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September 20, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachel Sutherland, Research Fellow, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW Sydney Alex Green/Pexels Each year, the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre at UNSW Sydney surveys hundreds of people who regularly use drugs in Australia to understand trends in substance use around the country. Today, we’ve ... <a title="More than half of people who use party drugs take ADHD medicines without a prescription, new research shows" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/20/more-than-half-of-people-who-use-party-drugs-take-adhd-medicines-without-a-prescription-new-research-shows-239187/" aria-label="Read more about More than half of people who use party drugs take ADHD medicines without a prescription, new research shows">Read more</a>
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September 20, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Karen Raubenheimer, Senior Lecturer, University of Wollongong Shutterstock It’s been 20 years since a paper in the journal Science showed the environmental accumulation of tiny plastic fragments and fibres. It named the particles “microplastics”. The paper opened an entire research field. Since then, more than 7,000 published ... <a title="Scientists reviewed 7,000 studies on microplastics. Their alarming conclusion puts humanity on notice" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/20/scientists-reviewed-7-000-studies-on-microplastics-their-alarming-conclusion-puts-humanity-on-notice-239105/" aria-label="Read more about Scientists reviewed 7,000 studies on microplastics. Their alarming conclusion puts humanity on notice">Read more</a>
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September 20, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amanda Tattersall, Associate Professor in Urban Geography and Host of ChangeMakers Podcast, University of Sydney mantisdesign/Shutterstock Over the last decade, several groups in Australia have successfully mobilised against fossil fuel interests. But which ones have gone the distance? The urgent global threat of climate change might suggest ... <a title="Endure – or peter out? Here’s what Northern Rivers organisers and Stop Adani can teach us about building climate groups" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/20/endure-or-peter-out-heres-what-northern-rivers-organisers-and-stop-adani-can-teach-us-about-building-climate-groups-235774/" aria-label="Read more about Endure – or peter out? Here’s what Northern Rivers organisers and Stop Adani can teach us about building climate groups">Read more</a>
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September 20, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sally Patfield, Lecturer, Teachers and Teaching Research Centre, School of Education, University of Newcastle Matej Kastelic/Shutterstock During September, many Australian universities start making early offers to Year 12 students for a place next year. This is ahead of the main rounds of offers, due in January. These ... <a title="‘I don’t believe I would have gotten into university’: how early entry schemes help Year 12 students experiencing disadvantage" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/20/i-dont-believe-i-would-have-gotten-into-university-how-early-entry-schemes-help-year-12-students-experiencing-disadvantage-238679/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I don’t believe I would have gotten into university’: how early entry schemes help Year 12 students experiencing disadvantage">Read more</a>
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September 20, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nick Bisley, Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences and Professor of International Relations at La Trobe University., La Trobe University This weekend, the four leaders of the Quad will once again convene, this time in US President Joe Biden’s hometown of Wilmington, Delaware. The summit will double ... <a title="As the Quad meets again, is it all optics and no substance?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/20/as-the-quad-meets-again-is-it-all-optics-and-no-substance-205679/" aria-label="Read more about As the Quad meets again, is it all optics and no substance?">Read more</a>
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September 20, 2024
By Stefan Armbruster and Harry Pearl of BenarNews French police have shot and killed two men in New Caledonia, stoking tensions with pro-independence groups days ahead of a public holiday marking France’s annexation of the Pacific archipelago. The pro-independence FLNKS (Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front) decried the deaths yesterday as “barbaric and humiliating methods” ... <a title="French police shoot dead two Kanaks in New Caledonian ‘assassinations’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/20/french-police-shoot-dead-two-kanaks-in-new-caledonian-assassinations/" aria-label="Read more about French police shoot dead two Kanaks in New Caledonian ‘assassinations’">Read more</a>
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September 19, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Reserve Bank Governor Michele Bullock might need her flak jacket when she fronts the media next Tuesday after the bank’s two-day board meeting. This week’s United States Federal Reserve interest rate cut of a hefty half a percentage point (defying ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: US rate cut puts pressure on RBA – and things could get heated" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/19/grattan-on-friday-us-rate-cut-puts-pressure-on-rba-and-things-could-get-heated-239386/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: US rate cut puts pressure on RBA – and things could get heated">Read more</a>
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September 19, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Hughes, Lecturer in Marketing, Research School of Management, Australian National University ArtZiq_TRG/Shutterstock Tupperware is one of the few iconic brands with which nearly every Australian has come into contact at some stage. Some, like me, will have grown up watching their mums host “Tupperware parties” for ... <a title="Tupperware has filed for bankruptcy – is multi-level marketing in trouble?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/19/tupperware-has-filed-for-bankruptcy-is-multi-level-marketing-in-trouble-239387/" aria-label="Read more about Tupperware has filed for bankruptcy – is multi-level marketing in trouble?">Read more</a>
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September 19, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jeff Borland, Professor of Economics, The University of Melbourne Today’s news that an extra 47,500 Australians found work in August while the unemployment rate held steady at 4.2% is a sign of success for both the government and Reserve Bank. It’s a sign of success in dealing ... <a title="Unemployment of 4.2% is a sign of RBA success, but it might not last. Here’s why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/19/unemployment-of-4-2-is-a-sign-of-rba-success-but-it-might-not-last-heres-why-238326/" aria-label="Read more about Unemployment of 4.2% is a sign of RBA success, but it might not last. Here’s why">Read more</a>
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September 19, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dileep Sharma, Professor and Head of Discipline – Oral Health, University of Newcastle luisrsphoto/Shutterstock Has your doctor asked you to stick out your tongue and say “aaah”? While the GP assesses your throat, they’re also checking out your tongue, which can reveal a lot about your health. ... <a title="Yes, you do need to clean your tongue. Here’s how and why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/19/yes-you-do-need-to-clean-your-tongue-heres-how-and-why-237130/" aria-label="Read more about Yes, you do need to clean your tongue. Here’s how and why">Read more</a>
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September 19, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gemma Sicouri, Senior Postdoctoral Research Fellow and Clinical Psychologist, Black Dog Institute, UNSW Sydney Allan Mas/Pexels In the movie Inside Out 2, 13-year-old Riley, who has recently started puberty, has a panic attack during a hockey game timeout. Anxiety (the emotion responsible for the panic attack) becomes ... <a title="I think my child is having panic attacks. What should we do?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/19/i-think-my-child-is-having-panic-attacks-what-should-we-do-237761/" aria-label="Read more about I think my child is having panic attacks. What should we do?">Read more</a>
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September 19, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By William Partlett, Associate professor of public law, The University of Melbourne It is well known former US President Donald Trump admires the power strongman leaders wield. What is less well known are the problematic long-term constitutional consequences of this kind of strongman governance. My new book reveals ... <a title="Donald Trump insists a ‘strongman’ leader will help America. My new book explains why he’s wrong" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/19/donald-trump-insists-a-strongman-leader-will-help-america-my-new-book-explains-why-hes-wrong-238693/" aria-label="Read more about Donald Trump insists a ‘strongman’ leader will help America. My new book explains why he’s wrong">Read more</a>
