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September 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Treasurer Jim Chalmers mightn’t have expected his weekend comment – made ahead of expected low growth figures later this week – that interest rate rises were “smashing” the Australian economy to set off the reaction it has. After all, it’s ... <a title="View from The Hill: Australians don’t need to be told high interest rates are ‘smashing’ the economy, but is there an alternative?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/02/view-from-the-hill-australians-dont-need-to-be-told-high-interest-rates-are-smashing-the-economy-but-is-there-an-alternative-237969/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Australians don’t need to be told high interest rates are ‘smashing’ the economy, but is there an alternative?">Read more</a>
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September 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christian Moro, Associate Professor of Science & Medicine, Bond University Brent Hofacker/Shutterstock Still or sparkling? It’s a question you’ll commonly hear in a café or restaurant and you probably have a preference. But is there any difference for your health? If you love the fizz, here’s why ... <a title="Is still water better for you than sparkling water?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/02/is-still-water-better-for-you-than-sparkling-water-237125/" aria-label="Read more about Is still water better for you than sparkling water?">Read more</a>
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September 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gregory Moore, Senior Research Associate, School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences, The University of Melbourne Winter has ended dramatically across Australia’s southern states, as fierce winds and storms usher in spring. Over the weekend, intense winds from a powerful cold front brought down trees, damaged powerlines, brought ... <a title="Worried about your trees after the windstorms? Here are 7 signs you might be at risk" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/02/worried-about-your-trees-after-the-windstorms-here-are-7-signs-you-might-be-at-risk-237963/" aria-label="Read more about Worried about your trees after the windstorms? Here are 7 signs you might be at risk">Read more</a>
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September 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Simon, Adjunct Fellow in Economics, Macquarie University, Macquarie University How can we tell if the Reserve Bank of Australia – which sets the interest rates that shape our national and household budgets – is doing a good job? That’s partly what the Albanese government set out ... <a title="After working for the RBA for 30 years, here’s how I’d make it more accountable" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/02/after-working-for-the-rba-for-30-years-heres-how-id-make-it-more-accountable-237958/" aria-label="Read more about After working for the RBA for 30 years, here’s how I’d make it more accountable">Read more</a>
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September 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alistair Harvey, UQ Amplify Research Fellow, The University of Queensland The full significance of Harry Mosby’s silver-medal win in the men’s discus at the 1976 Paralympic Games in Canada was unrecognised for 45 years: Paralympics Australia thought he was a Western Australian. In truth, Mosby was a ... <a title="What a ‘forgotten’ Torres Strait Island Paralympian teaches us about representation, achievement and history" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/02/what-a-forgotten-torres-strait-island-paralympian-teaches-us-about-representation-achievement-and-history-232587/" aria-label="Read more about What a ‘forgotten’ Torres Strait Island Paralympian teaches us about representation, achievement and history">Read more</a>
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September 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Heidi Norman, Professor, Faculty of Arts, Design and Architecture, Convenor: Indigenous Land & Justice Research Group, UNSW Sydney In August, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese attended the Garma Festival and announced the government’s new Indigenous policy direction. This agenda rises from the ashes of the Voice to Parliament ... <a title="Truth telling or economic development? To deliver for Indigenous people, the government must do both" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/02/truth-telling-or-economic-development-to-deliver-for-indigenous-people-the-government-must-do-both-236397/" aria-label="Read more about Truth telling or economic development? To deliver for Indigenous people, the government must do both">Read more</a>
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September 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dominic O’Sullivan, Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences, Auckland University of Technology, and Professor of Political Science, Charles Sturt University Mouners gather at Turangawaewae Marae, August 30. Getty Images The numbers attending the tangihanga for Kīngi Tūheitia Pōtatau Te Wherowhero VII attest not only to ... <a title="‘Room for everyone’: how Kīngi Tūheitia’s message of unity offered an alternative to divisive Treaty politics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/02/room-for-everyone-how-kingi-tuheitias-message-of-unity-offered-an-alternative-to-divisive-treaty-politics-237852/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Room for everyone’: how Kīngi Tūheitia’s message of unity offered an alternative to divisive Treaty politics">Read more</a>
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September 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne A national Newspoll, conducted August 26–30 from a sample of 1,263, had a 50–50 two-party tie between Labor and the Coalition, unchanged from the previous Newspoll three ... <a title="Newspoll remains tied at 50–50, but Albanese’s net approval slumps" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/02/newspoll-remains-tied-at-50-50-but-albaneses-net-approval-slumps-237549/" aria-label="Read more about Newspoll remains tied at 50–50, but Albanese’s net approval slumps">Read more</a>
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September 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sam Bennett, Disability Program Director, Grattan Institute Reshetnikov_art/Shutterstock The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) is transforming the lives of hundreds of thousands of Australians with disability. For the first time, many can get the help they need to live more independently and be part of society. And ... <a title="The NDIS is failing profoundly disabled people who are stuck in group homes. Here’s how to fix this" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/02/the-ndis-is-failing-profoundly-disabled-people-who-are-stuck-in-group-homes-heres-how-to-fix-this-237744/" aria-label="Read more about The NDIS is failing profoundly disabled people who are stuck in group homes. Here’s how to fix this">Read more</a>
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September 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Bowman, Professor of Pyrogeography and Fire Science, University of Tasmania Heavy winds struck south-east Australia over the weekend as a series of cold fronts moved across the continent. It followed a high fire danger in Sydney and other parts of New South Wales last week, and ... <a title="‘It’s time to give up on normal’: what winter’s weird weather means for the warm months ahead" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/02/its-time-to-give-up-on-normal-what-winters-weird-weather-means-for-the-warm-months-ahead-237857/" aria-label="Read more about ‘It’s time to give up on normal’: what winter’s weird weather means for the warm months ahead">Read more</a>
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September 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Felicity Roux, Researcher, Curtin Medical School, Curtin University ClareM/Shutterstock , CC BY It is important for everyone – but especially girls, women and people who menstruate – to understand how ovulation and menstruation work. The menstrual cycle is a key indicator of overall health and sadly, issues ... <a title="We found teenage girls don’t know vulvas from vaginas or when their menstrual cycle starts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/02/we-found-teenage-girls-dont-know-vulvas-from-vaginas-or-when-their-menstrual-cycle-starts-237767/" aria-label="Read more about We found teenage girls don’t know vulvas from vaginas or when their menstrual cycle starts">Read more</a>
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September 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard O’Quinn, Lecturer in Management & Leadership, The University of Queensland Australia is home to almost half a million military veterans, most of whom are in the workforce. But most – around 60% – live with long-term health problems. About half of these face enduring mental health ... <a title="Military veterans with PTSD face an agonising choice: the stigma of declaring it to employers or being denied support" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/02/military-veterans-with-ptsd-face-an-agonising-choice-the-stigma-of-declaring-it-to-employers-or-being-denied-support-237156/" aria-label="Read more about Military veterans with PTSD face an agonising choice: the stigma of declaring it to employers or being denied support">Read more</a>
