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August 28, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Erin Roger, Sector Lead, Atlas of Living Australia, CSIRO Jodi Rowley Across Australia and around the world, citizen scientists are protecting species by recording sightings, surveying landscapes and collecting samples. No job is too big or too small. As wildlife ecologists, we are indebted to this army ... <a title="Citizen scientists can help save Australia’s threatened species if we give them more direction" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/28/citizen-scientists-can-help-save-australias-threatened-species-if-we-give-them-more-direction-231606/" aria-label="Read more about Citizen scientists can help save Australia’s threatened species if we give them more direction">Read more</a>
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August 28, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Susan Jordan, Associate Professor of Epidemiology, The University of Queensland Pexels/Andrea Piacquadio People who are taller are at greater risk of developing cancer. The World Cancer Research Fund reports there is strong evidence taller people have a higher chance of of developing cancer of the: pancreas large ... <a title="Why are tall people more likely to get cancer? What we know, don’t know and suspect" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/28/why-are-tall-people-more-likely-to-get-cancer-what-we-know-dont-know-and-suspect-235525/" aria-label="Read more about Why are tall people more likely to get cancer? What we know, don’t know and suspect">Read more</a>
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August 28, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Quiggin, Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland Andrey_Popov/Shutterstock There’s a paradox about the way we respond to threats to the cost of living. On one hand, governments put in place subsidies for things such as rent and electricity, as the federal government did in ... <a title="The RBA is making confusion about inflation and the cost of living even worse" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/28/the-rba-is-making-confusion-about-inflation-and-the-cost-of-living-even-worse-237241/" aria-label="Read more about The RBA is making confusion about inflation and the cost of living even worse">Read more</a>
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August 28, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Georgia Munro-Cook, Research Fellow in Sport and Disability, Griffith University Much has been written about the success of women athletes at the 2024 Paris games, dubbed the first gender-equal Olympics with equal numbers of men and women competing. However, the situation for the Paralympic games is much ... <a title="The Paris Olympics celebrated the gender-equal games. The picture isn’t so rosy for women Paralympians" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/28/the-paris-olympics-celebrated-the-gender-equal-games-the-picture-isnt-so-rosy-for-women-paralympians-235773/" aria-label="Read more about The Paris Olympics celebrated the gender-equal games. The picture isn’t so rosy for women Paralympians">Read more</a>
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August 28, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonathan Bartholomaeus, Lecturer, University of Adelaide The outcome of the referendum has been chalked up to deepening political polarisation, Australian’s entrenched racial prejudice and the rise of populism. In short, opposition to the Voice to Parliament has been characterised as a conservative populist backlash with racist undertones. ... <a title="It wasn’t just race and politics that motivated Voice to Parliament ‘no’ voters. Here’s what we found when we dug deeper" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/28/it-wasnt-just-race-and-politics-that-motivated-voice-to-parliament-no-voters-heres-what-we-found-when-we-dug-deeper-228006/" aria-label="Read more about It wasn’t just race and politics that motivated Voice to Parliament ‘no’ voters. Here’s what we found when we dug deeper">Read more</a>
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August 28, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Miranda Forsyth, Professor in the School of Regulation and Global Governance, Australian National University Papua New Guinea has had a difficult year, beginning with serious rioting and looting in the capital, Port Moresby, and several other towns. After a payroll glitch led to a stop-work action by ... <a title="PNG has had a horror year of conflict – but peace rarely comes through the barrel of a gun" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/28/png-has-had-a-horror-year-of-conflict-but-peace-rarely-comes-through-the-barrel-of-a-gun-236239/" aria-label="Read more about PNG has had a horror year of conflict – but peace rarely comes through the barrel of a gun">Read more</a>
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August 28, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Janine Swail, Senior lecturer, Department of Management and International Business, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau This year Aotearoa New Zealand saw the highest rate of business closures since 2015, with 10,662 companies removed from the Company’s Office quarterly register. During the second quarter of 2024, company ... <a title="Having it all is a myth: family and personal commitments are pushing women out of their own businesses" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/28/having-it-all-is-a-myth-family-and-personal-commitments-are-pushing-women-out-of-their-own-businesses-236501/" aria-label="Read more about Having it all is a myth: family and personal commitments are pushing women out of their own businesses">Read more</a>
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August 28, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sandra Peter, Director of Sydney Executive Plus, University of Sydney Jon Bilous/Shutterstock Imagine a group of young men gathered at a picturesque college campus in New England, in the United States, during the northern summer of 1956. It’s a small casual gathering. But the men are not ... <a title="AI was born at a US summer camp 68 years ago. Here’s why that event still matters today" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/28/ai-was-born-at-a-us-summer-camp-68-years-ago-heres-why-that-event-still-matters-today-237205/" aria-label="Read more about AI was born at a US summer camp 68 years ago. Here’s why that event still matters today">Read more</a>
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August 28, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Chad, Lecturer, Faculty of Business and Law, School of Business, University of Wollongong, University of Wollongong Shutterstock Wine is the most popular alcoholic drink in Australia. We have more than 2,100 local wineries, as well as copious amounts of imported wines. With so much to choose ... <a title="‘Expert’ wine reviews are often paid for. So should you trust them?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/28/expert-wine-reviews-are-often-paid-for-so-should-you-trust-them-237224/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Expert’ wine reviews are often paid for. So should you trust them?">Read more</a>
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August 28, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephanie Wescott, Lecturer in Humanities and Social Sciences, Monash University The UK government has recently announced a review into their counter-terrorism strategy, focussing on responses to “extremist ideologies”. This announcement named misogyny as one of its extremist ideological trends of interest. Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said: For ... <a title="Should misogyny be treated as a form of extremism?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/28/should-misogyny-be-treated-as-a-form-of-extremism-237229/" aria-label="Read more about Should misogyny be treated as a form of extremism?">Read more</a>
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August 28, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lauren Ball, Professor of Community Health and Wellbeing, The University of Queensland Halfpoint/Shutterstock The weight-loss drug Wegovy is now available in Australia. Wegovy is administered as a once-weekly injection and is approved specifically for weight management. It’s intended to be used in combination with a reduced-energy diet ... <a title="Considering taking Wegovy to lose weight? Here are the risks and benefits – and how it differs from Ozempic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/28/considering-taking-wegovy-to-lose-weight-here-are-the-risks-and-benefits-and-how-it-differs-from-ozempic-237308/" aria-label="Read more about Considering taking Wegovy to lose weight? Here are the risks and benefits – and how it differs from Ozempic">Read more</a>
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August 28, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alan Brent, Professor and Chair in Sustainable Energy Systems, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Getty Images The prime minister has called it an “energy security crisis” and signalled a review of New Zealand’s electricity market as wholesale prices spike and industries suffer. And he’s ... <a title="NZ energy crisis: electricity demand will jump as NZ decarbonises – can renewable generation keep up?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/28/nz-energy-crisis-electricity-demand-will-jump-as-nz-decarbonises-can-renewable-generation-keep-up-237320/" aria-label="Read more about NZ energy crisis: electricity demand will jump as NZ decarbonises – can renewable generation keep up?">Read more</a>
