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May 18, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gavin Mudd, Associate Professor of Environmental Engineering, RMIT University Buried in last week’s budget was money for rehabilitating the Rum Jungle uranium mine near Darwin. The exact sum was not disclosed. Rum Jungle used to be a household name. It was Australia’s first large-scale uranium mine and ... <a title="The story of Rum Jungle: a Cold War-era uranium mine that’s spewed acid into the environment for decades" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/18/the-story-of-rum-jungle-a-cold-war-era-uranium-mine-thats-spewed-acid-into-the-environment-for-decades-160871/" aria-label="Read more about The story of Rum Jungle: a Cold War-era uranium mine that’s spewed acid into the environment for decades">Read more</a>
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May 18, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ted Snell, Honorary Professor, Edith Cowan University For any serious artist, funding the production of ambitious works — let alone finding the resources to keep yourself alive during the process — can be daunting. However, if studio expenses, rent, and the cost of living are taken care ... <a title="How to survive as a figurative sculptor? WA’s The Syndicate is a novel form of philanthropy in the spirit of the Medicis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/18/how-to-survive-as-a-figurative-sculptor-was-the-syndicate-is-a-novel-form-of-philanthropy-in-the-spirit-of-the-medicis-160603/" aria-label="Read more about How to survive as a figurative sculptor? WA’s The Syndicate is a novel form of philanthropy in the spirit of the Medicis">Read more</a>
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May 18, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ralph Sims, Professor, School of Engineering and Advanced Technology, Massey University CC BY-ND Climate Explained is a collaboration between The Conversation, Stuff and the New Zealand Science Media Centre to answer your questions about climate change. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, ... <a title="Climate explained: is natural gas really cheaper than renewable electricity?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/18/climate-explained-is-natural-gas-really-cheaper-than-renewable-electricity-155199/" aria-label="Read more about Climate explained: is natural gas really cheaper than renewable electricity?">Read more</a>
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May 18, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jane Kelsey, Professor of Law, University of Auckland With more countries considering joining the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), New Zealand urgently needs a real public debate on the future of such trade and investment agreements. In February this year the UK formally applied ... <a title="New Zealand is overdue for an open and honest debate about 21st-century trade relations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/18/new-zealand-is-overdue-for-an-open-and-honest-debate-about-21st-century-trade-relations-160922/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand is overdue for an open and honest debate about 21st-century trade relations">Read more</a>
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May 18, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gernot Heiser, Scientia Professor and John Lions Chair, UNSW Australia’s parliament is considering legislation to give new powers to the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC) and the Australian Federal Police. These powers will allow them to modify online data, monitor network activity, and take over online accounts ... <a title="ACIC thinks there are no legitimate uses of encryption. They’re wrong, and here’s why it matters" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/18/acic-thinks-there-are-no-legitimate-uses-of-encryption-theyre-wrong-and-heres-why-it-matters-160975/" aria-label="Read more about ACIC thinks there are no legitimate uses of encryption. They’re wrong, and here’s why it matters">Read more</a>
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May 18, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mehmet Ulubasoglu, Professor of Economics, Head of the Department of Economics and Director of the Centre for Energy, the Environment and Natural Disasters, Deakin University The Australian government’s latest budget has committed A$210 million for a new climate information service, $600 million for a new agency to ... <a title="It can’t all be insured: counting the hidden economic impact of floods and bushfires" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/18/it-cant-all-be-insured-counting-the-hidden-economic-impact-of-floods-and-bushfires-157882/" aria-label="Read more about It can’t all be insured: counting the hidden economic impact of floods and bushfires">Read more</a>
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May 18, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gregory Melleuish, Professor, School of Humanities and Social Inquiry, University of Wollongong Schoolchildren are told democracy, especially Australian parliamentary democracy, is a great and glorious thing. Question Time, in which our elected representatives ask questions of the government of the day, is meant to be emblematic of ... <a title="Question Time reforms are worthy but won’t solve the problem of a broken political culture" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/18/question-time-reforms-are-worthy-but-wont-solve-the-problem-of-a-broken-political-culture-160867/" aria-label="Read more about Question Time reforms are worthy but won’t solve the problem of a broken political culture">Read more</a>
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May 18, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alison O’Donnell, Research Fellow in Dendroclimatology, The University of Western Australia Drought over the last two decades has dealt a heavy blow to the wheatbelt of Western Australia, the country’s most productive grain-growing region. Since 2000, winter rainfall has plummeted by almost 20% and shifted grain-growing areas ... <a title="We found a secret history of megadroughts written in tree rings. The wheatbelt’s future may be drier than we thought" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/18/we-found-a-secret-history-of-megadroughts-written-in-tree-rings-the-wheatbelts-future-may-be-drier-than-we-thought-160526/" aria-label="Read more about We found a secret history of megadroughts written in tree rings. The wheatbelt’s future may be drier than we thought">Read more</a>
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May 18, 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 Immigration reset Tess McClure (The Guardian): New Zealand to cut ‘low-skill’ immigration and refocus on wealthy Charlie Dreaver (RNZ): ‘Scene setting’ ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 18 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/18/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-may-18-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 18 2021">Read more</a>
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May 18, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amy Maguire, Associate Professor in Human Rights and International Law, University of Newcastle The latest outbreak of conflict in Gaza and Israel is escalating rapidly. At the time of writing, at least 192 Palestinians are reported dead, including 58 children. Ten Israelis are reported dead, including two ... <a title="Why is accountability for alleged war crimes so hard to achieve in the Israel-Palestinian conflict?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/18/why-is-accountability-for-alleged-war-crimes-so-hard-to-achieve-in-the-israel-palestinian-conflict-160864/" aria-label="Read more about Why is accountability for alleged war crimes so hard to achieve in the Israel-Palestinian conflict?">Read more</a>
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May 18, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christopher Blyth, Paediatrician, Infectious Diseases Physician and Clinical Microbiologist, Telethon Kids Institute, The University of Western Australia Adolescents in North America are beginning to roll up their sleeves for the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine after it was approved for 12-15-year-olds this month. The Canadian drug and therapeutic regulator Health ... <a title="Children, teens and COVID vaccines: where is the evidence at, and when will kids in Australia be eligible?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/18/children-teens-and-covid-vaccines-where-is-the-evidence-at-and-when-will-kids-in-australia-be-eligible-160625/" aria-label="Read more about Children, teens and COVID vaccines: where is the evidence at, and when will kids in Australia be eligible?">Read more</a>
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May 18, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alison O’Donnell, Research Fellow in Dendroclimatology, The University of Western Australia Drought over the last two decades has dealt a heavy blow to the wheatbelt of Western Australia, the country’s most productive grain-growing region. Since 2000, winter rainfall has plummeted by almost 20% and shifted grain-growing areas ... <a title="We found a secret history of megadroughts written in tree rings. The wheatbelt’s future may be drier than we think" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/18/we-found-a-secret-history-of-megadroughts-written-in-tree-rings-the-wheatbelts-future-may-be-drier-than-we-think-160526/" aria-label="Read more about We found a secret history of megadroughts written in tree rings. The wheatbelt’s future may be drier than we think">Read more</a>
