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February 28, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yee-Fui Ng, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, Monash University Independent MP for Indi Helen Haines has introduced a private member’s bill to crack down on pork-barrelling. Haines has argued pork-barrelling is happening right now ahead of the Dunkley byelection on March 2, where Labor is splashing out ... <a title="Independent MP Helen Haines has a plan to stamp out pork-barrelling. Would it work?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/28/independent-mp-helen-haines-has-a-plan-to-stamp-out-pork-barrelling-would-it-work-224514/" aria-label="Read more about Independent MP Helen Haines has a plan to stamp out pork-barrelling. Would it work?">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Peterie, Research Fellow, Sydney Centre for Healthy Societies, University of Sydney Shutterstock Have you ever felt a sudden pang of sadness? A bird seems to stop and look you in the eye. A photo drops out of a messy drawer from long ago, in the mundanity ... <a title="We talked to dozens of people about their experience of grief. Here’s what we learned (and how it’s different from what you might think)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/28/we-talked-to-dozens-of-people-about-their-experience-of-grief-heres-what-we-learned-and-how-its-different-from-what-you-might-think-223848/" aria-label="Read more about We talked to dozens of people about their experience of grief. Here’s what we learned (and how it’s different from what you might think)">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Luke Smillie, Professor in Personality Psychology, The University of Melbourne Nicklas Hammann/Unsplash The war in Ukraine has had impacts around the world. Supply chains have been disrupted, the cost of living has soared and we’ve seen the fastest-growing refugee crisis since World War II. All of these ... <a title="War in Ukraine affected wellbeing worldwide, but people’s speed of recovery depended on their personality" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/28/war-in-ukraine-affected-wellbeing-worldwide-but-peoples-speed-of-recovery-depended-on-their-personality-224147/" aria-label="Read more about War in Ukraine affected wellbeing worldwide, but people’s speed of recovery depended on their personality">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Gillespie, Professor of Law, University of Waikato Despite the carnage, United Nations resolutions and international court rulings, the war in Gaza has the potential to get much worse. Unless Hamas frees all Israeli hostages by March 10, Israel may launch an all-out offensive in Rafah, a ... <a title="Other nations are applying sanctions and going to court over Gaza – should NZ join them?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/28/other-nations-are-applying-sanctions-and-going-to-court-over-gaza-should-nz-join-them-224132/" aria-label="Read more about Other nations are applying sanctions and going to court over Gaza – should NZ join them?">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Dowdy, Principal Research Scientist, The University of Melbourne Janelle Lugge/Shutterstock On February 13, six transmission line towers in Victoria were destroyed by extreme wind gusts from thunderstorms, leading to forced electricity outages affecting tens of thousands of people. The intense winds knocked trees onto local power ... <a title="We can’t say yet if grid-breaking thunderstorms are getting worse – but we shouldn’t wait to find out" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/28/we-cant-say-yet-if-grid-breaking-thunderstorms-are-getting-worse-but-we-shouldnt-wait-to-find-out-224148/" aria-label="Read more about We can’t say yet if grid-breaking thunderstorms are getting worse – but we shouldn’t wait to find out">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Timothy Weber, Research Officer for School of Engineering, Australian National University Shutterstock The world is rapidly moving towards a renewable energy future. To support the transition, we must prepare back-up energy supplies for times when solar panels and wind turbines are not producing enough electricity. One solution ... <a title="Researchers found 37 mine sites in Australia that could be converted into renewable energy storage. So what are we waiting for?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/28/researchers-found-37-mine-sites-in-australia-that-could-be-converted-into-renewable-energy-storage-so-what-are-we-waiting-for-223978/" aria-label="Read more about Researchers found 37 mine sites in Australia that could be converted into renewable energy storage. So what are we waiting for?">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gavin Moodie, Adjunct Professor, Department of Leadership, Higher and Adult Education, OISE, University of Toronto Engin Akyurt/ Pexels , CC BY The federal government has released the final report on a Universities Accord. Taking more than a year to prepare, it is billed as a “blueprint” for ... <a title="Universities Accord: there’s a push for a Higher Education Future Fund, but some unis ‘hate’ it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/28/universities-accord-theres-a-push-for-a-higher-education-future-fund-but-some-unis-hate-it-224395/" aria-label="Read more about Universities Accord: there’s a push for a Higher Education Future Fund, but some unis ‘hate’ it">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Pearl Subban, Associate Professor, Faculty of Education, Monash University Andrea Piacquadio/ Pexels , CC BY The federal government has released the final report on a Universities Accord. Taking more than a year to prepare, it is billed as a “blueprint” for reform for the next decade and ... <a title="Universities Accord: early university offers won’t be made until later in Year 12. Is this a good idea?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/28/universities-accord-early-university-offers-wont-be-made-until-later-in-year-12-is-this-a-good-idea-224376/" aria-label="Read more about Universities Accord: early university offers won’t be made until later in Year 12. Is this a good idea?">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Charlotte Dunn, Lecturer in Classics, University of Tasmania Wikimedia/Johann Heinrich Tischbein, oil painting (1781) You might be surprised to learn the sex life of a long-dead conqueror is making headlines in 2024. Netflix documentary Alexander the Great: The Making of a God has provoked outrage for its ... <a title="A new Netflix doco shows Alexander the Great as queer, and some viewers aren’t happy. An expert weighs in" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/28/a-new-netflix-doco-shows-alexander-the-great-as-queer-and-some-viewers-arent-happy-an-expert-weighs-in-224262/" aria-label="Read more about A new Netflix doco shows Alexander the Great as queer, and some viewers aren’t happy. An expert weighs in">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jan Dewar, Head of Nursing, Auckland University of Technology During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, policy was being made in crisis management mode. Decisions had to be made faster than usual, and there was limited ability to undertake wider consultation and impact analysis. Now the worst ... <a title="Unintended consequences of NZ’s COVID vaccine mandates must inform future pandemic policy – new research" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/28/unintended-consequences-of-nzs-covid-vaccine-mandates-must-inform-future-pandemic-policy-new-research-222989/" aria-label="Read more about Unintended consequences of NZ’s COVID vaccine mandates must inform future pandemic policy – new research">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Does it feel like you’re being charged more for all sorts of things these days, from groceries to banking? Turns out, you’re right. While we might be more likely to remember prices that go up ... <a title="Worried about price gouging? For banks, there’s a simple solution" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/27/worried-about-price-gouging-for-banks-theres-a-simple-solution-223821/" aria-label="Read more about Worried about price gouging? For banks, there’s a simple solution">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lydia Brown, Senior Lecturer in Psychology, The University of Melbourne Ground Picture/Shutterstock “I have to be hard on myself,” Sarah told me in a recent telehealth psychology session. “I would never reach my potential if I was kind and let myself off the hook.” I could empathise ... <a title="How to be kind to yourself (without going to a day spa)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/27/how-to-be-kind-to-yourself-without-going-to-a-day-spa-223194/" aria-label="Read more about How to be kind to yourself (without going to a day spa)">Read more</a>
