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December 13, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Higham, Professor of Tourism, Griffith University On the same day last week that Air New Zealand announced the purchase of its first fully electric aircraft, Christchurch Airport announced it had reached “a new standard for decarbonisation”. On the face of it, great news for reducing aviation ... <a title="The NZ aviation industry is making bold climate claims – and risking anti-greenwashing litigation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/13/the-nz-aviation-industry-is-making-bold-climate-claims-and-risking-anti-greenwashing-litigation-219591/" aria-label="Read more about The NZ aviation industry is making bold climate claims – and risking anti-greenwashing litigation">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dr Pandanus Petter, Research Fellow Centre for Governance and Public Policy, Griffith University When Queensland’s Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk resigned over the weekend, she indicated her preferred successor would be her deputy, Steven Miles. He promptly nominated for the leadership. He avoided a leadership contest between himself, Health ... <a title="Who is Queensland’s next premier, Steven Miles?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/12/who-is-queenslands-next-premier-steven-miles-219701/" aria-label="Read more about Who is Queensland’s next premier, Steven Miles?">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hayley Cullen, Lecturer, Macquarie University Shutterstock On a summer’s day in January 1970, three-year-old Cheryl Grimmer was kidnapped from Fairy Meadow Beach in Wollongong, New South Wales. This is the last time Cheryl was seen. Cheryl remains missing, 53 years later. She is one of the 2,500 ... <a title="Child abductions can be hard to identify, and people may not know they are witnessing a serious crime" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/12/child-abductions-can-be-hard-to-identify-and-people-may-not-know-they-are-witnessing-a-serious-crime-219221/" aria-label="Read more about Child abductions can be hard to identify, and people may not know they are witnessing a serious crime">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Milad Haghani, Senior Lecturer of Public Safety & Disaster Risk, UNSW Sydney Monkey Business Images/Shutterstock Sydney and other parts of Australia have just experienced a significant heatwave, with temperatures reaching highs of well over 40°C. In Sydney in particular, the extreme heat has coincided with a bustling ... <a title="Planning to use drugs at a festival on a scorching summer day? Here’s why extreme heat might make MDMA riskier" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/12/planning-to-use-drugs-at-a-festival-on-a-scorching-summer-day-heres-why-extreme-heat-might-make-mdma-riskier-219599/" aria-label="Read more about Planning to use drugs at a festival on a scorching summer day? Here’s why extreme heat might make MDMA riskier">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Edward Narayan, Senior Lecturer in Animal Science, The University of Queensland Yatra4289, Shutterstock As we brace for an unusually hot summer, spare a thought for koalas. They will be out and about in search of love, food and water in the searing heat. Mother koalas with pouch ... <a title="Koalas suffer in the heat – here’s how to help this summer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/12/koalas-suffer-in-the-heat-heres-how-to-help-this-summer-216435/" aria-label="Read more about Koalas suffer in the heat – here’s how to help this summer">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jennifer Smith-Merry, Director, Centre for Disability Research and Policy, University of Sydney Shutterstock The review into the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) has been released and it recommends some big changes. This is not a report that just moves the deck chairs – it changes the whole ... <a title="More than mental illness. How the NDIS review could help people with psychosocial disability" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/12/more-than-mental-illness-how-the-ndis-review-could-help-people-with-psychosocial-disability-219502/" aria-label="Read more about More than mental illness. How the NDIS review could help people with psychosocial disability">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tanya Latty, Associate professor, University of Sydney Ken Griffiths/Shutterstock In eastern Australia, the arrival of the summer holidays has traditionally been heralded by big iridescent beetles known as Christmas beetles due to their appearance during the Christmas season. In recent years, public perception seems to suggest these ... <a title="People worry Christmas beetles are disappearing. We’re gathering citizen data to see the full picture" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/12/people-worry-christmas-beetles-are-disappearing-were-gathering-citizen-data-to-see-the-full-picture-217358/" aria-label="Read more about People worry Christmas beetles are disappearing. We’re gathering citizen data to see the full picture">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vera Weisbecker, Associate Professor, Flinders University Shutterstock A horse walks into a bar and the bartender asks, “why the long face”? It’s one of the oldest puns in the book, and there’s no shortage of entertaining answers. With our new review we add our own scientific explanation: ... <a title="Why the long face? Experts provide a new theory for why larger mammals tend to have longer faces" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/12/why-the-long-face-experts-provide-a-new-theory-for-why-larger-mammals-tend-to-have-longer-faces-219405/" aria-label="Read more about Why the long face? Experts provide a new theory for why larger mammals tend to have longer faces">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca Strating, Director, La Trobe Asia and Associate Professor, La Trobe University, La Trobe University Taiwan is gearing up for important presidential and legislative elections next month. How to manage “cross-strait” relations with China is not surprisingly emerging as the critical issue of the campaigns. Taiwan first ... <a title="With Taiwan’s election just a month away, the China threat is emerging as the main talking point" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/12/with-taiwans-election-just-a-month-away-the-china-threat-is-emerging-as-the-main-talking-point-216069/" aria-label="Read more about With Taiwan’s election just a month away, the China threat is emerging as the main talking point">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Divna Haslam, Senior Research Fellow, Queensland University of Technology Shutterstock “Do you want a smack?!” This has been a common refrain from many parents across history. Right along with “just wait till your father gets home”. Somehow parents thought this threat of violence would magically improve their ... <a title="1 in 4 adults think smacking is necessary to ‘properly raise’ kids. But attitudes are changing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/12/1-in-4-adults-think-smacking-is-necessary-to-properly-raise-kids-but-attitudes-are-changing-218837/" aria-label="Read more about 1 in 4 adults think smacking is necessary to ‘properly raise’ kids. But attitudes are changing">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jaana Dielenberg, University Fellow, Charles Darwin University Agnostic Preachers Kid/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA The Australian government has launched a campaign asking people to “switch off light pollution” to protect wildlife. So, what does the science say? Should we rethink Christmas lights? In our latest report, we reviewed ... <a title="8 ways to tone down the Christmas lights to help wildlife – and why we should" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/12/8-ways-to-tone-down-the-christmas-lights-to-help-wildlife-and-why-we-should-218931/" aria-label="Read more about 8 ways to tone down the Christmas lights to help wildlife – and why we should">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Carlos Oyarzun, Senior Lecturer, The University of Queensland Standret/Shutterstock You leave your car at the mechanic for a routine service ahead of your summer escape to the coast. When your mobile rings, you are stricken by unwelcome news: the mechanic goes through a list of parts that ... <a title="How getting a second opinion can stop you being ripped off" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/12/how-getting-a-second-opinion-can-stop-you-being-ripped-off-218349/" aria-label="Read more about How getting a second opinion can stop you being ripped off">Read more</a>
