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August 16, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben Fulcher, Senior Lecturer, School of Physics, University of Sydney Solarseven / Shutterstock According to the infamous myth, groups of lemmings sometimes run off cliffs to their collective doom. Imagine you are one of these rodents: on a sunny day you join your companions in a joyous ... <a title="Crashes, blackouts and climate tipping points: how can we tell when a system is close to the edge?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/16/crashes-blackouts-and-climate-tipping-points-how-can-we-tell-when-a-system-is-close-to-the-edge-236683/" aria-label="Read more about Crashes, blackouts and climate tipping points: how can we tell when a system is close to the edge?">Read more</a>
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August 16, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sam Sellar, Professor of Education Policy, University of South Australia Rawpixel.com/Shutterstock, CC BY This week, the national 2024 NAPLAN results were released. This was met with headlines raising alarm about one in three students not meeting literacy and numeracy standards. While these headlines may be worrying to ... <a title="How much should you read into your child’s NAPLAN report?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/16/how-much-should-you-read-into-your-childs-naplan-report-236884/" aria-label="Read more about How much should you read into your child’s NAPLAN report?">Read more</a>
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August 16, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christopher Whitehead, Lecturer in Law, Auckland University of Technology Getty Images After a series of natural disasters – from the Canterbury earthquakes to Cyclone Gabrielle – real doubt hangs over the insurance options available to some New Zealand homeowners. Increasingly, homes in certain areas are becoming uninsurable ... <a title="Some New Zealand homes are becoming uninsurable because of natural disasters – but all may not be lost" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/16/some-new-zealand-homes-are-becoming-uninsurable-because-of-natural-disasters-but-all-may-not-be-lost-235771/" aria-label="Read more about Some New Zealand homes are becoming uninsurable because of natural disasters – but all may not be lost">Read more</a>
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August 16, 2024
COMMENTARY: By Brittany Nawaqatabu in Suva Regional leaders will gather later this month in Tonga for the 53rd Pacific Islands Forum leaders meeting in Tonga and high on the agenda will be Japan’s dumping oftreated nuclear wastewater in the Pacific Ocean. A week ago on the 6 August 2024, the 79th anniversary of the atomic ... <a title="Brown’s ‘backflip’ over Japanese nuclear wastewater dump poses challenge for Forum" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/16/browns-backflip-over-japanese-nuclear-wastewater-dump-poses-challenge-for-forum/" aria-label="Read more about Brown’s ‘backflip’ over Japanese nuclear wastewater dump poses challenge for Forum">Read more</a>
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August 16, 2024
By Matilda Yates, Queensland University of Technology “From a white perspective it is journalism but for us, it is actually storytelling,” says Fiji student journalist Viliame Tawanakoro. “In the Pacific, we call it talanoa, it hasn’t changed the gist of journalism, but it has actually helped journalism as a whole because we have a way ... <a title="Fijian journalists use talanoa and tradition to find their voice" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/16/fijian-journalists-use-talanoa-and-tradition-to-find-their-voice/" aria-label="Read more about Fijian journalists use talanoa and tradition to find their voice">Read more</a>
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August 16, 2024
Analysis by Keith Rankin Wednesday I wrote Department of Mum and Dad (Scoop 14 Aug 2024, or here on Evening Report). I finished by saying that, today, “I will propose a simple affordable solution which better fits centre-right than centre-left philosophies”. Here goes. My proposal is to pay a personal tax credit of $150 per ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – A Personal Tax Credit (PTC) of $150 for New Zealand" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/16/keith-rankin-analysis-a-personal-tax-credit-ptc-of-150-for-new-zealand/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – A Personal Tax Credit (PTC) of $150 for New Zealand">Read more</a>
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August 16, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jenny Doust, Clinical Professorial Research Fellow, Australian Women and Girls’ Health Research Centre, The University of Queensland Ground Picture/Shutterstock Ovarian cancers are often found when they are already advanced and hard to treat. Researchers have long believed this was because women first experienced symptoms when ovarian cancer ... <a title="Ovarian cancer is hard to detect. Focusing on these 4 symptoms can help with diagnosis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/16/ovarian-cancer-is-hard-to-detect-focusing-on-these-4-symptoms-can-help-with-diagnosis-236775/" aria-label="Read more about Ovarian cancer is hard to detect. Focusing on these 4 symptoms can help with diagnosis">Read more</a>
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August 16, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Stevenson, Professor of Urban Transport and Public Health, The University of Melbourne Melbourne City Council voted to break its contracts with operators of shared e‑scooter schemes this week, citing safety concerns. It seems these concerns have usurped the long-term transport and environmental gains from moving towards ... <a title="Why Melbourne’s e-scooter ban is a wrong turn away from safe, sustainable transport" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/16/why-melbournes-e-scooter-ban-is-a-wrong-turn-away-from-safe-sustainable-transport-236781/" aria-label="Read more about Why Melbourne’s e-scooter ban is a wrong turn away from safe, sustainable transport">Read more</a>
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August 16, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew J. Martin, Scientia Professor and Professor of Educational Psychology, UNSW Sydney Rawpixel.com/Shutterstock, CC BY Adolescence is often characterised as a time of “storm and stress”. Young people are dealing with physical and cognitive changes and, as they move from childhood, can become increasingly distant from the ... <a title="Teenagers’ motivation dips in high school. But research shows supportive teachers can really help" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/16/teenagers-motivation-dips-in-high-school-but-research-shows-supportive-teachers-can-really-help-236585/" aria-label="Read more about Teenagers’ motivation dips in high school. But research shows supportive teachers can really help">Read more</a>
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August 16, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tanya Fiedler, Scientia Senior Lecturer (Climate Accounting), UNSW Sydney What will our climate look like in the future? It is hard to overstate not only the importance of answering this question, but also the challenges involved in doing so. We know the climate is changing rapidly. But ... <a title="It’s too hard to make business decisions in the face of climate uncertainty – here’s how ‘storylines’ could help" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/16/its-too-hard-to-make-business-decisions-in-the-face-of-climate-uncertainty-heres-how-storylines-could-help-236588/" aria-label="Read more about It’s too hard to make business decisions in the face of climate uncertainty – here’s how ‘storylines’ could help">Read more</a>
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August 15, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Peter Dutton is 100% signed up to the position of Israel in the Middle East conflict. Immigration minister Tony Burke has an electorate with the second largest Muslim community of any seat in the country. Dutton and Burke this week ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Peter Dutton inflames debate around visas for Palestinians fleeing Gaza" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/15/grattan-on-friday-peter-dutton-inflames-debate-around-visas-for-palestinians-fleeing-gaza-236868/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Peter Dutton inflames debate around visas for Palestinians fleeing Gaza">Read more</a>
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August 15, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Cost of living remains at the top of people’s minds as inflation stays sticky. With an election in less than a year, the government has been doing what it can to address some of the pressures. But the Reserve Bank ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Jim Chalmers flags deal on Reserve Bank’s new structure is close" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/15/politics-with-michelle-grattan-jim-chalmers-flags-deal-on-reserve-banks-new-structure-is-close-236879/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Jim Chalmers flags deal on Reserve Bank’s new structure is close">Read more</a>
