New Report Reveals Grim Lack Of Progress To Cut Overrepresentation Of Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Kids In Out-Of-Home-Care

(MENAFN - The Conversation) The latest family matters report reveals a grim lack of progress to eliminate the overrepresentation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in out-of-home ...
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'He Was Woeful': In Bulldozed, Niki Savva Catalogues Scott Morrison's Nasty, Duplicitous, Nutty Behaviour

(MENAFN - The Conversation) Niki Savva doesn't like Scott Morrison. In the very first chapter of Bulldozed, she describes him as–petty and vindictive.– Savva was just warming up. After the ...
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South Africa's Intelligence Watchdog Is Failing Civil Society. How To Restore Its Credibility

(MENAFN - The Conversation) In October, South African president Cyril Ramaphosa and his cabinet committed to a range of reforms to the country's intelligence services. He based these reforms on ...
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Ending HIV As A Public Health Threat 3 Essential Reads

(MENAFN - The Conversation) In 2014 the United Nations set an ambitious goal : to end the AIDS pandemic by the year 2030. There have been significant advances in HIV treatment and prevention. ...
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Word From The Hill: Federal Parliament's 'Salt Mines' Final Week

(MENAFN - The Conversation) As well as her interviews with politicians and experts, Politics with Michelle Grattan includes–Word from The Hill–, where she discusses the news with members of The ...
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Curious Kids: What Would Happen If All Animals On Earth Were Herbivores?

(MENAFN - The Conversation) What would happen if all animals on Earth were herbivores? – Molly, age 9, Melbourne MENAFN30112022000199003603ID1105245343 ...
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Christmas Ransom: I Quite Enjoyed Watching This (Terrible) New Aussie Christmas Film

(MENAFN - The Conversation) There's something about the wintry quality of so much Christmas iconography – snow, mistletoe, fireplaces – that just doesn't gel with the Southern hemisphere. So it's ...
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How Australian Economist Sean Turnell Came To Be In And Freed From A Myanmar Jail

(MENAFN - The Conversation) Macquarie University economist Sean Turnell is free and living in Sydney after 650 days of imprisonment in Myanmar, for what appears to be the–crime– of doing an ...
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Albanese Insists Voice Will Help 'Close The Gap', As Divisions Flare In Nationals

(MENAFN - The Conversation) As the Indigenous Voice provoked divisions in the Nationals, Anthony Albanese rejected the party's claim it wouldn't help–close the gap– for First Nations Australians. ...
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We All Know The Great Barrier Reef Is In Danger The UN Has Just Confirmed It. Again

(MENAFN - The Conversation) You might be forgiven for thinking it's Groundhog Day reading headlines about the Great Barrier Reef potentially being listed on the World Heritage–in danger– list. ...
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At-Home DNA Tests Just Aren't That Reliable And The Risks May Outweigh The Benefits

(MENAFN - The Conversation) The field of genomic science is rapidly advancing, with commercial genetic tests becoming affordable and popular . Taking these tests is simple. The company sends you a ...
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Nationals Declare They Will Oppose The 'Voice' Referendum

(MENAFN - The Conversation) The government's bid to pass a referendum to enshrine an Indigenous Voice in the constitution has been dealt a blow, with the Nationals announcing they will oppose it. ...
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Iran asks US President a sarcastic question

(MENAFN) Iran–s Foreign Ministry spokesman lashed out at a statement by President Joe Biden that the U.S. is "standing with" Iranian women, derisively asking Biden –did your Max Sanx excluded ...
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COP27 'Loss And Damage' Fund: A Historic Decision Amid Discouraging Results

(MENAFN - The Conversation) The recent cop27 climate conference was billed as the moment to implement the climate change commitments states made at cop21 , held in Paris in December 2015. COP27 ...
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View From The Hill: Welfare Recipients Are Potential Winners From Pocock Twisting Albanese's Arm

(MENAFN - The Conversation) Anthony Albanese is about to end the year with his industrial relations legislation through and parliament formally lambasting Scott Morrison. Additionally, Victorian ...
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Media Go For Drama On Victorian Election - And Miss The Story

(MENAFN - The Conversation) For the best part of two weeks, Victorian voters were told by the media that the election on November 26 might result in either a hung parliament or a minority labor ...
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Chickens From Live Poultry Markets In Nigeria Could Be Bad For Your Health - Scientists Explain Why

(MENAFN - The Conversation) Many livestock farmers treat their animals with antimicrobial medications. These are drugs that target bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites. But using them the wrong ...
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Think Trump Is Done For? Think Again

