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September 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Charl de Villiers, Professor of Accounting, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau As of last year, New Zealand’s largest companies and financial institutions have been required to disclose their climate-related risks and opportunities in their annual reports and regulatory filings. This follows a global trend for businesses ... <a title="Without sanctions, making companies disclose their environmental and social impacts has limited effect" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/02/without-sanctions-making-companies-disclose-their-environmental-and-social-impacts-has-limited-effect-237656/" aria-label="Read more about Without sanctions, making companies disclose their environmental and social impacts has limited effect">Read more</a>
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September 1, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shahram Akbarzadeh, Convenor of the Middle East Studies Forum (MESF), and Acting Director the Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University On August 27, Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, told the newly elected president, Masoud Pezeshkian, and his cabinet ... <a title="Is Iran’s anti-Israel and American rhetoric all bark and no bite?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/01/is-irans-anti-israel-and-american-rhetoric-all-bark-and-no-bite-237662/" aria-label="Read more about Is Iran’s anti-Israel and American rhetoric all bark and no bite?">Read more</a>
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August 31, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hrvoje Tkalčić, Professor, Head of Geophysics, Director of Warramunga Array, Australian National University Rost9 / Shutterstock About 2,890 kilometres beneath our feet lies a gigantic ball of liquid metal: our planet’s core. Scientists like me use the seismic waves created by earthquakes as a kind of ultrasound ... <a title="Seismic echoes reveal a mysterious ‘donut’ inside Earth’s core" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/31/seismic-echoes-reveal-a-mysterious-donut-inside-earths-core-237489/" aria-label="Read more about Seismic echoes reveal a mysterious ‘donut’ inside Earth’s core">Read more</a>
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August 30, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Inflation remains top of mind as the Reserve Bank of Australia continues to keep interest rates on hold at a time when the United States Federal Reserve signals that it will start cutting rates. One of the new lead architects ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Reserve Bank’s Andrew Hauser says don’t read too much for Australia from US rates message" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/30/politics-with-michelle-grattan-reserve-banks-andrew-hauser-says-dont-read-too-much-for-australia-from-us-rates-message-237470/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Reserve Bank’s Andrew Hauser says don’t read too much for Australia from US rates message">Read more</a>
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August 30, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Cairney, Professor and Head of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences; Director, The Queensland Centre for Olympic and Paralympic Studies, The University of Queensland The Paralympic Games, now a major global event, has a history rooted in rehabilitation. The first official Paralympic Games was held in Rome ... <a title="Technology has helped para athletes compete for decades. But it can also create an unfair advantage" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/30/technology-has-helped-para-athletes-compete-for-decades-but-it-can-also-create-an-unfair-advantage-237754/" aria-label="Read more about Technology has helped para athletes compete for decades. But it can also create an unfair advantage">Read more</a>
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August 30, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cameron Webb, Clinical Associate Professor and Principal Hospital Scientist, University of Sydney Blue jays are an important host of eastern equine encephalitis virus in the United States. Mathew Schwartz/Unsplash Health authorities in the United States are issuing warnings and closing public parks due to a rare but ... <a title="What is eastern equine encephalitis? Two mosquito researchers explain what’s behind the latest outbreaks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/30/what-is-eastern-equine-encephalitis-two-mosquito-researchers-explain-whats-behind-the-latest-outbreaks-237572/" aria-label="Read more about What is eastern equine encephalitis? Two mosquito researchers explain what’s behind the latest outbreaks">Read more</a>
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August 30, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kirsten Holmes, Professor, School of Management and Marketing, Curtin University The mega-event glow continues in Paris, with the 2024 Summer Paralympic Games now well underway. Some 4,400 athletes will take to the world stage to compete across 22 different sports. The Paris Paralympic Games have attracted a ... <a title="The Paralympics can be an economic boon for host cities – and leave a unique legacy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/30/the-paralympics-can-be-an-economic-boon-for-host-cities-and-leave-a-unique-legacy-237691/" aria-label="Read more about The Paralympics can be an economic boon for host cities – and leave a unique legacy">Read more</a>
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August 30, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Danielle Ireland-Piper, Associate Professor, ANU National Security College, Australian National University Shutterstock American conservative author and influencer Candace Owens has amassed millions of followers on YouTube and X for her controversial views. These include suggesting the Holocaust was “ethnic cleansing that almost took place”. She also recently ... <a title="US conservative Candace Owens is set to tour Australia. Can the government stop her?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/30/us-conservative-candace-owens-is-set-to-tour-australia-can-the-government-stop-her-237768/" aria-label="Read more about US conservative Candace Owens is set to tour Australia. Can the government stop her?">Read more</a>
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August 30, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robin Smit, Adjunct Professor, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney Australian transport emissions are still growing. As a result, transport is expected to be our biggest-emitting sector by 2030. So, cutting transport emissions is crucial to Australia’s net-zero strategy. Studies show electrifying passenger ... <a title="Wondering how to get from Brisbane to Melbourne without wrecking the climate? Our transport choices make a huge difference" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/30/wondering-how-to-get-from-brisbane-to-melbourne-without-wrecking-the-climate-our-transport-choices-make-a-huge-difference-237396/" aria-label="Read more about Wondering how to get from Brisbane to Melbourne without wrecking the climate? Our transport choices make a huge difference">Read more</a>
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August 30, 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 The United States presidential election will be held on November 5. In analyst Nate Silver’s aggregate of national polls, Democrat Kamala Harris leads Republican Donald Trump by ... <a title="Harris’ win probability falls slightly after Democratic convention and Kennedy withdrawal" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/30/harris-win-probability-falls-slightly-after-democratic-convention-and-kennedy-withdrawal-237642/" aria-label="Read more about Harris’ win probability falls slightly after Democratic convention and Kennedy withdrawal">Read more</a>
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August 30, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alina Ewald, Associate Lecturer in Psychological Sciences, Western Sydney University Natee Meepian/Shutterstock Despite a rise in dual-earner families in Australia and men wanting to be more engaged with their kids, there are still major hurdles preventing dads from fully embracing formalised flexible working arrangements such as part-time ... <a title="The balance battle: 5 reasons why dads are struggling with workplace flexibility" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/30/the-balance-battle-5-reasons-why-dads-are-struggling-with-workplace-flexibility-237317/" aria-label="Read more about The balance battle: 5 reasons why dads are struggling with workplace flexibility">Read more</a>
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August 30, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Konstantine Panegyres, McKenzie Postdoctoral Fellow, researching Greco-Roman antiquity, The University of Melbourne macondo/Shutterstock When we read about the lives of people from the ancient past, we naturally want to know what they looked like. But how do we find this out? In recent years, computer-assisted reconstructions of ... <a title="Computer ‘reconstructions’ of faces from ancient times are popular. But how reliable are they?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/30/computer-reconstructions-of-faces-from-ancient-times-are-popular-but-how-reliable-are-they-236516/" aria-label="Read more about Computer ‘reconstructions’ of faces from ancient times are popular. But how reliable are they?">Read more</a>
