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April 5, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Laurence Don Wai Luu, Lecturer and Chancellor’s Research Fellow, School of Life Sciences, University of Technology Sydney Lopolo/Shutterstock Australia is facing a whooping cough outbreak. Some 2,799 cases were recorded in the first three months of 2024. Cases are highest in Queensland and New South Wales, with ... <a title="Whooping cough is surging in Australia. Why, and how can we protect ourselves?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/05/whooping-cough-is-surging-in-australia-why-and-how-can-we-protect-ourselves-226918/" aria-label="Read more about Whooping cough is surging in Australia. Why, and how can we protect ourselves?">Read more</a>
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April 5, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Simon Wright, Senior Research Fellow, Energy & Circularity, Gulbali Institute, Charles Sturt University Abby Anaday/Unsplash, CC BY-NC-ND Connecting cheap, clean energy from renewables comes with a hidden cost and challenge: building 5,000 kilometres of new transmission lines this decade, and another 5,000km after that. This sounds like ... <a title="Without community support, the green energy transition will fail. Here’s how to get communities on board" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/05/without-community-support-the-green-energy-transition-will-fail-heres-how-to-get-communities-on-board-225163/" aria-label="Read more about Without community support, the green energy transition will fail. Here’s how to get communities on board">Read more</a>
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April 5, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Leonie Rutherford, Associate professor, Deakin University Karolina Grabowska/Pexels, CC BY We know teenagers have busy and complex lives. School makes increasing demands on them, as do their social and extracurricular activities. We also know video games, social media and TV and movies are very popular when they ... <a title="From ‘Fiction Fanatic’ to ‘Book Abstainer’: which type of reader is your teenager?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/05/from-fiction-fanatic-to-book-abstainer-which-type-of-reader-is-your-teenager-226818/" aria-label="Read more about From ‘Fiction Fanatic’ to ‘Book Abstainer’: which type of reader is your teenager?">Read more</a>
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April 5, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Isaac Gross, Lecturer in Economics, Monash University Every six weeks, the Reserve Bank of Australia sets the “cash rate”, affecting the interest rates paid on every Australian mortgage and savings account. Like any price mechanism, the cost of borrowing money is determined by supply and demand – ... <a title="As the COVID cash glut comes to an end, the Reserve Bank is changing the way it sets and maintains interest rates" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/05/as-the-covid-cash-glut-comes-to-an-end-the-reserve-bank-is-changing-the-way-it-sets-and-maintains-interest-rates-226962/" aria-label="Read more about As the COVID cash glut comes to an end, the Reserve Bank is changing the way it sets and maintains interest rates">Read more</a>
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April 5, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben Singh, Research fellow, University of South Australia In an era when digital domains and traditional sports fields merge, a new wave of athletic pursuits is on the rise. Obstacle course racing, pickleball, and esports are gaining both participants and fans. As these sports carve out their ... <a title="Esports, pickleball and obstacle course racing are surging in popularity – what are their health benefits and challenges?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/05/esports-pickleball-and-obstacle-course-racing-are-surging-in-popularity-what-are-their-health-benefits-and-challenges-226604/" aria-label="Read more about Esports, pickleball and obstacle course racing are surging in popularity – what are their health benefits and challenges?">Read more</a>
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April 4, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Perhaps it was inevitable, given our current ultra-divisive politics, that governor-general designate Sam Mostyn would become the latest punching bag in the culture wars. Warriors on the right have cast the well-qualified Mostyn as an activist from woke central. They’ve ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Albanese has made a statement in choosing Sam Mostyn as governor-general, but he could have been bolder" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/04/grattan-on-friday-albanese-has-made-a-statement-in-choosing-sam-mostyn-as-governor-general-but-he-could-have-been-bolder-227155/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Albanese has made a statement in choosing Sam Mostyn as governor-general, but he could have been bolder">Read more</a>
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April 4, 2024
By Temalesi Vono in Suva Fijian bus drivers and bus checkers wake up early in the morning to serve the public so it is disappointing to see school students harassing and bullying them, says the bus operators industry group. Fiji Bus Operators Association general secretary Rohit Latchan said he was responding to a recent video ... <a title="Fiji bus drivers criticise bullying by school student video – ‘we’re human’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/04/fiji-bus-drivers-criticise-bullying-by-school-student-video-were-human/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji bus drivers criticise bullying by school student video – ‘we’re human’">Read more</a>
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April 4, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sigi Goode, Professor of Information Systems, Australian National University Zakharchuk / Shutterstock Outside the world of open-source software, it’s likely few people would have heard about XZ Utils, a small but widely used tool for data compression in Linux systems. But late last week, security experts uncovered ... <a title="An anonymous coder nearly hacked a big chunk of the internet. How worried should we be?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/04/an-anonymous-coder-nearly-hacked-a-big-chunk-of-the-internet-how-worried-should-we-be-227143/" aria-label="Read more about An anonymous coder nearly hacked a big chunk of the internet. How worried should we be?">Read more</a>
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April 4, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Darian McBain, Visiting Professor in Practice, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment;, London School of Economics and Political Science Since the start of this year, the price for cocoa traded on the futures exchange has doubled, climbing from US$4,275 a tonne to US$9,481 after ... <a title="The cocoa price has doubled in mere months, but it shouldn’t add much to the price of chocolate: here’s why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/04/the-cocoa-price-has-doubled-in-mere-months-but-it-shouldnt-add-much-to-the-price-of-chocolate-heres-why-226914/" aria-label="Read more about The cocoa price has doubled in mere months, but it shouldn’t add much to the price of chocolate: here’s why">Read more</a>
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April 4, 2024
Pacific Media Watch Pacific media commentator and Asia Pacific Report editor David Robie has criticised New Zealand media coverage of Israel’s war on Gaza, describing it as “lopsided” in favour of Tel Aviv. He said New Zealand media was too dependent on American and British news services, which were based in two of the countries ... <a title="APR editor criticises NZ media coverage over the war on Gaza" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/04/apr-editor-criticises-nz-media-coverage-over-the-war-on-gaza/" aria-label="Read more about APR editor criticises NZ media coverage over the war on Gaza">Read more</a>
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April 4, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Gaunson, Associate Professor in Cinema Studies, RMIT University Umbrella Entertainment Since Australia first began producing feature films, it has returned time and again to the subject of the first world war. Before Dawn, out in cinemas today, is the latest in this long line of productions. ... <a title="Before Dawn: 19-year-old director’s new film is a sombre recount of the ANZACs’ sacrifice" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/04/before-dawn-19-year-old-directors-new-film-is-a-sombre-recount-of-the-anzacs-sacrifice-224243/" aria-label="Read more about Before Dawn: 19-year-old director’s new film is a sombre recount of the ANZACs’ sacrifice">Read more</a>
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April 4, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Parmeter, Research Scholar, Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies, Australian National University Napoleon’s foreign minister, Charles Maurice de Talleyrand, is said to have remarked concerning the effectiveness of targeting civilians in war: “it’s worse than a crime, it’s a mistake”. Talleyrand was an archetypal exponent of ... <a title="Zomi Frankcom is a tragic victim in the stalemated Israel-Hamas war, but don’t expect Australia’s approach to change much" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/04/zomi-frankcom-is-a-tragic-victim-in-the-stalemated-israel-hamas-war-but-dont-expect-australias-approach-to-change-much-227045/" aria-label="Read more about Zomi Frankcom is a tragic victim in the stalemated Israel-Hamas war, but don’t expect Australia’s approach to change much">Read more</a>
