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November 15, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Simon Avenell, Professor in Modern Japanese History, Australian National University Shutterstock In 2024, the youngest of Japan’s baby boomers will turn 75. The boomers are called the “bunched” generation in Japan because they were born in a short spurt in the late 1940s, in the aftermath of ... <a title="Generational tensions flare as Japan faces the economic reality of its ageing baby boomers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/15/generational-tensions-flare-as-japan-faces-the-economic-reality-of-its-ageing-baby-boomers-217289/" aria-label="Read more about Generational tensions flare as Japan faces the economic reality of its ageing baby boomers">Read more</a>
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November 15, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Maarten De Brauwer, Research fellow, CSIRO Shutterstock Figuring out what species live in an ecosystem, and which ones are rare or just good at hiding is an essential way to understand and care for them. Until now, it’s been very labour intensive. But now we can do ... <a title="It sounds like science fiction. But we can now sample water to find the DNA of every species living there" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/15/it-sounds-like-science-fiction-but-we-can-now-sample-water-to-find-the-dna-of-every-species-living-there-216989/" aria-label="Read more about It sounds like science fiction. But we can now sample water to find the DNA of every species living there">Read more</a>
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November 15, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mona Krewel, Senior lecturer in Comparative Politics, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington The threat of disinformation on social media in the lead-up to New Zealand’s 2023 election loomed large for the Electoral Commission and academics studying fake news. So how bad did it really ... <a title="Fake news didn’t play a big role in NZ’s 2023 election – but there was a rise in ‘small lies’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/15/fake-news-didnt-play-a-big-role-in-nzs-2023-election-but-there-was-a-rise-in-small-lies-216338/" aria-label="Read more about Fake news didn’t play a big role in NZ’s 2023 election – but there was a rise in ‘small lies’">Read more</a>
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November 15, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Quoc Phuong Tran, PhD Candidate in Prebiotic Chemistry, UNSW Sydney Shutterstock How did life begin? How did chemical reactions on the early Earth create complex, self-replicating structures that developed into living things as we know them? According to one school of thought, before the current era of ... <a title="Did this chemical reaction create the building blocks of life on Earth?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/15/did-this-chemical-reaction-create-the-building-blocks-of-life-on-earth-216843/" aria-label="Read more about Did this chemical reaction create the building blocks of life on Earth?">Read more</a>
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November 15, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Ogloff, University Distinguished Professor of Forensic Behavioural Science & Dean, School of Health Sciences, Swinburne University of Technology A new Australian Institute of Health and Welfare report on the health of people in Australian prisons makes for sobering reading. It reveals that compared to the general ... <a title="New report reveals shocking state of prisoner health. Here’s what needs to be done" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/15/new-report-reveals-shocking-state-of-prisoner-health-heres-what-needs-to-be-done-217558/" aria-label="Read more about New report reveals shocking state of prisoner health. Here’s what needs to be done">Read more</a>
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November 15, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gary Sacks, Professor of Public Health Policy, Deakin University Drazen Zigic/Shutterstock Too many Australian children are eating diets high in added sugars, saturated fats, salt, energy and ultra-processed foods. And often they’re not getting enough fruits, vegetables and wholegrains. A key driver of unhealthy diets among Australian ... <a title="Promotional techniques on junk food packaging are a problem for children’s health – Australia could do better" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/15/promotional-techniques-on-junk-food-packaging-are-a-problem-for-childrens-health-australia-could-do-better-216538/" aria-label="Read more about Promotional techniques on junk food packaging are a problem for children’s health – Australia could do better">Read more</a>
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November 15, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Danie Nilsson, Behavioural Scientist, CSIRO Lune Media Changing habits can be hard. So when a single episode of an Australian television show prompted a national shift in behaviour, as behavioural researchers, we took notice. The first (2017) and second (2018) seasons of the ABC TV program War ... <a title="Here’s how a TV series inspired the KeepCup revolution. What’s next in the war on waste?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/15/heres-how-a-tv-series-inspired-the-keepcup-revolution-whats-next-in-the-war-on-waste-210718/" aria-label="Read more about Here’s how a TV series inspired the KeepCup revolution. What’s next in the war on waste?">Read more</a>
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November 15, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kevin McConkey, Emeritus Professor , UNSW Sydney ThisIsEngineering/Pexels, CC BY-SA Research plays a pivotal role in society. Through research, we gain new understandings, test theories and make discoveries. It also has a huge economic value. In 2021, the CSIRO found every A$1 of research and development investment ... <a title="‘You only assess what you care about’: a new report looks at how we assess research in Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/15/you-only-assess-what-you-care-about-a-new-report-looks-at-how-we-assess-research-in-australia-217541/" aria-label="Read more about ‘You only assess what you care about’: a new report looks at how we assess research in Australia">Read more</a>
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November 15, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris Vasantkumar, Lecturer in Anthropology, Macquarie University Shutterstock A simple software upgrade went wrong. Across the country economic life ground to a halt. Groceries were abandoned at supermarket checkouts. Commerce was paralysed as the nation waited for its payment system to be brought back on line. The ... <a title="Cash may no longer be king, but the Optus debacle shows it is still necessary" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/15/cash-may-no-longer-be-king-but-the-optus-debacle-shows-it-is-still-necessary-217520/" aria-label="Read more about Cash may no longer be king, but the Optus debacle shows it is still necessary">Read more</a>
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November 15, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tashi Dema, PhD Candidate in Language and Politics, University of New England Shutterstock Dechen, 40, grew up in Thimphu, the capital city of Bhutan. Her native language was Mangdip, also known as Nyenkha, as her parents are originally from central Bhutan. She went to schools in the ... <a title="How social media is breathing new life into Bhutan’s unwritten local languages" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/15/how-social-media-is-breathing-new-life-into-bhutans-unwritten-local-languages-210280/" aria-label="Read more about How social media is breathing new life into Bhutan’s unwritten local languages">Read more</a>
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November 14, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University The Albanese government is about to have to make a really important decision. It’s going to have to decide what’s more important: supporting Australians who are financially under water, or keeping an election promise. And ... <a title="We could make most Australians richer and still save billions – it’s not too late to fix the Stage 3 tax cuts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/14/we-could-make-most-australians-richer-and-still-save-billions-its-not-too-late-to-fix-the-stage-3-tax-cuts-217560/" aria-label="Read more about We could make most Australians richer and still save billions – it’s not too late to fix the Stage 3 tax cuts">Read more</a>
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November 14, 2023
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Christopher Luxon and Nicola Willis have a bottom-line policy of delivering “tax relief” to New Zealand’s “squeezed middle”. Their modest policy is to increase the first three income tax thresholds by 11.5%, representing compensation for about two years of inflation-driven tax increases. (Labour’s policy, by contrast, was to take advantage of ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Christopher Luxon is tone deaf and slightly innumerate on tax" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/14/keith-rankin-analysis-christopher-luxon-is-tone-deaf-and-slightly-innumerate-on-tax/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Christopher Luxon is tone deaf and slightly innumerate on tax">Read more</a>
