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February 27, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Angela Jackson, Lead Economist, Monash University Shutterstock Men continue to outstrip women in the salary stakes, with men’s median annual salary $11,542 greater than women’s, according to newly released data for Australian private companies. It’s a gap of 14.5%, down from last year’s 15.4%. Men’s median annual ... <a title="QANTAS pays women 37% less, Telstra and BHP 20%. Fifty years after equal pay laws, we still have a long way to go" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/27/qantas-pays-women-37-less-telstra-and-bhp-20-fifty-years-after-equal-pay-laws-we-still-have-a-long-way-to-go-223870/" aria-label="Read more about QANTAS pays women 37% less, Telstra and BHP 20%. Fifty years after equal pay laws, we still have a long way to go">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sonja Klebe, Associare Professor, College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University Asbestos is making national news once again after being found in contaminated mulch used in hundreds of locations, including schools and hospitals, across Sydney and regional New South Wales. With headlines featuring terms such as ... <a title="From a ‘magic mineral’ to the stuff of nightmares: a 6,700-year history of asbestos" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/27/from-a-magic-mineral-to-the-stuff-of-nightmares-a-6-700-year-history-of-asbestos-223972/" aria-label="Read more about From a ‘magic mineral’ to the stuff of nightmares: a 6,700-year history of asbestos">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Magnus Söderberg, Professor & Director, Centre for Applied Energy Economics and Policy Research, Griffith University Aunging/Shutterstock Building transmission lines is often controversial. Farmers who agree to host new lines on their property may be paid, while other community members protest against the visual intrusion. Pushback against new ... <a title="Is there an alternative to 10,000 kilometres of new transmission lines? Yes – but you may not like it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/27/is-there-an-alternative-to-10-000-kilometres-of-new-transmission-lines-yes-but-you-may-not-like-it-223964/" aria-label="Read more about Is there an alternative to 10,000 kilometres of new transmission lines? Yes – but you may not like it">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hayley O’Neill, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine, Bond University Lisa Fotios/Pexels We all want to eat healthily, especially as we reset our health goals at the start of a new year. But sometimes these plans are sabotaged by powerful cravings for sweet, salty or ... <a title="I want to eat healthily. So why do I crave sugar, salt and carbs?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/27/i-want-to-eat-healthily-so-why-do-i-crave-sugar-salt-and-carbs-212114/" aria-label="Read more about I want to eat healthily. So why do I crave sugar, salt and carbs?">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joseph Crawford, Senior Lecturer, Management, University of Tasmania Andrew Neel/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 beyond. It ... <a title="Universities Accord: almost 50% students don’t feel like they belong at uni. We need to fix this if we’re going to double enrolments" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/27/universities-accord-almost-50-students-dont-feel-like-they-belong-at-uni-we-need-to-fix-this-if-were-going-to-double-enrolments-224249/" aria-label="Read more about Universities Accord: almost 50% students don’t feel like they belong at uni. We need to fix this if we’re going to double enrolments">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Natasha Bradshaw, Senior Associate, Grattan Institute Shutterstock There will be nervous executives all over Australia this week. Come Tuesday, large private sector organisations will have their company’s gender pay gaps published for the first time for all to see, name, and shame. As they brace for the ... <a title="Now you’re able to look up individual companies’ gender pay gaps" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/26/now-youre-able-to-look-up-individual-companies-gender-pay-gaps-224167/" aria-label="Read more about Now you’re able to look up individual companies’ gender pay gaps">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The government has released its Universities Accord report, produced by a committee chaired by Mary O’Kane, a former vice-chancellor at the University of Adelaide. The recommendations will be considered by the Minister for Education, Jason Clare and the government over ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Jason Clare on the future of education in Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/26/politics-with-michelle-grattan-jason-clare-on-the-future-of-education-in-australia-224369/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Jason Clare on the future of education in Australia">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Natasha Bradshaw, Senior Associate, Grattan Institute Shutterstock There will be nervous executives all over Australia this week. Come Tuesday, large private sector organisations will have their company’s gender pay gaps published for the first time for all to see, name, and shame. As they brace for the ... <a title="From this week you’re able to look up individual companies’ gender pay gaps" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/26/from-this-week-youre-able-to-look-up-individual-companies-gender-pay-gaps-224167/" aria-label="Read more about From this week you’re able to look up individual companies’ gender pay gaps">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James B. Dorey, Lecturer in Biological Sciences, University of Wollongong James Dorey Photography After a decade searching for new species of bees in forests of the Pacific Islands, all we had to do was look up. We soon found eight new species of masked bees in the ... <a title="Secrets in the canopy: scientists discover 8 striking new bee species in the Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/26/secrets-in-the-canopy-scientists-discover-8-striking-new-bee-species-in-the-pacific-222599/" aria-label="Read more about Secrets in the canopy: scientists discover 8 striking new bee species in the Pacific">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tapani Rinta-Kahila, Lecturer in Business Information Systems, The University of Queensland Shutterstock In 2009, an Air France jet crashed into the ocean, leaving no survivors. The plane’s autopilot system shut down and the pilots, having become reliant on their computerised assistant, were unable to correct the situation ... <a title="What happens when we outsource boring but important work to AI? Research shows we forget how to do it ourselves" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/26/what-happens-when-we-outsource-boring-but-important-work-to-ai-research-shows-we-forget-how-to-do-it-ourselves-223981/" aria-label="Read more about What happens when we outsource boring but important work to AI? Research shows we forget how to do it ourselves">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Darcy Watchorn, PhD Candidate, Deakin University A tawny-crowned honeyeater in an artificial refuge Author provided Australia is home to some of the most spectacular and enigmatic wildlife on Earth. Much of it, however, is being eaten by two incredibly damaging invasive predators: the feral cat and the ... <a title="Our native animals are easy prey after a fire. Could artificial refuges save them?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/26/our-native-animals-are-easy-prey-after-a-fire-could-artificial-refuges-save-them-223357/" aria-label="Read more about Our native animals are easy prey after a fire. Could artificial refuges save them?">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nial Wheate, Associate Professor of the School of Pharmacy, University of Sydney Pexels/Sora Shimazaki For women diagnosed with endometriosis it is often a long sentence of chronic pain and cramping that impacts their daily life. It is a condition that is both difficult to diagnose and treat, ... <a title="What is Ryeqo, the recently approved medicine for endometriosis?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/26/what-is-ryeqo-the-recently-approved-medicine-for-endometriosis-224237/" aria-label="Read more about What is Ryeqo, the recently approved medicine for endometriosis?">Read more</a>
