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May 1, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim Flannery, Honorary fellow, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock Current concentrations of carbon dioxide (CO₂) in Earth’s atmosphere are unprecedented in human history. But CO₂ levels today, and those that might occur in coming decades, did occur millions of years ago. Wouldn’t it be useful to go ... <a title="Wondering what Australia might look like in a hotter world? Take a glimpse into the distant past" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/01/wondering-what-australia-might-look-like-in-a-hotter-world-take-a-glimpse-into-the-distant-past-227058/" aria-label="Read more about Wondering what Australia might look like in a hotter world? Take a glimpse into the distant past">Read more</a>
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May 1, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Patrick Usmar, Lecturer in Critical Media Literacies, Auckland University of Technology Getty Images With the coalition government’s ban of student mobile phones in New Zealand schools coming into effect this week, reaction has ranged from the sceptical (kids will just get sneakier) to the optimistic (most kids ... <a title="Will New Zealand’s school phone ban work? Let’s see what it does for students’ curiosity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/01/will-new-zealands-school-phone-ban-work-lets-see-what-it-does-for-students-curiosity-228893/" aria-label="Read more about Will New Zealand’s school phone ban work? Let’s see what it does for students’ curiosity">Read more</a>
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May 1, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Foreign investment proposals with implications for Australia’s strategic or economic security will face tougher scrutiny, under a policy overhaul to be announced by Treasurer Jim Chalmers on Wednesday. At the same time, the government will process faster proposals in non-sensitive ... <a title="Chalmers outlines a more ‘risk-based’ foreign investment policy and guardrails around Future Made in Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/01/chalmers-outlines-a-more-risk-based-foreign-investment-policy-and-guardrails-around-future-made-in-australia-229001/" aria-label="Read more about Chalmers outlines a more ‘risk-based’ foreign investment policy and guardrails around Future Made in Australia">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christopher Ferrie, A/Prof, UTS Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Research and ARC DECRA Fellow, University of Technology Sydney PsiQuantum The Australian government has announced a pledge of approximately A$940 million (US$617 million) to PsiQuantum, a quantum computing start-up company based in Silicon Valley. Half of the funding will come from ... <a title="Australia just made a billion-dollar bet on building the world’s first ‘useful’ quantum computer in Brisbane. Will it pay off?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/30/australia-just-made-a-billion-dollar-bet-on-building-the-worlds-first-useful-quantum-computer-in-brisbane-will-it-pay-off-228992/" aria-label="Read more about Australia just made a billion-dollar bet on building the world’s first ‘useful’ quantum computer in Brisbane. Will it pay off?">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hunter Bennett, Lecturer in Exercise Science, University of South Australia Cameron Prins/Shutterstock If you spend a lot of time exploring fitness content online, you might have come across the concept of heart rate zones. Heart rate zone training has become more popular in recent years partly because ... <a title="What are heart rate zones, and how can you incorporate them into your exercise routine?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/30/what-are-heart-rate-zones-and-how-can-you-incorporate-them-into-your-exercise-routine-228520/" aria-label="Read more about What are heart rate zones, and how can you incorporate them into your exercise routine?">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Will McCallum, PhD Candidate – School of Communication and Creative Arts, Deakin University Earlier this year, Opposition Leader Peter Dutton accused Prime Minister Anthony Albanese of not supporting Operation Sovereign Borders – the military-led border security operation that has “closed Australia’s borders to unauthorised maritime arrivals”. It’s ... <a title="Long before politicians called to ‘stop the boats’, First Nations people welcomed arrivals from Indonesia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/30/long-before-politicians-called-to-stop-the-boats-first-nations-people-welcomed-arrivals-from-indonesia-228614/" aria-label="Read more about Long before politicians called to ‘stop the boats’, First Nations people welcomed arrivals from Indonesia">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dominique Condo, Senior Lecturer in Sports Nutrition, Deakin University Microgen/Shutterstock There was, perhaps unsurprising, outcry from some sections of the sports media when it was revealed the AFL was removing body composition testing (including skinfold testing) in its junior (under the age of 18) talent pathways system, ... <a title="Does the AFL ban on skinfold testing avoid fat shaming – or has footy ‘gone soft’?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/30/does-the-afl-ban-on-skinfold-testing-avoid-fat-shaming-or-has-footy-gone-soft-228515/" aria-label="Read more about Does the AFL ban on skinfold testing avoid fat shaming – or has footy ‘gone soft’?">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shireen Morris, Associate Professor and Director of the Radical Centre Reform Lab at Macquarie University Law School, Macquarie University Leonid Andronov/Shutterstock Foreign interference in Australian democracy poses a growing risk to our national sovereignty. It refers to coercive, corrupt or deceptive activities by or on behalf of ... <a title="‘Abject failure’: why Australia’s scheme to curb foreign influence doesn’t work and can’t be fixed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/30/abject-failure-why-australias-scheme-to-curb-foreign-influence-doesnt-work-and-cant-be-fixed-228292/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Abject failure’: why Australia’s scheme to curb foreign influence doesn’t work and can’t be fixed">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jodi Rowley, Curator, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation Biology, Australian Museum, UNSW Sydney Jodi Rowley, CC BY-NC-ND In winter 2021, Australia’s frogs started dropping dead. People began posting images of dead frogs on social media. Unable to travel to investigate the deaths ourselves because of COVID lockdowns, we ... <a title="We found pesticides in a third of Australian frogs we tested. Did these cause mass deaths?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/30/we-found-pesticides-in-a-third-of-australian-frogs-we-tested-did-these-cause-mass-deaths-228194/" aria-label="Read more about We found pesticides in a third of Australian frogs we tested. Did these cause mass deaths?">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wasay Majid, Research Assistant , University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau New Zealand’s accommodation supplement scheme is facing scrutiny, with Social Development Minister Louise Upston recently saying “there is merit in considering whether the current settings are fair and sustainable long-term”. The means-tested accommodation supplement is a ... <a title="364,000 New Zealanders rely on an accomodation supplement – but these 3 flaws need fixing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/30/364-000-new-zealanders-rely-on-an-accomodation-supplement-but-these-3-flaws-need-fixing-227667/" aria-label="Read more about 364,000 New Zealanders rely on an accomodation supplement – but these 3 flaws need fixing">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Timothy Schmidt, Professor of Chemistry, UNSW Sydney Albert Russ / Shutterstock The icebreaker of many a barbeque conversation is something like “what do you do for a crust?” “I teach chemistry at university,” is what we usually reply. Then silence. Our new friend will usually go on ... <a title="Think all chemicals are bad? From our food to your phone, modern life relies on them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/30/think-all-chemicals-are-bad-from-our-food-to-your-phone-modern-life-relies-on-them-227768/" aria-label="Read more about Think all chemicals are bad? From our food to your phone, modern life relies on them">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Asher Flynn, Associate Professor of Criminology, Monash University Shutterstock Sexual harassment is often considered to be a person-to-person act, but new research shows Australians are also experiencing and perpetrating workplace harassment in large numbers through technology. Our latest study shows one in seven Australian adults surveyed reported ... <a title="Tech-based sexual harassment at work is common, male-dominated and often intended to cause harm" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/30/tech-based-sexual-harassment-at-work-is-common-male-dominated-and-often-intended-to-cause-harm-228102/" aria-label="Read more about Tech-based sexual harassment at work is common, male-dominated and often intended to cause harm">Read more</a>
