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February 17, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Daryl McPhee, Associate Professor of Environmental Science, Bond University The fatal shark attack off Sydney on Wednesday left the city shocked, and triggered questions from the horrified public. Why would a shark just grab a man from the water? And will it strike again? The incident – ... <a title="Sydney shark attack triggers calls for a cull – but let’s take a deep breath and look at the evidence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/17/sydney-shark-attack-triggers-calls-for-a-cull-but-lets-take-a-deep-breath-and-look-at-the-evidence-177357/" aria-label="Read more about Sydney shark attack triggers calls for a cull – but let’s take a deep breath and look at the evidence">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Clare Collins, Laureate Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Newcastle Shutterstock In the 1970s, low-carb diets were all the rage. The Dr Atkin’s Diet Revolution book claimed carbohydrate restriction was a “high calorie way to stay thin forever”. Carbohydrates are found in breads, cereals and other ... <a title="Do low-carb diets help you lose weight? Here’s what the science says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/17/do-low-carb-diets-help-you-lose-weight-heres-what-the-science-says-176368/" aria-label="Read more about Do low-carb diets help you lose weight? Here’s what the science says">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sam Whiting, Lecturer – Creative Industries, University of South Australia News the prominent live music venue The John Curtin Hotel is up for sale, with the current lease expiring at the end of this year, has been met with grief and outrage by the Melbourne music community. ... <a title="The John Curtin Hotel is a home for Melbourne’s musicians, activists and unionists. Shutting it down is a loss for our cultural heritage" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/17/the-john-curtin-hotel-is-a-home-for-melbournes-musicians-activists-and-unionists-shutting-it-down-is-a-loss-for-our-cultural-heritage-177313/" aria-label="Read more about The John Curtin Hotel is a home for Melbourne’s musicians, activists and unionists. Shutting it down is a loss for our cultural heritage">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris Briggs, Research Director, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney Shutterstock In a major step forward for Australia’s clean energy transition, the country’s biggest coal-fired power station Eraring is set to close seven years early in 2025, Origin Energy announced this morning. Eraring has been ... <a title="Australia’s largest coal plant will close 7 years early – but there’s still no national plan for coal’s inevitable demise" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/17/australias-largest-coal-plant-will-close-7-years-early-but-theres-still-no-national-plan-for-coals-inevitable-demise-177317/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s largest coal plant will close 7 years early – but there’s still no national plan for coal’s inevitable demise">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gabrielle Appleby, Professor, UNSW Law School, UNSW Sydney Next month we will see a significant shake-up in courts across Australia’s eastern seaboard. Three chief justices – Tom Bathurst, of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, Catherine Holmes, of the Supreme Court of Queensland, and Helen Murrell ... <a title="Explainer: how are chief justices appointed and how can the process be improved?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/17/explainer-how-are-chief-justices-appointed-and-how-can-the-process-be-improved-177212/" aria-label="Read more about Explainer: how are chief justices appointed and how can the process be improved?">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul E. Griffiths, Professor of Philosophy, University of Sydney Shutterstock Interdisciplinary, transdisciplinary and multidisciplinary are all nice buzzwords. But talk of “breaking down the barriers” is all too often a cover for breaking down academic disciplines to create administrative flexibility. This is a disaster in the making ... <a title="Why the ‘interdisciplinary’ push in universities is actually a dangerous antidisciplinary trend" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/17/why-the-interdisciplinary-push-in-universities-is-actually-a-dangerous-antidisciplinary-trend-175511/" aria-label="Read more about Why the ‘interdisciplinary’ push in universities is actually a dangerous antidisciplinary trend">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Aaron Simmons, Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, University of New England Shutterstock Are you one of the increasingly large number of people seeking to minimise the environmental damage wrought when producing the food you eat? If so, you might use the common “environmental footprint” method to decide what ... <a title="Environmental footprint calculators have one big flaw we need to talk about" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/17/environmental-footprint-calculators-have-one-big-flaw-we-need-to-talk-about-166897/" aria-label="Read more about Environmental footprint calculators have one big flaw we need to talk about">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne AAP/Mick Tsikas This week’s Newspoll, conducted February 9-12 from a sample of 1,526, gave Labor a 55-45 lead, a one-point gain for the Coalition since the late January Newspoll. Primary votes were 41% Labor ... <a title="A bad Newspoll for the Greens; Willoughby NSW byelection could be close" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/17/a-bad-newspoll-for-the-greens-willoughby-nsw-byelection-could-be-close-177055/" aria-label="Read more about A bad Newspoll for the Greens; Willoughby NSW byelection could be close">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Trisia Farrelly, Associate Professor, Massey University Vincenzo Izzo/LightRocket via Getty Images Following years of discussions, support for a global treaty to stem the tide of plastic pollution is now widespread, with 75% of UN member states backing the idea. Next week, countries will negotiate two competing resolutions ... <a title="An international treaty to curb plastic pollution risks being watered down — New Zealand needs to take a stand" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/17/an-international-treaty-to-curb-plastic-pollution-risks-being-watered-down-new-zealand-needs-to-take-a-stand-177130/" aria-label="Read more about An international treaty to curb plastic pollution risks being watered down — New Zealand needs to take a stand">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2022
Political scientist Paul Buchanan and Selwyn Manning deep-dive into the latest events emerging from the Russia/Ukraine crisis, and they consider: What does Russia’s Vladimir Putin want from NATO and the US in a negotiated diplomatic solution to the Ukraine issue? And what, from Ukraine’s perspective, is the most favourable outcome from the threat of the Russian military build-up on its border.
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February 17, 2022
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. You can sign up to NZ Politics Daily as well as New Zealand Political Roundup columns for free here. Today’s content Parliamentary Grounds occupation Ben Thomas (Stuff): Protest presents a diabolical challenge for PM Brigitte Morten ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 17 2022" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/17/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-february-17-2022/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 17 2022">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bridget Harris, Associate professor, Queensland University of Technology Shutterstock Domestic and family violence perpetrators commonly use technology such as phones and other devices as a weapon to control and entrap victims and survivors, alongside other forms of abuse. This “digital coercive control” is not bound to a ... <a title="‘You can’t stop it’: in rural Australia, digital coercive control can be inescapable" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/17/you-cant-stop-it-in-rural-australia-digital-coercive-control-can-be-inescapable-176980/" aria-label="Read more about ‘You can’t stop it’: in rural Australia, digital coercive control can be inescapable">Read more</a>
