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July 5, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben Wellings, Associate Professor in Politics and International Relations, Monash University This is a historic moment in British politics. It’s a huge win for Labour. It’s a historic loss for the Conservatives. It also seems to have been the product of one of the lowest turnouts in ... <a title="Keir Starmer’s Labour Party has a thumping election win – what does it mean for the UK and the rest of the world?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/05/keir-starmers-labour-party-has-a-thumping-election-win-what-does-it-mean-for-the-uk-and-the-rest-of-the-world-232174/" aria-label="Read more about Keir Starmer’s Labour Party has a thumping election win – what does it mean for the UK and the rest of the world?">Read more</a>
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July 5, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew King, Senior Lecturer in Climate Science, The University of Melbourne People living in southern Australia won’t have failed to notice how cold it is. Frosty nights and chilly days have been the weather for many of us since the start of July. As winter continues, we ... <a title="Southern Australia is freezing. How can it be so cold in a warming climate?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/05/southern-australia-is-freezing-how-can-it-be-so-cold-in-a-warming-climate-233977/" aria-label="Read more about Southern Australia is freezing. How can it be so cold in a warming climate?">Read more</a>
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July 5, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gary Sacks, Professor of Public Health Policy, Deakin University benjamas11/Shutterstock There are renewed calls this week for the Australian government to implement a range of measures aimed at improving our diets. These include restrictions on junk food advertising, improvements to food labelling, and a levy on sugary ... <a title="From banning junk food ads to a sugar tax: with diabetes on the rise, we can’t afford to ignore the evidence any longer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/05/from-banning-junk-food-ads-to-a-sugar-tax-with-diabetes-on-the-rise-we-cant-afford-to-ignore-the-evidence-any-longer-233976/" aria-label="Read more about From banning junk food ads to a sugar tax: with diabetes on the rise, we can’t afford to ignore the evidence any longer">Read more</a>
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July 5, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jane McMahon, Research Associate, Discipline of Archaeology, University of Sydney Thalia Nitz/University of Sydney To date, little has been known about people living in north-western Saudi Arabia during the Neolithic – the period traditionally defined by the shift to humans controlling food production and settling into communities ... <a title="A struggling people languishing across barren lands? No, evidence shows life in ancient Saudi Arabia was complex and thriving" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/05/a-struggling-people-languishing-across-barren-lands-no-evidence-shows-life-in-ancient-saudi-arabia-was-complex-and-thriving-233560/" aria-label="Read more about A struggling people languishing across barren lands? No, evidence shows life in ancient Saudi Arabia was complex and thriving">Read more</a>
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July 5, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anthony Veal, Adjunct Professor, Business School, University of Technology Sydney Growing populations and housing shortages are affecting cities worldwide, including in Australia. It’s driving them to adopt high-density development near public transport hubs instead of endless suburban sprawl on city fringes. In Sydney, the state government has ... <a title="How to ensure higher-density housing developments still have enough space for residents’ recreation needs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/05/how-to-ensure-higher-density-housing-developments-still-have-enough-space-for-residents-recreation-needs-228791/" aria-label="Read more about How to ensure higher-density housing developments still have enough space for residents’ recreation needs">Read more</a>
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July 5, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Gillespie, Professor of Law, University of Waikato An early Rocket Lab launch from Mahia Peninsula, 2017. Getty Images News of a potential new rocket launch site in Canterbury has largely been enthusiastically received. Boosts to the regional and national economies, and to New Zealand’s competitiveness in ... <a title="NZ’s commercial rocket industry is taking off, but national space law needs a boost" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/05/nzs-commercial-rocket-industry-is-taking-off-but-national-space-law-needs-a-boost-233969/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s commercial rocket industry is taking off, but national space law needs a boost">Read more</a>
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July 5, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Tuffley, Senior Lecturer in Applied Ethics & CyberSecurity, Griffith University PopTika/Shutterstock Amazon has secured a A$2 billion contract with the Australian Signals Directorate – the agency responsible for foreign signals intelligence and information security. A local subsidiary of Amazon Web Services will build a Top Secret ... <a title="Why is Amazon building a ‘top secret’ $2 billion cloud for Australia’s military intelligence?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/05/why-is-amazon-building-a-top-secret-2billion-cloud-for-australias-military-intelligence-233984/" aria-label="Read more about Why is Amazon building a ‘top secret’ $2 billion cloud for Australia’s military intelligence?">Read more</a>
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July 5, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Levinson, Professor of Transport, University of Sydney There’s nothing wrong with tolls on roads. Designed well, they can both pay for roads and ensure they are used efficiently. Without tolls, drivers considering whether or not to travel on particular roads at particular times need only consider ... <a title="Toll roads charge too much yet we don’t have enough of them. To fix both things, NSW should buy their private owners" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/05/toll-roads-charge-too-much-yet-we-dont-have-enough-of-them-to-fix-both-things-nsw-should-buy-their-private-owners-229124/" aria-label="Read more about Toll roads charge too much yet we don’t have enough of them. To fix both things, NSW should buy their private owners">Read more</a>
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July 5, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris Martin, Senior Research Fellow, City Futures Research Centre, UNSW Sydney Shutterstock There’s a new bill before federal parliament calling for housing to be considered a fundamental human right. The bill, introduced last week by independent federal parliamentarians Kylea Tink and David Pocock, would require the government ... <a title="A new bill is proposing a human right to housing. How would this work?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/05/a-new-bill-is-proposing-a-human-right-to-housing-how-would-this-work-233327/" aria-label="Read more about A new bill is proposing a human right to housing. How would this work?">Read more</a>
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July 5, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hussein Dia, Professor of Future Urban Mobility, Swinburne University of Technology Trygve Finkelsen/Shutterstock Transport is Australia’s third-largest and fastest-growing source of emissions, accounting for 23% of the total. Without intervention, transport is expected to be the leading source of emissions by 2030. Transport emissions increased by 3.6% ... <a title="Why electric beats hydrogen in the race to decarbonise freight vehicles in Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/05/why-electric-beats-hydrogen-in-the-race-to-decarbonise-freight-vehicles-in-australia-233343/" aria-label="Read more about Why electric beats hydrogen in the race to decarbonise freight vehicles in Australia">Read more</a>
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July 5, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonathan Karnon, Professor of Health Economics, Flinders University Nils Versemann/Shutterstock We’ve seen countless media reports in recent days, weeks and months about the ramping of ambulances at hospital emergency departments (EDs) around Australia. Ambulance ramping occurs when paramedics are made to wait at the hospital’s entrance and ... <a title="Ambulance ramping is getting worse in Australia. Here’s why – and what we can do about it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/05/ambulance-ramping-is-getting-worse-in-australia-heres-why-and-what-we-can-do-about-it-232720/" aria-label="Read more about Ambulance ramping is getting worse in Australia. Here’s why – and what we can do about it">Read more</a>
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July 5, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca Trelease, Senior Lecturer in Communication Studies, Auckland University of Technology Still from Terrace House: Opening New Doors. Netflix Often when we think about reality TV, we think about mess, conflict and scandal – three things usually grouped under the umbrella term of “drama”. Sometimes the drama ... <a title="Sick of toxic TV? Here are 7 reality shows that don’t rely on the ‘villain edit’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/05/sick-of-toxic-tv-here-are-7-reality-shows-that-dont-rely-on-the-villain-edit-233238/" aria-label="Read more about Sick of toxic TV? Here are 7 reality shows that don’t rely on the ‘villain edit’">Read more</a>
