more</a>
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May 20, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Catherine Jane Archer, Senior Lecturer, Communication, Edith Cowan University guruXOX/Shutterstock The latest episode of the ABC’s flagship investigative program, Four Corners, makes for grim viewing. It reveals cases of men making inappropriate and sexual comments on online images of children, often posted on accounts run by their ... <a title="Any online ‘kidfluencer’ content or images of children can be sexualised, as Four Corners report shows. So what can be done?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/20/any-online-kidfluencer-content-or-images-of-children-can-be-sexualised-as-four-corners-report-shows-so-what-can-be-done-230400/" aria-label="Read more about Any online ‘kidfluencer’ content or images of children can be sexualised, as Four Corners report shows. So what can be done?">Read more</a>
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May 20, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Lindenmayer, Professor, Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University Forest Conservation Victoria, CC BY-NC-ND Victoria’s native forest logging industry ended on January 1 this year. The news was met with jubilation from conservationists. But did logging really end? Last week, an endangered southern greater ... <a title="Has logging really stopped in Victoria? What the death of an endangered glider tells us" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/20/has-logging-really-stopped-in-victoria-what-the-death-of-an-endangered-glider-tells-us-230394/" aria-label="Read more about Has logging really stopped in Victoria? What the death of an endangered glider tells us">Read more</a>
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May 20, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Crosby, Professor, Monash University Rose Marinelli/Shutterstock This article is part two of The Conversation’s “Business Basics” series where we ask leading experts to discuss key concepts in business, economics and finance. How governments should manage their budgets, and how interest rates should be set, are two ... <a title="What’s the difference between fiscal and monetary policy?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/20/whats-the-difference-between-fiscal-and-monetary-policy-230213/" aria-label="Read more about What’s the difference between fiscal and monetary policy?">Read more</a>
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May 20, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicole George, Associate Professor in Peace and Conflict Studies, The University of Queensland On Sunday afternoon, Australian citizens who have been trapped in New Caledonia were called to a meeting at one of the large hotels in the capital, Noumea. The meeting was hastily organised and long ... <a title="Is it time for Australia to reassess its position on France’s role in New Caledonia?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/20/is-it-time-for-australia-to-reassess-its-position-on-frances-role-in-new-caledonia-230396/" aria-label="Read more about Is it time for Australia to reassess its position on France’s role in New Caledonia?">Read more</a>
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May 20, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Megan Prictor, Senior Lecturer in Law, The University of Melbourne REDPIXEL.PL/Shutterstock The latest large-scale ransomware attack on a health technology provider, electronic prescription company MediSecure, was revealed last week. MediSecure announced it had suffered a “cyber security incident” affecting people’s personal and health information. Details of the ... <a title="MediSecure data breach: why is health data so lucrative for hackers?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/20/medisecure-data-breach-why-is-health-data-so-lucrative-for-hackers-230301/" aria-label="Read more about MediSecure data breach: why is health data so lucrative for hackers?">Read more</a>
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May 20, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hannah Soong, Senior Lecturer and Socio-cultural researcher, UniSA Education Futures, University of South Australia International students have come under fire from both sides of federal politics in the past week. The Albanese government introduced legislation to parliament last Thursday to put caps on the number of international ... <a title="Our research shows what the rental market is really like for international students" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/20/our-research-shows-what-the-rental-market-is-really-like-for-international-students-230308/" aria-label="Read more about Our research shows what the rental market is really like for international students">Read more</a>
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May 20, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jake Renzella, Lecturer, Director of Studies (Computer Science), UNSW Sydney An example of shrimp Jesus. Shutterstock AI Generator If you search “shrimp Jesus” on Facebook, you might encounter dozens of images of artificial intelligence (AI) generated crustaceans meshed in various forms with a stereotypical image of Jesus ... <a title="The ‘dead internet theory’ makes eerie claims about an AI-run web. The truth is more sinister" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/20/the-dead-internet-theory-makes-eerie-claims-about-an-ai-run-web-the-truth-is-more-sinister-229609/" aria-label="Read more about The ‘dead internet theory’ makes eerie claims about an AI-run web. The truth is more sinister">Read more</a>
