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December 5, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lisa De Bortoli, Senior Research Fellow, Australian Council for Educational Research Australian high school students have achieved steady results in a new round of international tests. The latest Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) results, released on Tuesday night, show 15-year-olds have recorded similar results to 2015 ... <a title="Australian teenagers record steady results in international tests, but about half are not meeting proficiency standards" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/05/australian-teenagers-record-steady-results-in-international-tests-but-about-half-are-not-meeting-proficiency-standards-218814/" aria-label="Read more about Australian teenagers record steady results in international tests, but about half are not meeting proficiency standards">Read more</a>
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December 5, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra It’s always a rush at the end of the year to push out announcements, but the Albanese government, with an overloaded work program, is finding itself jammed as Christmas bears down. Several major items are still to come: the revamp ... <a title="View from The Hill: government’s announcement tsunami overshadowed by crisis over ex-detainees" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/05/view-from-the-hill-governments-announcement-tsunami-overshadowed-by-crisis-over-ex-detainees-219215/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: government’s announcement tsunami overshadowed by crisis over ex-detainees">Read more</a>
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December 5, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Shutterstock If you’re looking for clues about whether the Reserve Bank has any interest rate rises left, Governor Michele Bullock offered several in her statement after Tuesday’s board meeting, saying: the latest monthly figures showed ... <a title="Will the RBA raise rates again? Unless prices surge over summer, it’s looking less likely" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/05/will-the-rba-raise-rates-again-unless-prices-surge-over-summer-its-looking-less-likely-219197/" aria-label="Read more about Will the RBA raise rates again? Unless prices surge over summer, it’s looking less likely">Read more</a>
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December 5, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Suman Majumdar, Associate Professor and Chief Health Officer – COVID and Health Emergencies, Burnet Institute Bricolage/Shutterstock Evidence is continuing to accumulate on the burden and frequency of chronic effects after a COVID infection, which fall under the umbrella term “long COVID”. At least 5%–10% of people who ... <a title="Could antivirals reduce your risk of long COVID? Where the research is up to on prevention and treatment" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/05/could-antivirals-reduce-your-risk-of-long-covid-where-the-research-is-up-to-on-prevention-and-treatment-216529/" aria-label="Read more about Could antivirals reduce your risk of long COVID? Where the research is up to on prevention and treatment">Read more</a>
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December 5, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Daniela Kaleva, Program Manager, Researcher Development, Deakin University Cassandra Hannagan/Pinchgut Opera Sydney-based Pinchgut Opera is internationally praised for research-driven revivals of baroque opera gems with an acute attention to historically-informed interpretation of the music. In this production of Rinaldo, composed by Handel in 1711, they deliver a ... <a title="Pinchgut’s premiere of Handel’s Rinaldo sets a new benchmark for contemporary baroque opera" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/05/pinchguts-premiere-of-handels-rinaldo-sets-a-new-benchmark-for-contemporary-baroque-opera-218524/" aria-label="Read more about Pinchgut’s premiere of Handel’s Rinaldo sets a new benchmark for contemporary baroque opera">Read more</a>
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December 5, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lei Liu, Senior Research Fellow, Southern Cross University Australians love their coffee, and many can barely live without it. According to Statista, we consumed an average of about 2kg of coffee per person in 2022. Yet it’s estimated less than 1% of this coffee is grown in ... <a title="What does Australian-grown coffee taste like, and how does it compare? Our research describes its unique ‘terroir’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/05/what-does-australian-grown-coffee-taste-like-and-how-does-it-compare-our-research-describes-its-unique-terroir-218606/" aria-label="Read more about What does Australian-grown coffee taste like, and how does it compare? Our research describes its unique ‘terroir’">Read more</a>
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December 5, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Harrison, Director, Master of Business Administration Program (MBA); Co-Director, Better Consumption Lab, Deakin University, Deakin University In 2019, a travel insurance company held a secret contest in which they included a line in the fine print of their policy promising $10,000 to the first person who ... <a title="If you want to avoid ‘giving away your first born’ make sure you read the terms and conditions before signing contracts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/05/if-you-want-to-avoid-giving-away-your-first-born-make-sure-you-read-the-terms-and-conditions-before-signing-contracts-218705/" aria-label="Read more about If you want to avoid ‘giving away your first born’ make sure you read the terms and conditions before signing contracts">Read more</a>
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December 5, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Pep Canadell, Chief Research Scientist, CSIRO Environment; Executive Director, Global Carbon Project, CSIRO Global emissions of fossil carbon dioxide (CO₂), in yet another year of growth, will increase by 1.1% in 2023. These emissions will hit a record 36.8 billion tonnes. That’s the finding of the Global ... <a title="Fossil CO₂ emissions hit record high yet again in 2023" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/05/fossil-co-emissions-hit-record-high-yet-again-in-2023-216436/" aria-label="Read more about Fossil CO₂ emissions hit record high yet again in 2023">Read more</a>
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December 5, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Indigo Willing, Social Science Fellow, The Sydney Social Science and Humanities Advanced Research Centre, The University of Sydney. Adjunct Research Fellow, Griffith Centre for Social and Cultural Research, Griffith University PUMA X RIME NYC Luxe Sky Wedge (2013), Ed Reeve, Design Museum London. Sneakers were once traditionally ... <a title="At HOTA, sneakers find their well-deserved place in art galleries at last" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/05/at-hota-sneakers-find-their-well-deserved-place-in-art-galleries-at-last-215599/" aria-label="Read more about At HOTA, sneakers find their well-deserved place in art galleries at last">Read more</a>
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December 5, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Liam Cassidy, PhD Candidate, The University of Melbourne Humanity’s emissions of greenhouse gases have caused rapid global warming at a rate unprecedented in at least the past 2,000 years. Rapid global warming has been accompanied by increases in the frequency and intensity of heat extremes over most ... <a title="What happens after net zero? The impacts will play out for decades, with poorest countries still feeling the heat" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/05/what-happens-after-net-zero-the-impacts-will-play-out-for-decades-with-poorest-countries-still-feeling-the-heat-214361/" aria-label="Read more about What happens after net zero? The impacts will play out for decades, with poorest countries still feeling the heat">Read more</a>
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December 5, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nic Rawlence, Senior Lecturer in Ancient DNA, University of Otago Takahē are a striking bird and a national treasure in Aotearoa New Zealand. But the history and origin story of this flightless swamp hen have become a point of scientific debate. Our latest research uncovered the significant ... <a title="Humans, rats and dogs pushed the takahē into Fiordland – new genetic research maps its dramatic journey" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/05/humans-rats-and-dogs-pushed-the-takahe-into-fiordland-new-genetic-research-maps-its-dramatic-journey-212954/" aria-label="Read more about Humans, rats and dogs pushed the takahē into Fiordland – new genetic research maps its dramatic journey">Read more</a>
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December 5, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alice Gorman, Associate Professor in Archaeology and Space Studies, Flinders University NASA In 1963, six years after the first satellite was launched, editors from the Encyclopaedia Britannica posed a question to five eminent thinkers of the day: “Has man’s conquest of space increased or diminished his stature?” ... <a title="Was going to space a good idea?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/05/was-going-to-space-a-good-idea-218235/" aria-label="Read more about Was going to space a good idea?">Read more</a>
