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October 14, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christian Downie, Associate Professor, Australian National University Shutterstock The COP26 climate negotiations are just weeks away, and the tide is now turning against international finance of coal-fired power generation. The implications for Australia cannot be ignored. China, Japan and South Korea have been three of the largest ... <a title="Asia’s energy pivot is a warning to Australia: clinging to coal is bad for the economy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/14/asias-energy-pivot-is-a-warning-to-australia-clinging-to-coal-is-bad-for-the-economy-169541/" aria-label="Read more about Asia’s energy pivot is a warning to Australia: clinging to coal is bad for the economy">Read more</a>
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October 14, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Penny Van Bergen, Associate Professor in Educational Psychology, Macquarie University Shutterstock Students are returning to their schools after months in lockdown in Victoria, New South Wales and the ACT. Many will thrive on the return to school. Others, though, may need extra practical and emotional support to ... <a title="5 ways parents can help children adjust to being at school after months in lockdown" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/14/5-ways-parents-can-help-children-adjust-to-being-at-school-after-months-in-lockdown-169350/" aria-label="Read more about 5 ways parents can help children adjust to being at school after months in lockdown">Read more</a>
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October 14, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Helen Hodgson, Professor, Curtin Law School and Curtin Business School, Curtin University Picsfive/Shutterstock Moving in together is an exciting time for people in relationships. Likely the last thing on your mind is what might happen in the event of a breakup. But it’s worth knowing that if ... <a title="Why your ex may be able to claim half your superannuation, even if you aren’t married" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/14/why-your-ex-may-be-able-to-claim-half-your-superannuation-even-if-you-arent-married-169465/" aria-label="Read more about Why your ex may be able to claim half your superannuation, even if you aren’t married">Read more</a>
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October 14, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jason Bainbridge, Executive Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Design, University of Canberra DC Comics Superman is bisexual. Not the movie-starring, Lois Lane-loving , Klan-fighting, Muhammad Ali-boxing, returned-from-the-dead , mild-mannered man of steel Clark Kent (aka Kal-El, last son of Krypton). But rather his son, Jonathan ... <a title="The queer subtext of Superman comics has long been suppressed. Here’s to the original justice defender coming out" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/14/the-queer-subtext-of-superman-comics-has-long-been-suppressed-heres-to-the-original-justice-defender-coming-out-169730/" aria-label="Read more about The queer subtext of Superman comics has long been suppressed. Here’s to the original justice defender coming out">Read more</a>
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October 13, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Murray Wesson, Senior Lecturer in Law, The University of Western Australia The High Court has unanimously rejected claims by mining magnate Clive Palmer and his company Mineralogy that legislation passed by the Western Australian parliament intended to prevent him from claiming billions in damages was unconstitutional. The ... <a title="Explainer: why did the High Court rule against Clive Palmer and what does the judgment mean?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/13/explainer-why-did-the-high-court-rule-against-clive-palmer-and-what-does-the-judgment-mean-169633/" aria-label="Read more about Explainer: why did the High Court rule against Clive Palmer and what does the judgment mean?">Read more</a>
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October 13, 2021
A View from Afar – LIVE @ MIDDAY Thursday October 14: In this podcast, Paul G. Buchanan and Selwyn Manning will analyse how Taiwan is delicately navigating its way between two clashing global powers. On one side there's China and on the other is the USA.
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October 13, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Naomi Priest, Professor, ANU Centre for Social Research and Methods, Australian National University Matt Hudson/Unsplash Lego announced this week it would work to remove gender stereotypes from its brand, including no longer marketing toys distinctly to boys or girls and ensuring products are gender-neutral. This move by ... <a title="Lego’s return to gender neutral toys is good news for all kids. Our research review shows why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/13/legos-return-to-gender-neutral-toys-is-good-news-for-all-kids-our-research-review-shows-why-169722/" aria-label="Read more about Lego’s return to gender neutral toys is good news for all kids. Our research review shows why">Read more</a>
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October 13, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Morrison Government is in the painful throes of a climate policy shift to embrace a target of net zero by 2050, ahead of next month’s Glasgow conference. This requires a deal with the divided, noisy, fractious Nationals. We’re joined ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Grattan Institute’s Tony Wood on managing the shift in climate policy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/13/politics-with-michelle-grattan-grattan-institutes-tony-wood-on-managing-the-shift-in-climate-policy-169838/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Grattan Institute’s Tony Wood on managing the shift in climate policy">Read more</a>
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October 13, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Courtney Melton, PhD Candidate in the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, and Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science, The University of Queensland Paul McDonald, Author provided Noisy miners are familiar to many of us on Australia’s east coast as plucky grey birds relentlessly harassing other birds, ... <a title="Should we cull noisy miners? After decades of research, these aggressive honeyeaters are still outsmarting us" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/13/should-we-cull-noisy-miners-after-decades-of-research-these-aggressive-honeyeaters-are-still-outsmarting-us-169524/" aria-label="Read more about Should we cull noisy miners? After decades of research, these aggressive honeyeaters are still outsmarting us">Read more</a>
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October 13, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lesley Russell, Adjunct Associate Professor, Menzies Centre for Health Policy, University of Sydney Shutterstock As Australia opens up and we learn to live with COVID-19, rapid antigen tests are likely to play an increasingly important role in limiting the spread of the virus. So we can expect ... <a title="Home rapid antigen testing is on its way. But we need to make sure everyone has access" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/13/home-rapid-antigen-testing-is-on-its-way-but-we-need-to-make-sure-everyone-has-access-169362/" aria-label="Read more about Home rapid antigen testing is on its way. But we need to make sure everyone has access">Read more</a>
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October 13, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stuart M Bender, Senior Lecturer, Curtin University Valentin Flauraud/ EPA/AAP The French government has just announced a trial using virtual reality to try to prevent domestic violence. There has been considerable excitement about this, with claims the virtual reality experience is an “empathy machine” that enhances the ... <a title="‘Empathy machine’ or false hope? How virtual reality is being used to try to stop domestic violence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/13/empathy-machine-or-false-hope-how-virtual-reality-is-being-used-to-try-to-stop-domestic-violence-168862/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Empathy machine’ or false hope? How virtual reality is being used to try to stop domestic violence">Read more</a>
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October 13, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marta Rychert, Senior Researcher in Drug Policy, Massey University Shutterstock The recent approval of two domestically produced cannabidiol (CBD) oil products – non-intoxicating cannabis compounds – may have provided new optimism to patients on cannabis prescriptions. Slow progress with product approvals had meant some patients had feared ... <a title="Why it’s time to treat medicinal cannabis as an alternative therapy, not a pharmaceutical" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/13/why-its-time-to-treat-medicinal-cannabis-as-an-alternative-therapy-not-a-pharmaceutical-169458/" aria-label="Read more about Why it’s time to treat medicinal cannabis as an alternative therapy, not a pharmaceutical">Read more</a>
