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July 31, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Skye McGregor, Epidemiologist, The Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney Shutterstock Data just published online shows a worrying increase in infectious syphilis cases in women living in Australia aged 15–44 (referred to as “reproductive age”) and a subsequent rise in transmission from pregnant parent to child. This is called ... <a title="Babies infected with syphilis are part of a growing tragedy – one that could be easily prevented" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/31/babies-infected-with-syphilis-are-part-of-a-growing-tragedy-one-that-could-be-easily-prevented-200733/" aria-label="Read more about Babies infected with syphilis are part of a growing tragedy – one that could be easily prevented">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2024
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific Journalist The Chief Administrator of the Federated States of Micronesia’s most remote island is calling on senators in the Congress to approve funds to build a major seawall. Solomon Lowson says Kapingamarangi Atoll, which has a population of about 500, has been battered by climate-related disasters for decades. “Without seawall, ... <a title="‘Hit by tidal wave’ – remote FSM atoll calls for seawall" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/31/hit-by-tidal-wave-remote-fsm-atoll-calls-for-seawall/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Hit by tidal wave’ – remote FSM atoll calls for seawall">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2024
Analysis by Keith Rankin. The above chart shows CPI inflation in New Zealand in historical context. The chart shows (in orange) the present policy target band of one to three percent annual inflation. And it shows the ‘home-ownership’ component of the CPI. The chart looks different to most charts of CPI inflation, because it uses ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – New Zealand’s Consumers Price Index: CPI Inflation past and present" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/31/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-new-zealands-consumers-price-index-cpi-inflation-past-and-present/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – New Zealand’s Consumers Price Index: CPI Inflation past and present">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Natasha Yates, General Practitioner, PhD Candidate, Bond University Andrea Piacquadio/Pexels You wake with a sore throat and realise you are sick. Is this going to be a two-day or a two-week illness? Should you go to a doctor or just go to bed? Most respiratory illnesses have ... <a title="I feel sick. How do I know if I have the flu, COVID, RSV or something else?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/31/i-feel-sick-how-do-i-know-if-i-have-the-flu-covid-rsv-or-something-else-234266/" aria-label="Read more about I feel sick. How do I know if I have the flu, COVID, RSV or something else?">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma Rowe, Senior Research Fellow, School of Education, Deakin University Gaudi Lab/Shutterstock Australians know public schools are underfunded. There are media reports of schools needing to fundraise to build essential infrastructure such as school halls and provide playground shade cloths and textbooks. This comes alongside other reports ... <a title="‘Very frustrating’: for public school principals, applying for grants is now a big part of their job" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/31/very-frustrating-for-public-school-principals-applying-for-grants-is-now-a-big-part-of-their-job-235664/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Very frustrating’: for public school principals, applying for grants is now a big part of their job">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Eleanor K. Sansom, Research Associate, Curtin University Artist impression of ESA’s Hera mission to Didymos and Dimorphos. ESA/Science Office NASA’s DART mission – Double Asteroid Redirection Test – was humanity’s first real-world planetary defence mission. In September 2022, the DART spacecraft smashed into the companion “moon” of ... <a title="NASA smacked a spacecraft into an asteroid – and learned details about its 12-million-year history" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/31/nasa-smacked-a-spacecraft-into-an-asteroid-and-learned-details-about-its-12-million-year-history-235684/" aria-label="Read more about NASA smacked a spacecraft into an asteroid – and learned details about its 12-million-year history">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lesley Hughes, Professor Emerita, Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University One of the most significant achievements of the 26th United Nations climate conference in Glasgow (COP26) three years ago was the launch of the Global Methane Pledge. The goal is to reduce global methane emissions at least ... <a title="Methane is turbocharging unnatural disasters – Australia must get serious about reducing emissions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/31/methane-is-turbocharging-unnatural-disasters-australia-must-get-serious-about-reducing-emissions-234480/" aria-label="Read more about Methane is turbocharging unnatural disasters – Australia must get serious about reducing emissions">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Carly Tozer, Senior Research Scientist, CSIRO In the past few years in Australia, seasonal rainfall and temperatures have left a lot of people confused. Sometimes, the hot, dry conditions usually associated with an El Niño have not eventuated. Similarly, there have been years where a La Niña ... <a title="Is Australia’s climate confusing you? Here’s why rainfall and temperatures don’t always behave as expected" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/31/is-australias-climate-confusing-you-heres-why-rainfall-and-temperatures-dont-always-behave-as-expected-233345/" aria-label="Read more about Is Australia’s climate confusing you? Here’s why rainfall and temperatures don’t always behave as expected">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Levon Ellen Blue, Associate professor, The University of Queensland Velishchuk Yevhen/Shutterstock Cryptocurrencies and other digital assets have enjoyed an astonishing rise into mainstream consciousness in recent years. Despite all the hype – perhaps partly because of it – investing in them can still expose us to serious ... <a title="Think you’re immune to crypto scams? You might be more at risk than you realise" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/31/think-youre-immune-to-crypto-scams-you-might-be-more-at-risk-than-you-realise-235667/" aria-label="Read more about Think you’re immune to crypto scams? You might be more at risk than you realise">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris McMillan, Professional Teaching Fellow in Sociology, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Getty Images It’s one thing to aspire to be the “greenest games in history”, quite another to achieve it. While the Paris Olympics are responding to the threat to sport from the climate crisis, ... <a title="As the Paris Olympics try to go green, NZ sports bodies are stuck in the starting blocks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/31/as-the-paris-olympics-try-to-go-green-nz-sports-bodies-are-stuck-in-the-starting-blocks-235094/" aria-label="Read more about As the Paris Olympics try to go green, NZ sports bodies are stuck in the starting blocks">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2024
By Stephen Wright in Kingston, Jamaica Vanuatu has taken a leading role in a bloc of nations fighting to keep marine environment protection on the main agenda of the UN organisation responsible for developing global regulations for seabed mining. The assembly of the Kingston-based International Seabed Authority is meeting this week with a packed programme, ... <a title="Vanuatu fights for marine protection at key UN deep-sea mining summit" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/31/vanuatu-fights-for-marine-protection-at-key-un-deep-sea-mining-summit/" aria-label="Read more about Vanuatu fights for marine protection at key UN deep-sea mining summit">Read more</a>
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July 30, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University The inflation figure due to be released to is different than most. It’s focusing the minds of politicians as well as economists. Inflation has been falling for the past five quarters, getting closer and closer ... <a title="Why the RBA is highly unlikely to lift interest rates next week, even if inflation climbs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/30/why-the-rba-is-highly-unlikely-to-lift-interest-rates-next-week-even-if-inflation-climbs-235683/" aria-label="Read more about Why the RBA is highly unlikely to lift interest rates next week, even if inflation climbs">Read more</a>
