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February 8, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jenny Stewart, Professor of Public Policy, UNSW Sydney Marina Poushkina/Shutterstock There is a growing consensus that environmental problems, particularly the effects of climate change, pose a grave challenge to humanity. Pollution, habitat destruction, intractable waste issues and, for many, deteriorating quality of life should be added to ... <a title="Population can’t be ignored. It has to be part of the policy solution to our world’s problems" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/08/population-cant-be-ignored-it-has-to-be-part-of-the-policy-solution-to-our-worlds-problems-219812/" aria-label="Read more about Population can’t be ignored. It has to be part of the policy solution to our world’s problems">Read more</a>
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February 8, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris F. Wright, Associate Professor of Work and Organisational Studies, University of Sydney Me-and-Idea/Shutterstock Australian workers are set to have the right to disconnect from their workplaces once they clock off for the day. This will “empower workers to ignore work calls and emails after hours [from ... <a title="Smartphones mean we’re always available to our bosses. ‘Right to disconnect’ laws are a necessary fix" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/08/smartphones-mean-were-always-available-to-our-bosses-right-to-disconnect-laws-are-a-necessary-fix-222738/" aria-label="Read more about Smartphones mean we’re always available to our bosses. ‘Right to disconnect’ laws are a necessary fix">Read more</a>
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February 8, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Gunn, Lecturer, Monash University Dave Head/Shutterstock The bush is full up – no room for more renewables, according to Nationals leader David Littleproud. Instead, renewables should be restricted to large solar arrays on commercial buildings in the cities. The country-focused minor party presumably hopes to capitalise on ... <a title="The Nationals want renewables to stay in the cities – but the clean energy grid doesn’t work like that" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/08/the-nationals-want-renewables-to-stay-in-the-cities-but-the-clean-energy-grid-doesnt-work-like-that-205490/" aria-label="Read more about The Nationals want renewables to stay in the cities – but the clean energy grid doesn’t work like that">Read more</a>
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February 8, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tony Wood, Program Director, Energy, Grattan Institute Shutterstock Wholesale power prices are falling steeply in Australia, following two years of surging prices after the Ukraine war triggered an energy crisis. New data shows annualised spot prices for power in Australia’s main grid fell by about 50% in ... <a title="Wholesale power prices are falling fast – but consumers will have to wait for relief. Here’s why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/08/wholesale-power-prices-are-falling-fast-but-consumers-will-have-to-wait-for-relief-heres-why-222495/" aria-label="Read more about Wholesale power prices are falling fast – but consumers will have to wait for relief. Here’s why">Read more</a>
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February 8, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Hoggard, DECRA Research Fellow, Australian National University US Department of Energy via Wikimedia Since the first detonation of an atomic bomb in 1945, more than 2,000 nuclear weapons tests have been conducted by eight countries: the United States, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, France, China, ... <a title="Underground nuclear tests are hard to detect. A new method can spot them 99% of the time" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/08/underground-nuclear-tests-are-hard-to-detect-a-new-method-can-spot-them-99-of-the-time-222500/" aria-label="Read more about Underground nuclear tests are hard to detect. A new method can spot them 99% of the time">Read more</a>
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February 8, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rieneke Weij, Postdoctoral researcher in Geochemistry/Palaeoclimatology, University of Cape Town During ice ages, dry, frozen terrain extended over much of northern Europe, Asia and North America. Many plants and animals retreated from these desolate, harsh landscapes and sought refuge in pockets of more hospitable territory. But what ... <a title="Ice ages were not as dry as we thought, according to surprising new Australian cave study" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/08/ice-ages-were-not-as-dry-as-we-thought-according-to-surprising-new-australian-cave-study-222184/" aria-label="Read more about Ice ages were not as dry as we thought, according to surprising new Australian cave study">Read more</a>
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February 8, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anastasia Powell, Professor, Family & Sexual Violence, RMIT University Shutterstock Victorian MP Georgie Purcell recently spoke out against a digitally edited image in the news media that had altered her body and partially removed some of her clothing. Whether or not the editing was assisted by artificial ... <a title="Whether of politicians, pop stars or teenage girls, sexualised deepfakes are on the rise. They hold a mirror to our sexist world" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/08/whether-of-politicians-pop-stars-or-teenage-girls-sexualised-deepfakes-are-on-the-rise-they-hold-a-mirror-to-our-sexist-world-222491/" aria-label="Read more about Whether of politicians, pop stars or teenage girls, sexualised deepfakes are on the rise. They hold a mirror to our sexist world">Read more</a>
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February 8, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Treena Clark, Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Indigenous Research Fellow, Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building, University of Technology Sydney Treena Clark A few years back, I started collecting vintage Australian tourist scarves that portray First Nations people as primitive caricatures and noble savages. Now, I own more than ten ... <a title="How First Nations artists are reclaiming colonial objects and celebrating culture through garments" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/08/how-first-nations-artists-are-reclaiming-colonial-objects-and-celebrating-culture-through-garments-221495/" aria-label="Read more about How First Nations artists are reclaiming colonial objects and celebrating culture through garments">Read more</a>
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February 7, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Raquel Peel, Adjunct Senior Lecturer, University of Southern Queensland and Senior Lecturer, RMIT University Matt Bennett/Unsplash Research out today from Finland suggests women may find it harder to adjust to later-life divorce and break-ups than men. The study used population data from 229,000 Finns aged 50 to ... <a title="Women take more antidepressants after divorce than men but that doesn’t mean they’re more depressed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/07/women-take-more-antidepressants-after-divorce-than-men-but-that-doesnt-mean-theyre-more-depressed-222878/" aria-label="Read more about Women take more antidepressants after divorce than men but that doesn’t mean they’re more depressed">Read more</a>
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February 7, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Melissa Conley Tyler, Honorary Fellow, Asia Institute, The University of Melbourne A key phrase in foreign affairs at the moment is taking a “whole of nation” approach. It has been cropping up in government documents such as the Defence Strategic Review and International Development Policy. But what ... <a title="What is ‘whole of nation’ foreign policy and what does it mean for Australians?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/07/what-is-whole-of-nation-foreign-policy-and-what-does-it-mean-for-australians-217907/" aria-label="Read more about What is ‘whole of nation’ foreign policy and what does it mean for Australians?">Read more</a>
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February 7, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sanjoy Paul, Associate Professor, UTS Business School, University of Technology Sydney Australians have been hit by large rises in grocery, energy, transport, child and aged care prices, only adding to other cost of living pressures. While extreme weather and supply delays have contributed to the increases, an ... <a title="Supermarkets, airlines and power companies are charging ‘exploitative’ prices despite reaping record profits" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/07/supermarkets-airlines-and-power-companies-are-charging-exploitative-prices-despite-reaping-record-profits-222755/" aria-label="Read more about Supermarkets, airlines and power companies are charging ‘exploitative’ prices despite reaping record profits">Read more</a>
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February 7, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sathana Dushyanthen, Academic Specialist & Lecturer in Cancer Sciences & Digital Health| Superstar of STEM| Science Communicator, The University of Melbourne King Charles’ cancer diagnosis, which was identified recently during treatment for an enlarged prostate, continues to make news globally. The type of cancer has not been ... <a title="King Charles is having cancer treatment. What can he, and others with cancer, expect?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/07/king-charles-is-having-cancer-treatment-what-can-he-and-others-with-cancer-expect-222876/" aria-label="Read more about King Charles is having cancer treatment. What can he, and others with cancer, expect?">Read more</a>
