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February 15, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Noetel, Senior Lecturer in Psychology, The University of Queensland SKT Studio/Shutterstock At least one in ten people have depression at some point in their lives, with some estimates closer to one in four. It’s one of the worst things for someone’s wellbeing – worse than debt, ... <a title="Running or yoga can help beat depression, research shows – even if exercise is the last thing you feel like" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/15/running-or-yoga-can-help-beat-depression-research-shows-even-if-exercise-is-the-last-thing-you-feel-like-223441/" aria-label="Read more about Running or yoga can help beat depression, research shows – even if exercise is the last thing you feel like">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Simon Copland, Honorary Fellow in Sociology, Australian National University Miquel Parera/Unsplash Debate around doxing is raging in Australia after the leak of a WhatsApp chat group called “Jewish Australian creatives and academics”. While the group was formed as a supportive space, some of its conversations focused on ... <a title="The Jewish creatives’ WhatsApp leak was more whistleblowing than doxing. Here’s why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/15/the-jewish-creatives-whatsapp-leak-was-more-whistleblowing-than-doxing-heres-why-223552/" aria-label="Read more about The Jewish creatives’ WhatsApp leak was more whistleblowing than doxing. Here’s why">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christian Turney, Pro Vice-Chancellor of Research, University of Technology Sydney Adrien Demers/Shutterstock Last year, the world experienced the hottest day ever recorded, as we endured the first year where temperatures were 1.5°C warmer than the pre-industrial era. The link between extreme events and climate change is clearer ... <a title="Can we be inoculated against climate misinformation? Yes – if we prebunk rather than debunk" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/15/can-we-be-inoculated-against-climate-misinformation-yes-if-we-prebunk-rather-than-debunk-215815/" aria-label="Read more about Can we be inoculated against climate misinformation? Yes – if we prebunk rather than debunk">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jennifer Beckett, Lecturer in Media and Communications, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock This week, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced the government was seeking to strengthen laws to combat doxing. Its ongoing review into Australian privacy law will now be expanded to include doxing, as will other laws ... <a title="The government wants to criminalise doxing. It may not work to stamp out bad behaviour online" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/15/the-government-wants-to-criminalise-doxing-it-may-not-work-to-stamp-out-bad-behaviour-online-223546/" aria-label="Read more about The government wants to criminalise doxing. It may not work to stamp out bad behaviour online">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim Lindsey, Malcolm Smith Professor of Asian Law and Director of the Centre for Indonesian Law, Islam and Society, The University of Melbourne Controversial former general Prabowo Subianto, the former son-in-law of long-time authoritarian leader Soeharto, looks set to be Indonesia’s next leader after securing what appears ... <a title="Prabowo Subianto is likely to succeed in lifelong quest to become Indonesia’s president. What kind of leader will he be?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/15/prabowo-subianto-is-likely-to-succeed-in-lifelong-quest-to-become-indonesias-president-what-kind-of-leader-will-he-be-223637/" aria-label="Read more about Prabowo Subianto is likely to succeed in lifelong quest to become Indonesia’s president. What kind of leader will he be?">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Theo Evans, Associate Professor, The University of Western Australia jgeyser, Shutterstock A new pest attacking Perth’s trees threatens to spread across Australia, damaging crops and native forests as well as our urban forest. To control its spread, the Western Australian government is chopping down hundreds of established ... <a title="Australia’s shot-hole borer beetle invasion has begun, but we don’t need to chop down every tree under attack" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/15/australias-shot-hole-borer-beetle-invasion-has-begun-but-we-dont-need-to-chop-down-every-tree-under-attack-222610/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s shot-hole borer beetle invasion has begun, but we don’t need to chop down every tree under attack">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kris Gledhill, Professor of Law, Auckland University of Technology The government’s move to remove legal aid funding for what are commonly known as cultural reports at sentencing has been wrapped up in rhetoric about restoring “personal responsibility”, reducing “discounts” or “reductions” on sentences, and saving money. This ... <a title="Ending legal aid for cultural reports at sentencing may only make court hearings longer and costlier" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/15/ending-legal-aid-for-cultural-reports-at-sentencing-may-only-make-court-hearings-longer-and-costlier-223627/" aria-label="Read more about Ending legal aid for cultural reports at sentencing may only make court hearings longer and costlier">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brooke Nickel, NHMRC Emerging Leader Research Fellow, University of Sydney Thought Catalog/Unsplash Corporations have used feminist language to promote their products for decades. In the 1980s, companies co-opted messaging about female autonomy to encourage women’s consumption of unhealthy commodities, such as tobacco and alcohol. Today, feminist narratives ... <a title="Feminist narratives are being hijacked to market medical tests not backed by evidence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/15/feminist-narratives-are-being-hijacked-to-market-medical-tests-not-backed-by-evidence-220282/" aria-label="Read more about Feminist narratives are being hijacked to market medical tests not backed by evidence">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katie Lee, PhD Candidate, Dermatology Research Centre, The University of Queensland Ground Picture/Shutterstock Reports have recently emerged that solariums, or sunbeds – largely banned in Australia because they increase the risk of skin cancer – are being rebranded as “collarium” sunbeds (“coll” being short for collagen). Commercial ... <a title="What are ‘collarium’ sunbeds? Here’s why you should stay away" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/15/what-are-collarium-sunbeds-heres-why-you-should-stay-away-223192/" aria-label="Read more about What are ‘collarium’ sunbeds? Here’s why you should stay away">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Samuel Cornell, PhD Candidate – Social Media and Communication, School of Population Health, UNSW Sydney Shutterstock Taking selfies to document daily life is now a completely normalised activity across all ages and demographics. At the same time, however, selfies are often maligned – particularly in specific contexts ... <a title="Why banning gym selfies could do us all a lot of good" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/15/why-banning-gym-selfies-could-do-us-all-a-lot-of-good-223187/" aria-label="Read more about Why banning gym selfies could do us all a lot of good">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Maria Bargh, Professor, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Many of the speakers at Kingi Tūheitia’s Hui a Motu in Tūrangawaewae last month talked of their desire for a flourishing Aotearoa. A place where Māori knowledge and leadership is embraced and where the universal benefits ... <a title="Māori political systems are the oldest in Aotearoa – it’s time university politics courses reflected this" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/15/maori-political-systems-are-the-oldest-in-aotearoa-its-time-university-politics-courses-reflected-this-223447/" aria-label="Read more about Māori political systems are the oldest in Aotearoa – it’s time university politics courses reflected this">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anya Phelan, Senior Lecturer in Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Griffith University Mykolastock, Shutterstock After the memorable collapse of Australia’s largest soft plastic recycling program REDcycle in late 2022, a new scheme is emerging. It’s remarkably similar, albeit on a much smaller scale. The trial underway in 12 Melbourne ... <a title="Soft plastic recycling is back after the REDcycle collapse – but only in 12 supermarkets. Will it work this time?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/15/soft-plastic-recycling-is-back-after-the-redcycle-collapse-but-only-in-12-supermarkets-will-it-work-this-time-223232/" aria-label="Read more about Soft plastic recycling is back after the REDcycle collapse – but only in 12 supermarkets. Will it work this time?">Read more</a>
