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October 30, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Janet Davies, Professor and Head, Allergy Research Group, Queensland University of Technology Ruben Fino/Shutterstock Victorians have been warned to prepare for the possibility of thunderstorm asthma again this season. In temperate regions of Australia, thunderstorm asthma occurs when levels of grass pollen in the air are high, ... <a title="We could see thunderstorm asthma in south-eastern Australia this season – here’s how to prepare" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/30/we-could-see-thunderstorm-asthma-in-south-eastern-australia-this-season-heres-how-to-prepare-215793/" aria-label="Read more about We could see thunderstorm asthma in south-eastern Australia this season – here’s how to prepare">Read more</a>
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October 30, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra This is the text of the House of Representatives Speaker’s Lecture, delivered at Parliament House on Monday, October 30 We have a distrustful and disillusioned electorate, a professionalised political system that, however, frequently alienates the sort of people we should ... <a title="View from The Hill: is the political system letting down the Australian public?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/30/view-from-the-hill-is-the-political-system-letting-down-the-australian-public-215790/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: is the political system letting down the Australian public?">Read more</a>
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October 30, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Enzo Palombo, Professor of Microbiology, Swinburne University of Technology Elena Eryomenko/Shutterstock A condition dubbed “fried rice syndrome” has caused some panic online in recent days, after the case of a 20-year-old who died in 2008 was resurfaced on TikTok. “Fried rice syndrome” refers to food poisoning from ... <a title="What is ‘fried rice syndrome’? A microbiologist explains this type of food poisoning – and how to avoid it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/30/what-is-fried-rice-syndrome-a-microbiologist-explains-this-type-of-food-poisoning-and-how-to-avoid-it-216536/" aria-label="Read more about What is ‘fried rice syndrome’? A microbiologist explains this type of food poisoning – and how to avoid it">Read more</a>
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October 30, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kim Johnson, Senior lecturer, La Trobe University Growing Beyond Earth A pink glow is shining on the faces of enthusiastic students as they tend to plants in purpose-built grow boxes for space stations. These students are the first in Australia to experience Growing Beyond Earth – a ... <a title="Australian school students are experimenting with ‘space veggies’ in a NASA initiative" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/30/australian-school-students-are-experimenting-with-space-veggies-in-a-nasa-initiative-205569/" aria-label="Read more about Australian school students are experimenting with ‘space veggies’ in a NASA initiative">Read more</a>
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October 30, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hannah Fraser, Postdoctoral Researcher , The University of Melbourne How do siblings affect the size of baby blue tits? It depends whom you ask. Shutterstock Over the past 20 years or so, there has been growing concern that many results published in scientific journals can’t be reproduced. ... <a title="Two questions, hundreds of scientists, no easy answers: how small differences in data analysis make huge differences in results" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/30/two-questions-hundreds-of-scientists-no-easy-answers-how-small-differences-in-data-analysis-make-huge-differences-in-results-216177/" aria-label="Read more about Two questions, hundreds of scientists, no easy answers: how small differences in data analysis make huge differences in results">Read more</a>
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October 30, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kathy Boschen, Research Associate, Casual Academic, PhD Candidate, Flinders University Shutterstock The ABC is reporting how terminally ill patients are being left in limbo as the states and the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) argue over disability supports. The reports share the experiences of Australians with brain ... <a title="Brain tumours can bring long-term disability – but some diagnosed are being refused NDIS support" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/30/brain-tumours-can-bring-long-term-disability-but-some-diagnosed-are-being-refused-ndis-support-216534/" aria-label="Read more about Brain tumours can bring long-term disability – but some diagnosed are being refused NDIS support">Read more</a>
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October 30, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Terry Goldsworthy, Associate Professor in Criminal Justice and Criminology, Bond University In recent months, there has been increasing focus on crime committed by young people in Australia. Politicians are coming under more pressure to respond to these well-publicised criminal acts and the public perceptions that Australia is ... <a title="Is Australia in the grips of a youth crime crisis? This is what the data says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/30/is-australia-in-the-grips-of-a-youth-crime-crisis-this-is-what-the-data-says-213655/" aria-label="Read more about Is Australia in the grips of a youth crime crisis? This is what the data says">Read more</a>
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October 30, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Antonia Settle, Academic (McKenzie Postdoctoral Research Fellow), The University of Melbourne Shutterstock Most Australians think the superannuation system is unfair, with only one in three agreeing the retirement savings scheme is fair for most Australians, according to a survey conducted for the University of Melbourne. In fact, ... <a title="Women and low-income earners miss out in a superannuation system most Australians think is unfair" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/30/women-and-low-income-earners-miss-out-in-a-superannuation-system-most-australians-think-is-unfair-207633/" aria-label="Read more about Women and low-income earners miss out in a superannuation system most Australians think is unfair">Read more</a>
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October 30, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bernard Walker, Associate Professor in Organisations and Leadership, University of Canterbury Whether you are a worker or an employer, the office or factory floor is likely to move under your feet over the next three years. Every change of government sees a policy turnaround in New Zealand’s ... <a title="NZ’s workplace rules will change again with each new government – unless we do this" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/30/nzs-workplace-rules-will-change-again-with-each-new-government-unless-we-do-this-216072/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s workplace rules will change again with each new government – unless we do this">Read more</a>
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October 30, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vicki Lowik, Research Officer, Queensland Centre for Domestic and Family Violence Research, CQUniversity Australia Shutterstock Victim/survivors of sexual assault have always faced an uphill battle in their pursuit of justice. In being made to retell their assault story over and over, they can be retraumatised and made ... <a title="Does Australia need dedicated sexual assault courts?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/30/does-australia-need-dedicated-sexual-assault-courts-215708/" aria-label="Read more about Does Australia need dedicated sexual assault courts?">Read more</a>
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October 30, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jake Newman-Martin, PhD candidate, Curtin University Crest-tailed mulgara (_Dasycercus cristicauda_) from the Simpson Desert, Queensland. Bobby Tamayo / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA Australia is famous for its diverse and unique marsupials, and infamous for its world-leading rate of mammal extinctions. In our latest research, we have added ... <a title="We discovered three new species of marsupial. Unfortunately, they’re already extinct" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/30/we-discovered-three-new-species-of-marsupial-unfortunately-theyre-already-extinct-216351/" aria-label="Read more about We discovered three new species of marsupial. Unfortunately, they’re already extinct">Read more</a>
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October 30, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jessica Genauer, Senior Lecturer in International Relations, Flinders University Fears are escalating the conflict between Israel and Hamas could spill over into a broader war involving other countries in the region. Neighbouring countries such as Lebanon, Syria and Egypt, as well as regional players like Iran and ... <a title="Will the Israel-Hamas war become a regional conflict? Here are 4 countries that could be pivotal" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/30/will-the-israel-hamas-war-become-a-regional-conflict-here-are-4-countries-that-could-be-pivotal-216448/" aria-label="Read more about Will the Israel-Hamas war become a regional conflict? Here are 4 countries that could be pivotal">Read more</a>
