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September 6, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By George Taleporos, Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, Living with Disability Research Centre, La Trobe University Bill Shorten is resigning from politics in February next year. Throughout his 17 years in parliament, no achievement stands out more than his role in the creation of the National Disability Insurance Scheme ... <a title="Bill Shorten’s greatest legacy is the NDIS. It transformed the lives of people like me with disability" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/06/bill-shortens-greatest-legacy-is-the-ndis-it-transformed-the-lives-of-people-like-me-with-disability-238329/" aria-label="Read more about Bill Shorten’s greatest legacy is the NDIS. It transformed the lives of people like me with disability">Read more</a>
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September 6, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Janet McCalman, Emeritus Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock Why does Victoria’s Births, Deaths and Marriages registry matter? Civil registrations are the most important documents created about you by the state: they certify your existence in time and place, your citizenship, your marital status, ... <a title="Birth, deaths and marriages: we all have them, which is why they should be protected" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/06/birth-deaths-and-marriages-we-all-have-them-which-is-why-they-should-be-protected-237867/" aria-label="Read more about Birth, deaths and marriages: we all have them, which is why they should be protected">Read more</a>
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September 6, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Connie Henson, Cojoint Senior Lecturer, Indigenous Studies, UNSW Sydney MilanMarkovic78/Shutterstock Many people with atrial fibrillation don’t have any symptoms. But this heart condition – which involves an irregular and often rapid heartbeat – increases the risk of stroke and heart failure, especially if untreated. Wearable devices such ... <a title="‘He had no symptoms’: how wearable tech can help older Indigenous people catch heart problems – and save lives" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/06/he-had-no-symptoms-how-wearable-tech-can-help-older-indigenous-people-catch-heart-problems-and-save-lives-236875/" aria-label="Read more about ‘He had no symptoms’: how wearable tech can help older Indigenous people catch heart problems – and save lives">Read more</a>
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September 6, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robyn J. Whitaker, Director of the Wesley Centre for Theology, Ethics, and Public Policy & Associate Professor, New Testament, Pilgrim Theological College, University of Divinity Americans face a stark choice this November between two very different political visions. As I watched the recent Democratic National Convention (DNC), ... <a title="For God and country: why the choice of next US president is a religious choice, too" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/06/for-god-and-country-why-the-choice-of-next-us-president-is-a-religious-choice-too-237863/" aria-label="Read more about For God and country: why the choice of next US president is a religious choice, too">Read more</a>
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September 6, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anna Malos, Climateworks Centre – Country Lead, Australia, Monash University AustralianCamera/Shutterstock Australia’s push for net-zero emissions received a welcome boost on Thursday, with the release of an official report showing how Australia can seek to cut domestic emissions across each sector of the economy. The Climate Change ... <a title="Australia has just been handed a map for getting to net zero. Here’s how it will guide us" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/06/australia-has-just-been-handed-a-map-for-getting-to-net-zero-heres-how-it-will-guide-us-237703/" aria-label="Read more about Australia has just been handed a map for getting to net zero. Here’s how it will guide us">Read more</a>
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September 6, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amali Cooray, PhD Candidate in Genetic Engineering and Cancer, WEHI (Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research) Stock-Asso/Shutterstock Research over the years has suggested intermittent fasting has the potential to improve our health and reduce the likelihood of developing cancer. So what should we make of ... <a title="Does intermittent fasting increase or decrease our risk of cancer?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/06/does-intermittent-fasting-increase-or-decrease-our-risk-of-cancer-238071/" aria-label="Read more about Does intermittent fasting increase or decrease our risk of cancer?">Read more</a>
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September 6, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jo Raphael, Senior lecturer in drama education, Deakin University LightField Studios/Shutterstock Parents sometimes ask: what’s the point of drama class? Many want their children to choose elective subjects, especially in Year 12, that parents think will help them get into university and establish a career. This is ... <a title="What’s the point of drama class? It teaches the workplace skills employers want, for a start" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/06/whats-the-point-of-drama-class-it-teaches-the-workplace-skills-employers-want-for-a-start-236862/" aria-label="Read more about What’s the point of drama class? It teaches the workplace skills employers want, for a start">Read more</a>
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September 6, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mathias-Felipe de-Lima-Santos, Lecturer, Macquarie University Billion Photos/Shutterstock We’ve long been warned about the looming demise of traditional journalism in the face of digital disruption. But some tech giants, once the very disruptors themselves, have been positioning themselves as journalism’s saviours. Programs such as the Google News Initiative ... <a title="Big tech is painting itself as journalism’s saviour. We should tread carefully" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/06/big-tech-is-painting-itself-as-journalisms-saviour-we-should-tread-carefully-236692/" aria-label="Read more about Big tech is painting itself as journalism’s saviour. We should tread carefully">Read more</a>
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September 6, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kris Gledhill, Professor of Law, Auckland University of Technology The government’s new gang legislation – now split into the Gangs Bill and the Sentencing Amendment Bill – is expected to pass its third reading soon. But a last minute amendment, added after public consultation closed, has raised ... <a title="A last minute amendment to NZ’s gang legislation risks making a bad law worse" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/06/a-last-minute-amendment-to-nzs-gang-legislation-risks-making-a-bad-law-worse-238070/" aria-label="Read more about A last minute amendment to NZ’s gang legislation risks making a bad law worse">Read more</a>
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September 5, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Finally, just months out from the election, the Liberal Party is tackling the Augean stable that is its New South Wales division. It is a task that should have been a priority two years ago, after the division’s toxic factionalism ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Liberals send in veteran warhorses to deal with party’s hot mess" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/05/grattan-on-friday-liberals-send-in-veteran-warhorses-to-deal-with-partys-hot-mess-238229/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Liberals send in veteran warhorses to deal with party’s hot mess">Read more</a>
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September 5, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brooke Nickel, NHMRC Emerging Leader Research Fellow, University of Sydney Celebrity supermodel Elle Macpherson disclosed in an interview with The Australian Women’s Weekly earlier this week that seven years ago she was diagnosed with breast cancer. Media coverage around the world said Elle had rejected some “conventional” ... <a title="Elle Macpherson’s breast cancer: when the media reports on celebrity cancer, are we really getting the whole story?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/05/elle-macphersons-breast-cancer-when-the-media-reports-on-celebrity-cancer-are-we-really-getting-the-whole-story-238231/" aria-label="Read more about Elle Macpherson’s breast cancer: when the media reports on celebrity cancer, are we really getting the whole story?">Read more</a>
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September 5, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amy L. Winship, Group Leader and Senior Research Fellow, Anatomy and Developmental Biology, Monash University Jacek Dylag/Unsplash Roughly one in six people are affected by infertility worldwide. And with more than half the world’s population now living in urban areas, researchers are interested in whether living in ... <a title="A new study has linked traffic noise and pollution to infertility – but the effects differed for men and women" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/05/a-new-study-has-linked-traffic-noise-and-pollution-to-infertility-but-the-effects-differed-for-men-and-women-238223/" aria-label="Read more about A new study has linked traffic noise and pollution to infertility – but the effects differed for men and women">Read more</a>
