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September 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma Johnston, Professor and Dean of Science, UNSW For 16 years, German chancellor Angela Merkel has guided her country through wave after wave of uncertainty, from the 2008 global financial crisis to Brexit, the imperative to drop fossil fuels, and of course the COVID pandemic. Her leadership ... <a title="Angela Merkel’s career shows why we need more scientists in politics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/24/angela-merkels-career-shows-why-we-need-more-scientists-in-politics-168365/" aria-label="Read more about Angela Merkel’s career shows why we need more scientists in politics">Read more</a>
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September 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Klugman, Research Fellow, Institute for Health & Sport, member of the Community, Identity and Displacement Research Network, and Co-convenor of the Olympic Research Network, Victoria University On the last Saturday of September every year many of the inhabitants of Melbourne, and indeed of the whole of ... <a title="On the eve of an AFLM grand final like no other, can the shadow of the pandemic make us strive for something better?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/24/on-the-eve-of-an-aflm-grand-final-like-no-other-can-the-shadow-of-the-pandemic-make-us-strive-for-something-better-167792/" aria-label="Read more about On the eve of an AFLM grand final like no other, can the shadow of the pandemic make us strive for something better?">Read more</a>
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September 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jess Coyle, Lecturer, Sports Management, Western Sydney University This article discusses colonial violence against First Nations peoples. There is reference to people who are now deceased. There has been a new revelation by researcher Gary Fearon that cricketer and founding father of Australian (Rules) Football Tom Wills ... <a title="Tom Wills’ story is the AFL’s opportunity for truth telling about its ugly history" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/24/tom-wills-story-is-the-afls-opportunity-for-truth-telling-about-its-ugly-history-168381/" aria-label="Read more about Tom Wills’ story is the AFL’s opportunity for truth telling about its ugly history">Read more</a>
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September 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mathew Doidge, Senior Research Fellow, University of Canterbury Shutterstock From a distance, the big news about Germany’s coming election on September 26 is the end of Angela Merkel’s reign after 16 years of leadership in Germany and Europe. Closer up, with no clear front-runner to take Merkel’s ... <a title="German election: the race to replace Angela Merkel and why it matters to New Zealand" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/24/german-election-the-race-to-replace-angela-merkel-and-why-it-matters-to-new-zealand-168379/" aria-label="Read more about German election: the race to replace Angela Merkel and why it matters to New Zealand">Read more</a>
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September 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hamish McCallum, Director, Centre for Planetary Health and Food Security, Griffith University The origin of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which has caused the COVID-19 pandemic, has been hotly debated. This debate has caused substantial difficulties in the Australia-China relationship, with a call by Foreign Minister Marise Payne for ... <a title="New preliminary evidence suggests coronavirus jumped from animals to humans multiple times" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/24/new-preliminary-evidence-suggests-coronavirus-jumped-from-animals-to-humans-multiple-times-168473/" aria-label="Read more about New preliminary evidence suggests coronavirus jumped from animals to humans multiple times">Read more</a>
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September 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Timothy N. W. Jackson, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Australian Venom Research Unit, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock It’s early spring in southern Australia and the sun is, gloriously, out. You decide to head to your local patch of greenery – by the creek, lake, or foreshore – with ... <a title="The sun’s shining and snakes are emerging, but they’re not out to get you. Here’s what they’re really up to" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/24/the-suns-shining-and-snakes-are-emerging-but-theyre-not-out-to-get-you-heres-what-theyre-really-up-to-168089/" aria-label="Read more about The sun’s shining and snakes are emerging, but they’re not out to get you. Here’s what they’re really up to">Read more</a>
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September 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW Shutterstock World leaders and about 30,000 others from assorted interest groups will converge on Glasgow in November for the United Nations’ 26th annual climate summit, COP26 (“Conference of the Parties”). It will be five years (allowing for a one-year Tokyo 2020-style ... <a title="Vital Signs: a simple way to cut carbon emissions — don’t let polluters hide" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/24/vital-signs-a-simple-way-to-cut-carbon-emissions-dont-let-polluters-hide-168560/" aria-label="Read more about Vital Signs: a simple way to cut carbon emissions — don’t let polluters hide">Read more</a>
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September 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Catherine Bishop, Postdoctoral Fellow, Macquarie University Missionary Annie Lock with Enbarda (Betsy) left, and Dolly Cumming, both children from the Alice Springs area in Central Australia. Photo taken in Darwin. National Archives of Australia Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander readers are advised this story contains images of ... <a title="Hidden women of history: Annie Lock was a bolshie, outspoken Australian missionary, full of contradictions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/24/hidden-women-of-history-annie-lock-was-a-bolshie-outspoken-australian-missionary-full-of-contradictions-167781/" aria-label="Read more about Hidden women of history: Annie Lock was a bolshie, outspoken Australian missionary, full of contradictions">Read more</a>
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September 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra One is tempted to think Scott Morrison’s hero must be Harry Houdini, the great escape artist. Put our prime minister in a corner, and he will talk his way out, or try to. After President Biden rang President Macron this ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: After the deal on security, Scott Morrison turns to the shift on climate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/24/grattan-on-friday-after-the-deal-on-security-scott-morrison-turns-to-the-shift-on-climate-168606/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: After the deal on security, Scott Morrison turns to the shift on climate">Read more</a>
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September 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Treasurer Josh Frydenberg will prepare the way for Scott Morrison to take a target of net zero emissions by 2050 to Glasgow, when he warns on Friday capital inflow will be at risk if Australia is seen as a climate ... <a title="Josh Frydenberg prepares ground for Scott Morrison to commit to 2050 climate target" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/24/josh-frydenberg-prepares-ground-for-scott-morrison-to-commit-to-2050-climate-target-168610/" aria-label="Read more about Josh Frydenberg prepares ground for Scott Morrison to commit to 2050 climate target">Read more</a>
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September 23, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Pablo Negret, Postdoctoral research fellow, The University of Queensland Figures released this week suggest Australia’s koala populations have plummeted by 30% in three years, and fewer than 58,000 now remain in the wild. The statement from the Australian Koala Foundation has not been verified on the ground, ... <a title="When fire hits, do koalas flee or stick to their tree? Answering these and other questions is vital" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/23/when-fire-hits-do-koalas-flee-or-stick-to-their-tree-answering-these-and-other-questions-is-vital-168261/" aria-label="Read more about When fire hits, do koalas flee or stick to their tree? Answering these and other questions is vital">Read more</a>
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September 23, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Maund, Adjunct Senior Lecturer, School of Architecture and Built Environment, University of Newcastle Southeastern Australia was yesterday rocked by a magnitude-5.8 earthquake with its epicentre near Mansfield in Victoria’s northeast. The quake, which was followed by two smaller tremors, was powerful enough to damage buildings 130 ... <a title="Australia is no stranger to earthquakes, yet our planning polices have not adapted" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/23/australia-is-no-stranger-to-earthquakes-yet-our-planning-polices-have-not-adapted-168470/" aria-label="Read more about Australia is no stranger to earthquakes, yet our planning polices have not adapted">Read more</a>