(MENAFN - Asia Times) The key analysis from the US midterms coverage over the past two weeks has been that the so-called–red wave– turned out to be a ripple and that the Republican Party ...
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Tackling Climate Change Will Require Reforming The World Bank And IMF Here Are Two Options

(MENAFN - The Conversation) A global transition to a low-carbon economy will require investments of at least us$4 trillion a year (–3.4 trillion) according to the implementation plan agreed at ...
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Guillermo Del Toro's Pinocchio Review: This Tale Of A Lost Child Is The Filmmaker's Destiny

(MENAFN - The Conversation) That Guillermo del Toro would eventually create a version of Pinocchio feels something like cinematic destiny. The overriding theme of his cinematic vision is, afterall, ...
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World Cup Concussion Rules May Be Putting Players' Lives At Risk

(MENAFN - The Conversation) In the eighth minute of their Fifa men's World Cup match against England, Iranian goalkeeper Alireza Beiranvand collided face-first with a teammate . The clash left the ...
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Why The UK Needs To Stop Exporting Plastic Waste

(MENAFN - The Conversation) The world produces a vast amount of plastic. Global plastic production increased from 2 million metric tons in 1950 to 348 million metric tons in 2017. Yet much of this ...
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View From The Hill: The Bell Report On Morrison's Multi-Ministries Provides A Bad Character Reference

(MENAFN - The Conversation) Former High Court judge Virgina Bell does not describe Scott Morrison as a megalomaniac. But the picture she paints neatly fits the dictionary definition of–someone who ...
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M25 Journalist Arrests: The Four Points When Officers Got It Wrong A Policing Expert Explains

(MENAFN - The Conversation) The arrest of LBC radio reporter Charlotte Lynch on November 8, while covering a story about environmental protests is contributing to a debate about declining trust and ...
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Cheaper, Tougher, Less Toxic: New Alloys Show Promise In Developing Artificial Limbs

(MENAFN - The Conversation) Titanium is a strong, resilient and relatively light metal. Its properties have also been well studied; scientists know a great deal about it. All of this makes it the ...
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We Discovered A New Species Of Owl But We Already Think It's In Danger

(MENAFN - The Conversation) As part of an international team of scientists we have confirmed a new species of owl after decades of speculation that it exists on Pr–ncipe Island, part of the ...
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We Were Told To 'Stay Home' To Stop COVID. Then Our Homes Became Disease Hotspots

(MENAFN - The Conversation) The rapid rise in COVID cases and deaths in March 2020 led boris johnson , then prime minister, to tell the British people:–You must stay at home.– These comments marked ...
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Why Maternal Deaths In The UK Are Rising

(MENAFN - The Conversation) In high-income countries such as Denmark and the Netherlands, pregnancy is comparatively safe. But maternal deaths still happen and in places like the UK are increasing ...
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The US Dollar Is Getting Stronger: African Countries Are Feeling The Pain And Have Few Policy Options

(MENAFN - The Conversation) The US dollar has been advancing rapidly in response to the Federal Reserve's resolve to keep raising policy rates for longer to regain control of stubbornly high ...
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Midterm Election Results Reflect The Hodgepodge Of US Voters, Not The Endorsement Or Repudiation Of A Candidate's Or Party's Agenda

(MENAFN - The Conversation) The results from the U.S. midterm elections came as a shock to many. The sitting president's party typically suffers significant losses in House, Senate and ...
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South Africa's Small-Scale Fishers Have Been Marginalised Since Apartheid -- What Needs To Change

(MENAFN - The Conversation) South Africa is home to tens of thousands of small-scale fishers and fishing households. Some fish purely for consumption and subsistence, while others make up a small ...
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Politics With Michelle Grattan: 'Teal' Monique Ryan On The Victorian Election And Six Months In Parliament

(MENAFN - The Conversation) The Australian National University Dictionary Centre has just announced its word of the year is–teal–. Senior researcher Mark Gwynn described it as an–easy choice–.–The ...
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BBC causes criticism on social media

(MENAFN) The FIFA World Cup took place in Qatar with an incredible opening ceremony that featured Oscar-winning actor Morgan Freeman, BTS star Jungkook and Qatari singer Fahad Al-Kubaisi. The ...
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Exquisite New Fossils From South Africa Offer A Glimpse Into A Thriving Ecosystem 266 Million Years Ago

