CoveragePost
September 26, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Greig de Zubicaray, Professor of Neuropsychology, Queensland University of Technology mimi thian/unsplash We’ve all experienced that moment mid-sentence when we just can’t find the word we want to use, even though we’re certain we know it. Why does this universal problem among speakers happen? And when can ... <a title="Is it normal to forget words while speaking? And when can it spell a problem?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/26/is-it-normal-to-forget-words-while-speaking-and-when-can-it-spell-a-problem-212852/" aria-label="Read more about Is it normal to forget words while speaking? And when can it spell a problem?">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
September 26, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kay Critchell, Lecturer in Oceanography, Deakin University Shutterstock Our beaches are in trouble. Limited recycling programs and a society that throws away so much have resulted in more than 3 million tonnes of plastic polluting the oceans. An estimated 1.5–1.9% of this rubbish ends up on beaches. ... <a title="Container deposit schemes reduce rubbish on our beaches. Here’s how we proved it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/26/container-deposit-schemes-reduce-rubbish-on-our-beaches-heres-how-we-proved-it-213562/" aria-label="Read more about Container deposit schemes reduce rubbish on our beaches. Here’s how we proved it">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
September 26, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Inga Smith, Associate Professor in Physics, University of Otago Jan Lieser, CC BY-SA After two seasons of record-breaking lows, Antarctica’s sea ice remains in dramatic decline, tracking well below any winter maximum levels observed since satellite monitoring began during the late 1970s. A layer of frozen seawater ... <a title="As Antarctic sea ice continues its dramatic decline, we need more measurements and much better models to predict its future" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/26/as-antarctic-sea-ice-continues-its-dramatic-decline-we-need-more-measurements-and-much-better-models-to-predict-its-future-213747/" aria-label="Read more about As Antarctic sea ice continues its dramatic decline, we need more measurements and much better models to predict its future">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
September 26, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Naomi Zouwer, Visual Artist and Lecturer in Teacher Education, University of Canberra As a visual artist and educator, I know how important it is to encourage your child to think and behave like an artist. But this is not necessarily about drawing or painting in a particular ... <a title="Take risks, embrace failure and be comfortable with uncertainty: 3 activities to help your child think like an artist" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/26/take-risks-embrace-failure-and-be-comfortable-with-uncertainty-3-activities-to-help-your-child-think-like-an-artist-214142/" aria-label="Read more about Take risks, embrace failure and be comfortable with uncertainty: 3 activities to help your child think like an artist">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
September 26, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shea X. Fan, Senior Lecturer in International Business, School of Management, RMIT University Shutterstock Loneliness is a much discussed social issue, but it is rarely considered to be a workplace problem that needs to be managed like other health issues at work. The Social Connection in Australia ... <a title="Workplace loneliness is the modern pandemic damaging lives and hurting businesses" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/26/workplace-loneliness-is-the-modern-pandemic-damaging-lives-and-hurting-businesses-213873/" aria-label="Read more about Workplace loneliness is the modern pandemic damaging lives and hurting businesses">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
September 26, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Miles Pattenden, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry, Australian Catholic University The medieval is part of the mosaic of modern Australia. Our nation’s heritage on this island continent is full of it: in aesthetics, institutions, laws, languages, identities, moralities. Indeed, the very idea of ... <a title="From Luna Park to neo-Nazis – why the Middle Ages still matters to middle Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/26/from-luna-park-to-neo-nazis-why-the-middle-ages-still-matters-to-middle-australia-214246/" aria-label="Read more about From Luna Park to neo-Nazis – why the Middle Ages still matters to middle Australia">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
September 25, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Mike Pezzullo, one of Canberra’s most powerful and certainly most controversial public servants, cannot survive the revelation of the trove of text messages showing him blatantly inserting himself into the political process. Pezzullo, the secretary of the Department of Home ... <a title="View from The Hill: ‘Player’ Mike Pezzullo undone by power play" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/25/view-from-the-hill-player-mike-pezzullo-undone-by-power-play-214262/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: ‘Player’ Mike Pezzullo undone by power play">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
September 25, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Podger, Honorary Professor of Public Policy, Australian National University The revelations in the Nine newspapers that Mike Pezzullo, secretary of the powerful Home Affairs department, shared with Liberal Party powerbroker Scott Briggs are certainly extraordinary. But, just like the revelations about Robodebt from the royal commission, ... <a title="Pezzullo story points to serious systemic problems in the Australian Public Service" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/25/pezzullo-story-points-to-serious-systemic-problems-in-the-australian-public-service-214253/" aria-label="Read more about Pezzullo story points to serious systemic problems in the Australian Public Service">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
September 25, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hunter Fujak, Lecturer in Sport Management, Deakin University The Wallabies have suffered a record-breaking defeat to Wales at the Rugby World Cup. This represents Australia’s worst result in a World Cup match and its biggest-ever losing margin to Wales. And it will almost certainly end Australia’s 2023 ... <a title="Australian rugby has reached its lowest point. How did it get here?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/25/australian-rugby-has-reached-its-lowest-point-how-did-it-get-here-214255/" aria-label="Read more about Australian rugby has reached its lowest point. How did it get here?">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
September 25, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Hawkins, Senior Lecturer, Canberra School of Politics, Economics and Society, University of Canberra Commonwealth Treasury Today’s employment white paper has adopted the broadest-ever definition of what “full employment” means for Australia. The new paper says closer to 2.8 million Australians are either underemployed or out of ... <a title="1 in 5 Australian workers are either underemployed or out of work: white paper" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/25/1-in-5-australian-workers-are-either-underemployed-or-out-of-work-white-paper-210967/" aria-label="Read more about 1 in 5 Australian workers are either underemployed or out of work: white paper">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
September 25, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Benjamin Isakhan, Professor of International Politics, Deakin University Almost a decade ago, the Sunni jihadist network known as the Islamic State (IS) declared the formation of an Islamic Caliphate after they captured the Iraqi city of Mosul in June 2014. In response, tens of thousands of Shia ... <a title="How popular music videos drove the fight against the Islamic State" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/25/how-popular-music-videos-drove-the-fight-against-the-islamic-state-213148/" aria-label="Read more about How popular music videos drove the fight against the Islamic State">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
September 25, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jeffrey McNeill, Senior Lecturer in Resource & Environmental Planning, Massey University RMA – three letters that have struck fear into a generation of farmers, developers, politicians and anyone building a house. Or so legend would have it. Whatever its original goal of promoting sustainable management of natural ... <a title="The RMA is dead, long live the RMA: why NZ’s resource laws won’t change overnight after this election" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/25/the-rma-is-dead-long-live-the-rma-why-nzs-resource-laws-wont-change-overnight-after-this-election-214247/" aria-label="Read more about The RMA is dead, long live the RMA: why NZ’s resource laws won’t change overnight after this election">Read more</a>
