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August 3, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hugo Temby, Doctoral Researcher, Battery Storage and Grid Integration Program, Australian National University Even after A$4,000 in repairs, Heather’s $18,000 rooftop solar and battery system is still not working. Heather worked as a nurse until a workplace accident caused her to leave the workforce. She put most ... <a title="Complicated, costly and downright frustrating: Aussies keen to cut emissions with clean energy at home get little support" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/03/complicated-costly-and-downright-frustrating-aussies-keen-to-cut-emissions-with-clean-energy-at-home-get-little-support-161682/" aria-label="Read more about Complicated, costly and downright frustrating: Aussies keen to cut emissions with clean energy at home get little support">Read more</a>
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August 3, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Dimitris Barletis/Shutterstock I reckon Albo’s on the right track. The opposition leader wants to pay A$300 to every Australian who is fully vaccinated by December 1. The Grattan Institute is on a similar theme. It ... <a title="Paying Australians $300 to get fully vaccinated would be value for money" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/03/paying-australians-300-to-get-fully-vaccinated-would-be-value-for-money-165520/" aria-label="Read more about Paying Australians $300 to get fully vaccinated would be value for money">Read more</a>
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August 3, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Intifar Chowdhury, PhD Candidate/Data Archivist, Australian National University Joel Carrett/AAP The 2019 federal election saw the lowest voter turnout since compulsory voting was introduced in 1924. Only 91% of Australians voted, amid reports young people “turned their back on democracy”. In some seats, less than three-quarters of ... <a title="Young Australians are supposedly ‘turning their backs’ on democracy, but are they any different from older voters?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/03/young-australians-are-supposedly-turning-their-backs-on-democracy-but-are-they-any-different-from-older-voters-163891/" aria-label="Read more about Young Australians are supposedly ‘turning their backs’ on democracy, but are they any different from older voters?">Read more</a>
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August 3, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Fiji police have warned that any attempts to destabilise and cause instability will be investigated and dealt with, reports The Fiji Times. The warning came from Acting Commissioner Police Rusiate Tudravu yesterday in the wake of two major fires in Ba and Raiwai at the weekend. He claimed some Fijians were ... <a title="Fiji police warn public against violence and ‘fake profiles’ after two fires" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/03/fiji-police-warn-public-against-violence-and-fake-profiles-after-two-fires/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji police warn public against violence and ‘fake profiles’ after two fires">Read more</a>
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August 3, 2021
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Click here to subscribe to Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup and New Zealand Politics Daily. Today’s content Opinion polls, government, political parties Claire Trevett (Herald): Poll should be death knell for Judith Collins but a Covid ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 3 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/03/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-august-3-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 3 2021">Read more</a>
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August 3, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tama Leaver, Professor of Internet Studies, Curtin University Shutterstock Facebook recently announced significant changes to Instagram for users aged under 16. New accounts will be private by default, and advertisers will be limited in how they can reach young people. The new changes are long overdue and ... <a title="Instagram’s privacy updates for kids are positive. But plans for an under-13s app means profits still take precedence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/03/instagrams-privacy-updates-for-kids-are-positive-but-plans-for-an-under-13s-app-means-profits-still-take-precedence-165323/" aria-label="Read more about Instagram’s privacy updates for kids are positive. But plans for an under-13s app means profits still take precedence">Read more</a>
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August 3, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jenny Hocking, Emeritus Professor, Monash University Lord Mountbatten, Ghandi and Lady Mountbatten in New Delhi in 1947. AP/AAP An immense trove of the most important royal historical material for decades has quietly been released in the United Kingdom. These are the diaries of Lord Louis Mountbatten and ... <a title="Secret history: the release of the Mountbatten archives and the fight to access royal diaries" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/03/secret-history-the-release-of-the-mountbatten-archives-and-the-fight-to-access-royal-diaries-165380/" aria-label="Read more about Secret history: the release of the Mountbatten archives and the fight to access royal diaries">Read more</a>
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August 3, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gregory Moore, Doctor of Botany, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock Have you had a knock on the door or perhaps a card in your letterbox telling you the trees in your garden are dangerous and need urgent work? Maybe you’ve been a bit worried about the trees, ... <a title="Dodgy tree loppers are scamming elderly homeowners and hacking up healthy trees. Here’s what you need to know" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/03/dodgy-tree-loppers-are-scamming-elderly-homeowners-and-hacking-up-healthy-trees-heres-what-you-need-to-know-164629/" aria-label="Read more about Dodgy tree loppers are scamming elderly homeowners and hacking up healthy trees. Here’s what you need to know">Read more</a>
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August 3, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tony Ward, Fellow in Historical Studies, The University of Melbourne The COVID crisis has laid bare a crisis of trust. In many Western nations there’s a small but significant minority refusing to follow distancing guidelines, wear masks or get a vaccination. Protests in recent weeks have demonstrated ... <a title="Equality and fairness: vaccines against this pandemic of mistrust" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/03/equality-and-fairness-vaccines-against-this-pandemic-of-mistrust-160100/" aria-label="Read more about Equality and fairness: vaccines against this pandemic of mistrust">Read more</a>
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August 3, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cherine Fahd, Associate Professor, School of Design, University of Technology Sydney In this series we pay tribute to the art we wish could visit — and hope to see once travel restrictions are lifted. Varanasi, or Banaras as the locals call it, is one of India’s most ... <a title="If I could go anywhere: India’s Varanasi — a sacred site on a river of rituals and altered states" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/03/if-i-could-go-anywhere-indias-varanasi-a-sacred-site-on-a-river-of-rituals-and-altered-states-164554/" aria-label="Read more about If I could go anywhere: India’s Varanasi — a sacred site on a river of rituals and altered states">Read more</a>
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August 3, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The opposition has urged the government to provide a $300 incentive payment to everyone who is fully vaccinated by December 1, to accelerate the rollout. This payment should include those already vaccinated, the opposition says. It estimates this would stimulate ... <a title="Albanese calls for $300 vaccination incentive, as rollout extended to vulnerable children" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/03/albanese-calls-for-300-vaccination-incentive-as-rollout-extended-to-vulnerable-children-165383/" aria-label="Read more about Albanese calls for $300 vaccination incentive, as rollout extended to vulnerable children">Read more</a>
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August 2, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Eva Ellmer, The University of Queensland KYDPL KYODO/AP BMX freestyle has had its debut in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games and Logan Martin just made history by winning the first gold medal for Australia in the sport. The fresh, youthful, and at times risky sport involves the ... <a title="Tail whips and flairs: the jaw-dropping, high-flying tricks that won BMX freestyler Logan Martin the gold" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/02/tail-whips-and-flairs-the-jaw-dropping-high-flying-tricks-that-won-bmx-freestyler-logan-martin-the-gold-165460/" aria-label="Read more about Tail whips and flairs: the jaw-dropping, high-flying tricks that won BMX freestyler Logan Martin the gold">Read more</a>