(MENAFN - The Conversation) South Africa is famous for its amazingly rich and diverse fossil record . The country's rocks document more than 3.5 billion years of life on Earth: ancient forms of ...
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Disenchanted: Disney Attempts To Break Stereotypes Of Motherhood Only To Reinforce Them

(MENAFN - The Conversation) Mothers in fairy tales have a way of being absent, typically through untimely deaths (think Cinderella, Snow White or Beauty and the Beast) or thanks to storylines that ...
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Word From The Hill: Industrial Relations Bill, Victoria's Election, And Imminent Report On Morrison's Multi-Ministries

(MENAFN - The Conversation) As well as her interviews with politicians and experts, Politics with Michelle Grattan includes–Word from The Hill–, where she discusses the news with members of The ...
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Indonesia Quake Kills 162 And Injures Hundreds

(MENAFN - Colombo Gazette) An earthquake on the main Indonesian island of Java has killed at least 162 people and injured hundreds, regional governor Ridwan Kamil has said. The 5.6 magnitude ...
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World is about to run out of silver

(MENAFN) The Silver Institute, a United States-based organization that monitors the metal, stated in its most recent report that the world is on the verge of a significant silver supply shortage ...
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Is The COP27 'Loss And Damage' Fund For Developing Countries A Breakthrough Or An Empty Climate Promise?

(MENAFN - The Conversation) Developing nations were justifiably jubilant at the close of COP27 as negotiators from wealthy countries around the world agreed for the first time to establish a ...
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Monkeypox: Latest Data Reveals How The Virus Has Affected Women And Non-Binary People

(MENAFN - The Conversation) Since May 2022, a global outbreak of human monkeypox infections has been reported in over 78,000 people . So far, infections have overwhelmingly occurred in sexually ...
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Less Burping, More Meat And Milk - How Livestock Farmers Can Help Tackle The Climate Crisis

(MENAFN - The Conversation) Africa's livestock farmers are at the forefront of climate change. Images of parched landscapes littered with the carcasses of starved cattle are becoming all too ...
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People Who Eat Meat Report Lower Levels Of Depression And Anxiety Than Vegans

(MENAFN - Khaama Press) According to a recent analysis in the journal Food Science and Nutrition, a meat-free diet is linked to higher levels of depression and anxiety than omnivorous eating.That ...
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Queensland's High-Tech Plan To Make The 2032 Brisbane Olympic Games Smarter And Greener

(MENAFN - The Conversation) With Brisbane to host the 2032 Olympic Games, Queensland is accelerating–smart– and–green– infrastructure projects right across the coast from Coolangatta to Coolum. So ...
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COP27: One Big Breakthrough But Ultimately An Inadequate Response To The Climate Crisis

(MENAFN - The Conversation) For 30 years, developing nations have fought to establish an international fund to pay for the–loss and damage– they suffer as a result of climate change. As the COP27 ...
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View From The Hill: What Anthony Albanese Wants From Parliament For Christmas

(MENAFN - The Conversation) With the Albanese government now at its six months mark and the end of the parliamentary year fast approaching, it's tick-off time. In a Monday speech to the ...
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Musk Celebrates New Twitter Usage High As Engineers Flee

(MENAFN - The Peninsula) Bloomberg California: Twitter Inc. owner Elon Musk tweeted out an upbeat message saying the company beat its all-time high in usage late on Thursday, on a day when many ...
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Adele 'Never Been More Nervous' As Delayed Vegas Shows Begin

(MENAFN - The Peninsula) Reuters LAS VEGAS: Adele says she has 'never been more nervous before a show' as she kicks off her delayed Las Vegas concerts on Friday, 10 months after she postponed them ...
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As APEC Winds Up, 'Summit Season' Brought Successes But Also Revealed The Extent Of Global Challenges

(MENAFN - The Conversation) Every November, the annual summit meetings of Asia's key regional institutions attracts the world's attention. The APEC leaders' meeting started the trend in 1993, ...
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What The Gazza Documentary Gets Wrong About Domestic Violence

(MENAFN - The Conversation) The new BBC two-part documentary, gazza , opens with the solitary figure of former international football star and fallen hero, Paul Gascoigne, fishing alone in a ...
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Grattan On Friday: A Lot May Be Changing In China-Australia Relations, But A Lot Is Staying The Same

(MENAFN - The Conversation) In retrospect, there were various signposts pointing to Chinese President Xi Jinping's ice-breaking meeting with Anthony Albanese in Bali on Tuesday. One of the more ...
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