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February 17, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Vandersteen, PhD Student, UNSW Sydney Brushtail possums were caught on camera eating the flesh of a dead kangaroo. James Vandersteen/University of Sydney, Author provided Vultures, hyenas, and Tasmanian devils are highly efficient scavengers, able to locate and consume carrion rapidly, including the meat and bones. When ... <a title="Dead kangaroos make a surprising feast for possums in the Australian Alps" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/17/dead-kangaroos-make-a-surprising-feast-for-possums-in-the-australian-alps-199867/" aria-label="Read more about Dead kangaroos make a surprising feast for possums in the Australian Alps">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katie Lee, PhD Candidate, The University of Queensland You may have seen them popping up on beaches everywhere – colourful, breezy, shady, beach cabanas. Unlike beach umbrellas, they’re sturdy enough to withstand a stiff sea breeze and have pockets for sand to anchor them firmly. Best of ... <a title="Do beach cabanas actually protect you from the sun?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/17/do-beach-cabanas-actually-protect-you-from-the-sun-199102/" aria-label="Read more about Do beach cabanas actually protect you from the sun?">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma Maguire, Lecturer in English and Writing, James Cook University Jane Zhang/Stan Review: Bad Behaviour, directed by Corrie Chen. Bad Behaviour is a gritty, intense psychological drama that follows the haunting teenage experience of now 20-something Joanna Mackenzie (Jana McKinnon), who revisits the year she spent on ... <a title="New Aussie drama Bad Behaviour gives us a complex portrayal of girlhood and queer stories" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/17/new-aussie-drama-bad-behaviour-gives-us-a-complex-portrayal-of-girlhood-and-queer-stories-198397/" aria-label="Read more about New Aussie drama Bad Behaviour gives us a complex portrayal of girlhood and queer stories">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Bloomberg, Adjunct Senior Fellow Te Kura Ngahere – New Zealand School of Forestry, University of Canterbury Getty Images The severe impacts of Cyclone Gabrielle on the North Island, and the five severe weather events experienced by the Thames–Coromandel region in just the first two months of ... <a title="Cyclone Gabrielle triggered more destructive forestry “slash” – NZ must change how it grows trees on fragile land" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/17/cyclone-gabrielle-triggered-more-destructive-forestry-slash-nz-must-change-how-it-grows-trees-on-fragile-land-200059/" aria-label="Read more about Cyclone Gabrielle triggered more destructive forestry “slash” – NZ must change how it grows trees on fragile land">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Woinarski, Professor of Conservation Biology, Charles Darwin University Shutterstock Australia’s natural world is in deep trouble. Many of our species are getting rarer. Some are now perilously close to extinction, while entire ecosystems face collapse. Sudden biodiversity loss in events such as the Black Summer wildfires ... <a title="We found 29 threatened species are back from the brink in Australia. Here’s how" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/17/we-found-29-threatened-species-are-back-from-the-brink-in-australia-heres-how-200057/" aria-label="Read more about We found 29 threatened species are back from the brink in Australia. Here’s how">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca Dunlop, Senior Lecturer in Physiology, The University of Queensland Cetacean Ecology Group, University of Queensland., Author provided As eastern Australian humpback whale populations have recovered over the years, males have adapted their mating strategy in a highly strategic way, new research finds. I analysed 123 days’ ... <a title="Australian humpback whales are singing less and fighting more. Should we be worried?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/17/australian-humpback-whales-are-singing-less-and-fighting-more-should-we-be-worried-200062/" aria-label="Read more about Australian humpback whales are singing less and fighting more. Should we be worried?">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jon Piccini, Senior Lecturer in History, Australian Catholic University National Gallery of Australia/AAP This article references antiquated language when referring to First Nations people. It also mentions names and has images of people who may have passed away. Before the end of this year, Australians will vote ... <a title="The 1967 referendum was the most successful in Australia’s history. But what it can tell us about 2023 is complicated" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/17/the-1967-referendum-was-the-most-successful-in-australias-history-but-what-it-can-tell-us-about-2023-is-complicated-198874/" aria-label="Read more about The 1967 referendum was the most successful in Australia’s history. But what it can tell us about 2023 is complicated">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Justin Beardsley, Associate Professor in Infectious Diseases, Sydney Institute for Infectious Diseases Westmead Clinical School, University of Sydney Liane Hentscher/HBO Fungal infections have received a frenzy of attention thanks to the popularity of HBO’s The Last of Us. The show depicts a fungal pandemic caused by the ... <a title="Before The Last of Us, I was part of an international team to chart the threat of killer fungi. This is what we found" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/17/before-the-last-of-us-i-was-part-of-an-international-team-to-chart-the-threat-of-killer-fungi-this-is-what-we-found-199593/" aria-label="Read more about Before The Last of Us, I was part of an international team to chart the threat of killer fungi. This is what we found">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Melissa Tham, Research fellow, Victoria University Paul Hanaoka/Unsplash About 100 early childhood experts are meeting in Canberra today for a national summit on children who are five and under. This is part of the Albanese government’s work to develop an early years strategy to ensure Australian kids ... <a title="Better, cheaper childcare is on the horizon in Australia, but 4 key challenges remain" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/17/better-cheaper-childcare-is-on-the-horizon-in-australia-but-4-key-challenges-remain-199864/" aria-label="Read more about Better, cheaper childcare is on the horizon in Australia, but 4 key challenges remain">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2023
By Sally Murphy, RNZ News reporter Widespread damage has hit farms across Aotearoa New Zealand’s North Island with those in parts of Gisborne and Hawke’s Bay particularly hard hit and forestry slash is once again a huge problem. Tolaga Bay farmer Bridget Parker told how forestry slash has caused a huge amount of damage to ... <a title="Cyclone Gabrielle: Tolaga Bay farmer seething over forestry slash floods" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/17/cyclone-gabrielle-tolaga-bay-farmer-seething-over-forestry-slash-floods/" aria-label="Read more about Cyclone Gabrielle: Tolaga Bay farmer seething over forestry slash floods">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Quiggin, Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland Schwartz Media Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ recent essay in The Monthly, “Capitalism after the crises”, tells us a lot about economic predicament faced by the Albanese government and governments around the world. Arguably, the reaction to the ... <a title="6,000 words but silent on falling real wages: what Chalmers got wrong on ‘values-based capitalism’ and fixing our economic woes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/17/6-000-words-but-silent-on-falling-real-wages-what-chalmers-got-wrong-on-values-based-capitalism-and-fixing-our-economic-woes-199270/" aria-label="Read more about 6,000 words but silent on falling real wages: what Chalmers got wrong on ‘values-based capitalism’ and fixing our economic woes">Read more</a>
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February 16, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra If Peter Dutton is caught in a classic rock-and-hard-place dilemma over the Voice to Parliament, the same could be said for Greens leader Adam Bandt on the safeguard legislation to underpin the government’s climate policy. The Greens are putting as ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Adam Bandt is wedged by Greens’ overreach on emissions legislation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/16/grattan-on-friday-adam-bandt-is-wedged-by-greens-overreach-on-emissions-legislation-200083/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Adam Bandt is wedged by Greens’ overreach on emissions legislation">Read more</a>
