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October 11, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Susan K Martin, Emeritus Professor in English, La Trobe University Shutterstock Jacaranda season is beginning across Australia as an explosion of vivid blue spreads in a wave from north to south. We think of jacarandas as a signature tree of various Australian cities. Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and ... <a title="Streets of purple haze: how the South American jacaranda became a symbol of Australian spring" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/11/streets-of-purple-haze-how-the-south-american-jacaranda-became-a-symbol-of-australian-spring-214075/" aria-label="Read more about Streets of purple haze: how the South American jacaranda became a symbol of Australian spring">Read more</a>
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October 11, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Shaw, Professor of Politics, Massey University After weeks of policy debate, disputed fiscal plans, sloganeering and no small amount of rancour, the election campaign has come down to a single, uninspiring contest of negatives: use your vote to avoid uncertainty, “chaos” and even a second election. ... <a title="NZ Election 2023: from one-way polls to threats of coalition ‘chaos’, it’s been a campaign of two halves" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/11/nz-election-2023-from-one-way-polls-to-threats-of-coalition-chaos-its-been-a-campaign-of-two-halves-213650/" aria-label="Read more about NZ Election 2023: from one-way polls to threats of coalition ‘chaos’, it’s been a campaign of two halves">Read more</a>
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October 10, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Hamas’ attack on Israel has unleashed a horrific conflict. Breaking out over the weekend, Palestinians murdered Israeli civilians and are threatening to execute many hostages. Israel countered with mass aerial bombing and has cut off electricity, water and food going ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Middle East expert Ian Parmeter on the Israeli/Palestinian conflict" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/10/politics-with-michelle-grattan-middle-east-expert-ian-parmeter-on-the-israeli-palestinian-conflict-215347/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Middle East expert Ian Parmeter on the Israeli/Palestinian conflict">Read more</a>
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October 10, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Leonora Risse, Senior Lecturer in Economics, RMIT University In an astonishing act of timing, Harvard University’s Professor Claudia Goldin published a paper on Monday titled Why Women Won. It mapped milestone moments in women’s rights in the United States from 1905 to 2023. A few hours later, ... <a title="Sidelined no longer, Claudia Goldin wins the 2023 Nobel Prize in Economics for examining why gender pay gaps persist" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/10/sidelined-no-longer-claudia-goldin-wins-the-2023-nobel-prize-in-economics-for-examining-why-gender-pay-gaps-persist-215339/" aria-label="Read more about Sidelined no longer, Claudia Goldin wins the 2023 Nobel Prize in Economics for examining why gender pay gaps persist">Read more</a>
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October 10, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lester Munson, Non-resident fellow, United States Studies Centre, University of Sydney Is it inevitable that Donald Trump will be the Republican nominee for US president for a third race in a row? To answer this question, we must understand the political dynamics in the United States at ... <a title="Trump vs Haley vs DeSantis: inside the real battle for the 2024 Republican nomination" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/10/trump-vs-haley-vs-desantis-inside-the-real-battle-for-the-2024-republican-nomination-214864/" aria-label="Read more about Trump vs Haley vs DeSantis: inside the real battle for the 2024 Republican nomination">Read more</a>
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October 10, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Philippa Martyr, Lecturer, Pharmacology, Women’s Health, School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Western Australia Shutterstock This article is the first in The Conversation’s six-part series on insomnia, which charts the rise of insomnia during industrialisation to sleep apps today. French author Marie Darrieussecq writes in her ... <a title="A short history of insomnia and how we became obsessed with sleep" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/10/a-short-history-of-insomnia-and-how-we-became-obsessed-with-sleep-211729/" aria-label="Read more about A short history of insomnia and how we became obsessed with sleep">Read more</a>
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October 10, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jacqueline Meredith, Lecturer in Law, Swinburne University of Technology Shutterstock The COVID pandemic stimulated an irreversible shift in where, when and how we work. This 21st-century model of working – dubbed the “new normal” – is characterised by increased flexibility and productivity gains. Yet this reshaping of ... <a title="Does your employer have to tell if they’re spying on you through your work computer?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/10/does-your-employer-have-to-tell-if-theyre-spying-on-you-through-your-work-computer-214857/" aria-label="Read more about Does your employer have to tell if they’re spying on you through your work computer?">Read more</a>
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October 10, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jess Marsh, Research Fellow, Harry Butler Institute, Murdoch University Shutterstock The Nullarbor is one of Australia’s iconic natural places. It’s renowned as a vast and mostly treeless plain. But hidden beneath this ancient landscape is an immense network of caves. These caves are part of the world’s ... <a title="The Nullarbor’s rich cultural history, vast cave systems and unique animals all deserve better protection" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/10/the-nullarbors-rich-cultural-history-vast-cave-systems-and-unique-animals-all-deserve-better-protection-212262/" aria-label="Read more about The Nullarbor’s rich cultural history, vast cave systems and unique animals all deserve better protection">Read more</a>
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October 10, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Catherine E Wood, Associate Professor and Clinical Psychologist, Swinburne University of Technology Helena Lopes/Pexels If you have a baby, does this mean you can’t be friends anymore with your child-free friends? In a high-profile article for New Yorker magazine in September, journalist Allison Davis wrote about a ... <a title="When you have a baby, can you stay friends with people who don’t have kids?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/10/when-you-have-a-baby-can-you-stay-friends-with-people-who-dont-have-kids-214277/" aria-label="Read more about When you have a baby, can you stay friends with people who don’t have kids?">Read more</a>
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October 10, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kylie Message, Professor of Public Humanities, Australian National University Australians are being flooded with information in the lead-up to the Indigenous Voice to Parliament referendum. Corflute signs, printed T-shirts, graffiti and leaflets from both the “yes” and “no” campaigns are everywhere. While this is happening, our museums ... <a title="Behind the scenes of the Voice referendum, Australia’s museums are already collecting the history of tomorrow" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/10/behind-the-scenes-of-the-voice-referendum-australias-museums-are-already-collecting-the-history-of-tomorrow-214265/" aria-label="Read more about Behind the scenes of the Voice referendum, Australia’s museums are already collecting the history of tomorrow">Read more</a>
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October 9, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra A Senate inquiry into the Albanese government’s refusal to agree to the extra flights sought by Qatar Airways has recommended the decision be immediately reviewed. The inquiry’s report, tabled Monday, is also sharply critical of Qantas, whose executives came under ... <a title="Senate committee says government should ‘immediately review’ its rejection of Qatar flights" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/09/senate-committee-says-government-should-immediately-review-its-rejection-of-qatar-flights-215263/" aria-label="Read more about Senate committee says government should ‘immediately review’ its rejection of Qatar flights">Read more</a>
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October 9, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Parmeter, Research Scholar, Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies, Australian National University In hindsight, the drivers of Hamas’s startlingly well-planned, land-sea-air attack on Israel on Saturday were in plain sight. The operation reflects a pattern of four wars and regular outbreaks of violence between Israel and ... <a title="Why did Hamas attack, and why now? What does it hope to gain?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/09/why-did-hamas-attack-and-why-now-what-does-it-hope-to-gain-215248/" aria-label="Read more about Why did Hamas attack, and why now? What does it hope to gain?">Read more</a>
