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April 11, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Anthony Albanese will outline on Thursday a strongly interventionist role for government to make Australia competitive in a world requiring us to “break with old orthodoxies”. In a major pre-budget address that puts industry policy at the heart of this ... <a title="Anthony Albanese puts industry policy at the centre of his budget agenda" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/11/anthony-albanese-puts-industry-policy-at-the-centre-of-his-budget-agenda-227565/" aria-label="Read more about Anthony Albanese puts industry policy at the centre of his budget agenda">Read more</a>
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April 10, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Opposition leader Peter Dutton has accused Foreign minister Penny Wong of “irreparably” damaging Australia’s relations with Israel “for a crass domestic political win.” In a swingeing attack on Wong, Dutton on Wednesday said her implying the Albanese government was preparing ... <a title="Albanese government has ‘irreparably damaged’ Australia’s relations with Israel: Peter Dutton" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/10/albanese-government-has-irreparably-damaged-australias-relations-with-israel-peter-dutton-227572/" aria-label="Read more about Albanese government has ‘irreparably damaged’ Australia’s relations with Israel: Peter Dutton">Read more</a>
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April 10, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rod Sims, Professor in the practice of public policy and antitrust, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Pasuwan/Shutterstock Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ proposed changes to Australia’s merger laws represent important public policy reform. This is because a market economy, based on companies and individuals pursuing their ... <a title="Tougher merger laws will boost competition and improve performance and productivity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/10/tougher-merger-laws-will-boost-competition-and-improve-performance-and-productivity-227371/" aria-label="Read more about Tougher merger laws will boost competition and improve performance and productivity">Read more</a>
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April 10, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Harris, Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, UNSW Sydney Perfect Wave/Shutterstock In an episode of ABC’s Four Corners this week, the use of spinal cord stimulators for chronic back pain was brought into question. Spinal cord stimulators are devices implanted surgically which deliver electric impulses directly to the ... <a title="Evidence doesn’t support spinal cord stimulators for chronic back pain – and they could cause harm" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/10/evidence-doesnt-support-spinal-cord-stimulators-for-chronic-back-pain-and-they-could-cause-harm-227358/" aria-label="Read more about Evidence doesn’t support spinal cord stimulators for chronic back pain – and they could cause harm">Read more</a>
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April 10, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stefan Caddy-Retalic, Ecologist, School of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide Adwo/Shutterstock Large areas of concrete and asphalt absorb and radiate heat, creating an “urban heat island effect”. It puts cities at risk of overheating as they are several degrees warmer than surrounding areas. One of the best ... <a title="Adelaide is losing 75,000 trees a year. Tree-removal laws must be tightened if we want our cities to be liveable and green" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/10/adelaide-is-losing-75-000-trees-a-year-tree-removal-laws-must-be-tightened-if-we-want-our-cities-to-be-liveable-and-green-216990/" aria-label="Read more about Adelaide is losing 75,000 trees a year. Tree-removal laws must be tightened if we want our cities to be liveable and green">Read more</a>
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April 10, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Carol Richards, Professor, Queensland University of Technology Australia’s big supermarkets have been put on notice. A Treasury-commissioned review recommends making the existing voluntary food and grocery code of conduct mandatory. The voluntary code sets standards for wholesalers, retailers and suppliers to try and ensure fair negotiations over ... <a title="Supermarkets need to change the way they operate in Australia. But how do we get them to do this?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/10/supermarkets-need-to-change-the-way-they-operate-in-australia-but-how-do-we-get-them-to-do-this-227445/" aria-label="Read more about Supermarkets need to change the way they operate in Australia. But how do we get them to do this?">Read more</a>
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April 10, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Fatemeh Aminpour, Lecturer, School of Built Environment, UNSW Sydney Author provided, CC BY-NC-ND One in seven people worldwide are neurodivergent. They may have a diagnosis of a neurodevelopmental condition such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder or autism – or traits that mean their thinking style differs from ... <a title="What is biophilic design? 3 ways ‘green’ buildings work better for neurodivergent people" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/10/what-is-biophilic-design-3-ways-green-buildings-work-better-for-neurodivergent-people-226003/" aria-label="Read more about What is biophilic design? 3 ways ‘green’ buildings work better for neurodivergent people">Read more</a>
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April 10, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sean Ulm, Director, ARC Centre of Excellence for Indigenous and Environmental Histories and Futures, James Cook University Blue Lagoon at Jiigurru (Lizard Island Group) where the first pieces of pottery were found. Sean Ulm Pottery was largely unknown in Australia before the recent past, despite well-known pottery ... <a title="Aboriginal people made pottery and sailed to distant offshore islands thousands of years before Europeans arrived" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/10/aboriginal-people-made-pottery-and-sailed-to-distant-offshore-islands-thousands-of-years-before-europeans-arrived-226391/" aria-label="Read more about Aboriginal people made pottery and sailed to distant offshore islands thousands of years before Europeans arrived">Read more</a>
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April 10, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vaughan Cruickshank, Program Director – Health and Physical Education, Maths/Science, Faculty of Education, University of Tasmania Many Australians have in recent years been impacted by the cost-of-living crisis, but what about sport participation? While many Australians, and their children, enjoy participating in sports, it can be a ... <a title="No cash, no play? Have cost-of-living pressures impacted sports participation in Australia?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/10/no-cash-no-play-have-cost-of-living-pressures-impacted-sports-participation-in-australia-226613/" aria-label="Read more about No cash, no play? Have cost-of-living pressures impacted sports participation in Australia?">Read more</a>
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April 10, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma Beckett, Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Nutrition, Dietetics & Food Innovation – School of Health Sciences, UNSW Sydney Natalia Sharygina/Shutterstock Hundreds of thousands of people worldwide are taking drugs like Ozempic to lose weight. But what do we actually know about them? This month, The Conversation’s experts explore ... <a title="Drugs like Ozempic won’t ‘cure’ obesity but they might make us more fat-phobic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/10/drugs-like-ozempic-wont-cure-obesity-but-they-might-make-us-more-fat-phobic-219309/" aria-label="Read more about Drugs like Ozempic won’t ‘cure’ obesity but they might make us more fat-phobic">Read more</a>
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April 10, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Edward Doddridge, Senior Research Associate in Physical Oceanography, University of Tasmania Armin Rose/Shutterstock In 1897, the former whaling ship RV Belgica left Antwerp in Belgium and set sail due south. It was the first voyage of what would become known as the Heroic Age of Antarctic exploration. ... <a title="The limits of ice: what a 19th century expedition trapped in sea ice for a year tells us about Antarctica’s future" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/10/the-limits-of-ice-what-a-19th-century-expedition-trapped-in-sea-ice-for-a-year-tells-us-about-antarcticas-future-224063/" aria-label="Read more about The limits of ice: what a 19th century expedition trapped in sea ice for a year tells us about Antarctica’s future">Read more</a>
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April 10, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Anderson, Professor and Director, Indigenous Research Unit, Griffith University Every year, NAPLAN tests are used to see how Australian students are tracking in reading, writing and maths. And every year, we see analysis that Indigenous students are lagging behind their non-Indigenous peers. But what if we ... <a title="We have a new way of looking at data that shows what’s working for Indigenous school kids and what isn’t" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/10/we-have-a-new-way-of-looking-at-data-that-shows-whats-working-for-indigenous-school-kids-and-what-isnt-225900/" aria-label="Read more about We have a new way of looking at data that shows what’s working for Indigenous school kids and what isn’t">Read more</a>
