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October 3, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra CHIOICE/TheConversation The Albanese government will tackle “shrinkflation” in supermarkets and potentially other parts of the retail sector. This is where the product’s size is reduced but the price stays the same, or the price is cut by less than the ... <a title="‘Shrinkflation’ is the Albanese government’s next target to protect supermarket shoppers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/03/shrinkflation-is-the-albanese-governments-next-target-to-protect-supermarket-shoppers-240339/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Shrinkflation’ is the Albanese government’s next target to protect supermarket shoppers">Read more</a>
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October 3, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Deyanira Nevárez Martínez, Assistant Professor of Urban and Regional Planning, Michigan State University Police officers watch a homeless man follow their order to break down his tent in Venice, Calif., in July 2024. Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images Homelessness is a rare issue in American ... <a title="Cities are clearing encampments, but this won’t solve homelessness − here’s a better way forward" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/03/cities-are-clearing-encampments-but-this-wont-solve-homelessness-heres-a-better-way-forward-236762/" aria-label="Read more about Cities are clearing encampments, but this won’t solve homelessness − here’s a better way forward">Read more</a>
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October 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shahram Akbarzadeh, Convenor, Middle East Studies Forum (MESF), and Deputy Director (International), Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University With Iran’s firing of some 180 ballistic missiles at Israel overnight, the Middle East is again on the brink of what would be a costly, ruinous ... <a title="Iran’s leaders have everything to lose in a direct war with Israel. Why take such a massive risk?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/02/irans-leaders-have-everything-to-lose-in-a-direct-war-with-israel-why-take-such-a-massive-risk-240322/" aria-label="Read more about Iran’s leaders have everything to lose in a direct war with Israel. Why take such a massive risk?">Read more</a>
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October 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jamie Cross, Assistant Professor of Econometrics & Statistics, Melbourne Business School Iran’s missile attack on Israel has caused global oil prices to spike this week amid growing fears a retaliation could put the global oil supply at risk. Almost one year ago to the day, I wrote ... <a title="Oil prices set to rise as Middle East tensions worsen, adding to cost-of-living crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/02/oil-prices-set-to-rise-as-middle-east-tensions-worsen-adding-to-cost-of-living-crisis-240307/" aria-label="Read more about Oil prices set to rise as Middle East tensions worsen, adding to cost-of-living crisis">Read more</a>
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October 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma Shortis, Adjunct Senior Fellow, School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University Just like vice presidents themselves, in US politics, debates don’t really matter until they do. The most recent debate (and likely the last of the 2024 election cycle) between aspiring vice presidents Senator ... <a title="In a largely uneventful and inconsequential US vice presidential debate, no one can claim victory" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/02/in-a-largely-uneventful-and-inconsequential-us-vice-presidential-debate-no-one-can-claim-victory-240202/" aria-label="Read more about In a largely uneventful and inconsequential US vice presidential debate, no one can claim victory">Read more</a>
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October 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sebastian Furness, ARC Future Fellow, School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Queensland Halfpoint/Shutterstock Fourteen years ago, the older drug cousin of semaglutide (Ozempic and Wegovy) came onto the market. The drug, liraglutide, is sold under the brand names Victoza and Saxenda. Patents for Victoza and Saxenda ... <a title="Ozempic’s cousin drug liraglutide is about to get cheaper. But how does it stack up?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/02/ozempics-cousin-drug-liraglutide-is-about-to-get-cheaper-but-how-does-it-stack-up-234922/" aria-label="Read more about Ozempic’s cousin drug liraglutide is about to get cheaper. But how does it stack up?">Read more</a>
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October 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dennis B. Desmond, Lecturer, Cyberintelligence and Cybercrime Investigations, University of the Sunshine Coast AlinStock/Shutterstock In April, US lawmakers urged President Joe Biden to ban Chinese-built electric vehicles (EVs), labelling them an “existential threat to the American auto industry”. The proposed ban arose from concerns that Chinese car ... <a title="Is your car a threat to national security? It can be – regardless of where it’s made" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/02/is-your-car-a-threat-to-national-security-it-can-be-regardless-of-where-its-made-240206/" aria-label="Read more about Is your car a threat to national security? It can be – regardless of where it’s made">Read more</a>
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October 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexa Scarlata, Research Fellow, Media & Communications, RMIT University Joel Pratley/Disney+ Disney+ will add their latest Australian original to their catalogue today. The brief seems to have been to “amp up the Australianness” – and boy is it a cacophony. Last Days of the Space Age is ... <a title="Disney+ dials up the Australiana in star-studded drama Last Days of the Space Age. But does it deliver?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/02/disney-dials-up-the-australiana-in-star-studded-drama-last-days-of-the-space-age-but-does-it-deliver-239619/" aria-label="Read more about Disney+ dials up the Australiana in star-studded drama Last Days of the Space Age. But does it deliver?">Read more</a>
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October 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Denis Muller, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne I am writing this because no one at the ABC — whose producers invited me onto their coronation coverage as a guest — has uttered one word of public support. Not one ABC executive ... <a title="The ABC’s racism review is scathing. Can Aunty find the strength of character to properly address it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/02/the-abcs-racism-review-is-scathing-can-aunty-find-the-strength-of-character-to-properly-address-it-240203/" aria-label="Read more about The ABC’s racism review is scathing. Can Aunty find the strength of character to properly address it?">Read more</a>
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October 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Antje Fiedler, Senior Lecturer, Management and International Business, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau With rising costs and drops in consumer spending, small businesses have been struggling lately. Continuous economic pressure is causing significant stress and burnout among small business owners, while confidence continues to decline. Data ... <a title="Tougher than the GFC: why NZ’s small businesses may be in worse shape than in 2008" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/02/tougher-than-the-gfc-why-nzs-small-businesses-may-be-in-worse-shape-than-in-2008-239389/" aria-label="Read more about Tougher than the GFC: why NZ’s small businesses may be in worse shape than in 2008">Read more</a>
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October 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sandra Peter, Director of Sydney Executive Plus, University of Sydney Dacachi/Shutterstock You know we’ve reached peak interest in artificial intelligence (AI) when Oprah Winfrey hosts a television special about it. AI is truly everywhere. And we will all have a relationship with it – whether using it, ... <a title="Wondering what AI actually is? Here are the 7 things it can do for you" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/02/wondering-what-ai-actually-is-here-are-the-7-things-it-can-do-for-you-239843/" aria-label="Read more about Wondering what AI actually is? Here are the 7 things it can do for you">Read more</a>
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October 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jake M Robinson, Ecologist and Researcher, Flinders University In a race against time, scientists are exploring new ways to restore natural systems. Alongside traditional methods such as planting trees, reducing pollution and reintroducing native species, a surprising new tool is emerging: sound. Ecologists can harness sound to ... <a title="The biodiversity jukebox: how sound can boost beneficial soil microbes to heal nature" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/02/the-biodiversity-jukebox-how-sound-can-boost-beneficial-soil-microbes-to-heal-nature-235866/" aria-label="Read more about The biodiversity jukebox: how sound can boost beneficial soil microbes to heal nature">Read more</a>
