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November 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sally Thompson, Associate professor, The University of Western Australia Shutterstock Forests directly cool the planet, like natural evaporative air conditioners. So what happens when you cut them down? In tropical countries such as Indonesia, Brazil and the Congo, rapid deforestation may have accounted for up to 75% ... <a title="Deforestation can raise local temperatures by up to 4.5℃ – and heat untouched areas 6km away" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/16/deforestation-can-raise-local-temperatures-by-up-to-4-5-and-heat-untouched-areas-6km-away-163584/" aria-label="Read more about Deforestation can raise local temperatures by up to 4.5℃ – and heat untouched areas 6km away">Read more</a>
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November 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kathy Bowrey, Professor, Faculty of Law, UNSW Chief Scientist Cathy Foley is leading an open access strategy for Australia. Foley estimates the Australian government invests A$12 billion a year of public money in research and innovation only for most of the publications that eventuate to be locked ... <a title="Making Australian research free for everyone to read sounds ideal. But the Chief Scientist’s open-access plan isn’t risk-free" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/16/making-australian-research-free-for-everyone-to-read-sounds-ideal-but-the-chief-scientists-open-access-plan-isnt-risk-free-171389/" aria-label="Read more about Making Australian research free for everyone to read sounds ideal. But the Chief Scientist’s open-access plan isn’t risk-free">Read more</a>
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November 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David McCooey, Professor of Writing and Literature, Deakin University Paul McCartney photographed backstage at the television show ‘Thank Your Lucky Stars’, Birmingham, England, 1963 © MPL Communications Ltd Review: Paul McCartney, The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present, ed. Paul Muldoon, Allen Lane, 2021. The Lyrics recounts Paul ... <a title="Paul McCartney’s The Lyrics: an extraordinary life in song" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/16/paul-mccartneys-the-lyrics-an-extraordinary-life-in-song-171603/" aria-label="Read more about Paul McCartney’s The Lyrics: an extraordinary life in song">Read more</a>
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November 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Claire Breen, Professor of Law, University of Waikato GettyImages For workers in the health and disability and education sectors, midnight last night was the deadline to receive at least their first vaccine dose under a government mandate that now extends to about 40% of New Zealand’s workforce. ... <a title="Vaccine mandates for NZ’s health and education workers are now in force – but has the law got the balance right?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/16/vaccine-mandates-for-nzs-health-and-education-workers-are-now-in-force-but-has-the-law-got-the-balance-right-171392/" aria-label="Read more about Vaccine mandates for NZ’s health and education workers are now in force – but has the law got the balance right?">Read more</a>
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November 15, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Ita Buttrose was Scott Morrison’s “captain’s pick” for chair of the ABC. When he appointed her in 2019, he said “Australians trust Ita, I trust Ita and that’s why I have asked her to take on this role.” If he ... <a title="View from The Hill: Ita isn’t saluting the captain who picked her" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/15/view-from-the-hill-ita-isnt-saluting-the-captain-who-picked-her-171828/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Ita isn’t saluting the captain who picked her">Read more</a>
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November 15, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bruce Mountain, Director, Victoria Energy Policy Centre, Victoria University Shutterstock Households in most of Australia have been able to choose between electricity retailers for more than a decade. The main reason is to reduce their bills. But past research by the Victoria Energy Policy Centre (at Victoria ... <a title="I chose the electricity retailer offering the best deal for my home. That’s not what I got" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/15/i-chose-the-electricity-retailer-offering-the-best-deal-for-my-home-thats-not-what-i-got-171676/" aria-label="Read more about I chose the electricity retailer offering the best deal for my home. That’s not what I got">Read more</a>
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November 15, 2021
OP-ED by Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana and Gillian Triggs Most countries in the Asia-Pacific region are on track to reach universal birth registration by 2030: an incredible achievement and a significant milestone in realizing human rights and equality. However, as the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed, many weaknesses remain in official recording systems, creating gaps in knowledge ... <a title="OP-ED: Push for civil registration set to hit key milestone in Asian and Pacific countries" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/15/op-ed-push-for-civil-registration-set-to-hit-key-milestone-in-asian-and-pacific-countries/" aria-label="Read more about OP-ED: Push for civil registration set to hit key milestone in Asian and Pacific countries">Read more</a>
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November 15, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Roshan Rigby, PhD Candidate in Nutrition and Dietetics, Griffith University Shutterstock How do we feel thirsty? Shruthi (she), 8 years Hi Shruti! Thank you for your important question. Most of our body is made of water. And we need water to do all sorts of really important ... <a title="Curious Kids: how do we feel thirsty?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/15/curious-kids-how-do-we-feel-thirsty-169531/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: how do we feel thirsty?">Read more</a>
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November 15, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Despite appearances – especially in the United States – the era of high inflation isn’t set for a comeback in the view of Australia’s leading economists, and most see no need for the Reserve Bank ... <a title="Top economists see no prolonged high inflation, no rate hike next year" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/15/top-economists-see-no-prolonged-high-inflation-no-rate-hike-next-year-171731/" aria-label="Read more about Top economists see no prolonged high inflation, no rate hike next year">Read more</a>
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November 15, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ari Mattes, Lecturer in Communications and Media, University of Notre Dame Australia Sydney Film Festival Review: ShoPaapaa, written and directed by Molly Reynolds and Shekhar Bassi The COVID-19 pandemic threw the world into disarray, forcing many to reinvent processes, reimagine what it means to live in modernity. ... <a title="ShoPaapaa, a film about COVID lockdowns, is long and excruciatingly dull – but weren’t lockdowns, too?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/15/shopaapaa-a-film-about-covid-lockdowns-is-long-and-excruciatingly-dull-but-werent-lockdowns-too-171604/" aria-label="Read more about ShoPaapaa, a film about COVID lockdowns, is long and excruciatingly dull – but weren’t lockdowns, too?">Read more</a>
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November 15, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gabrielle Appleby, Professor, UNSW Law School, UNSW Victoria’s Pandemic Management Bill, designed to replace the current state of emergency powers in pandemic emergencies, has swiftly become one of the state’s most polarising pieces of legislation. Amid the politics, public fear-mongering and death threats, there appears to be ... <a title="Victoria’s controversial pandemic bill: 6 ways for the government to show it is serious about scrutiny" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/15/victorias-controversial-pandemic-bill-6-ways-for-the-government-to-show-it-is-serious-about-scrutiny-171600/" aria-label="Read more about Victoria’s controversial pandemic bill: 6 ways for the government to show it is serious about scrutiny">Read more</a>
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November 15, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne AAP/Dean Lewins This week’s Newspoll, conducted November 10-13 from a sample of 1,524, gave Labor a 53-47 lead, a one point gain for the Coalition since the last Newspoll, three weeks ago. Primary votes ... <a title="Coalition improves but Morrison’s slide continues in Newspoll; Liberals in danger in Kooyong" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/15/coalition-improves-but-morrisons-slide-continues-in-newspoll-liberals-in-danger-in-kooyong-171593/" aria-label="Read more about Coalition improves but Morrison’s slide continues in Newspoll; Liberals in danger in Kooyong">Read more</a>
