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August 8, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alan Duffy, Director of the Space Technology and Industry Institute, Swinburne University of Technology Mark Davidson / Twitter The first hours after a fireball sighting are like a detective mystery. Last night around midnight, people across Melbourne took to social media to report sightings of a bright ... <a title="A spectacular fireball just streaked across Melbourne – but astronomers didn’t see it coming" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/08/a-spectacular-fireball-just-streaked-across-melbourne-but-astronomers-didnt-see-it-coming-211184/" aria-label="Read more about A spectacular fireball just streaked across Melbourne – but astronomers didn’t see it coming">Read more</a>
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August 8, 2023
By David Robie New Zealand-adopted Fiji journalist, sports writer, national news agency reporter, anti-coup activist, media freedom advocate, storyteller and mentor Sri Krishnamurthi has died. He was just two weeks shy of his 60th birthday. Fiji-born on 15 August 1963, just after his elder twin brother Murali, Sri grew up in the port city of ... <a title="Moce Sri Krishnamurthi . . . sports journalist, democracy activist, storyteller and advocate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/08/moce-sri-krishnamurthi-sports-journalist-democracy-activist-storyteller-and-advocate/" aria-label="Read more about Moce Sri Krishnamurthi . . . sports journalist, democracy activist, storyteller and advocate">Read more</a>
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August 8, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Annabel Ahuriri-Driscoll, Senior Lecturer Above the Bar, University of Canterbury It seems clear that adoption law reform won’t be a priority before the October general election. This will be bitterly disappointing for many New Zealanders. Despite some significant progress, the Ministry of Justice has revised its timeline ... <a title="‘Nobody’s child’ – despite a compelling case for reform, NZ’s adoption laws remain stuck in the past" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/08/nobodys-child-despite-a-compelling-case-for-reform-nzs-adoption-laws-remain-stuck-in-the-past-210887/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Nobody’s child’ – despite a compelling case for reform, NZ’s adoption laws remain stuck in the past">Read more</a>
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August 8, 2023
New Zealand Politics Daily is a collation of the most prominent issues being discussed in New Zealand. It is edited by Dr Bryce Edwards of The Democracy Project. Today’s content TRANSPORT Simon Wilson (Herald): While Labour and National battle to build more roads, the world burns (paywalled) Verity Johnson (Stuff): Last week shows neither party understands Auckland right now ... <a title="Newsletter: August 8 2023 – Items of interest and importance today" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/08/newsletter-august-8-2023-items-of-interest-and-importance-today/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: August 8 2023 – Items of interest and importance today">Read more</a>
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August 8, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Carlos Diaz Ruiz, Assistant Professor, Hanken School of Economics A Louis Vuitton crossover bag bearing the Supreme label. Shutterstock In 2017, Louis Vuitton caused a stir in the luxury industry by partnering with the New York skateboarding brand Supreme. This collaboration became a milestone in the luxury ... <a title="Unconventional luxury brand collaborations are everywhere. What is the appeal?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/08/unconventional-luxury-brand-collaborations-are-everywhere-what-is-the-appeal-210382/" aria-label="Read more about Unconventional luxury brand collaborations are everywhere. What is the appeal?">Read more</a>
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August 8, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Ireland, Senior Research Scientist at the Australian E-Health Research Centre, CSIRO Chronic or persistent pain is the main reason people seek medical care in Australia. Yet, most chronic pain is incurable and relies on education, exercise and other interventions for management, making it a complex, common ... <a title="Pictures of pain: how a visual chatbot can help people with chronic pain" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/08/pictures-of-pain-how-a-visual-chatbot-can-help-people-with-chronic-pain-210810/" aria-label="Read more about Pictures of pain: how a visual chatbot can help people with chronic pain">Read more</a>
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August 8, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alan Morris, Professor, Institute for Public Policy and Governance, University of Technology Sydney Shutterstock Nationally, about 175,000 households are on the social housing waiting list. An individual usually has to be in “greatest need” to get on the list. Even then, being listed does not mean you ... <a title="‘It’s soul-destroying’: how people on a housing wait list of 175,000 describe their years of waiting" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/08/its-soul-destroying-how-people-on-a-housing-wait-list-of-175-000-describe-their-years-of-waiting-210705/" aria-label="Read more about ‘It’s soul-destroying’: how people on a housing wait list of 175,000 describe their years of waiting">Read more</a>
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August 8, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Woods, Professor of Health Economics, University of Technology Sydney Shutterstock Aged-care services will cost taxpayers more than A$35 billion this year. Treasurer Jim Chalmers argues it’s one of the government’s biggest ongoing funding challenges. The last intergenerational report, which looked out over the next 40 years, ... <a title="Aged-care funding reforms must ensure users pay their fair share" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/08/aged-care-funding-reforms-must-ensure-users-pay-their-fair-share-210962/" aria-label="Read more about Aged-care funding reforms must ensure users pay their fair share">Read more</a>
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August 8, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rico Merkert, Professor in Transport and Supply Chain Management and Deputy Director, Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies (ITLS), University of Sydney Business School, University of Sydney MDRX/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA Our climate is changing, and airlines are under pressure to reduce emissions from air travel. For ... <a title="How air travellers can cut their door-to-door emissions right now – by as much as 13% on the Sydney-Melbourne route" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/08/how-air-travellers-can-cut-their-door-to-door-emissions-right-now-by-as-much-as-13-on-the-sydney-melbourne-route-211099/" aria-label="Read more about How air travellers can cut their door-to-door emissions right now – by as much as 13% on the Sydney-Melbourne route">Read more</a>
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August 8, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Wilson, PhD Candidate in Nanotechnology & Innovation Governance, University of Technology Sydney Shutterstock There’s growing global concern about potential risks to human health and the environment from a group of industrial chemicals commonly known as PFAS, or “forever chemicals”. While the full extent of harm from ... <a title="Controversial ‘forever chemicals’ could be phased out in Australia under new restrictions. Here’s what you need to know" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/08/controversial-forever-chemicals-could-be-phased-out-in-australia-under-new-restrictions-heres-what-you-need-to-know-210697/" aria-label="Read more about Controversial ‘forever chemicals’ could be phased out in Australia under new restrictions. Here’s what you need to know">Read more</a>
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August 8, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Benjamin Zunica, Lecturer in Secondary Maths Education, University of Sydney Karolina Grabowska/Pexels There is a scene in the film Incredibles 2 where young Dash asks his dad Bob for help with his maths homework. Bob obliges and begins to scribble on a notepad. But Dash quickly points ... <a title="‘Why would they change maths?’ How your child’s maths education might be very different from yours" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/08/why-would-they-change-maths-how-your-childs-maths-education-might-be-very-different-from-yours-207030/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Why would they change maths?’ How your child’s maths education might be very different from yours">Read more</a>
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August 8, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Siminski, Professor of Economics, University of Technology Sydney DALL·E/Shutterstock Economics is about organising markets in ways that contribute to social welfare, which means anyone interested in anything from inequality to housing affordability, to health and education systems, or climate change to gender gaps ought to be ... <a title="6 reasons Australians don’t trust economists, and how we could do better" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/08/6-reasons-australians-dont-trust-economists-and-how-we-could-do-better-208833/" aria-label="Read more about 6 reasons Australians don’t trust economists, and how we could do better">Read more</a>
