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February 1, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Griffiths, Deputy Program Director, Grattan Institute Lukas Coch/AAP Nine months after the 2022 federal election, voters finally get a look at how much the parties spent and who funded their campaigns. Data released today reveal Australia’s political parties collectively spent a whopping $418 million in the ... <a title="Big money was spent on the 2022 election – but the party with the deepest pockets didn’t win" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/01/big-money-was-spent-on-the-2022-election-but-the-party-with-the-deepest-pockets-didnt-win-198780/" aria-label="Read more about Big money was spent on the 2022 election – but the party with the deepest pockets didn’t win">Read more</a>
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February 1, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Janet Hoek, Professor of Public Health, University of Otago Getty Images Existing regulations have not managed to reduce the rising rates of youth vaping in Aotearoa New Zealand. Both the latest NZ Health Survey and Snapshot Y10 survey reported high levels of daily vaping among young people ... <a title="Marketers are targeting teens with cheap and addictive vapes: 9 ways to stem rising rates of youth vaping" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/01/marketers-are-targeting-teens-with-cheap-and-addictive-vapes-9-ways-to-stem-rising-rates-of-youth-vaping-198291/" aria-label="Read more about Marketers are targeting teens with cheap and addictive vapes: 9 ways to stem rising rates of youth vaping">Read more</a>
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February 1, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Simon Sawyer, Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Australian Catholic University Shutterstock Child abuse and neglect is, unfortunately, a far more common occurrence in Australia than many people realise. In Australia in 2020–21 (the most recent figures available), there were more than half a million notifications to child protection services. ... <a title="Paramedics could sound early warnings of child abuse or neglect – but they need support and more training" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/01/paramedics-could-sound-early-warnings-of-child-abuse-or-neglect-but-they-need-support-and-more-training-197900/" aria-label="Read more about Paramedics could sound early warnings of child abuse or neglect – but they need support and more training">Read more</a>
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February 1, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jennifer Frost, Associate Professor, University of Auckland Paramount Pictures In his latest film, Babylon, director Damien Chazelle presents a very different vision of the home of America’s motion picture industry than he did in his Oscar-winning 2016 film, La La Land. Instead of a romantic, wistful homage ... <a title="The nightmarish underside of the dream factory: how Babylon captures Hollywood in the 1920s" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/01/the-nightmarish-underside-of-the-dream-factory-how-babylon-captures-hollywood-in-the-1920s-198406/" aria-label="Read more about The nightmarish underside of the dream factory: how Babylon captures Hollywood in the 1920s">Read more</a>
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February 1, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonathan Roberts, Professor in Robotics, Queensland University of Technology frank60/Shutterstock With generative artificial intelligence (AI) systems such as ChatGPT and StableDiffusion being the talk of the town right now, it might feel like we’ve taken a giant leap closer to a sci-fi reality where AIs are physical ... <a title="Our future could be full of undying, self-repairing robots. Here’s how" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/01/our-future-could-be-full-of-undying-self-repairing-robots-heres-how-196664/" aria-label="Read more about Our future could be full of undying, self-repairing robots. Here’s how">Read more</a>
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February 1, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vanessa Cobham, Professor of Clinical Psychology, The University of Queensland Shutterstock Many children come down with a case of the back-to-school blues as summer slips away. Having spent the holidays staying up late and having fun with friends and family, it can be a struggle to get ... <a title="Back-to-school blues are normal, so how can you tell if it’s something more serious?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/01/back-to-school-blues-are-normal-so-how-can-you-tell-if-its-something-more-serious-198671/" aria-label="Read more about Back-to-school blues are normal, so how can you tell if it’s something more serious?">Read more</a>
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February 1, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Martijn Boersma, Associate Professor, University of Notre Dame Australia Ten years ago, the garment industry’s worst industrial accident – the Rana Plaza collapse in Dhaka, Bangladesh – killed more than 1,100 workers and highlighted the travesty of conditions for millions of garment workers globally. It spurred action ... <a title="Australia’s cotton farmers can help prevent exploitation in the global garment industry" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/01/australias-cotton-farmers-can-help-prevent-exploitation-in-the-global-garment-industry-198390/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s cotton farmers can help prevent exploitation in the global garment industry">Read more</a>
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February 1, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Shaw, Professor of Politics, Massey University New prime minister Chris Hipkins with deputy Carmel Sepuloni. Getty Images With a cabinet reshuffle just a day after two polls showing Labour ahead again – in which he promoted more Māori MPs to the front bench, created a new ... <a title="Hipkins revives Labour’s fortunes – but the election will be about more than ‘bread and butter issues’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/01/hipkins-revives-labours-fortunes-but-the-election-will-be-about-more-than-bread-and-butter-issues-198666/" aria-label="Read more about Hipkins revives Labour’s fortunes – but the election will be about more than ‘bread and butter issues’">Read more</a>
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January 31, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Finnigan, Leader, Complex Systems Science, CSIRO Shutterstock One of Australia’s leading climate scientists, Professor Will Steffen, died on Sunday. Steffen has been hailed as a leading climate thinker, selfless mentor and gifted communicator. He is survived by his wife Carrie and daughter Sonja. Steffen’s colleagues and ... <a title="We’ve lost a giant: Vale Professor Will Steffen, climate science pioneer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/31/weve-lost-a-giant-vale-professor-will-steffen-climate-science-pioneer-198873/" aria-label="Read more about We’ve lost a giant: Vale Professor Will Steffen, climate science pioneer">Read more</a>
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January 31, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adam Graycar, Professor of Public Policy, University of Adelaide Just months after Australia legislated to establish the long-anticipated National Anti-Corruption Agency, our standing is back on the rise in Transparency International’s annual Global Corruption Perceptions Index. This is a small but important turn-around following a decade of ... <a title="After a decade of decline, Australia is back on the rise in a global anti-corruption ranking" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/31/after-a-decade-of-decline-australia-is-back-on-the-rise-in-a-global-anti-corruption-ranking-198305/" aria-label="Read more about After a decade of decline, Australia is back on the rise in a global anti-corruption ranking">Read more</a>
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January 31, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sally Ferguson, Director, Appleton Institute, CQUniversity Australia Shutterstock After a few difficult years of lockdowns and travel restrictions, people are finally winging their way across the globe again; families are being reunited and sights are being seen. Yet the joys of international travel often come with a ... <a title="Jetlag hits differently depending on your travel direction. Here are 6 tips to help you get over it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/31/jetlag-hits-differently-depending-on-your-travel-direction-here-are-6-tips-to-help-you-get-over-it-196730/" aria-label="Read more about Jetlag hits differently depending on your travel direction. Here are 6 tips to help you get over it">Read more</a>
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January 31, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kim Goodwin, Lecturer, The University of Melbourne Terren Hurst on Unsplash In May, we predicted Tony Burke’s joint portfolio of workplace relations and the arts was an opportunity to address some of the challenges facing the arts and cultural sector. With the launch of Revive, the new ... <a title="Pay, safety and welfare: how the new Centre for Arts and Entertainment Workplaces can strengthen the arts sector" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/31/pay-safety-and-welfare-how-the-new-centre-for-arts-and-entertainment-workplaces-can-strengthen-the-arts-sector-198859/" aria-label="Read more about Pay, safety and welfare: how the new Centre for Arts and Entertainment Workplaces can strengthen the arts sector">Read more</a>
