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June 26, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lester Munson, Non-Resident Fellow, United States Studies Centre, University of Sydney As incumbent President Joe Biden and his Republican challenger, Donald Trump, prepare for their first debate later this week, one big question hangs over the US presidential race: who will Trump pick as his vice-presidential running ... <a title="Why Trump’s best chance of winning the US election might be tapping a once-bitter rival as his vice president" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/26/why-trumps-best-chance-of-winning-the-us-election-might-be-tapping-a-once-bitter-rival-as-his-vice-president-233097/" aria-label="Read more about Why Trump’s best chance of winning the US election might be tapping a once-bitter rival as his vice president">Read more</a>
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June 26, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Ricketson, Professor of Communication, Deakin University “The price of freedom is eternal vigilance” is a famous quotation usually attributed to Thomas Jefferson, a founder of US democracy. For Julian Assange, the price of freedom has been five years in jail while he fought extradition to the ... <a title="Julian Assange has been in the headlines for almost two decades. Here’s why he’s such a significant public figure" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/26/julian-assange-has-been-in-the-headlines-for-almost-two-decades-heres-why-hes-such-a-significant-public-figure-233232/" aria-label="Read more about Julian Assange has been in the headlines for almost two decades. Here’s why he’s such a significant public figure">Read more</a>
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June 26, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Leila Jameel, Trial Co-ordinator and Research Therapist, Swinburne University of Technology Rawpixel/Shutterstock Have you ever heard something that others cannot – such as your name being called? Hearing voices or other noises that aren’t there is very common. About 10% of people report experiencing auditory hallucinations at ... <a title="Hearing voices is common and can be distressing. Virtual reality might help us meet and ‘treat’ them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/26/hearing-voices-is-common-and-can-be-distressing-virtual-reality-might-help-us-meet-and-treat-them-230972/" aria-label="Read more about Hearing voices is common and can be distressing. Virtual reality might help us meet and ‘treat’ them">Read more</a>
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June 26, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dylan McConnell, Senior Research Associate, Renewable Energy & Energy Systems Analyst, UNSW Sydney Teun van den Dries/Shutterstock Coal will no longer be burned for power in Australia within 14 years. To replace it will require faster deployment of solar and wind, storage, new transmission lines and some ... <a title="Coal-free in 14 years as renewables rush in: new blueprint shows how to green the grid – without nuclear" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/26/coal-free-in-14-years-as-renewables-rush-in-new-blueprint-shows-how-to-green-the-grid-without-nuclear-232985/" aria-label="Read more about Coal-free in 14 years as renewables rush in: new blueprint shows how to green the grid – without nuclear">Read more</a>
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June 26, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Kidson, Senior Lecturer in Educational Leadership, Australian Catholic University Yan Krukov/Pexels , CC BY New South Wales private school teachers are pushing for a pay rise with the help of their union. One of the main arguments is their pay should be higher than that of ... <a title="Why are private school teachers paid more than their public colleagues?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/26/why-are-private-school-teachers-paid-more-than-their-public-colleagues-233209/" aria-label="Read more about Why are private school teachers paid more than their public colleagues?">Read more</a>
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June 26, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sam Whiting, Lecturer – Creative Industries, University of South Australia On June 12, Sydney musician and software engineer Harrison Khannah launched Triple J Watchdog, a website dedicated to aggregating and analysing the music played on Australia’s national youth broadcaster Triple J. The site currently displays data from ... <a title="Australia’s music artists are in dire straits – yet taxpayer-funded Triple J won’t shake its commercial flavour" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/26/australias-music-artists-are-in-dire-straits-yet-taxpayer-funded-triple-j-wont-shake-its-commercial-flavour-233093/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s music artists are in dire straits – yet taxpayer-funded Triple J won’t shake its commercial flavour">Read more</a>
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June 26, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hamish Wilson, Associate Professor in General Practice, University of Otago Shutterstock/Anucha Naisuntorn The emergence of Long COVID as a mysterious new illness has refocused attention on the incapacitating nature of persistent fatigue. Around the world, this unexpected outcome of the pandemic is now a significant health issue ... <a title="Success in treating persistent pain now offers hope for those with Long COVID" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/26/success-in-treating-persistent-pain-now-offers-hope-for-those-with-long-covid-232897/" aria-label="Read more about Success in treating persistent pain now offers hope for those with Long COVID">Read more</a>
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June 26, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jamie Thwin, PhD Student (Tax Law), Griffith University SewCreamStudio/Shutterstock This article is part of The Conversation’s “Business Basics” series where we ask experts to discuss key concepts in business, economics and finance. Many of us associate trust funds with their depictions in popular culture – tools used ... <a title="What are family trusts?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/26/what-are-family-trusts-232601/" aria-label="Read more about What are family trusts?">Read more</a>
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June 26, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Laura A. Reese, Professor Emeritus of Urban and Regional Planning, Michigan State University Nearly two-thirds of U.S. households have at least one pet. More than ever before, companion animals are a part of life – particularly in cities, where the majority of Americans live. Cities offer access ... <a title="When people are under economic stress, their pets suffer too – we found parts of Detroit that are animal welfare deserts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/26/when-people-are-under-economic-stress-their-pets-suffer-too-we-found-parts-of-detroit-that-are-animal-welfare-deserts-226079/" aria-label="Read more about When people are under economic stress, their pets suffer too – we found parts of Detroit that are animal welfare deserts">Read more</a>
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June 26, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Right now things feel awful. Tuesday’s Westpac Melbourne Institute survey shows three times as many Australians say their finances have worsened than say they’ve got better, and twice as many think the economy is getting ... <a title="The good news is the Australian economy is about to turn up. Here’s why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/26/the-good-news-is-the-australian-economy-is-about-to-turn-up-heres-why-233141/" aria-label="Read more about The good news is the Australian economy is about to turn up. Here’s why">Read more</a>
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June 26, 2024
The president of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) has welcomed the launch of a new political front, urging support for this new initiative on the “roadmap to liberation”. Benny Wenda said the launch of the West Papua People’s Liberation Front (GR-PWP) was a new popular movement formed to execute the national agenda ... <a title="Benny Wenda’s plea to back new West Papuan ‘liberation front’ for freedom" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/26/benny-wendas-plea-to-back-new-west-papuan-liberation-front-for-freedom/" aria-label="Read more about Benny Wenda’s plea to back new West Papuan ‘liberation front’ for freedom">Read more</a>
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June 25, 2024
Pacific Media Watch The reported plea bargain between WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and the United States government brings to a close one of the darkest periods in the history of media freedom, says the union for Australian journalists. While the details of the deal are still to be confirmed, MEAA welcomed the release of Assange, ... <a title="Plea deal ends personal ordeal for Julian Assange, but still media freedom concerns, says MEAA" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/25/plea-deal-ends-personal-ordeal-for-julian-assange-but-still-media-freedom-concerns-says-meaa/" aria-label="Read more about Plea deal ends personal ordeal for Julian Assange, but still media freedom concerns, says MEAA">Read more</a>
